Charity Registration No. 1138626
## **EDALE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM**
**ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**
Edale Mountain Rescue Team - for the year ended 31 December 2022
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
|**Trustees**|**Current**|
|---|---|
||Ian Bunting, Chair of Trustees|
||Ian Donaldson, Secretary|
||Bob Davey, Treasurer|
||Dave Torr, Team Leader|
||Simon Beasley|
||**Retired** **in** **year**|
||None|
|**Secretary**|Ian Donaldson|
|**Charity** **Number**|1138626|
|**Principal** **Address**|Edale Mountain Rescue Team Headquarters|
||Hope Cement Works|
||Hope|
||Derbyshire|
||S33 6RP|
|**Registered** **Office**|Edale Mountain Rescue Team Headquarters|
||Hope Cement Works|
||Hope|
||Derbyshire|
||S33 6RP|
|**Independent** **Examiner**|Lindrick Accountancy Services Ltd|
||205 Outgang Lane|
||Dinnington|
||S25 3QY|
|**Bankers**|CAF Bank Limited|
||25 Kings Hill Avenue|
||Kings Hill|
||West Malling|
||Kent ME19 4JQ|
||Lloyds Bank Plc|
||934 City Road|
||Sheffield S3 1GQ|
||Hampshire Trust Bank|
||55 Bishopgate|
||London EC2N 3AS|
||Aldermore Bank PLC|
||Apex Plaza|
||Fordbury Road|
||Reading RG1 1AX|
||Nationwide Building Society|
||Pipers Way|
||Swindon SN38 1NW|
||Sainsburys Bank|
||33 Holburn|
||London EC1N 2HT|
||ICICI Bank|
||1 Thomas Moor Square|
||London
E1W 1YN|
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Edale Mountain Rescue Team - for the year ended 31 December 2022
## **CONTENTS**
**Page** Trustees' Report 4 - 7 Independent examiner's report 8 Statement of financial activities 9 Balance sheet 10 Notes to the financial statements 11 - 13
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Edale Mountain Rescue Team - for the year ended 31 December 2022
## TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT)
The trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 31st December 2022
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the charity’s Memorandum and Articles of Association and “Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015)”.
## **Objectives and activities**
The objectives of Edale Mountain Rescue Team are ‘to save lives and alleviate distress, primarily in upland and mountainous areas’ in conjunction with other organisations having similar objectives.
Edale Mountain Rescue Team (EMRT) operates within the UK's Peak District National Park as well as the rural areas of South Yorkshire and Derbyshire from our purpose built headquarters within Hope Cement Works.
The team was first established in February 1956 and has been active continuously since that time.
Whilst we primarily work for the Derbyshire Constabulary we are also called to assist South Yorkshire Police, East Midlands Ambulance Service and the Yorkshire Ambulance Service. This also means we work frequently with several Air Ambulance Organisations but particularly the Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland Air Ambulance, the Yorkshire Air Ambulance and the Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire Air Ambulance.
Due to the large number of outdoor activities carried out within our area, coupled with the high number of visitors/participants, EMRT is one of the busiest mountain rescue teams in the country.
From the beginning of 2000 to the end of 2022 team members have been involved in 2663 incidents. These incidents have occurred whilst people have been partaking in a variety of outdoor activities; walking, climbing, fell running, mountain biking, horse riding, trials biking, hang gliding, paragliding, fixed wing gliding and fishing.
We also assist the police in incidents where our skills can be utilised in more rural locations. These predominantly involve searching for vulnerable people that have gone missing for various reasons and whose disappearance has caused concern.
EMRT members were also involved in several flood rescue incidents over the years, Sheffield 2007, Cumbria 2015 and the Todbrook Dam incident at Whaley Bridge in 2019. Additionally, we have assisted both Sheffield and Derbyshire residents when the roads have been problematic for the statutory emergency services due to snow.
EMRT is one of seven teams within the Peak District and is a member of both the Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation (PDMRO) and Mountain Rescue England and Wales (MREW).
