2024-12-31-accounts

R&Jister8d tharty numbor 1186781 Central Beacons Mountain Re￿ue Team Report and Unaudited Accounts 31 December 2024

Central Beacons Mountain Rwu8 Toam Report and a¢¢ounts Contents Company lnfc￿Ma￿0n Trustees, Inde￿ndent examirt¢rs' rgWKt stat8ment ol finarri81 ac 10 Balance sheel 11 Notes to the acc¢yJnls 12

Central Beacons Mountsln R•s¢ue T￿M Charlty Inforniation Tnrnte Penny Brrd(man OBE Simon Brothw(N)d Ir&s￿ned 18 August 2024) Huw Jones MBE (￿s￿￿ed 30 September2024) Jonathan Goddard Carys Angh8rad Rees Elisab81h Brad Paul Thornas Secretary Michad March8nt (apw"rted 10 Cttober2024} Principal offi Azets Aecountancy Services Ty OeTh¥ Lime Tree C¢)urt. Mulbwry Dfive Cardiff Gate Business Pak PonlpreTrnau. Cardiff CF23 Independnt examinors Catherive A Williams Ltd Th8 Old Bank Beaufort Street Ciickhowel Powys NP8 IAD Bank•rs CAF Bank 25 lfjngs Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling ME194TA Lloyds Bank PLC 25 GresharB Street London EC2V 7HN Registered ¢hatlty numb 1186781

Central Beacons Mountaln Rescue Team Reglstwed charlty nufflbw. 1186781 Trustees. Report The trusteeB Fffe8ent theii annual retmyl aThJ IkwKaal ststements for the end&J 31 DeKemb8r 2024. The fin8nu81 staiwnents have been prepared in acwdarKe the acLountry poh'cies set out in note 1 to the finanryal 818tements and wth the th8ritrfs 9ovemiry dcMwmenL Ih8 Chanbes Act 20118nd'Accounting and Raw)rlirYJ by Charil.' Ststament of RxMnmendl PrAtfjr applicable to charitses preparing thew accounts in accordance the Finanaal Repcrftlng Stsndard opplKaL4¢ in the UK WKI Rewt4ic of IrelwKI {FRS 1021 (effecti￿ l J8nu8ry 20191.. Charlty InfomMtlon Central Beacons Mountsin Rescue Team 18 a Ch8rf1AL4e IncUp￿th Organlsauon reglster&l 5th December 2019 governed by rfs Cl￿A$s0￿￿oCffi document. The prfndpal office Is noleLI wrthin Ihg inform0b￿ py. ObJKtlv•• and •ctMtI•• The oblecl8 crfthe ch•rftywo.' the b8n8fft. th8 r8181 dBuff8thg and th￿tr￿ ol ltsJ88 andanggred by ac£4Jont ( notyrol haza￿1, prtn¢lplty hTr Styjlh and Mid W￿ bulTAih)ulgeogrWul Urnil8tson by. SearchiryJ forAnd r88thkng P8LybD kn dilThCu￿B In rrwnf￿r￿u8 InhoB￿l8ts envlronmonto. R81slng ow•r•w• of ￿aty. Developlng rescue tsKhnK￿e8 and provbr*J tra￿￿, t¢¢hntsl aFplk8blo to

ear¢hlng Ic* and rt8euiry pecple ThThintalnr￿s reg￿8 or InhosF41abK8 8nthnmenl8.

