2023-02-28-accounts

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Kinder Mountain Rescue Team Annual Report and Accounts

1 March 2022 – 28 Feb 2023

Introduction

Welcome to the 2022 Annual Report for Kinder Mountain Rescue Team. If you have any comments or feedback please contact us by emailing our secretary at secretary@kmrt.org.uk.

Legal and Administrative Information
About the team
Message from the Chair
Operational update
Financial summary
5-year plan and fundraising aspirations
How to contact, follow and support us
Appendices – Balance Sheet and independent Examiners Report on accounts

1.Legal and Administrative information

Current Trustees

Chair: Alison Aldridge Secretary: Jim Harries Team Leader: Neil Woodhead Deputy Team Leader: Alan Howarth Deputy Team Leader: Dave Eustace Treasurer: Dave Cotton Medical Officer: Oliver Pratt Equipment Officer: Rich Johnson Training Officer: Dave Ross Communications Officer: Adrian Didcote

Charity Number: 1115933

Company Number: 5853040

Registered Office: Unit 1A (Behind the George Hotel), Church Street, Hayfield, High Peak, SK22 2JE

Independent Examiner: Vivien Cross, Vivien Cross Accountancy Services, Bracken Clough, Start Lane, Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, SK23 7BR

Bankers: CAF Bank Limited 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4JQ

2. About the team

Kinder Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT) (https://kmrt.org.uk) was established in 1971. Our base is in Hayfield in the High Peak and we operate mostly within the UK Peak District National Park and in the rural and urban areas of north Derbyshire, Macclesfield and Stockport. We also support wider local and national emergency response as required.

What we do

The team’s primary objective is to support the community 24/7/365 providing specialist search and rescue at the request of the emergency services, including:

Search of all terrains, urban and rural, for injured, lost or missing vulnerable people.
Provision of first on scene casualty care, to protect life and to prevent any deterioration for the casualty, including the packaging and extraction of the casualty through to handover to ambulance services.

3.Assisting water rescues (rivers, lakes, reservoirs and floods), response to bad weather (e.g. traffic and ambulance assistance in snow) and multiagency major incident emergency responses (e.g. the partial collapse of the Whaley Bridge reservoir dam wall in 2019 and moorland fires).

Emergency services we work with

KMRT is one of seven teams within the Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation (PDMRO) under the umbrella of Mountain Rescue England and Wales (MREW).

We primarily work with the Derbyshire Constabulary but are also called to assist Greater Manchester Police, East Midlands Ambulance Service and North West Ambulance Service. This means we work frequently with several Air Ambulance Organisations including UK Search and Rescue as part HM Coastguard as well as Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance.

Fundraising

KMRT receives no funding from central or local government and so we rely entirely on fundraising activities, donations and grants. It costs approximately £40,000 a year to run the team on top of which we have to fund significant projects, for example the purchase of our base, new and replacement vehicles and equipment.

We are very grateful for the support and grants from a number of organisations. Over the last 5 years these include: Platinum International / Alliance Motor Group for water rescue equipment), Gryphon Alpha FPSO platform Welfare Fund, Tesco Community Fund (contribution to conversion of new Landrover Defender), Thornsett Brewery (sale of Kinder 50 beer and donations), NutriAdvanced, Kaiser Trust (new team rucksacks), via Mountain Rescue England & Wales HRH Prince of Wales Annual Charity Polo Match, B&M Community Fund (major contribution to a new Landrover Defender ambulance), the National Lottery (digital radios), Tesco Bags of Help (trailer for our water rescue equipment), the People’s Postcode Lottery (hill party kit), Co-op Community Fund (additional road vehicle), Arm Corporation (new stretcher), Arnold Clark (replacement rucksacks for team kit), Thomson Reuters Community Fund (contribution to new Landrover Defender ambulance), Waitrose (running

expenses), High Peak Borough Council Councillors Initiative (new laptop, water team helmets and hill party rucksacks) and Covid small business discretionary grant (running expenses). We also received £3,000 in donations from the Hayfield Sheepdog show, which will sadly be no longer running. We would like to thank the organisers for all their support in the past.

We would also like to thank New Mills and Chapel-en-le Frith Town Councils for donations received in return for team members support at local events, and to the organisers of Hayfield Sheepdog Trials, for many years’ support.