As with all other UK teams, the team is made up entirely of volunteers who come from all walks of life and give up their time freely. We have 43 members on the call out list and 10 aspirant members. We also have several support members who assist in the running of the team.
Several of our members are specially trained and equipped to provide a swift water rescue section.
We also have three Mountain Rescue Search Dog England (MRSDE) handlers with graded search dogs who will be deployed to incidents with other teams anywhere in the country if their services are required.
Team members train on a regular basis to refresh and improve on old skills as well as learning new ones. These include advanced first aid/casualty care, rope rescue, search techniques, radio procedure, water safety, stretcher handling, equipment familiarisation and equipment maintenance.
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Edale Mountain Rescue Team - for the year ended 31 December 2022
Due to the number of calls we receive for people suffering from serious injuries team members are encouraged to hold the Mountain Rescue Casualty Care certificate.
Apart from being able to reclaim VAT, EMRT receives no central funding from government and we rely entirely on donations and grants to raise the money we need to run the team.
All funds raised are used to improve the service we offer to the public by investing in replacement medical consumables, equipment maintenance and renewal, training and equipment for members, running our two Land Rover Defender 110 response vehicles, one Toyota Hilux response vehicle, one Land Rover Defender 110 crew transport vehicle and one Mercedes Sprinter search control vehicle; as well as planning for a secure financial future for the team.
The majority of funds are raised through the hard work of team members and our valued support group "Friends in High Places", who have been assisting us since 2001.
## **Achievements and performance**
In 2022 team members attended 146 callouts with a further 8 incidents being attended by our search dog handlers. Additionally, the team was alerted to a further 12 incidents which did not require a team response.
Once again we ran our annual “9 Edges Challenge” which was a great success.
## **Financial review**
During 2022 team income was circa £99,000 with expenditure of £110,000.
A combination of fundraising activities and other income streams have continued to benefit the team despite the uncertain economic terms.
The value of our investments have decreased due to the effects of the Ukraine/Russia conflict. However they did start to recover towards the end of the year.
We continue to plan to improve our equipment and replace team member’s protective clothing at intervals. To provide replacement vehicles in due course and to provide additional garages to protect our vehicles from the elements.
It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to twenty-four month’s essential expenditure. The trustees consider that reserves at this level will ensure that in the event of a significant drop in funding, the charity’s current activities will continue while consideration is given to ways in which additional funds may be raised. This level of reserves has been maintained throughout the year.
At the end of 2022 we were able to allocate the following funds to projects.
£509,000 New Base Fund £60,000 Garage Fund £144,000 Reserves for Running Costs (2 years at £72,000) £120,000 Vehicle Fund £32,500 PPE Replacement fund
By far our biggest ongoing cost is the fuel, insurance, servicing and maintenance of our vehicle fleet. It is planned to replace our oldest vehicle during 2023.
The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to the major risks.
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Edale Mountain Rescue Team - for the year ended 31 December 2022
## **Plans for future periods**
We will continue to raise funds to cover our running costs.
- Rescue vehicle insurance and maintenance, fuel, phone calls.
- Medical consumables, bandages, drugs, oxygen masks, entonox mouthpieces, splints and neck supports.
- Headquarters communications costs and maintenance.
- Replacement of damaged and time expired items such as shelter tents, slings, karabiners and stretchers.
- Digital radio communication system improvement and expansion
At the same time we are planning for the future and fund raising to replace our vehicles, protective clothing and helmets on a rolling basis as required.
It is our aim to have all of our vehicles stored in garages for their protection and to speed up our response during the winter. The search for suitable sites near Owler Bar and Hathersage continues.
We are planning to maintain the training for the swift water rescue section and to add to their equipment to improve their capability.
We will also continue to invest in the training of team members who are our most valuable asset. Without team members there would be no team and no rescues would be carried out.
Long term we are raising funds to provide the team with freehold ownership of an operational base in the Hope Valley to secure the future of the team.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity was established by a charitable trust deed in October 1981 and registered as a charity on 4th May 1982, with charity number 512559.