Working effxllvety vllh other rosc￿ afAvkx• as tho Fdke. arnbuLgn￿. fe and re•vA and coa81guard •eth. Publlc b•n•llt The trustees have glvan du& lega￿ LO the yUKlance Ihtr ClwityComft¥&•kn an PU￿le b￿tffl sre sallsfied thal the 4rKI ofC￿lIE1 BoDwn8 m￿￿1￿ Resoje Team WDvido a publlc b8n8 Implomonllng th• Alm• and ObJ•ctfv Central Beacons Mournain Reswe Team ICBMRTI malntained lul cpwaknal readin8$8, ￿dIng 24tT search and Tescue seTrice thr￿gh￿l the reForknJ w>J. The learn operate5 across a diverse and thatsr#Jing land5c*pe. prrnarrfy covefing the central s￿￿0￿ of Ihe 88nn8u Weinwjg Na￿n01 Park. Pen y Fan (the hwJhest ppak in s￿th Wak51. Cnbyn. Du. BrKt Ihe Y5trydfeltte Walerf￿11s. Ckn area of respoTrsily#ty extends to urban and rural envlronments in Cardrff. NewFtsrt and ts S(Ath wa￿ Va￿.

Cèrrtral Beacons Mountsin Rescue Team Registsrgd charity number. 118678t Trustè¢$' Report CBKIRT re4y)nd5 10 ificwJ8nts ￿ ryThJnlaI￿s. rLW81, Lrbaft settings. We play a teading rde Ir. bcaling, stabAising. and eVauJati￿9". MissiTrJ thldren and ￿UThJ pecple. Ehlerty Ind￿%￿U8LS. peop￿ experienryng rrwtsl heahh c4ise¥. IndMdu8ls with18aming diffiujtties who have wanderèj Irom trir ￿)Ma. Iniur•Y ￿ bst F4rsorts in rerTh)te OT th)acr£s￿ areas. Addfbonally, the team twvides.. 4x4 supportto the he811h service thiing extreme wealh2r c4jnrf￿¢￿$ water reg¢ue ¢￿￿￿b￿￿e$ with fire and rescuè seM( CUMRT works in cbse pathership wilh otheremer¢JeDcy sw8s. Induding police. atnbJ￿Trc8. fiE eQ rescu8, 8n(t HM Coaslguard. ensurng a coorllinaled and elfective resp)r.se to inc.'eepts. We 8ctrrfety p￿YnOte pubtse salety and awareness Ihrough swal rnedia enga5errent {..Qts tr> schoo15 and crynrnuTrtyor9anisaticffis. As a registered charity. CBKIRT ensures fu# comphance win a51 Statut￿ anc kg#l Obiga￿or.S. Key actimties contribuUIYJ LO CBMRTS obiecti"¥e5 Inctuile.. Mwntsining opewmal read￿￿ Ihrough reguLgrtrAining. aligned wth. natoqal swrar&5 arc focused on developry adv8nttd rescaae techn￿￿e& arKI iechniG81 ￿￿￿]eS Rep￿senting Ihe team at Mfxjnlafft R&Sc￿ Englarjd and Wales. Scuth W85&5 Searc 8rd Res￿8 Assoualbon. AJI W81es lAOunts￿ Rescue meebry5. and f05tenng 5tror.- rd8ECgSQiP5 7 stabJtory paFln8rs Achivements and performance In ¢yJrreportfor 31 Decerter 20rJ we slated th81 ￿￿r princip8J obJethv8s we¥E to". further devdop our engagement and repreSeniati￿ in tr,e searth. ar,d rE5CL'e Tr. devdLy & FrKxe rdrdbie funéiry base. dev￿￿ effe(¥e govemance ts Central 8eacrns R￿e Teaw,. and devekp Central Beacons K4cAJrnwn Resaje Team as a $u$twnabty c¢yJs(iws ot53n sa=- In 2024, CBMRf reswded to over 130 inodents South Wales. .:￿d￿cl￿ Th.svsk rrwrc person searthe5. cornpkx r1￿M-agry resc1￿. and injunes in rel￿ terain. Q_.r rKeraJw. r05ilience was enhancod Ihrwgh.. Exp8nd8d Training Regirr.' We￿Y ThJrsday and rrththty Survjay $6ss.'ofis. sJorAW￿.8¢ b c speLyalist trainrng. ensured ￿dIrsS arxoss t8thnical res￿e. medic￿. ao¢ seaw ¢w￿lre5. Specialist capabil￿es.. DrIv￿g." Advonc8J 8nd 8fTwgency re5wnse drimng cwrses pyar•J tre *A8rn fot u-wir£

