# CAVE RESCUE ORGANISATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1201338
- **Other names:** CRO
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Dec. 15, 2022
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1201338


## Contact

- **Address:** CAVE RESCUE ORGANISATION, CLAPHAM, LANCASTER
- **Postcode:** LA2 8HH
- **Phone:** 01524 251697
- **Email:** secretary@cro.org.uk
- **Website:** https://cro.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:3.1 TO ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONG PERSONS ENDANGERED BY ACCIDENT, ILLNESS, OR NATURAL HAZARDS UNDERGROUND, ON THE FELL, ON MOUNTAINS, OR IN SIMILAR ENVIRONMENTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN YORKSHIRE, CUMBRIA AND LANCASHIRE BY WAYS OF:3.1.1 PROVIDING A DEDICATED AND TRAINED EMERGENCY RESCUE SERVICE;3.1.2 ASSISTING THE POLICE, AMBULANCE, FIRE AUTHORITIES AND OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THEIR ROLES; AND3.1.3 RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF SAFETY IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS.3.2 TO RELIEVE THE UNNECESSARY SUFFERING OR DISTRESS OF ANIMALS UNDERGROUND, ON THE FELL, ON MOUNTAINS OR IN OTHER SIMILAR ENVIRONMENTS BY PROVIDING RESCUE SERVICES FOR SUCH ANIMALS.

**Activities:** The Cave Rescue Organisation is based in Clapham in North Yorkshire and provides the cave and mountain rescue service in the Three Peaks area of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and also extending westwards into Lancashire and Cumbria and eastwards as far as Malham and Gordale.The CRO is a charity run by volunteers, and depends on public donations for its finances




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Martin John Colledge** | Chair | March 15, 2024 |
| Alison Haigh |  | March 20, 2023 |
| Avelina Wright |  | March 20, 2023 |
| Brian Cowie |  | March 20, 2023 |
| Christopher Mark Edmondson |  | March 20, 2026 |
| Graham Hughes |  | Sept. 24, 2025 |
| Iain Andrew Plimmer |  | March 20, 2023 |
| Joanne Marie Wulf |  | March 20, 2023 |
| Jonathan Mark Rhodes |  | March 20, 2023 |
| Julian Charles Leader |  | March 14, 2025 |
| MARTIN HOLROYD |  | March 20, 2023 |
| Michael Gerrard McGeown Evans |  | March 20, 2023 |
| Mike Bottomley |  | March 20, 2026 |
| PHILIP ROBERT JAMES |  | March 14, 2025 |
| Paul Colin Lethebee |  | March 20, 2023 |
| Paul Moore |  | March 14, 2025 |
| Robert Adrian Scurr |  | March 20, 2023 |
| Simon David Johnson |  | March 20, 2023 |
| Stephen Richard Holcroft |  | March 15, 2024 |




