## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1[st] January 2024 to 31[st] December 2024**
**Charity name: Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team**
**Charity registration number: 252905**
## **Objectives and Activities**
|||
|---|---|
|Summary of the
purposes of the
charity as set out
in its governing
document|Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team provides a voluntary Search
and Rescue service for people who are in difficulty in the upland
areas of the North York Moors. In addition, we provide this
service when needed to lowland, urban, animal and water/flood
issues both locally and in other parts of the UK as required.|
|Summary
of
the
main activities in
relation to those
purposes for the
public benefit, in
particular,
the
activities, projects
or
services
identified
in
the
accounts.|The Team’s work is broad and varied. It comprises, in the
above-mentioned areas: Rescues of people who are injured,
Searches for people (some of whom are described as
vulnerable) who are lost or missing and sometimes evacuation
of people in communities subject to flooding conditions. Sadly,
sometimes we are involved in the recovery of the deceased.
Additionally, we are trained in swift water rescue techniques
where people find themselves in difficulties in water
environments such as flooding and rivers. Occasionally we give
assistance to animals like dogs who are in a precarious position.
This is to hopefully prevent the animal’s owner attempting a self-
rescue and subsequently getting into difficulties.
To be able to carry out this work the Team operates a fleet of four
vehicles, one a Control vehicle equipped with state-of the art IT
and radios, and three 4x4 vehicles of which two are Land Rovers.
The IT facilities in the vehicles have been updated to keep in
touch with developments and now include in the Land Rovers
iPads which show inter alia, location, route finding and essential
internet connectivity. A well-equipped modern, secure Base
houses the vehicles and our equipment. This equipment includes
inter alia technical equipment for crag work, comprehensive
medical equipment, water rescue equipment, as well as drying
and secure storage. The Base IT facilities have also been
updated. We are exploring installing a technical rescue training
facility in the Base.
The Base also lends itself to be operational purposes and has a
Control Room for use in local Call Outs. Furthermore, there are
audio visual facilities for our own training and for local groups to
be invited to the Base for talks and demonstrations.
All Search and Rescue Team members are rigorously trained to
meet local demands and the MREW (our national umbrella body)
guidelines. We also provide PPE equipment to our members.
Some of our Team are Support members, who amongst other
things raise moneyfor the Team byreachingout to the local|
||public and local organisations. Often this involves a presence at
local shows and events which contributes to the public
awareness of hill safety and our activities. These members are
also rigorously trained.|
|---|---|
|Statement
confirming whether
the trustees have
had regard to the
guidance issued|It can be confirmed that the Team has regard to the Charity
Commission guidance on public benefit. The services of the
Team are totally free to the public.|
|by
the
Charity
Commission
on
public benefit||
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|||
|---|---|
|
Policy on grant
making
|The Charity does not provide grants.|
|
Policy
on
social
investment
including program
related investment
|The charity does not run a program of social investment.|
|
Contribution made
by volunteers
|The Charity is entirely dependent upon volunteering. No
payments are made to any volunteer for their contribution to the
fulfilment of the objectives of the charity. Volunteers gave 2612
hours of their time to search and rescue during the year to
respond to 52 Call Outs, whilst there was with a further 1033
hours responding to 27 Incidents to which the full Team was not
deployed. Incidents are classed as occasions when we are
asked for advice by the authorities or times when we are stood
down before we are deployed (see below for further
explanation). The time given in training, administration and other
activities is in addition to the above operational hours.|
|---|---|
|
Other
|There are 4 Base Trustees named below. They have been
appointed and do not require re-election. Like the other
Trustees they submit a report to the AGM. The elected
Trustees submit a report to the Annual General Meeting.|
## **Achievements and Performance**
|||
|---|---|
|
**Summary of the**
**main**
**achievements**
**of**
**the**
**charity,**
**identifying**
**the**
**difference**
**the**
**charity’s work has**
**made**
**to**
**the**
**circumstances**
**of**
**its**
**beneficiaries**
**and**
**any**
**wider**
**benefits to society**
**as a whole.**|Call-outs and Incidents.
In Cleveland MRT we define ‘calls for service’ in two ways:
•
A Call Out is where at least one member leaves home or
work etc to head to the Base or to an RV, having been requested
to do so in relation to a search or rescue etc (even if stood down
on the way there).