Central Bea￿n$ M¢)untain Rescue Team Reglstèred charlty numb•r: 1186781 Trustees. Report Off rosd 4x4 drmng tsiniry, wilh 8 MREW natwl driwry 4x4 CAxJrse. Water ReS￿e.. JLNnt exerases with SWF 'S srnarKts. cwfdlnalkn Te&l4r￿Ss. Technow I￿t￿rat￿)￿.. PhoneFind and SARCALL se1 accLtracy8TrJ i￿>￿ent IcggiThJ. Airwave Ch8nneLs 8n8blgJ seaml8&8 mU￿-8￿LY ts)mrrxmKatsop. EquipmeN Invssblvlt Unrforyn PPE {80ft-shdl and w8terw(#)fgÈar) to am trrm These inrb"&v8s have s￿nrf￿anty improv&J t￿ralm￿t0 r￿F￿￿K1 saW. 8nd eff8cbvetyto a grow￿n9 vaw Ch￿1￿￿t8. CBMRT has dewetl ts prESe￿e aT¥I the SAR communitythrough.. NabLwI Representsticffi.. Attendanc at th& MREW CIN)lewce ￿ LarKasteT p8rtKlP8ti￿ In MREW P8ty Leader8nd Fiek1 Skb rxKwses. Team Mem1￿r5 involv￿ MREW Searth Management ins1n￿ wp Regional COll8t)r81￿Th.. GroLrp. PUNK Re￿n￿¢￿'. Clwef Constsbk's Cc47)ftwthtth at SWP HQ OpEn Day. Rescue. med￿al Educat)n Supwt xally and na11L￿a1ty. Developing 8 Alore Reliable Fundlng B•se To ensure ￿Ng-terrn 5U5tsinal￿ty. C8MRT is fouJsHy thersfyTrJ ar•J strewning rts fundirvJ sources.. FundraisiThJ Events.. A fiurnber ol overts ith Bike P8vkWaks Ad¥8 Film Screening wtBB & Forest Day Safety Coverlor Endurance Events.. Pen Y Fan Challwy. Beac(￿$ Ultra Marakn. Roman Run, and olhers vi&tN'Htyarnf finanryal suppryt. Grdnt UtilisJtK)Tr'. Funding seuTrl f(Y PPE and r¢Jpe ro8cua 8qup￿L