We are particularly indebted to supporters who leave us legacies in their wills. In 2022 this included Geoffrey Bramall and Jean Buckley whose extremely generous legacies have enabled us to purchase major items of essential equipment.

We are also very grateful to each and every one of our numerous supporters who have undertaken incredible missions and projects to raise money for the team. There are too many to mention everyone, but these include June Thomas (through sales of her fish recipe book), Anne & Doug Hicks (Golden Wedding donation), Kinder Blue and Karen and the Cellar Katz, High Peak Singers, I’d rather be Outdoors, Rita Firth, the family of Mark Boulton, Mrs Parkes in memory of her brother Steve Chatterton ( a former team member ), Jill Watson’s cakes, marmalades and jams, Millers Refillers, and Dave & Ursula (Peep O’Day parking). Special thanks are due to great supporters of the team, Nicky and Gareth Hall, who donated funds to the team that were raised from the event in Hayfield celebrating their daughter Amy’s 18[th] Birthday.

To help our community and raise additional funds through donations we assist at various community events such as:

●Marshalling and/or providing first aid at fell runs (e.g. Kinder Downfall, Kinder Trog, Mount Famine Race) and long-distance walks (e.g. Baslow Boot Bash);
●Arranging our own annual fell race (Cracken Edge);
●Helping with the organisation and running of Hayfield Open Gardens;
●Helping at and attending various local events such as New Mills lantern parade, New Mills fireworks, Hayfield May Queen, Hayfield Apple Day, Derbyshire Art Trail;
●Helping with the organisation, spreading awareness and running of the annual St Ann’s Hospice Christmas tree collection, which in January 2023 raised over £63,000 for St Ann’s Hospice and 14 other local charities including Kinder Mountain Rescue Team;
●Providing talks and/or first aid training to various schools and groups, including Mellor WI, Hayfield WI and numerous others.

We are also very grateful to families and friends who have made donations to KMRT at funerals or in memory of a loved person.

The community we are here to help

Our base is in Hayfield, a large village at the foot of Kinder Scout in the Peak District, but our operational area covers not just Kinder Scout but a wider area including urban locations. The map below shows our operational area and the location of our callouts over the last 10 years:

A lot of people live close to and visit our patch. The Peak District is the most visited and most accessible National Park in the UK, close to the cities of Manchester, Sheffield, Nottingham and Derby. An estimated 20 million people live within an hour’s drive of the Peak District and more than 13 million people visit the Peak District National Park each year (https://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/learning-about/news/70-years-of-the-peakdistrict-national-park/peak-district-facts).

People flock to Hayfield every weekend, whatever the weather, to enjoy Kinder Scout and its foothills. Our ‘patch’ covers the Kinder plateau which includes a popular part of the Pennine Way, numerous Instagram advertised attractions such as Kinder Downfall (as a waterfall and for its renowned icicles for winter climbing), air crash sites (at least 6 sites on our patch with memorials or wreckage), it is the location for Duke of Edinburgh excursions, numerous fell runs and long-distance walks, and is very popular with mountain bikers.

Our interaction with the community

We work with and support our local community wherever we can.

●The Team regularly attends schools, and local groups, such as Scouts, WI, U3A, and sports clubs, to promote the work of the team and discuss safety in the mountain and to give basic first aid training, particularly in CPR and defibrillators.
●We support and assist at various community events (see fundraising above).
●We provide help in bad weather including supporting the police when people are stuck in the snow, transporting people when a road ambulance cannot reach them, and we took some people to their Covid injections when the weather was bad.

We are also grateful for the support of a number of organisations who provide KMRT or team members with highly discounted or free goods and services or give us priority. There are too many to mention all of them but these include Michelmores Solicitors, Marstons Brewery, Pete Bland for fell race numbers, Naughty Dog printers in Disley, Hallam’s garage in Hayfield, Cotswold, Alpkit, Outdoor Active, and numerous businesses and pubs who have our collection boxes.