•
An incident includes a range of circumstances such as
event cover where injuries are dealt with (e.g. the Boltby Bash
Mountain Bike Enduro event) or a standby (e.g. for flooding) or
we were cancelled before anyone left home etc or the Call Out
officer dealt with a Police / Ambulance call for advice but where
no deployment took place or a SARCALL log was transferred to
another Team to deal with. A SARCALL log is the electronic
method we use for data capture on a Call Out.
In 2024 we attended 52 callouts, (51 in 2023) an average of one
per week. There were also 27 incidents TOTAL Call Outs 52
Incidents 27.
Total volunteer hours on searches and rescues = 3635
There were 22 Searches and 30 Rescues.
Cleveland MRT is part of the North East Search and Rescue
Association and supports the work of this organisation and
provides mutual support to neighbouring Mountain Rescue
Teams when an incident exceeds the capability of a single Team.
We regularly receive compliments and expressions of gratitude
via emails, social media, donations and the press. We regularly
receive thanks and verbal appreciation from the Police and
Ambulance Service. They indicate that we make a difference.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:**
|**Achievements**
**against objectives**
**set**|The Team was able to meet the objective to provide a search and
rescue service 24/7 throughout 2024.|
|---|---|
|
**Performance**
**of**
**fundraising**
**activities against**
**objectives**
**set**
|The fundraising activities of the Support Group and others
achieved the objective to provide money to operate the Team
and enable projects, such as the acquisition of electronic
monitoring of, and recording of casualties to be achieved, and a
wheel for two of our stretchers to aid carry offs amongst other
things. Their contributions continue to enable us to meet all our
objectives.
Fundraising raised £28,730.32 and the fundraising costs were
£732.61. This is achieved by unpaid volunteers in our Support
Group. The group comprised 14 members and contributed over
967 hours in attendance at events and a further 757 or so hours
onotheractivities suchasTeam meetings.|
|**Investment**
**performance**
**against objectives**|The Charity maintained sufficient cash funds within bank
accounts to ensure that it can operate whilst also placing funds
in 1 and 2 year fixed term investments to ensure that funds are
available to meet current and future needs.|
|Other||
## **Financial Review**
|Review
of
the
charity’s
financial
position at the end
of theperiod|The balance of accounts shows a surplus for the year of
£73,861.|
|---|---|
|Statement
explaining the policy
for holding reserves
stating why they are
held|Reserves are held to enable the Charity to meet its objectives in
the event that fundraising activities cease for a period of 1 year
and to enable projects for continuing and enhancing the provision
of search and rescue within the Team’s operational area.|
|Amount of reserves
held|£165,000 split across the following
Emergency operating fund £80,000
Base fund £10,000
Vehicle fund £10,000
Special projects fund £5,000
Replacement Vehicle fund £60,000|
|Reasons for holding
zero reserves|
Not applicable.|
|Details
of
fund
materiallyin deficit|
None.|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about
the
charity|Not applicable.|
continuing as a going concern
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
The
charity’s
principal sources of
funds
(including
any fundraising)
||The principal sources of income are through unsolicited
donations from members of the public, fundraising at events
supported by, or organised by the charity.
Notable support is received from local organisations and
businesses. Particular acknowledgement to Sytner Group,
Mercedes-Benz of Teesside for supply of a loan vehicle and Helly
Hansen for supplyof outdoor clothing.|
|---|---|---|
|
Investment policy
and
objectives
including
any
social investment
policy adopted
||The charity holds most of its funds in High Street banks and a
small sum in Charifund Accumulations Units, a specialist charity
investment product with M&G.
The investment policy is to avoid exposing the charity funds to
risk of loss, hence investments are made with banks that benefit
from the FSCS £85,000 limit.|
|
A description of the
principal
risks
facing the charity
||The principal risks facing the charity are through action or
inaction that harms public trust reducing the requests for the
services provided by the charity and a loss of public support.
