Glenelg Mountain Rescue
Scottish Charity Number: SCO07565
Established 19 July 1973
Trustees Annual Report and Accounts
for year ended 31 March 2025
Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees
Trusteeship is attached to the only Office Bearers named in the Constitution, namely the Team Leader, Deputy Team Leader, Equipments Officer, Secretary and Treasurer. All are appointed or re-appointed by the Team members at the AGM.
Governing Document
The Association is a charitable unincorporated association whose purposes and administration arrangements are set out in our Constitution.
Charitable Purposes
The saving of lives for the public benefit – predominantly within Glenelg, Arnisdale, Knoydart, Barisdale and Glenshiel but also in areas beyond there in order to provide support on request, by:
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Providing a ‘free to use’ Search and Mountain Rescue Service;
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Aiming to provide on call services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year;
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Locating and evacuating injured and / or lost persons in upland environments and to provide appropriate casualty care.
In addition to this the Team may:
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Provide missing person searches in urban, suburban and lowland areas;
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Support NHS Ambulance Services with difficult casualty evacuations;
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Support government agencies / emergency services in severe weather;
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Support government agencies / emergency services where the Team’s skills and equipment may be appropriate;
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Support government agencies / emergency services at major incidents;
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Provide swift water rescue;
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Provide animal rescue.
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Activities and Achievements
The team have attended several call-outs and have been on stand-by for another couple. The team has also provided first aid cover for the Dirty Thirty Challenge – an annual event that challenges walkers and runners to complete a 30 mile circuit around coast and mountains.
Monthly training continues with new members being able to attend and learn the basics. New members are not included in call outs until they have been on the team for six months and undergone safety aspects of training and are deemed competent. Additional training is undertaken in conjunction with neighbouring team, Kintail – sharing knowledge and experience is helping to inform responses and upskilling.
The ongoing search for a suitable piece of land to build a base on, is in the early stages of negotiations with a plot owned by a local man. A planning application will be submitted to Highland Council in May with construction hoped to be complete before the end of the year. Although this has taken some time to move forward, there is now more positivity that we are a step closer to obtaining a permanent base.
A constant review of training needs and equipment purchases are undertaken by the relevant office bearers.
Date: 19 May 2025
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INDEPENDENT EXAKtNERS REPORT For the Year Ended 3111 March 2025 Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of the Glenelg Mountain Rescue Association (SCOTTISH CHARITY No SC007565) I report to the financial statements of the charEty for the year ended 3 Ist March 2025 wbich are set out on pag&8 5 to 7 Respective rwonsibiliti&8 of Tnjstees and ExamiDer The charity's tnjstees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investrnent (Scotland) Act 2005 (-the 2005AcY') and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as aniended ("the 2006 Regulations"). The clwity's trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10( I )(d) of the 2006 Regulations d not apply. It is my r&8ponsibility to examine the accounts as required under section (44)(1)(c) of the 2005 Act and stste whether particular matters have com¢ to my attention. Basis of Independent Examiner's Statement My eAaItiination is carried out in accordance with Regulation I l of the 2006 Regul&ions. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounls presented with those records. It also includes considerdtion ot any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks explanatioDS from the trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures undcrtaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consquently, I do not express an audit opinion on the view giv¢n by the accounts. Independent Examiner's Statement In connection with my examination. no matter has come to my attention: which gi ves me reasonable cause io believe that. in any material respect, the requirements: a. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 44(1){a) of the 2005 Act and Regulatson 4 of the 2006 Regulations. and b. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Regulations have not been met. or 2. to which. in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper vrderstandino of the accounts to be reached. Signed Dated 30th May 2025 Page 4
GLENELG MOUNTAIN RESCUE ASSOCIATION Income and Expenditure Account Year Ended 31st March 2025 Scottish Charity Number SC007565 2025 2024 INCOMING RESOURCES Grants & Funding Donations Bank Interest VAT Refund 16,585 2.677 4,550 2,097 12,736 22,880 3,393 913 25.909 39,922 RESOURCES EXPENDED Equipment Clothing Motor Insurance Subsistence and Entertaining Shed Office Sundries Website & Internet Costs 11.083 3.692 875 3,139 2,707 772 1,234 1.085 1,240 700 537 1.447 602 152 1,275 1,216 20,691 11,065 NET INCOMING RESOURCES 5,218 28,857 OPENING FUNDS 147,448 118,591 CLOSING FUNDS 152,666 147,448 All movements are in Unrestricted Funds Page 5
GLENELG MOUNTAIN RESCUE ASSOCIATION Statement of Balances As at 31 st March 2025 Scotttsh Charity Number SC007565 Funds Reconciliation Unrestricted Funds 2025 2024 Opening Bank Account 147,448 118,591 Surplus for the Year 5,218 28.857 Closing Bank Account (Note) 152.666 147,448 Bank Accounts:. The Co-operative Bank - Direct Plus Account The CoPerative Bank - 95 Day Nolice Account Redwood Bank - 95 Day Notice Account 63.608 717 88.341 152,666 8,941 53,534 84,973 147,448 There are no other assets or liabilities Page 6
GLENELG MOUNTAIN RESCUE ASSOCIATION NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31¥1 MARCH 2025 BASIS OF ACCOUNTING These accounts havc been prcpared on the Receipts and l*ymen18 basis in accordance ivitli the Charities and Trustce Inveslmcnl (Scoilc2nd) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts{Scotland) Regulalions 2006 (as ameiided). NATURE AND PURPOSE OF FUNDS Unrestricted funds are those that may be used at the discretion of ihe trustees in furtherance of the objecls of Ihe charity. The trustees maintain ihe single unrestricted fund for the manageTnent of charity and to transler to thc restricled fund as when necessary. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS There were no relaled Party Transactions. GOVERNANCE COSTS None Page 7