Sustainability

As an outdoor organisation we are acutely aware of the challenges presented by climate change. In line with the Charity Commission’s guidance, we are integrating sustainability into the operation and management of the team. We have a published sustainability policy which focuses on four key areas:

●Having sustainability at the heart of everything we do
●Aiming for net zero carbon emissions as an organisation
●Sustainable purchasing
●Reduce, reuse, repair, recycle

We are at the beginning of this journey and there are many challenges ahead. Some key achievements so far have been:

●The generation of a sustainability group and a sustainability policy
●Including sustainability into all officers’ job descriptions to ensure that it is considered at all decision points
●Increased re-use and recycling of equipment. Avoidance of acquiring new kit unless there is a need – even if the kit is free
●Change of electricity supplier to a 100% renewable supply

3. Message from the Chair

2022 saw us successfully train another 6 recruits who became full team members in September 2023 when 4 more probationers joined us. Any new members go through a 12 month programme and are supported by many members of the team who give up their time to teach, develop and encourage them through to full membership.

As well as responding to callouts, the team rely on additional hours from a large number of operational members. This includes vehicle checks and maintenance, re-supplying casualty care stocks, the upkeep of base, planning and executing training, co-ordinating with other teams, bodies and organisations to share knowledge and best practice as well as create and run events, co-ordinating and attending fundraising events, finding and making grant applications, delivering talks to and hosting local groups to share what we do. There is a real level of commitment within the team over and above helping our casualties on callouts.

We are delighted that we have managed to fundraise enough for the replacement Landrover although efforts continue to fund the customisation. The vehicle is being converted and should be with us in the coming months.

We continue to use part of the New Mills Fire Station which is rented from Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service and are grateful for this space to store all our water kit and a vehicle. We spent much of 2022 trying to expand our Base in Hayfield in one way or another but all avenues were closed so 2023 will be about utilising and improving the space we have.

Without the generosity of the public every year, and those people and organisations who value our work, we would struggle to finance the ongoing needs of the team, we would be unable to keep up with developments in techniques, equipment, and be unable to meet the expectations of the people we rescue. On behalf of the Team Members and the people we have to rescue in the future I would like to say thank you to everyone who has given us a donation of any size.

We would also like to thank our neighbouring Mountain Rescue teams who respond when we need extra personnel to assist with search and recovery, particularly including the Teams at Glossop, Buxton and Edale. For our members to respond to callouts we rely on the continued support of their employers. Thank you once again for granting this time and adapting your business to the inconvenience this can create. Finally, thanks to the families of the Team Members who are probably the greatest to suffer inconvenience, not only the time for training, meetings and call outs, managing to deal with wet and muddy kit, as well as the call out alerts going off in the night, during dinner and on birthdays.

Alison Aldridge, Chair

4. Operational update

2022 has been a quieter year for the team, with 34 being just below the average number of callouts we would expect for a normal year. However the number doesn’t necessarily reflect the challenging nature of some of these callouts. There have been some exceptionally difficult and emotionally draining jobs for the team.

Callouts April 2022 – March 2023

The team’s principal response area covers the western and southern areas of Kinder Scout, which is the highest point in the Peak District National Park. This is one of the busiest National Parks in the country, mainly due to its proximity and ease of access from both the Manchester and Sheffield areas.

Kinder Scout is a large area which is notoriously difficult to navigate in poor conditions. Visitors are regularly caught out by the severity of the conditions and the featureless nature of higher areas.

Almost half of our callouts are for lost / benighted and injured walkers, which reflects the terrain the team covers.

In 2022 the Team was made up of 58 members:

Role	Number
Hill members	46
Probationary members	6
Operation support & drivers	6

Many team members take on additional roles which require extra hours of training:

Role	Number
Of-Road Trained Drivers	24
Of-Road Driving Instructor	2
Water Team
- Swift Water Rescue Technicians (DEFRA MOD3)	11
MREW Casualty Care Qualifcation	18
Rope Rescue Instructors	2

The team also deal with a range of requests for our assistance including attending flooding incidents and searches for missing vulnerable people.

Many team members committed significantly more time than this for no financial reward, often in addition to their full time paid employment and family commitments.

Our training programme is key to being a successful mountain rescue team, so we are also ready to respond to a request for help in a search and rescue operation.

All team members are expected to attend a high percentage of our standard training which covers casualty care and mountain rescue skills every month, supplemented by monthly weekend exercises where we put this into practice and carry out exercises covering subjects such as rope rescue incidents, missing

walkers on Kinder Scout, high risk missing vulnerable person searches and the like.

In addition to this standard training we must also carry out specialist training depending on our own individual specialist areas such as working with helicopters, off road driving skills, water rescue skills, search management planning skills, IT skills, leadership skills and much more.