Centrnl Beacons Mountain Rescue Tearn R8gist•r8d charity number. 1186781 Trustees. Report Sth¢xl vtyts, ￿Je18dulXtL￿. wblc denKfistr81NbS inc¥988￿ awweness ¢jor￿r engag8rn8nL Thes8 inits"ativ8s have not WTa•J •S$•At1￿ fijnds tyJi3150 $tr8ngth808d "8s wlh ￿ld cx)mnwnbli05 8nd st8kehc4ders. D•v•loplng EifKlfv• Gov•m•ne• lorC8AIRT Su8twnabHty Is oftgdd8d kn c0JroJknJr8 and OF￿ti￿8.. Volunteer Onboardiry.. January 2024 int8ke the Fwndatl￿ Pwrnmmo, eaty int8graL'¢n Into operaii¢)n81 dul185 Volunteerwellbelng.. Tralning schedut¢& b8kn¢• ww•tloTro1 dernand8 ith perBcfflal ￿n￿lI￿nty. Team mo￿)erS Iramd in b)th Mentsl Meahh Fir8¢J"d and ThKI ComnNJnity Int¢graDon.' Engagernent ￿ $chtx4. ¢od•ls. and wblt ewnt8 prThtM outdDJr 8alety antt avTrav¢n¢ En￿rOnMental Awarenes8'. Partiopalon evenls Ske th• R￿nan Run Bnd OTh rrfgds our to resp)rsible outdoor re¢reJtw. CBMRT Con￿nUeS lo evofve as a ¥￿¢￿￿n cryani￿on. consdws d ts peopl commun￿0$. and lh• ￿VIrOn￿nI. Fundrnl•lng and Pvbllc R•latlon¥ Athough Contral Beacons m￿Jn￿1n Rescue Team IC8MRTI 1$ noi tormalty'eg ￿..e￿ wtr Ltye FundroisirKJ Regulalor, the orgsnisatson adheres to the Fundr81$ing Regulg1orf$ Co¢e of -L•oo sing Pr8¢ltce and Stsn¢Jord¥. Thi5 comrniirnenl 15 rellecled ¢n the te8rr.'s appr08ch to J8-spareno'. ttr lundraiwng. •nd ¢wwnuThty•tVgorrnnL CBMRT dogs noi ongage the 8wlcw of wrAe￿.￿a1fv￿￿1a1$•r$ Faric1￿￿E. lundraI￿Tr9 8clMb85 are conducted O'recdy by the tearn or ihrougb cornThnO' p8rnaryttiy4. Noatsy n? Orn￿81￿ts h#ve ts08n re￿Ved regard￿9 any fiJnd￿lSrQ 8nvTbe5 or y￿eSenta￿ve$. During the reprybng period. the learn's wrnary sourc•s of IPCLry.n¢.ded sconsorshij w 3iqE aTr Wales-pani¢ulorty Ihfough covenno 8 number of $8fety evonts. OY the Tarnac Iory, eient5-as 8$ un901icited donabons and grants. The am also tyse¢S funds and incrBa5e¢ c aa"v￿5 Ihrough 8dur2tirhn81 outreach and crMnnNJnty 8Vefty, hel￿nG to rnaintain 8 sywG prewce. O-è suct lnitsa￿ve was the e￿nt hebj at RcdL UK Sumfffl Centre. in A￿gUSt 2024 EvoirE b'_ Central Beacons Mwntain Re￿e Team.. The80 elfc*b were ffiJrtherampbfied ￿n￿gh atre Lge Sorial m8¢ia. Oespite 8 thdlenging fundrnoiry ¢fimale. CBMRT ronbnued lo defve.. ￿￿(￿tie￿al s858¢￿5 an 8¢JPfQrt c￿nn￿nity •vènts. h￿￿n0 ￿ rnAl0a￿ Po￿nI>4 1¢480¢.

