Glenelg Mountain Rescue Association
Scottish Charity Number: SC007565
Established 19 July 1973
Trustees Annual Report and Financial Statements
for year ended 31 March 2026
Contact Address
Piper’s Knoll, Corran, Arnisdale, Kyle, IV40 8JH
Current Trustees
Jacob Butcher – Team Leader Cameron McMurdoch – Deputy Team Leader Ronnie MacDonald – Team Member Johanne Crawford – Secretary Anna MacKenzie – Treasurer
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, 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 has attended several callouts and has also been placed on standby for a further number of incidents.
The team will once again provide first aid cover for the Dirty Thirty Challenge, an annual event in which walkers and runners undertake a demanding 30-mile circuit around the local coastline and mountains.
Monthly training sessions continue, with new members attending to develop and learn the basic skills required for operational duties. We have also increased the number of qualified Remote Rescue Medical Technicians within the team to five. New members are not deployed to callouts until they have completed six months with the team, undertaken the required safety training, and been assessed as competent.
There have been changes to office bearer roles within the team. Uisdean Hawthorn has taken over the role of Equipment Officer from Ronnie MacDonald, while Lewis Warburton has assumed the role of Communications Officer from Barney MacAskill.
Additional training continues to be undertaken jointly with our neighbouring team, Kintail. Sharing knowledge and experience in this way is proving highly beneficial in informing operational responses and enhancing skills across both teams.
A formal offer of £40,000 has been submitted to the Free Church of Glenelg and Inverinate for the purchase of the former church building and land at the Ferry Road junction. A Planning in Principle application will be submitted to Highland Council, and a number of funding applications have also been lodged to help secure the necessary funding for the project. In the meantime, a modular office building has been purchased to serve as a temporary base.
Although progress has taken some time, there is now increasing optimism that the team is a significant step closer to securing a permanent base.
Training requirements and equipment needs continue to be kept under regular review by the relevant office bearers.
Date: 26 May 2026
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Jacob Butcher
Team Leader
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Cameron McMurdoch
Deputy Team Leader
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Ronnie MacDonald
Team Member
Johanne Crawford
Secretary
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Anna MacKenzie
Treasurer
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINEILS REPORT For the Year Ended 31 March 2026 Independent EMIn3 Report to the of the Glenelg Mountain Rescue Awiation (ScolsH CHARITY No SCW756S) I rert the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31st March 2026 which are set out on pages 5 to 7 Respective resFK•nsibilities of Tr4LStee5 and Examiner The charily's truste restx)nsible for the Pwtion of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investsnenl (Scodand) Act 2(Ki5 ("the 2005Acl") and the Charities Accounts Iscotland) RegulatioL$ (&s amended ("the 2(KK> Regulations"). The charity's trustees consider that the audii rwuirement of Regulation 10(1 )(d) of the 2006 Regulations does nol apply. li is my reswnsibilily lo examine th¢ accounts as required under section (44){1)(¢) of the 2(X)5 Act and slatr whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of Ind¢pendent Examiner's Statsment My examination is carried oul in aCrdance with Regulation I l of the 2LIJS Regulations. An eKaminaiion includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts prcsenwl with those record5. It also indud&% consideralion of any unusual items or disclosu$ in the accounts and seeks explanations frorn the truses concerning any such rnatr$. The pmcedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would required in an audil and. consequently. I do express an a11[ opinion on the view given by the accounts. Independent Examiner's Statement In connection with my examination. no matter has (me io my attenti(ffi:. whi¢h gives me reasonable 8¢ to Ixlieve that, in any material res. the requirements:_ a. to keep accounting retords in accordance with section 44(1)(a) of the 25 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2[ Regulations. and b. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2( Regulations have noi en mel. or 2. to which. in my opinion, attention should be drnwn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to iK reached. Michael Cookson FCA Barnside Old Vicargge Garde8. Audlem Crewe Cheshire CW3 OAS Sign1 Michael D.CookFon LIk.LL Dated 2 May 2026
GLENELG MOUNTAIN RESCUE ASSOCIATION Income and Expenditure Account Year Ended 31st March 2026 Scottish Charity Number SC007565 2026 INCOMING RESOURCES Grants & Funding Donations Bank Interest VAT Refund 33,601 6,002 3.458 3,930 16.585 2.677 4.550 2,097 46.991 25.909 RESOURCES EXPENDED Equipment Clothlng Motor Insurance Subsistence and Entertaining Planning Application 6,262 11.578 1.929 1.191 93 761 11,083 3,692 875 1,234 1,085 1,183 885 250 1.183 1,447 Training Don8tion - Kintail Mountain Rescue Website & Intemet Costs 1.275 25,275 20,691 NET INCOMING RESOURCES 21716 5,218 OPENING FUNDS 152.666 147,448 CLOSING FUNDS 174.382 152.666 Atl movements are in Unrestricted Funds Page 5
GLENELG MOUNTAIN RESCUE ASSOCIATION ststementof BalanS As at 31st March 2026 Scottish Charity Number SC007565 Funds Reconciliation Unrestrlcted Funds 02 Opening Bank Account 152.866 147.448 Surplus forthe Year 21.718 5,218 Closing Bank Account (Note) 174,382 152.666 Bank Aecounts:. The coperatIve Bank- Dtrect Plus AUnt The Co-operdtlve Bank- 95 Day Notice A(unt Redv•rJod Bank - 95 Day M)tka AUnt 11.866 61.038 101478 174 382 63,608 717 152 666 There are no other assets or liabilities Pagg 6
GLENELG MOUNTAIN RESCUE ASSOCIATION NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020 BASIS OF ACCOUNTING These accounts have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis in accordance with the Charities and Trustee Investtnent (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charitses A¢counts(Scodand) Regulations 2006 {as amended). NATURE AND PURPOSE OF FUNDS Unrestricted funds are those that may be used at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the objects of the charity. The trustees maintain the single unrestricied fund for the management of charity and to trdJ]sfer to the restricced fund as when necessary. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS There were no related Party Transactions. GOVERNANCE COSTS None Page 7