The Team Leader is supported by two deputy team leaders and six assistant team leaders, all of whom are skilled and trained to a level where they can take a request for help and run a callout from start to finish. The team is fortunate to have such a group of dedicated leaders.

The other aspect of our operational work are the meetings and liaisons groups with colleagues in other mountain rescue teams in both the Peak District and the Greater Manchester areas. The work that quietly goes on in the background with the statutory services ensures that we have exceptionally good working relationships with a vast array of partners including Derbyshire Police, Greater Manchester Police, Cheshire Police, East Midlands Ambulance service, North West Ambulance Service, Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service, Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service, HM Coastguard Rescue and various Air Ambulance charities.

My thanks go to every team member, their families, their employers and every single person who supports us in the work that we do. Without you all supporting us, we could not respond to requests for help from those who need our help within our local communities or all those who visit our area. Thank you.

Neil Woodhead, Team Leader

5. Financial summary

The team has had another successful financial year, during which we have benefitted from a number of unexpected large legacies and donations, and also started investments to maintain and improve our Search and Rescue capabilities, specifically a deposit on a replacement Landrover Defender, an upgrade to our IT equipment at base, and purchases of new bespoke clip together personal and team rucksacks that form our new carrying system.

Income for the year was £138,198 (£52,394 more than last year) and expenditure was £42,408. So we have received a net cash income of more than £95,000 over the year. The balance of funds at the end of the year was £360,198. Taking into account the £67,611 in our reserved vehicle fund, this means we retain £125,337 over our reserve of £113,250, which ensures we retain sufficient funds to cover one year’s running costs and any uninsured events that would severely impact our operational capability.

We have policies in place for Financial Controls and Financial Governance. These are reviewed annually to ensure the trustees meet their obligations for responsible management of KMRT’s financial resources and that KMRT finances are managed in accordance with UK regulations governing charities and companies. We have buildings and contents insurance in place which also includes off-site cover for the more costly equipment under an all-risks schedule. This year, to mitigate against the effects of increased inflation, we have moved some of our funds into new deposit accounts which offer improved rates of interest.

That we have had a good financial year is once again primarily due to the continuing efforts of the fundraising team, Pete and Amanda, who have successfully chased a number of lucrative sources of grants and funding, and to all members the team and our wonderful supporters who have rallied round and supported us through a number of imaginative fundraising activities. We have listed major supporters of the team earlier, so will not repeat them here, but again, thanks to each and everyone of you however large or small your donation.

Major items of expenditure in the past year include £20,003 on equipment (£10,908 on the new rucksacks from Aiguille); £6,137 on rescue vehicles (including a £1,000 deposit for the replacement Landrover Defender), £5,671 on communications (primarily on a major upgrade to IT equipment at base); £2,586

on premises; £2,495 on insurance, £2,235 on fundraising, £1,668 on training (primarily for water rescue courses); and £475 on medical supplies.

6.5 year plan and fundraising aspirations

The Trustees and Leadership have introduced financial budgets for the various aspects of the Team to allow us to foresee and better plan for financial challenges the Team routinely faces.

Over the last few years, they have also implemented robust organisational processes to continue our mission to have the highest levels of professionalism across all our operations and activities and in our financial controls and governance. This includes:

●having a robust business case and plan for all projects, to ensure we fully assess what we are allocating funds to, the reasons for the need, why the project is an appropriate response to the need and research into the quality and price of alternative solutions.
●Taking into account our risk management and health & safety policies in all decisions we make

Based on this forward look, we maintain a rolling five-year expenditure plan, which includes all routine running costs, training costs, and maintenance and renewal of team equipment and personal issue kit. Increased inflation is an important factor which will increase costs on all aspects of our operations, we have included inflation forecasts into our forward look and have taken action to mitigate the impact by moving some funds into restricted access higher interest earning accounts.

Major items of expenditure for the next 5 years include the replacement of the one of the team’s rescue vehicles and replacement defibrillators. These costs are in addition to the projected £40,000 “normal” annual cost of running the team.