The charity has prepared a risk register to aid with monitoring
and review of the risks faced by the charity.Risk Register Rev3
b.xlsx This was updated and approved by the Team during the
year.|
|
Other
||
**None**|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description
of
charity’s trusts:||
|---|---|
|Type of governing
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)|Constitution.|
|How is the charity
constituted?(e.g
unincorporated
association,CIO)|Association.|
||Trustee selection
methods
including details
of
any
constitutional
provisions e.g.
election to post or
name of any person
or body entitled to
appoint one or
more trustees|Team
Trustees
are
noted
below.
They
are
the
Committee/Trustee members of the Team and are elected on an
annual basis at the Team’s AGM. Should a Trustee position
become vacant throughout the year an SGM can be called to
elect a replacement.|
|---|---|---|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
Policies
and
procedures
adopted
for
the
induction
and
training of trustees
|Trustees are directed to the Charity Commission website to
learn about the responsibilities of Trustees. Training is provided
on the procedures to be followed by Charity Trustees. New
Trustees receive ‘hand-over’ meetings and on-going support
with and by existing and retiring Trustees.|
|---|---|
|
The
charity’s
organisational
structure and any
wider
network
with
which
the
charity works
|The Team Constitution was last amended February 2022 and
defines the running of the Team. Additionally, there is a
comprehensive set of Standard Operating Procedures and Risk
Analyses. Both are reviewed on a regular rolling basis by the
Trustees and Operational Leads.
Operational Leads are not Trustees, they are members with
special skills in a particular field.
All Team members are encouraged to regularly read our
documentation, and they are regularly distributed to the whole
Team. There are 5 committee/trustee meetings a year and an
AGM every February.
We are currently working our way through our Strategy Plan
which was developed during the year. This will ensure constant
updates of procedures and development of new ones where
appropriate.|
|
Relationship with any
related parties
|
We have excellent links and regular meetings with North
Yorkshire Police. At these meetings, Yorkshire Ambulance
Service, Yorkshire Air Ambulance, The Fire Service, Mountain
Rescue Dogs and several Northern Rescue Teams are
represented. Cleveland Police and North East Ambulance
Services including The Great North Air Ambulance also regularly
converse with us.
In addition, we hold regular meetings with the local LRFs,
Coastguards and Lifeboat service. Some of our practices involve
training with some of these assets.
The Charity is affiliated to and is a key partner in the North East
Search and Rescue Association (NESRA), which represents
the Mountain Rescue Teams in North East England. This is a
coordinating body and is operational when several Teams are
deployed in a labour challenging Search event where several
Teams work together.|
|
Other
|A Team member started training a Mountain Rescue Search Dog
pup during the year. When trained this will be an asset to the
Team and other MRTs during searches. To this end we have
strong links with our local Mountain Rescue Search Dogs
organisation in NESRA.|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|CLEVELAND MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity
uses||
|Registered charitynumber|252905|
|Charity’s principal address|During 2024: Civic Centre, Rotary Way, Stone Cross,
Northallerton, DL6 2UU
From 2025: Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team, Newton
under Roseberry, MIDDLESBROUGH, TS9 6QP|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any) **|
|---|---|---|---|
|Martyn Gareth
Finch|Chair|||
|Sid Bollands|Base Manager|||
|Gary Clarke|Callout Officer and
Public Relations
Officer|Until November 2024||
|Craig Sewell|Medical Officer|||
|Daniel Slane|Members
Representative|||
|Jo Sewell|Support and
Fundraising Officer|||
|Rachael McManus|Secretary|||
|Tim Wood|Team Leader|||
|Andy Pearson|Training Officer|||
|Alison Selby|Treasurer|||
|Austen Floyd|Vehicle Officer|||
|||||
Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved
|**Director name**|||
|---|---|---|
|None this section is Not
Applicable|||
## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|---|---|---|
|Gari Finch|||
|David Little|||
|Rob Johnson|||
|Sid Bollands|||
**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
**Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
None
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Martyn Gareth Finch **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date**
|**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team**|||||
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|**For the period**
**from**|1-Jan-24
Period start date|31-Dec-24
Period end date