The company was incorporated as a private limited company on 13th July 2005.
The company was registered as a charity on 27th October 2010 with charity number 1138626.
On the 4th January 2011 charity number 512559 was removed and all assets transferred to the incorporated charity number 1138626.
On the 8th September 2021 the private Limited Company status was changed to that of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). Charity number 1138626 remains the registered charity number of the organisation.
None of the trustees has any beneficial interest in the company. All of the trustees are members of the company and guarantee to contribute £1 in the event of a winding up.
All trustees are elected annually by the team members at the annual general meeting. Broadly the team leader is responsible for operational activities and the chairman is responsible for non-operational activities.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for identifying and disclosing transactions with related parties. None of the trustees receive remuneration or other benefits apart from travel expenses in some instances for out of area journeys. However, the Charity did pay a £200 kit allowance to Full Members of the rescue team and of these 3 are trustees.
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Edale Mountain Rescue Team - for the year ended 31 December 2022
The trustees’ report was approved by the Board of Trustees on the 30[th] May 2023 and signed on their behalf by:
Ian Bunting Chair of Trustees
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Ed8le Mountaln Rescuè Team - for the year ended 31 December 2022
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF EDALE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM
I report lo the Iruslees on my examination of the financial statements of Edale Mountain Rescue
Team Limited Ilhe charity) for the year ended 31 December 2022 which are sel out on pages 9 10
Responslbillties and basls of report
As the Iruslees of the charity land also ils directors for the purposes of company law} you are
responsible for the preparation of the fInaCIal slalernenls in accordance with the requirements of
the CompaTries Act 2006 Ilhe 2006 Acll.
Having satisfied myself that the financial slalemenls of the charity are not required lo be audited
under Parl 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of
my examination of the charity's financial slalemeftl carried out under section 145 of the Charities
Act of 2011 Ilhe 2011 Acll. In carrying out my examination I hav& followed all the applicable
directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the 2011 Act.
Independent examinerfs statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come lo my allenlion in
connection with the examinalion giving me cause lo believe that in any material respect..
accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the
2006 Act., or
the financial statement do not accord with those records., or
the financial slalernents do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the
2006 Act other than any requirement that Ihe accounls give a true and fair view which is nol a
maller considered as part of an independent examination-, or
the financial slalemenls have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and
principals of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by
charities applicable lo charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial
Reporling Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 102),
I have rso concerns and have come across no other mallers in connection with the exarninalion lo
which allenlion should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the
financial slalemenls lo be reached.
John Waning FCA
Lindri¢k A¢counlancy Services Ltd
205 Oulgang Lane
Dinninglon
S25 3QY
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Edale Mountain Rescue Team - for the year ended 31 December 2022
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
|**Income**
Income from generated funds
Income from charitable activities
Investment Income
**Total** **Income** **and** **endowments**
**Expenses**
Costs of generating funds
Expenditure on Charitable activities
Loss on investments
**Total** **Expenditure**
**Net** **income** **before** **transfers**
Gross transfers between funds
Net income for the year
Fund balances at 1 January 2021
Fund balances at 31 December
2021|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**Designated**
**funds**
**£**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
**2022**
**Total**
**£**
_2021_
_Total_
_£_
135,628
-
1,018
136,646
_122,056_
946
-
-
946
_56_|
|---|---|
||136,574
-
1,018
137,592
_122,112_|
||79,121
29,487
1,611
110,219
_91,471_
34,527
-
-
34,527
_-_|
||113,648
29,487
1,611
144,746
_91,471_|
||22,926
(29,487)
(593)
(16,758)
_30,641_
(29,487)
29,487
-
_-_|
||(6,561)
-
(593)
(7,654)
_30,641_
428,528
721,000
5,000
1,154,528
_1,123,887_|
||421,967
721,000
4,407
1,147,374
_1,154,528_|
This statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities
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Edale Mountain Rescue Team - for the year ended 31 December 2022