7. How to contact, follow and support us

If you would like to know more about us and follow us, we have a website and an Instagram, Facebook and Twitter page:

https://kmrt.org.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/kinder_mrt/

https://www.facebook.com/KinderMountainRescueTeam/

https://twitter.com/_KMRT

You can also view our popular callout videos on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/alanhowarth1/videos

If you would like to help raise money for us or donate we have a JustGiving page:

https://www.justgiving.com/kmrt

If you prefer to donate directly this can be done to the following bank details. Account name - Kinder Mountain Rescue Team Sort Code - 40-52-40 Account Number 00028522

Bank: CAF Bank Ltd, 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4JQ

If you have further questions or specific queries, please email the Team Secretary at secretary@kmrt.org.uk who will forward your email to the most appropriate team member.

REMEMBER – IF IN DIFFICULTY ON THE HILL OR ELSEWHERE – CALL THE POLICE ON 999 OR 112, AND EXPLAIN THE SITUATION. THEY WILL TASK MOUNTAIN RESCUE.

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KINDER 8. Appendix A. Financial Report. Balance Sheet

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Kinder Mountain Rescue Team	Kinder Mountain Rescue Team	Charity No	1115933	1115933
		Company No	5853040
Annual accounts for theperiod
Period start date	01/03/2022§	To	Period end date	2/28/2023

Section A Statement of financial activities (including summary income and expenditure account)

Total funds £ £ £ £ £ F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Prior year funds	Total funds £ £ £ £ £ F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Prior year funds	Total funds £ £ £ £ £ F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Prior year funds	Total funds £ £ £ £ £ F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Prior year funds	Total funds £ £ £ £ £ F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Prior year funds
130,809	1,046	-	131,855	79,413
-	-	-	-	2,281
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1,740	-	-	1,740	13
5,649	-	-	5,649	4,097
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138,198	1,046	-	139,244	85,804

2,235	-	-	2,235	2,243
44,605	1,046	-	45,651	41,746

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46,840	1,046	-	47,886	43,989

91,358	-	-	91,358	41,815
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91,358	-	-	91,358	41,815
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91,358	-	-	91,358	41,815
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-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
91,358	-	-	91,358	41,815

264,408	-	-	264,408	222,593
355,766	-	-	355,766	264,408

Kinder Mountain Rescue Team Charity No 1115933 Company No 5853040

Section B Balance sheet

£ £ £ £ F01 F02 F03 F04 Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total this year	£ £ £ £ F01 F02 F03 F04 Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total this year	£ £ £ £ F01 F02 F03 F04 Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total this year	£ £ £ £ F01 F02 F03 F04 Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total this year	£ F05 Total last year
-	-	-	-	-
69,767	-	-	69,767	72,010
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
69,767	-	-	69,767	72,010

-	-	-	-	-
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287,027	-	-	287,027	193,472
287,027	-	-	287,027	193,472

1,028		-	1,028	1,074

285,999	-	-	285,999	192,398

355,766	-	-	355,766	264,408

-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-

355,766	-	-	355,766	264,408

-			- - 355,766 -	-
	-			-
355,766	-	-		264,408


355,766	-	-	355,766	264,408

The company was entitled to exemption from audit under s477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with FRS102 SORP.

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Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 1 Basis of preparation

This section should be completed by all charities .

1.1 Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with:

the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities
• and with* ü preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014
and with* ü the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)
and with the Charities Act 2011.

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.*

-Tick as appropriate

1.2 Going concern

If there are material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, please provide the following details or state "Not applicable", if appropriate:

An explanation as to those factors that support Not applicable the conclusion that the charity is a going concern; Disclosure of any uncertainties that make the Not applicable going concern assumption doubtful; Where accounts are not prepared on a going Not applicable concern basis, please disclose this fact together with the basis on which the trustees prepared the accounts and the reason why the charity is not regarded as a going concern.

1.3 Change of accounting policy

The accounts present a true and fair view and no changes have been made to the accounting policies adopted in note 2.

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*(i) the nature of*	*the chang*	*e in accounting policy;*	Not applicable
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1.4 Changes to accounting estimates

No changes to accounting estimates have occurred in the reporting period (3.46 FRS102 SORP).

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*(i) the nature of*	*any chan*	*ges;*	Not applicable
*(ii) the effect of* *assets and liabi*	*the chan* *lities for t*	*ge on income and expense or* *he current period; and*	Not applicable
*(iii) where pract* *more future per*	*icable, th* *iods.*	*e effect of the change in one or*	Not applicable

1.5 Material prior year errors

No material prior year error have been identified in the reporting period (3.47 FRS102 SORP).

