## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** ||Period start date|Period start date|||Period end date|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**From**|1st|January|2022|**To**|31
December|2022| ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 202905 **Charity's principal address** c/o Civic Centre Rotary Way, Stone Cross Northallerton, North Yorkshire **Postcode DL6 2UU** Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Martyn Gareth
Finch|Chair||| ||Mike Gallagher|Base Manager||| ||Gary Clarke|Callout Officer and
Public Relations
Officers||| ||Sarah Foster|Equipment Officer|From 7 February2022|| ||CraigSewell|Medical Officer||| ||Claire Starkey|Support and
FundraisingOfficer||| ||Peter Smith|Team Leader||| ||Rob Adams|TechnologyOfficer||| ||Derek Birtwhistle|TrainingOfficer||| ||Tim Wood|Treasurer||| ||Adrian Barnes|Vehicle Officer||| ||Malcolm Selby|Callout Officer|Until 7 February2022|| ||Sam King|Equipment Officer|Until 7 February2022|| ||Pete Mounsey|Secretary|Until 7 February 2022
and from 2 March 2022|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 David Little Sid Bollands Rob Johnson Martyn Gareth Finch ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser**
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**Address**||| |**Independent Examiner**|David Chefneux|Orchard House, Middle Street, Gayles, Richmond,| |||North Yorkshire, DL11 7JF| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Association How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are the committee members of the Team who are elected Trustee selection methods annually at the Team AGM in February and hold office for one year. (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** Trustees are drawn from the Team membership and democratically You **may choose** to include elected. In this sense they are aware of the Teams’ objectives and additional information, where operating methods prior to election. They are encouraged to become relevant, about: aware of their responsibilities described in the guidance from the Charity • policies and procedures Commissioners adopted for the induction and The Team constitution (last amended 8th February 2021) and operating procedures define how the organisation will operate. The Team is training of trustees; governed by committee meetings held five times per year and an AGM in • the charity’s organisational the charity’s organisational February. CMRT is a member of NESRA (the North East Search & structure and any wider Rescue Association) and affiliated to MREW (Mountain Rescue England & network with which the charity Wales) - the charity’s organisational the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; The Team operates on behalf of police and ambulance services in the North East of England (North Yorkshire, & Cleveland Police, NEAS & YAS ambulance services). It has established links to the Local resilience Forums (LRF’s) coastguard and fire services. - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. The principal risks to the ongoing operation of the charity are a reduction in voluntary contributions from the public and changes to social conditions. The latter refers specifically to a reduction in volunteer availability due to life pressures and an increased call for Team services as the professional blue light services become stretched and request more assistance. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **TAR** March **2012** 2 Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team provides a Search and Rescue service for people in difficulty primarily on the upland areas of the North York Moors. It may also be called upon to assist in any mountainous, **Summary of the objects of the** upland, lowland and urban area locally and across the UK and is **charity set out in its** equipped to assist with water and animal rescue when required. **governing document Activities** The Team provides assistance to members of the public who are lost, injured or otherwise in need in the above areas. The scope of the Teams’ work is very broad but encompasses rescues of individuals who are hurt in a known location which are generally completed within a couple of hours through to protracted searches for vulnerable members of the community who have been missing from their homes for a substantial period of time. The Team has a capability to work adjacent to and in water to support communities in times of flood and assist people who may be in difficulty near water features. In order to fulfil these diverse requirements; the Team operates a fleet of rescue, control and support vehicles and maintains a well-equipped **Summary of the main** Team base. The Team also maintains a wide range of medical and **activities undertaken for the** technical equipment which is deployed as needed to support delivery of a **public benefit in relation to** rescue or search. **these objects (include within** To deliver this service all Team members bring their personal hill skills to **this section the statutory** the Team and are then trained to a high standard under the Team **declaration that trustees have** training system; which is in line with MREW good practice guidelines. **had regard to the guidance** With the development of the Team’s base it has also been possible to **issued by the Charity** offer meeting facilities to a broader range of local community **Commission on public** organisations. **benefit)** Team members and the associated Support Group of the Team undertake many fund-raising events to sustain the Teams’ finances, and these events often raise awareness of hill safety and our activities in the community. **Public Benefit** The Team has regard to the Charity Commissions guidance on public benefit and its services are free to all in need. Trustees review the guidance of the Charity Commission to ensure that their legal duties as trustees are fulfilled. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** **TAR** March **2012** 3 You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. The Team does not operate for profit. None of the income or property of the charity may be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividend, bonus or otherwise by way of profit to any member of the Charity. The Team does not make grants to other organisations. The Team uses the income it generates to provide an ongoing service to the community it serves and develop facilities and capability to meet future needs. Core to this is the maintenance of the Team Base in Great Ayton and the operation of a fully equipped fleet of three vehicles i.e., mobile control unit and two Land Rover Ambulances. In addition, a fourth loan vehicle from Mercedes-Benz of Teesside, Sytner Group Ltd of Stockton provides support for training and events. The Team is sustained entirely by unpaid volunteers and provides 24hour cover 365 days per year. The Team has met its objectives as it was active on 61 callouts for 147 hours during 2022, the 43 members collectively contributed 3315 hours in responding to callouts, a year-on-year increase of 6 per cent and a 36% increase over two years. Training and fundraising by the Team, both Search and Rescue and the Support Group members added thousands of hours of effort to this figure. At the end of the year the Team had 38 Search and Rescue members, plus 5 in training and 15 Support members plus 1 in training. Team members also develop extended skills e.g., casualty care, swift water rescue, technical rescue, and search dog handling. ## Section D Achievements and performance **TAR** March **2012** 4 Section D Achievements and erformance p 2022 saw the Team continue its’ long tradition of providing a free service **Summary of the main** for the those in need 24 hours a day 365 days of the year. This Team has **achievements of the charity** recommenced activities that were put on hold during the Covid pandemic, **during the year** which had restricted conventional public fund-raising events and restricted the ways we could train and operate. The Team remained fully operational and exited the year in a healthy financial position. During 2022 the Team was called out a total of 61 times, the same number as 2021. 40 were rescues, the search proportion remains at 30% with the majority related to vulnerable people. Regrettably we again dealt with 3 fatalities during the year. The Team was also consulted on a further 22 incidents where full deployment was not in the end required. The Team received many compliments on our skills and service during the year. The public remain ever grateful that Mountain Rescue is a free service in the UK hills (for further details on Team callouts see the Team’s website: https://clevelandmrt.org.uk/). The Team maintained its operational capability via a tailored training programme which focused on maintaining core individual skills whilst minimising group working and close contact between individuals. To reduce the spread of respiratory illness revised procedures for dealing with casualties continued to be applied based on Government and MREW guidance. This included the sourcing and issue of appropriate PPE for Team members. The Team continued to develop its’ assets and personnel during the year. Particular highlights were spending: £30k on the provision of new digital two-way radios fully funded by grant support. £18.6k to equip all Search and Rescue members with new outer-shell, mid-layer and base layer clothing. £8.3k to provide training to members (response driving, advanced medical skills, search skills and search management, water rescue). The Support Group were again important in maintaining income through a range of outdoor events, speaking, merchandise sales and attracting voluntary donations by promoting the charitable work on the Team. The Team continues to participate actively in regional and national forums for Mountain Rescue and in local resilience forums. The later has allowed stronger relationships to be built with the Coastguard and Fire and Rescue services over recent years. This is particularly important in our support for flooding events. **TAR** March **2012** 5 ## **Section E Financial review** Given the ongoing potential for variable income levels and the desire to **Brief statement of the** maintain a 365-day service Team policy is to hold a minimum of one **charity’s policy on reserves** years’ operating costs and a contribution to vehicle replacement as a reserve. At year end the identified requirement for reserves and designated funds of £60k. The Team has commenced work to review the replacement of the fleet of 3 owned vehicles and anticipate significant costs. At the end of 2022 the Team had reserves of £198k. This is coherent with the above objectives. **Details of any funds materially** No funds are materially in deficit at 31[st] December 2022 **in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)** |You**may choose**to include
additional information, where
relevant about:
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sources of funds (including
any fundraising);
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supported the key objectives
of the charity;
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investment policy and
objectives including any
ethical investment policy
adopted.|The Team received total income of £110.3k in 2022.
The principal sources of income were: Appeals and Grants £27.1k,
Donations £44.4k and Fundraising Events £34.3k.
Team expenditure in the year was £88.3k.
Spending remained focused on the agreed budget objectives and was
less than anticipated in the year. Planned spend on medical monitoring
equipment was delayed due to delays in supply of the equipment.
The running cost equated to £39.7k. Key items were vehicles £5.8k,
training £8.3k, base £4.4k, equipment £9k, medical £3.8k, fundraising
£3k and insurance £3.1k.
Capital project work was restricted to the Base resurfacing work at a cost
of £17.2k.