Central Beacons M{￿ntain Rescue Team Rtg15tsred ¢harlty number. 1186781 Trustees, Report In additK)rs. CBMRT parbclpated fft a range ofh19￿ and irrteT-agency events. South Wales Police HQ Open Day and the Erwgenry Serv￿8 Sh(w at the NEC. These engagtrm￿ts nDt onfy enha￿￿ the team's ￿bIty rwnforrd tts Ihe eMergwyseN￿S Improvlng governance In response to grving operaknl demands and knual wes91￿, Ihe Boartl ( Trustee5 of Certrdl Boacons Mojntain Rescu8 T8am h8s laujm1￿￿ tsvo kay inibatN& to enhanc goveffia￿ and ensure Igvg-terrn sU5tsinabilty. The iTritiatsve f0￿J5eS refinThJ the tearn's irtemal F)kes and Ftt8du￿. Thi8 ￿lud88 ex6ting proto¢A)Is. ywjating th￿￿tTE￿Id￿. aod en5ui¥y thal operdb.onal practK8s a1￿Jn with best gov8manr standards. is kn Greate a rn￿e TLxJst frawrk that supp(yts Enh•ncing Risk M8n•g8m8nt Frwnewoyk Th8 $8cond projeGI involves a u)MprdwnSr￿ and I￿￿0V￿1 0f￿jrrisk ￿￿trag8Thnt fr8me4th. By identy.ng wlential risks Arxl FWDaclive mitigalion strategies, Ihe trustee5 are to Saf￿￿8rd Ihe Organ&%atic￿'$ ftthrè the safety effeLtyvew ofour¢Jperaticfis. Team ccntinue lo make 1rnwove￿g lo tyjr risk manage[￿1 fvame to help sur8 we Uph￿ duty c￿ kxjbkwxl team rremta5. leading prt)vKlerof iK)r￿ C￿￿ttarY￿￿artses. Q3Trfield Trusi ks an independent 0f￿rorgan￿lQna} strudure. constibjtifm. and strateg￿ dire¢kn. Thdr expertgtuKlan(¥ is helwg u5-. Clarify governance rde5 and reSp￿￿￿￿1eS Identify araas for stru(Jral and gOV￿￿alKe and Strateg￿ F4anDiThJ. we are enwing that QUT voksnt8er-18d oryarÈisatson rem￿nS capaNe. suS1a￿at￿e. ￿ reaty to meet ev0￿ nevjs ofthe ¢)YTwnunth we serye. Flnonrlol review The charty re¢eNet11(Aal vrNE$bx￿ of £32.￿1121723.. £￿1.352> and expended totsl unrastrided resourcs of£70.71212023: £68,623>. Tr organ￿1¥￿ had an unrestrprt8d deficit for the year before transfer5 of £37.971 12023.. £18270 def￿11). Unr88tricted r88ths at ￿r-eThd were E41429412023: £452.2651 of which £192.53912023.. £2￿,7￿¢) rdated to fiy8d assets. The Ir88 reser¥es of Ihe canty18xiWing [￿ed assets and doswtsd ftJnd51 tolaled £211.¢XO12023.. £241.3201.

Regl¥t8rnd charlty numb•r. 1186781 Tnffjt•x' R•port The tyste•s have agleed th¥t it 15 lo M￿ntrin a thl of Rswve$ 3uIFwxrtto at ￿a$1 24 MOTr1￿ of unrn8tnthd to fin•nce cash knv Twutfements ArJ t¢ provth saf•gud8 ¥gam$t fv(#JJatirvJ rate ofinc4)tr. Our oJTrni of rtt•N•$1suffiuent lor 24 rn￿.6) o C4nSthntwth thij WKY. Akn. 1he nabJr• ofthe r•$C￿ ￿rk r• • r￿•1Y hwJh rmk that sthan'al c•ukl h ngod•J atghort nob￿ th) r8p• tsm5. Tho trus r•cognl th•ttht ￿￿1¥￿• polw ftwn& th8t arr#JuThts of may h•kY for me. Tho truse8 therehr• s•k to obtsin In￿throUgh In￿tr￿n only through 9uar#nteed eapttal And Iniern• pMr•brg inv•4trrwrd8. Th• po ￿•r. Rhk m•naym•nt Tho thrtyhao irnpfern•Atsd an •fth•r￿d orpantyation•l rflk rng•, •u>)rnpanJ by ompr•henty¥e aebon plln. hal b••n fefin￿ty approw by Boar¢ ofTtTh8. A$ pan oltr.L8 w¢cw, th• b• a thctmugh as•ew￿nI oflh key f•ryry thè Parti￿￿￿ f¢Gua on Opera￿rt￿ fjn•nca¥ vuln•rt4W. Th•y •r• ￿nh&O￿t trat approp￿te syTh7¥ mopr ii¥k8. r•mam8 8 Grytteal thalknnTr￿• that •Cm8• th•rttabki 8OCtsr. TJ the trU8tee8 havo est8blroh¢d a Troust annu81 procw destyjned to •f3n eA￿lnUr 1tr8te9k pnorfe8, Mfeguard finnrAal arttt maimain •J•Ju4ty r•$6r¥w to suw •rfty's kn94orm ct4e¢ts"vos. P￿n0 fgr th• fulur• T￿ pthclpal obJ"othes of C•nN Mounl•hi Re•w• T•vn •rn Ihw of flMn¢tal y••r. Th•y ts.. ' continue io strBr¥Jth•n our COPAbWforwrnknn•l rDsfi•nc•. c4nlfftue to lurKh lo ￿¥tr our Nnnlng eosts . further develop our en￿￿r￿n1 ￿ represw)tskn in Lth the wrr and r•su ir#J ctynrnunty. bolh and ￿1(¥￿￿. . dev•l¢p r•W funding bw. d￿elop Èife¢bbT 90V8Mar￿ for Cenw Bo8¢4ns Mountsin Re¥rJJe Team. 8tructurn. gov•rnane• and m•n•on•nt centr018e0￿Tr5 Mtyjntain ROSL¥￿ T08m i• a CIO • r•glBte￿j ¢*artty nurthrof" 18e781 ara ajl

