Tim Achub Mynydd Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team Charity /Elusen 1184620 Ty Bailey Mountain Rescue Post, Nant Peris LL55 4UE ## **Trustees Report 2024 Adroddiad Ymddiriedolwyr** ## **Public Benefit** The charity has offered important public benefit this year with the focus primarily on our first charitable objective to ‘relieve suffering and distress amongst persons endangered by accidents or natural hazards and to provide adequate arrangements for the secure and efficient search and rescue of any person or persons so endangered in and around Snowdon but not exclusively’. ## **Operational updates** 2024 was the busiest year ever for the Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team, with 327 call outs for the Team (deploying rescue volunteers 209 times). This is well over the 308 call outs for last year’s record-breaking workload. This makes the Team the busiest Mountain Rescue Team in the UK by a considerable margin. During 2024, the Team sadly attended to 4 fatalities. With around 55 Rescue Team members, the charity provided 8,133 hours of volunteer time on rescues, assisting 254 members of the public. These recorded volunteer hours do not include the considerable extra work carried out to maintain equipment, look after vehicles, training, committee meetings, work groups meetings, the admin work, Trustee meetings and other tasks required to run the charity. The Team gets operational support from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, usually from the crew of the Caernarfon Search and Rescue Helicopter, with whom the Team has a superb working relationship. We also receive support from the Wales Air Ambulance, Welsh Ambulance Service, the RAF Mountain Rescue Team and neighbouring mountain rescue teams. ## **Governance** The Team has had a difficult year in organisation and governance. The Trustees at the start of the year were four ex-officio Trustees, four elected Trustees and two external Trustees. The Chairman of the Committee resigned in June meaning the Vice Chair stepped up into his position and a new Vice Chair was co-opted by the Committee. Two elected and one external Trustee also stepped down later in the year. Various reasons have been shared for these resignations and this is serious feedback which the charity needs to consider carefully and seriously as it moves into a new year. At the end of the year the Trustees are as follows: Gruff Owen – ex-officio as Chairman of the Committee Will Hardy – ex-officio as vice-Chairman of Committee Simon Verspeak – ex-officio as Secretary of Committee Jack Otter – ex-officio as Treasurer of Committee Alun Allcock – elected Gwyn Roberts – elected Carolyn Samuel – external The day to day running of the charity is delegated by the Trustees to the Management Committee who have had a challenging year managing inter-personal conflicts in the Team, significant changes in policies and procedures and investigating concerns raised, alongside the usual running of the charity. The Trustees and Committee engaged with a number of local politicians, and senior officers from the statutory and emergency services over the year, to try to communicate the challenges faced by this fully-voluntary charity carrying out such an important service in the area and to ask for further support – practically, financially and in educating visitors to the mountains of North Wales. ## **Finances** In the Team’s financial year, the Team spent just over £115,000 and had an income of over £172,000, making a surplus on operating costs of over £57,000, with a year-end balance of over £588,000. This large reserve is held by the charity because the Team needs considerable funds to acquire and maintain a new Base in the coming years. Although further fundraising will likely be required when an appropriate property becomes available. There are also expected to be further significant costs in relation to vehicles. Last year’s trial for team members to be able to claim expenses to make their volunteering costneutral has proved effective. The changes to the set-up of the charity’s finances last year, to ensure that they were within FSCS limits and in interest-accruing accounts have meant almost £11,000 in further income for the charity this year. The already limited government funding of mountain rescue teams in Wales has ended this year. The charity is therefore thankful that its operations continue to be funded by donations from the public through fundraising, buying merch and legacies. Full details of the charity’s finances and accounts are in the Annual Financial Report, prepared and audited by Willams Denton Cyf. ## **Base and equipment** Work