**To**|||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**-**
**48,493**
**27,132**
**2,137**
**43,806**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**121,568**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**121,568**
**7,780**
**8,730**
**10,272**
**8,127**
**2,910**
**1,379**
**2,892**
**4,716**
**901**
**47,707**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**47,707**
**73,861**
**-**
223,491
**297,352**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**48,493**
**27,132**
**2,137**
**43,806**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**121,568**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**121,568**
**7,780**
**8,730**
**10,272**
**8,127**
**2,910**
**1,379**
**2,892**
**4,716**
**901**
**47,707**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**47,707**
**73,861**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Appeals and Grants|**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||**1,930**|
|Donations|**48,493**|||**48,493**||**48,003**|
|Fundraising|**27,132**|||**27,132**||**28,592**|
|Bank Interest|**2,137**|||**2,137**||**4,881**|
|Other|**43,806**|||**43,806**||**29,763**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**121,568**|||**121,568**||**113,169**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|||
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||
||||**-**|**121,568**||**113,169**|
||||||||
|Vehicles|**7,780**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**7,780**||**14,050**|
|Training|**8,730**|||**8,730**||**2,479**|
|Base|**10,272**|||**10,272**||**14,449**|
|Equipment|**8,127**|||**8,127**||**19,596**|
|Comms and IT|**2,910**|||**2,910**||**5,832**|
|Medical|**1,379**|||**1,379**||**2,531**|
|Insurance|**2,892**|||**2,892**||**2,916**|
|Fundrasingcosts|**4,716**|||**4,716**||**3,578**|
|Miscellaneous|**901**|||**901**||**799**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**47,707**|||**47,707**||**66,230**|
||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
|**Base**|**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|||
|Medical|**-**|||**-**||**19,800**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**||**19,800**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
||||**-**|**47,707**||**86,030**|
||||||||
|||**-**|**-**|
**73,861**||**27,139**|
|||**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**223,491**||**196,353**|
||**297,352**|**-**|**-**|**297,352**||**223,492**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
1
|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**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
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|Fundraising
**Details**
Unit Trust Account
**Details**
Base
Equipment
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Current Accounts
Other Accounts
Paypal
**Details**
Control Vehicle V1
LR Ambulance V2
LR Ambulance V3
Electronic Medical Monitoring Equipment
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**125,376**
**-**
**135,720**
**-**
**35,344**
**-**
**912**
**-**
**297,352**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**40,220**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**530,526**|
||||**231,964**|
||||**48,059**|
||||**44,997**|
||||**47,972**|
||||**19,800**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
||||Date of
approval|
|||||
|||||
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
2
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examinerfs Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Cleveland Mountain Rescue T8am
On a¢¢ounts for the year
ended
31 December 2024
Charlty no
(if any)
252905
Set out on pages
CC16a pages 1 to 2 and Trustees Annual Report pages 1 to 10
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the al)ove
charity (Ihe Trust.) for the year ended 3111212024.
R88ponslbilitl88 and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation
ba818 of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities A
2011 (Ihe Acr).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
hav8 followed the applicable Directions given by the Charty Commission
under section 145(5)(bl of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection wrth the examination which gives me
cause to believe that in. any material respect:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not a¢¢ord wrth the accounting records
Independent
examlner's stst•mont
I have no concems and have c<)me auoss no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order lo enable
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Sign.
Dats:
9th July 2025
Name:
DavKd Chefneux
Relevant professional
quaiification(sl or body
(rf any):
CIPFA- Chartered Institute of Publ Finance and A¢¢ountan¢y
Address:
Orchard House, Middle Street.
Gayles, Richmond,
North Yorkshire. DL117JF
IER
October 2018
Section B
Disclosure
Only compl8tè rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern {see CC32,
Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for
examiners).
Nil
Give here brief detsils of
any itèms that the
examlner wishes to
discloso.
IER
October 2018