At the end of 2022 the principal assets of the Team are: the base (capital
cost £504k), two Land Rover ambulances (capital cost £93k 2013/14 &
20) and our mobile control vehicle (capital cost £48k in 2014&20) and
equipment with an estimated replacement cost of £214k.| |---|---| ## **Section F Other optional information** The challenge for the coming year is to maintain the high levels of performance and service delivery as people access the outdoors for sport and leisure. An additional impact on service demand is anticipated to be mental health issues as the economic pressure on the population continue coupled with rise in cost of living for Team members to attend training and callouts. In the coming year there will be significant focus on developing systems and training to reduce the risks to the organisation for driving, technical rescue and water-based activities. These are recognised as activities of core importance with higher risk profiles. This will use elements of external provision in line with best practice defined by MREW. Maintaining a sound financial base going forwards will remain a priority and the good work of the Support Group will remain key in achieving this. A budget has been prepared for the 2023 AGM which targets spend of £66.8k. Comprising running costs of £45k, and project for replacement of helmets for Team members £2.5k, new medical monitoring equipment £16.8k and protective cases for the digital radios acquired in 2022, £2.5k. This is in line with appropriate use of existing funds and forecast income. It is coherent with our reserves policy. NOTE: The trustees named at the base of page 1 are responsible for the title of the Team Base ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **TAR** March **2012** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**
**etc)**
**Date**||GFinch|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||
**air,**
**etc)**|Gari Finch|Tim Wood||| |||
Chair||Treasurer|| |||
7 June 2023|||| **TAR** March **2012** 7 **No (if any)** ## **Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team Receipts and payments accounts** **CC16a** **For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1st January 2022 31st December 2022 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1,600**
**34,017**
**34,308**
**966**
**3,523**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**74,414**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**74,414**
**5,870**
**5,478**
**4,444**
**20,260**
**6,059**
**3,778**
**3,146**
**3,029**
**575**
**52,639**
**7,189**
**-**
**7,189**
**59,828**
**14,586**
**-**
**182,909**
**197,495**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**25,511**
**10,449**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**35,960**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**35,960**
**-**
**2,854**
**7,339**
**25,548**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**35,741**
**10,000**
**-**
**10,000**
**45,741**
**- 9,781**
**-**
**10,197**
**416**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**27,111**
**44,466**
**34,308**
**966**
**3,523**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**110,374**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**110,374**
**5,870**
**8,332**
**4,444**
**27,599**
**31,607**
**3,778**
**3,146**
**3,029**
**575**
**88,380**
**17,189**
**-**
**17,189**
**105,569**
**4,805**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**27,111**
**44,466**
**34,308**
**966**
**3,523**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**110,374**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**110,374**
**5,870**
**8,332**
**4,444**
**27,599**
**31,607**
**3,778**
**3,146**
**3,029**
**575**
**88,380**
**17,189**
**-**
**17,189**
**105,569**
**4,805**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Appeals andgrants|**1,600**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**27,111**||**15,565**| |Donations|**34,017**|||**44,466**||**41,224**| |Fundraising|**34,308**|||**34,308**||**20,047**| |Bank interest|**966**|||**966**||**-**| |Other|**3,523**|||**3,523**||**44,008**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**74,414**|||**110,374**||**120,844**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||| ||||**-**|**110,374**||**120,844**| |||||||| |
Vehicles|**5,870**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**5,870**||**4,589**| |Training|**5,478**|||**8,332**||**6,322**| |Base|**4,444**|||**4,444**||**6,286**| |Equipment|**20,260**|||**27,599**||**1,566**| |Comms and IT|**6,059**|||**31,607**||**2,902**| |Medical|**3,778**|||**3,778**||**658**| |Insurance|**3,146**|||**3,146**||**2,765**| |Fundraisingcosts|**3,029**|||**3,029**||**1,816**| |Miscellaneous|**575**|||**575**||**1,866**| |**_Sub total_ **|**52,639**|||**88,380**||**28,770**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| |
Base|**7,189**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**17,189**||**32,506**| ||**-**|||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**7,189**|||**17,189**||**32,506**| |**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| ||||**-**|**105,569**||**61,276**| |||||||| ||**14,586**|**- 9,781**|**-**|**4,805**||**59,568**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**182,909**|**10,197**||**193,106**||**133,538**| ||**197,495**|**416**|**-**|**197,911**||**193,106**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 15/06/2023 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Fundraising
Signature
**Details**
**Details**
Base
Equipment
Control vehicle (Viking 1)
LR Ambulance (Viking 2)
LR Ambulance (Viking 3)
Current account
Other accounts
Paypal
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Unit Trust Account|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**97,522**
**356**
**14,702**
**-**
**84,966**
**60**
**315**
**-**
**197,505**
**416**
Agreement Error
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**6,810**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**503,809**
**220,366**
**48,059**
**44,997**
**47,972**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
T J Wood|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**35,604**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||T J Wood|07-Jun-23| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 15/06/2023 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Rèport to the trustees Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team On accounts for the year ended 31st December 2022 Charity no (if any) 252905 Set out on pages nine I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust.) for the year ended 3111212022. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act'}. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carrted out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come lo my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in aexordance with section 130 of the Charities AGt', or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records- or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the fomi 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 nol a matter considered as part of an indepèndent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Slgned: Date: 17" May 2023 Name: David Chefneux Relevant professional qualificationls) or body (if anyl: Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy {CIPFA) Address: Orchard House, Middle Street, Gayles, Richmond, North Yorkshire. DL117JF IER Oct 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charrty acGounts= directions and guidanGe for examiners). Give har8 brief detalls of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. None IER Oct 2018