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
Independ*nt 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 R*xMnmend*l 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 provb*r*J tra￿￿, t¢¢hntsl aFplk8blo to
#ear¢hlng Ic* and rt8euiry pecple ThThintalnr￿s reg￿8 or InhosF41abK8 8nthnmenl8.
Working effxllvety v*llh other rosc￿ afAvkx• as tho Fdke. arnbuLgn￿. f*e 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¢$' Report
CBKIRT re4y)nd5 10 ificwJ8nts ￿ ryThJnlaI￿s. rLW81, L*rbaft settings. We play a teading rde Ir.
bcaling, stabAising. and eVauJati￿9".
MissiTrJ thldren and ￿UThJ pecple.
Ehlerty Ind￿%￿U8LS.
peop￿ experienryng rrwtsl heahh c4ise¥.
IndMdu8ls with18aming diffiujtties who have wanderèj Irom tr*ir ￿)Ma.
Iniur•Y ￿ bst F4rsorts in rerTh)te OT th)acr£s*￿ areas.
Addfbonally, the team twvides..
4x4 supportto the he811h service thiing extreme wealh2r c4jnrf￿¢￿$
water reg¢ue ¢￿￿￿b￿￿e$ with fire and rescuè seM(
CUMRT works in cbse pathership wilh otheremer¢JeDcy s*w8s. 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 swr*ar&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 rr*wrc
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 ￿dIr*sS 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 sr*narKts.
cwfdlnalkn Te&l4r￿Ss.
Technow I￿t￿rat￿)￿..
PhoneFind and SARCALL se*1 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 Sk*b 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 denKfistr81*NbS 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 oft*gdd8d 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•o*o 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 a*a"v*￿5
Ihrough 8dur2tirhn81 outreach and crMnnNJnty 8Vefty, hel￿nG to rnaintain 8 sywG prewce. O-è
suc*t lnitsa￿ve was the e￿nt hebj at RcdL UK Sumfffl Centre. in A￿gUSt 2024 Evo*irE 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 rwnforr*d tts Ihe eMergwyseN￿S
Improvlng governance
In response to grv*ing 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 F*tt8du￿. 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 TL*xJst 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 resourc*s 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 c*anty18xiWing [￿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$1 24
MOTr1￿ of unrn8tnthd to fin•nce cash knv Twutfements Ar*J t¢ provth saf•gu*d8 ¥gam$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
sth*an*'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 trus*e8 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>)rnpan*J 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 •f*3n eA￿lnUr*
1tr8te9k pnorfe8, Mfeguard fin*nrAal 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 rDs*fi•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•o*n•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$￿)n& Mountsin Rem
Team. gov•tns Central Beatsjns Mowtair¥ Rezc•Je f8art Vaca¥K4es ￿ ajverttsed and PO*ntsl
candidatea a￿ 88se¥sed. to a 9wwal oflhe Central 8eacon#
yoafs. The tn*tée• hold tt% kgal finanoal matters transa*d In Iho
rr4n8gernent L)JrrffjJmirvJ olthe ekned offirxs. arxl akn Opgr4ti4n$ 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 Ch*ity C¢xnMr￿00 und
Berjic￿ 145(5llbl oftho 2011 Ad;8TrJ
Bas1• of tht indepgthtwimlr*f¥ 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

D)1
iii '!'

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

¥•Z4
SL952
7SY
t4
17J33
242!-
24
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11.YJ)
14.
7370
19).i89
•A31
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IFtyJ
241J20
110.0101
211.0
210.•*5
4JS11
14010
• Fur4
Flx•d
Q425ti
1&010

ffwth• y••r•nd•d JI 0•￿￿￿rIDI4
To
-&.5
414x4
rÉo¥É4,19*

CeTrhl BE•Gan• t*)unlth R¢*¢u•T
3%2
ZJ7
1.731
S*•¢1
12ffi5
21T
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