# UPPER WHARFEDALE FELL RESCUE ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1083459
- **Other names:** THE CAVE RESCUE, THE FELL RESCUE, UWFRA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 16, 2000
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1083459


## Contact

- **Address:** Upper Wharfedale FRA, The Hut, Hebden Road, Grassington, SKIPTON
- **Postcode:** BD23 5LB
- **Phone:** 01756753566
- **Email:** enquiries@uwfra.org.uk
- **Website:** www.uwfra.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS AND ANIMALS ENDANGERED BY ACCIDENTS OR NATURAL HAZARDS BY THE PROVISION OF ADEQUATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SECURE AND EFFICIENT SEARCH AND RESCUE OF SUCH PERSONS AND ANIMALS

**Activities:** The relief of suffering and distress amongst persons and animals endangered by accidents or natural hazards by providing arrangements for secure and efficient search and rescue of such persons and animals.This done through the maintenance of volunteer underground and surface rescue teams, based in Grassington, North Yorkshire and covering Wharfedale, Nidderdale, Littondale and mid-Airedale.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bradford City
- Leeds City
- North Yorkshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2025 | £97212 | £73927 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £97976 | £110123 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £79507 | £81444 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £99160 | £86922 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £171107 | £77965 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2020 | £65680 | £77415 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Derek Douglas Walton Hammond — appointed Nov. 13, 2020
- Edward Smith — appointed Oct. 21, 2024
- JULIAN GRIFFITHS — appointed Dec. 15, 2025
- Nigel Easton — appointed March 9, 2018
- Paul Michael Smith — appointed Oct. 11, 2021