is ongoing with representatives of the Church to secure a new, more favourable lease of the current base at Nant Peris. Trustees have also continued to explore various options for a new, larger and more appropriate base for the Team but have not yet found a viable solution. The most significant purchase this year has been of a new ‘Mob 4’ vehicle for the Team. ## **Moving forward** There are considerable challenges for the Team moving forward. These include maintaining operational capacity in the face of ever-increasing demand; improving working relationships with and accessing further support from other local organisations; resolving interpersonal difficulties in the Team and improving team morale and ways of working; reviewing team documents, policies and processes across the board; securing the lease on the current base and looking for somewhere more appropriate for the future. ## **Thank you to all our volunteers** The Trustees are exceptionally grateful for the time, effort and commitment of all Team members on the hill, in training and in all behind-the-scenes work. All Team members have every reason to be exceptionally proud of their achievements this year - every single member and volunteer contributes to the work and achievements of the Team in saving people in distress on Yr Wyddfa and the surrounding hills in some way. 2024 Report prepared by Carolyn Samuel On behalf of Trustees of the Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team CIO January 2025 LLANBERIS MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM CIO I TIM ACHUB MYNYDD LLANBERIS SCE Accounts For The Year Ended 30 September 2024 Registered Charity Number . 1184620 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF LLANBERIS MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM CIO I Tim ACHUB MYNYDD LLANBERIS SCE CHARITY NUMBER: 1184620 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above tharity (°the Trust.) for the year ended 30 September 2024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trust8es, you are responsible for the pr8paralion of the a￿Ount$ in accordance with the requirements of the Chartlies Act 2011 (Ih8 Acl.). I report in r8spect of my 8xamination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I have followed all the applicabl8 Dir8Ctions giv8n by the Charity Commission under section 145(51(b) of th8 Act. Independont examinerfs statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no malerial matters have come to my attention in Connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the ac￿Unting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act. or • th8 accounts do not accord with the accounting records,. or th8 accounts did not comply with th8 applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities {Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no ￿ncernS and have come across no other matters in connection wilh the examinatlon to whlch att8ntion should be drawn In this report In order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached. Colin Bell FCCA Williams Denton Cyf Chartered Certiffred Accountants Glaslyn Ffordd Y Parc Parc Menai Bangor Gwynedd LL57 4FE Dat8: Illiomsdenton CHARITY IOMMI5510 FOR ENGLAND AND WALE Chariiy P4ame LLANBERIS moUNT￿N RESCUE TEAM CIO I TIM ACHUB MYNYDD LLANBERIS SCE No lif arbyl 11U020 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For th• p•rlod from Pèriod slad dalp Pe'iod end dale To 0111012023 3Q10912024 Section A Receipts and payments Unre5trlcted funds Restricted funds Endowment fund$ Total funds Last year t•fh• N¥r••t to th• n•or••t£ tothD n•trMt£ toth• I￿1[••1£ A1 R￿8 Oonpbon8. G&n8ral Lega¢y tsift$ R8c8iwd Donaiions- Just Giwnp Donabon8. W￿d Pay 18rd￿￿158 Salès Bank Intsiasi Other LoEn Inlwosl xalor￿U￿t- DOna￿On ross income 021 44,746 ¢0,052 .021 30,978 18J,7J7 35,239 385 60.652 13,193 11A952 13.193 10.912 3,575 10 113 2.13(1 AR) 169.e23 1130 171,7SJ 2N6Q8 an nve• en H•rd¥hlp LoÈn RewyTheDt 933 1,WO 833 833 171SB6 A3Pa onts Mororand Travelllng Exppn885 ljotorV8hkaeS Tralnlr¥J Team Ewpmenl ¢omm￿￿b0nÈ And IT ITh$￿te Base ¢0515 MrarJAdmin Weffère and F￿a Profe551￿¥ Fe95 Ical Co8t$ F￿￿ra15￿g K4erchandise StrKk SoEial ￿Tht 21.041 21.IMI 30.379 4J.7J6 9,27S 30,050 ¢.214 424S 2￿033 921 1432 1&946 9.147 %l171 4245 2ts,•33 3.821 14.941 8.147 12.171 7,146 2.36B 3.128 4,884 3.008 1750 12.209 1.750 12209 2.780 1•5￿74 2,211 145.190 Sub lolal I12￿$4 2.780 A4 Astyet and Inv••tm•nt Sub lotal 12, 2,780 115.674 14S.790 of ree8lpts/(paym•ntsJ A5 Transfers between lunds A6 Cash fund$ la$t yoar end Cash funds thts yearend 57,562 12.4021 M.912 9S,818 2,402 531,1BS 588,098 Tq: 584.838 3,260 531,186 