Yes No	ü	* -Tick as appropriate

Please disclose:

*Please disclose:*
*(i) the nature of the prior period error;*	Not applicable
*(ii) for each prior period presented in the accounts, the* *amount of the correction for each account line item* *affected; and*	Not applicable
*(iii) the amount of the correction at the beginning of the* *earliest prior period presented in the accounts.*	Not applicable

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 2 Accounting policies

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 3 Income

Other: TOTAL INCOM Other informati Donations and legacies: Charitable activities: Other trading activities: Income from investments: Separate material item of income	Analysis of income Total funds Prior year £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds	Analysis of income Total funds Prior year £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds	Analysis of income Total funds Prior year £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds	Analysis of income Total funds Prior year £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds	Analysis of income Total funds Prior year £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds	Analysis of income Total funds Prior year £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds
	Donations andgifts	51,454		-	51,454	47,124
	Gift Aid	612	-	-	612	249
	Legacies	78,264	-	-	78,264	9,897
	General grants provided by government/other charities	-	1,046	-	1,046	22,143
	Membership subscriptions and sponsorships which are in substance donations	-	-	-	-
	Donatedgoods, facilities and services	-	-	-	-	-
	Other	480	-	-	480
	Total	130,809	1,046	-	131,855	79,413

		-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-
	Other	-	-	-	-	2,281
	Total	-	-	-	-	2,281

		-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-
	Other	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	-	-	-	-	-

	Interest income	1,740	-	-	1,740	13
	Dividend income	-	-	-	-	-
	Rental and leasingincome	-	-	-	-	-
	Other	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	1,740	-	-	1,740	13

	VAT refund	5,649	-	-	5,649	4,097
		-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-
	Total	5,649	-	-	5,649	4,097

	Conversion of endowment funds into income	-	-	-	-	-
	Gain on disposal of a tangible fixed asset held for charity's own use	-	-	-	-	-
	Gain on disposal of a programme related investment	-	-	-	-	-
	Royalties from the exploitation of intellectual property rights	-	-	-	-	-
	Other	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	-	-	-	-	-
	E on:
		138,198	1,046	-	139,244	85,804

All income in the prior year was unrestricted except for: (please provide description and amounts)		Arnold Clark Community Fund (£1,000) - towards rescue equipment (rucksacks)
Where any endowment fund is converted into income in the reporting period, please give the reason for the conversion.


Within the income items above the following items are material: (please disclose the nature, amount and any prior year amounts)

Where sums originally denominated in foreign currency have been included in income, explain the basis on which those sums have been translated into sterling (or the currency in which the accounts are drawn up).

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 4 Expenditure

Analysis of expenditure	Total funds Prior year £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds	Total funds Prior year £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds	Total funds Prior year £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds	Total funds Prior year £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds	Total funds Prior year £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds
Incurred seeking donations	2,235	-	-	2,235	2,243
Incurred seeking legacies	-	-	-	-	-
Incurred seeking grants
Operating membership schemes and social lotteries
Staging fundraising events
Fundraising agents
Operating charity shops
Operating a trading company undertaking non-charitable trading activity
Advertising, marketing, direct mail and publicity	-	-	-	-	-
Start up costs incurred in generating new source of future income	-	-	-	-	-
Database development costs	-	-	-	-	-
Other trading activities
Investment management costs:	-	-	-	-
Portfolio management costs	-	-	-	-	-
Cost of obtaining investment advice	-	-	-	-	-
Investment administration costs	-	-	-	-	-
Intellectual property licencing costs	-	-	-	-	-
Rent collection, property repairs and maintenance charges	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
Total expenditure on raising funds	2,235	-	-	2,235	2,243

Legal and professional	340	-	-	340	6,389
Member costs	22,421	1,046	-	23,467	9,225
Premises costs	2,586	-	-	2,586	7,629
Administrative costs	19,258	-	-	19,258	18,503
Total expenditure on charitable activities	44,605	1,046	-	45,651	41,746

	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-	-	-	-	-

	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
Total other expenditure	-	-	-	-	-

	46,840	1,046	-	47,886	43,989

Activity or programme	ertaken directly	Grant funding of activities	Support Costs	Total this year	*Total prior* *year*
	£	£	£	£	£
Activity 1 Activity2

Other
Total

Prior year expenditure on charitable activities can be analysed as follows:

Within the expenditure items above the following items are material: (please disclose the nature, amount and any prior year amounts)

Where sums originally denominated in foreign currency have been included in expenditure, explain the basis on which those sums have been translated into sterling (or the currency in which the accounts are drawn up).

Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 5 Details of certain types of expenditure

Note 5 Fees for examination of the accounts

Please provide details of the amount paid for any statutory external scrutiny of accounts and other services provided by your independent examiner. If nothing was paid please enter '0' in the appropriate box(es).

*Please provide details of the amount paid for any statutory external scrutiny of* *accounts and other services provided by your independent examiner. If nothing* *was paid please enter '0' in the appropriate box(es).*
Independent examiner’s fees Assurance services other than independent examination Tax advisory fees Other fees (for example: financial advice, consultancy, accountancy services) paid to the independent examiner	This year £	Last year £
	340	330

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 6 Tangible fixed assets

6.1 Cost or valuation

£ Freehold land & buildings	£ Other land & buildings	£ Plant, machinery and motor vehicles	£ Fixtures, fittings and equipment	Total £
-	57,534	112,117	10,385	180,036
-			5,272	5,272
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	57,534	112,117	15,657	185,308

6.2 Depreciation and impairments

SL or RB	SL	SL	SL	SL or RB
	0%	20%/25%	20%
- - 102,367 5,659 108,026 - - - - - - - 4,875 2,640 7,515 - - - - - - - - - - - - 107,242 8,299 115,541 - 57,534 9,750 4,726 72,010 - 57,534 4,875 7,358 69,767
-	57,534	9,750	4,726	72,010
-	57,534	4,875	7,358	69,767

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 7 Cash at bank and in hand

Note 7 Cash at bank and in hand
Short term cash investments (less than 3 months maturity date) Short term deposits Cash at bank and on hand Other Total	This year £	Last year £
	209,731	-
	55,000	-
	22,296	193,472
	-	-
	287,027	193,472

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 8 Creditors and accruals

Please complete this note if the charity has any creditors or accruals.

8.1 Analysis of creditors

Amounts falling due within one year	Amounts falling due within one year	Amounts falling due after more than one year	Amounts falling due after more than one year
This year £	Last year £	This year £	Last year £
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
1,028	1,074	-	-
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
1,028	1,074	-	-

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 9 Transactions with trustees and related parties

9.1 Trustee remuneration and benefits

None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with their charity or a related entity (True or False)

Name of trustee	Amounts paid or benefit value	Amounts paid or benefit value	Amounts paid or benefit value	Amounts paid or benefit value	Amounts paid or benefit value	Amounts paid or benefit value
	Thisyear					Last year £
	Remuneration	Pension contribution	Redundancy (including loss of office)/ex gratia payment	Other	TOTAL
	£	£	£	£	£




*Please give details of why remuneration or other* *employment benefits were paid.* *Where an ex gratia payment has been made to a trustee,* *provide an explanation of the nature of the payment.* *If a third party has been reimbursed for providing one or* *more trustees, state the nature of the payment and amount* *of the reimbursement.* *State the number of trustees to whom retirement benefits* *are accruing under a defined contribution pension* *scheme.*

8.2 Trustees' expenses

If the charity has paid trustees expenses for fulfilling their duties, details of such transactions should be provided in this note. If there are no transactions to report, please enter “True” in the box below. If there are transactions to report, please enter "False".

No trustee expenses have been incurred (True or False)			*FLASE*

Type of expenses reimbursed		This year	Last year
		£	£
Travel
Subsistence
Accommodation: 1 night to attend MREW conference		65.00	0
Other (please specify): MREW conference admission fee		55.00	0

	TOTAL	120.00	0.00
Please provide the number of trustees reimbursed for expenses or who had expenses paid by the charity
			1

8.3 Transaction(s) with related parties

There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period (True or False)

Name of the trustee or related party	Amount	Balance at period end	Provision for bad debts at period end	Amounts written off during reporting period
	£	£	£	£




*In relation to the transactions above, please provide the* *terms and conditions, including any security and the* *nature of any payment (consideration) to be provided in* *settlement.*

For any related party, please provide details of any guarantees given or received.

