Association of Mountaineering Instructors

Analysis

Association of Mountaineering Instructors is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gwynedd. It was registered in July 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08014488). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Association of Mountaineering Instructors reported income of £99k and spending of £107k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £84k to £99k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Association of Mountaineering Instructors sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sainsbury Veterans Welfare Scheme (£99k), Illyrian Gospel Trust (£99k) and Spelthorne Mental Health Association (£99k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.