## **BALANCE SHEET AT 31/12/22**
|**Notes**
**FIXED** **ASSETS**
Tangible Assets
2
**CURRENT** **ASSETS**
Debtors (amounts falling due within one year)
3
Cash at bank and in hand
Other investments (Flagstone)
Other investments (Investec)
4
**Creditors**: amounts falling due within one year
5
**NET** **CURRENT** **ASSETS**
**TOTAL** **ASSETS** **LESS** **CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
**Represented** **By**
Revaluation Reserve
7
**Income** **Funds**
Unrestricted funds
8
Designated funds
Other Charitable funds
Total Income Funds
**Total** **Reserves**|£
14,097
95,496
426,416
465,473|**2022**
£
146,392
1,000,982
1,147,374|_10,602_
_472,549_
_509,104_|**2021**
£
_173,098_
_990,534_
_1,163,632_|**2021**
£
_173,098_
_990,534_
_1,163,632_|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||1,001,482
500||_992,255_
_1,721_|||
|||||||
|||-
421,967
721,000
4,407
1,147,374|||_9,104_
_428,528_
_721,000_
_5,000_
_1,154,528_|
|||1,147,374|||_1,163,632_|
For the year ending 31/12/2022 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 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 trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for ensuring the charity keeps accounting records which comply with section 386 of the Act and for preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial year and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the financial year in accordance with the requirements of sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
Approved by the board of trustees on the 14[th] August 2023 and signed on their behalf by
............................. I Bunting Trustee
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Edale Mountain Rescue Team - for the year ended 31 December 2022
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **1a. Basis Of Accounting**
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with FRS102 - The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006 and the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities.
## **1b. Incoming Resources**
All incoming resources are included on the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.
## **1c. Resources Expended**
Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **1d. Allocation And Apportionment Of Costs**
All costs relate to the single activity of the charitable company and are recognised accordingly.
## **1e. Fund Accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Designated funds are funds set aside by the trustees out of unrestricted general funds for the specific future purposes or projects.
## **1f. Depreciation**
Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets over their estimated useful lives.
Long Leasehold Properties straight line 5% Plant and Machinery straight line 20% Fixtures and Fittings reducing balance 25% Motor Cars reducing balance 15%
## **1g. Turnover**
Turnover represents the invoiced value of goods and services supplied by the company, net of value added tax and trade discounts.
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Edale Mountain Rescue Team - for the year ended 31 December 2022
## **2. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
|**Cost**
At 01/01/22
Additions
Disposals
At 31/12/22
**Depreciation**
At 01/01/22
Disposals
For the year
At 31/12/22
**Net** **Book** **Amounts**
At 31/12/22
At 31/12/21
**3.** **DEBTORS**
Amounts falling due within one year:
Other Debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
Chairman’s Fund
VAT Refund
**4.** **OTHER** **INVESTMENTS**
Flagstone Deposit Platform
Investec Low Risk Portfolio
**5.** **CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year:
Accruals and deferred income|**Long**
**Leasehold**
**Properties**
**£**
**Training**
**Wall**
**£**
**Fixtures**
**and**
**Fittings**
**£**
**Motor**
**Vehicles**
**£**
**Total**
**£**
159,405
25,240
56,519
212,250
453,414
-
-
998
-
998
-
(330)
-
(330)|**Long**
**Leasehold**
**Properties**
**£**
**Training**
**Wall**
**£**
**Fixtures**
**and**
**Fittings**
**£**
**Motor**
**Vehicles**
**£**
**Total**
**£**
159,405
25,240
56,519
212,250
453,414
-
-
998
-
998
-
(330)
-
(330)|**Long**
**Leasehold**
**Properties**
**£**
**Training**
**Wall**
**£**
**Fixtures**
**and**
**Fittings**
**£**
**Motor**
**Vehicles**
**£**
**Total**
**£**
159,405
25,240
56,519
212,250
453,414
-
-
998
-
998
-
(330)
-
(330)|
|---|---|---|---|
||159,405
25,240|57,187
212,250
454,082
26,934
140,170
280,316
(311)
-
(311)
7,641
10,812
27,685||
||96,806
16,406
-
-
7,970
1,262|||
||104,776
17,668|34,264
150,982
307,690
22,923
61,268
146,392
29,585
72,080
173,098
**2022**
**£**
_2021_
_£_
6,924
_6,924_
4,916
_1,978_
373
_373_
1,884
_1,327_
14,097
_10,602_
**2022**
_2021_
**£**
_£_
426,416
465,473
_509,104_
891,889
_509,104_
**2022**
_2021_
**£**
_£_
500
_1,721_
500
_1,721_||
||54,629
7,572
62,599
8,834|||
|||||
||||891,889
_509,104_
**2022**
_2021_
**£**
_£_
500
_1,721_|
||||500
_1,721_|
**6. LIMITED BY GUARANTEE**
The company is limited by guarantee and does not have a share capital. Each member gives a guarantee to contribute a sum not exceeding £1 to the company should it be wound up. At 31/12/2022 there were 45 members and 11 aspirants.