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unreatricted fund8 ¢0 nyrgst £ R•strietod fund8 Endowmènt funds Catggories Details ta nw4v•8t£ Tr4arqBt£ B1 Cash funds CuYMnl Bank A¢wunt 125.563 nBss BankAccouni 4.276 Ca￿d￿ D¢posltA¢O￿n 45&(VJO So(481 BankA(4xunl Total cash funds 501039 3360 Unmtricted funds R¢¥tri¢ted funds Endowment lund$ Details Merthunthje BelarK• tonHr•bl£ 2.J33 to n•ar•st£ tts Th￿￿*t£ FunditywhlEh aDz•t bd Dètails ¢0st loptk*nHII B3 Investm•nt ass•ts Fundtowhlch sset belo UN85kncted CuFF4ntv•l Dètalls Mot¢rVits¢ltrs CoAt 84 As$•ts retained for the charity's own uso ToBm Equyr AM￿￿14￿4• Wh•n du• Details rdatss B5 Ll8bllitieJ Signed byene or tntstees on behalf of 811 the trustees Siqnalure Print N8rne Dale of Francols Otter LLANBERIS MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM CIO I TIM ACHUB MYNYDD LLANBERIS SCE Accounts For The Year Ended 30 September 2024 Registered Charity Number . 1184620 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF LLANBERIS MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM CIO I Tim ACHUB MYNYDD LLANBERIS SCE CHARITY NUMBER: 1184620 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above tharity (°the Trust.) for the year ended 30 September 2024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trust8es, you are responsible for the pr8paralion of the a￿Ount$ in accordance with the requirements of the Chartlies Act 2011 (Ih8 Acl.). I report in r8spect of my 8xamination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I have followed all the applicabl8 Dir8Ctions giv8n by the Charity Commission under section 145(51(b) of th8 Act. Independont examinerfs statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no malerial matters have come to my attention in Connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the ac￿Unting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act. or • th8 accounts do not accord with the accounting records,. or th8 accounts did not comply with th8 applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities {Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no ￿ncernS and have come across no other matters in connection wilh the examinatlon to whlch att8ntion should be drawn In this report In order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached. Colin Bell FCCA Williams Denton Cyf Chartered Certiffred Accountants Glaslyn Ffordd Y Parc Parc Menai Bangor Gwynedd LL57 4FE Dat8: Illiomsdenton CHARITY IOMMI5510 FOR ENGLAND AND WALE Chariiy P4ame LLANBERIS moUNT￿N RESCUE TEAM CIO I TIM ACHUB MYNYDD LLANBERIS SCE No lif arbyl 11U020 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For th• p•rlod from Pèriod slad dalp Pe'iod end dale To 0111012023 3Q10912024 Section A Receipts and payments Unre5trlcted funds Restricted funds Endowment fund$ Total funds Last year t•fh• N¥r••t to th• n•or••t£ tothD n•trMt£ toth• I￿1[••1£ A1 R￿8 Oonpbon8. G&n8ral Lega¢y tsift$ R8c8iwd Donaiions- Just Giwnp Donabon8. W￿d Pay 18rd￿￿158 Salès Bank Intsiasi Other LoEn Inlwosl xalor￿U￿t- DOna￿On ross income 021 44,746 ¢0,052 .021 30,978 18J,7J7 35,239 385 60.652 13,193 11A952 13.193 10.912 3,575 10 113 2.13(1 AR) 169.e23 1130 171,7SJ 2N6Q8 an nve• en H•rd¥hlp LoÈn RewyTheDt 933 1,WO 833 833 171SB6 A3Pa onts Mororand Travelllng Exppn885 ljotorV8hkaeS Tralnlr¥J Team Ewpmenl ¢omm￿￿b0nÈ And IT ITh$￿te Base ¢0515 MrarJAdmin Weffère and F￿a Profe551￿¥ Fe95 Ical Co8t$ F￿￿ra15￿g K4erchandise StrKk SoEial ￿Tht 21.041 21.IMI 30.379 4J.7J6 9,27S 30,050 ¢.214 424S 2￿033 921 1432 1&946 9.147 %l171 4245 2ts,•33 3.821 14.941 8.147 12.171 7,146 2.36B 3.128 4,884 3.008 1750 12.209 1.750 12209 2.780 1•5￿74 2,211 145.190 Sub lolal I12￿$4 2.780 A4 Astyet and Inv••tm•nt Sub lotal 12, 2,780 115.674 14S.790 of ree8lpts/(paym•ntsJ A5 Transfers between lunds A6 Cash fund$ la$t yoar end Cash funds thts yearend 57,562 12.4021 M.912 9S,818 2,402 531,1BS 588,098 Tq: 584.838 3,260 531,186 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unreatricted fund8 ¢0 nyrgst £ R•strietod fund8 Endowmènt funds Catggories Details ta nw4v•8t£ Tr4arqBt£ B1 Cash funds CuYMnl Bank A¢wunt 125.563 nBss BankAccouni 4.276 Ca￿d￿ D¢posltA¢O￿n 45&(VJO So(481 BankA(4xunl Total cash funds 501039 3360 Unmtricted funds R¢¥tri¢ted funds Endowment lund$ Details Merthunthje BelarK• tonHr•bl£ 2.J33 to n•ar•st£ tts Th￿￿*t£ FunditywhlEh aDz•t bd Dètails ¢0st loptk*nHII B3 Investm•nt ass•ts Fundtowhlch sset belo UN85kncted CuFF4ntv•l Dètalls Mot¢rVits¢ltrs CoAt 84 As$•ts retained for the charity's own uso ToBm Equyr AM￿￿14￿4• Wh•n du• Details rdatss B5 Ll8bllitieJ Signed byene or tntstees on behalf of 811 the trustees Siqnalure Print N8rne Dale of Francols Otter