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 10 Charity funds

10.1 Details of material funds held and movements during the CURRENT reporting period

Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period together with a balancing figure for 'Other funds'. The 'Total funds' figure below should reconcile to 'Total funds' in the blanace sheet.

* Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendible endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and UR - unrestricted funds

*funds*
Fund names	Type PE, EE R or UR *	Purpose and Restrictions	£ Fund balances brought forward	Income £	Expenditure £	Transfers £	£ Gains and losses	£ Fund balances carried forward
General Reserve	UR		164,408	139,244	- 47,886	- 13,250	-	242,516
Fixed Reserve	UR	To cover One Year's Expenditure and replacement of a motor vehicle	100,000	-	-	13,250	-	113,250
			-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-
*Other funds*	N/a	N/a	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Funds			264,408	139,244	- 47,886	-	-	355,766

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 10 Charity funds (cont)

10.2 Details of material funds held and movements during the PREVIOUS reporting period

* Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendible endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and UR - unrestricted funds

*funds*
Fund names	Type PE, EE R or UR *	Purpose and Restrictions	£ Fund balances brought forward	Income £	Expenditure £	Transfers £	£ Gains and losses	£ Fund balances carried forward
General Reserve	UR		122,593	85,804	- 43,989	-	-	164,408
Fixed Reserve	UR		100,000	-	-		-	100,000
			-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-
*Other funds*	N/a	N/a	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Funds			222,593	85,804	- 43,989	-	-	264,408

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent ExamineVs Report Report to the trusteesldire¢torsl members of Kinder Mountain Rescue Team On accounts forthe year ended 28 February 2023 Charlty no.: 111593 Company no.: 5853040 Set out on pages Trustees Report, SOF& Balance Sheet. Related Notes I report to the chanty trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 2810212023. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees of the Company {who are also the directors of the company fof the purposes of company law). you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (Y)e 2006 Al). Having satisfied myself Ihat the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited for this year under Part 16 of the 2C(16 Acl and are eligible for indepen¢Jent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Acl 2011 I'the 2011 Act"). In carrying out my examination, I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5llb) of the 2011 Act. Independent examinerfs statement I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that.. b accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006,. or . the accounts do not attord yth such records. or the accounts do not comply with relevant accounting requirements under section 396 of the Companies Act 20C6 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination,. or •the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS102). IER

I have no cOnrn$ and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to whith attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Slgned: Date: Name: Wivien Cross Relevant professional qualification{s) or body {If anyl: FCA Address: Bracken Clough, Start Lane INhaley Bndge. Derbyshire. SK23 7BR IER

Kinder Mountain Rescue Team Annual Report and Accounts

1 March 2022 – 28 Feb 2023

Introduction

Contents

1.Legal and Administrative information

Current Trustees

Charity Number: 1115933

Company Number: 5853040

2. About the team

What we do

Emergency services we work with

Fundraising

The community we are here to help

Our interaction with the community

Sustainability

3. Message from the Chair

4. Operational update

Callouts April 2022 – March 2023

5. Financial summary

6.5 year plan and fundraising aspirations

7. How to contact, follow and support us

Section A Statement of financial activities (including summary income and expenditure account)

Section B Balance sheet

Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 1 Basis of preparation

1.1 Basis of accounting

1.2 Going concern

1.3 Change of accounting policy

1.4 Changes to accounting estimates

1.5 Material prior year errors

Please disclose:

2.1 INCOME

Note 3 Income

Note 5 Details of certain types of expenditure

Note 5 Fees for examination of the accounts

Please provide details of the amount paid for any statutory external scrutiny of accounts and other services provided by your independent examiner. If nothing was paid please enter '0' in the appropriate box(es).

Note 6 Tangible fixed assets

6.1 Cost or valuation

6.2 Depreciation and impairments

Note 7 Cash at bank and in hand

Note 8 Creditors and accruals

8.1 Analysis of creditors

Note 9 Transactions with trustees and related parties

9.1 Trustee remuneration and benefits

8.2 Trustees' expenses

8.3 Transaction(s) with related parties

Note 10 Charity funds

10.1 Details of material funds held and movements during the CURRENT reporting period

Note 10 Charity funds (cont)

10.2 Details of material funds held and movements during the PREVIOUS reporting period