## **7. REVALUATION RESERVE**
Increases in the value of the low risk investment policy with Investec are transferred to the revaluation reserve until funds are withdrawn from the policy and the increase is realised, at this point the gain will be recognised in the statement of financial activities. Reductions in value are reversed against the historic revaluation reserve and further reductions over and above the brought forward value of the revaluation reserve are recognised in the statement of financial activities.
## **8. RESTRICTED FUNDS**
A donation was received of £5,000 to be spent on equipment bags and medical bags. Expenditure on these items is planned during 2022.
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Edale Mountain Rescue Team - for the year ended 31 December 2022
## **INCOMING RESOURCES**
|**Incoming** **resources**
**Incoming** **resources** **from** **generated** **funds**
**Monetary** **Donations**
Restricted Donations
Legacies
Grants
Friends in High Places
Collections
Shows and Events
Collection Boxes
Just Giving
Nine Edges
First Aid Cover
Talks
Fundraising Sales
**INVESTMENT** **INCOME**
Interest receivable
Investec profit/loss
**EXPENSES**
**Charitable** **Activities**
Depreciation of fixed assets
Base Costs
Website
Fundraising Costs
Ringinglow Garage Exp
Communications
Computers and Internet
Search and Rescue Equip
Training
Medical Supplies
Vehicle Running Costs
Uniforms
Team Insurance
Water Rescue Equip
Nine Edges Costs
Crag Wall Exam
Restricted Fund, PPE equipment
Profit/loss on disposal of fixed asset
**Governance** **Costs**
Stationery & office supplies
Printing
Accountancy and legal fees
Sundry expenses
**Total** **Expenditure**
**Analysis** **by** **fund**
Unrestricted funds
Designated funds
Restricted funds||**2022**
**£**
37,465
1,018
24,000
117
1,269
8,470
1,825
5,832
39,759
11,584
3,181
1,851
276
99,182
136,647
946
(43,631)
(42,685)
**2022**
**£**
27,685
1,800
490
5,434
369
5,328
1,472
11,007
3,429
6,993
13,152
13,268
2,742
8,087
4,143
710
1,611
(81)
107,639
423
150
1,662
346
2,581
110,220
76,326
29,487
4,407
110,220||_5,000_
_7,613_
_-_
_1,000_
_5,743_
_387_
_3,567_
_33,208_
_6,403_
_2,050_
_108_
_1,429_|_2021_
_£_
_55,548_
_66,508_
_122,056_
_56_
_9,104_
_9,160_
**_2021_**
_£_
_26,206_
_2,090_
_420_
_3,289_
_500_
_3,935_
_202_
_11,235_
_339_
_4,810_
_12,995_
_9,312_
_2,579_
_7,877_
_2,880_
_525_|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||
||||||_89,194_
_32_
_-_
_1,035_
_1,210_|
|||||||
||||||_2,277_|
||||||_91,471_
_58,306_
_28,165_
_5,000_
_91,471_|
|||||||
|||||||
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