CwrtAI 8eacon8 Alountan Re8¢ts9 Team Reghtsrod chartty number. 1186781 Tn￿, R•port A boad oftruststs. app¢Mntsd in a(w6arK th8 fXrt)StrbJlrffi of Central B$￿)n& Mountsin Rem Team. gov•tns Central Beatsjns Mowtair¥ Rezc•Je f8art Vaca¥K4es ￿ ajverttsed and POntsl candidatea a￿ 88se¥sed. to a 9wwal oflhe Central 8eacon# yoafs. The tntée• hold tt% kgal finanoal matters transad In Iho rr4n8gernent L)JrrffjJmirvJ olthe ekned offirxs. arxl akn Opgr4ti4n$ Gmup. lft tum. wDrk year. Therth ￿u. Chair of th• TrustBes

Centr B•co￿ Mountain Rescu8 T8W a¢couFts of Centrol Ilountkn R•scu• T￿M forthe y•ar •ndgd 31 0•¢emk￿r 2024 We Tr[￿rt rjn ￿ ex8mtrolion rrf tho arX￿rts of Central Beacons 11￿MI￿1n R6saJe Team for the y¢ar ended 31 D￿eMt￿2O24 8f8 sd out on 1 to 11. Inwder that an audit Trs not for ye luThJer section 14412) ol Ihe Charibes Act 2011 (the i¥ ow r98PJFMitilty kn". . exarn￿e th& aco)unts 145 ofthe 2011 Ad. . to f￿k￿ the prc(￿re3 lamj li ts G•r]eral 08th¥ the Chity C¢xnMr￿00 und Berjic￿ 145(5llbl oftho 2011 Ad;8TrJ Bas1• of tht indepgthtwimlrf¥ report Our e¥￿InatIc) was carried ¢>& in wilh the ty the Ch8rty reouiT&J of an aijdit, and I do not express an a&#Jrt orl the vw•• gNBn ty tr met the r¥q￿rements to er￿UrE that . proper at0￿￿1[Ya rec•rds are kept in with Se￿ 130 ofthe 2011 Atr. and reqiitrements olthe 2011 A¢L' c¥ (B) to whth. in rny ￿ell￿on be Fn to en&Ye a mr ."rKJersiar.￿￿ lThe accounts to ￿ r•¢¢h8d. Cathorine A Wdtiams Ltil Charterod Ao)Junlants The Old Bank Beaufort Str8et NP8 1AD y4J.￿￿￿O25

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centr￿ BM¢on8 Mwntain R06CUo Team Balance Sh8•t a8 at 31 Dewnb•r 2024 191539 2W,79J Ca6h at Lwnk aThJ in ha￿1 18,381 217.649 10,158 2S4.544 264.7Q2 {14274) (q3,1871 221.756 251.515 Ilabllltl•s 414.295 Net 888•ts 414,295 211..IXO 24'..320 Total lund• aud(( uft￿the Chèribeg A(a 2011. P￿ThY Brc¢kman OBE. Tn15*e Aw)roved on2LJl.On025 11

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