Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team
Analysis
Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Burnley. It was registered in August 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team reported income of £333k and spending of £72k, leaving 78% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £70k to £333k (+377%), an average of +68% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 225%. Over the whole period it spent 30% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shildon Alive (£333k), Links: the Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire Council for Voluntary Service and Action Limited (£333k) and Sodality of St.peter Claver (£333k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
TO ASSIST IN THE RELIEVING OF SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS ENDANGERED BY ACCIDENTS OR NATURAL HAZARDS PRINCIPALLY IN EAST LANCASHIRE AND PARTS OF GREATER MANCHESTER BUT WITHOUT GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITATION, AND TO SUPPORT ANY OTHER RESCUE ORGANISATION AND TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SECURE AND EFFICIENT SEARCH AND RESCUE OF ANY PERSONS SO ENDANGERED.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Shildon Alive | Shildon | £333k |
| Links: the Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire Council for Voluntary Service and Action Limited | Derbyshire | £333k |
| Sodality of St.peter Claver | Bromley | £333k |
| Herefordshire Headway | Hereford | £333k |