# Hebrides Mountain Rescue Team

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC047799
- **Known as:** HebMRT, Hebrides Search and Rescue
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Part of:** [Scottish Mountain Rescue](/sc/SC045003) (SC045003)
- **Registered:** Oct. 6, 2017
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC047799


## Contact

- **Address:** Ravens Lane, Laxdale, Isle of Lewis
- **Postcode:** HS2 0EG
- **Website:** www.hebmrt.org



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It carries out activities or services itself'

**Purposes:** 'the saving of lives'

**What the charity does:** Our role is the saving of lives through the provision of a voluntary mountain rescue service mainly in the Outer Hebrides area for any person or persons suffering an accident or who are injured, lost, immobilised or otherwise in need of such mountain rescue services. This includes missing person searches. This can be anywhere on the mountains, moorlands or any other place where the Team Leader or Depute Team Leaders may direct and to assist in the recovery of the bodies of those persons who have sustained a fatal accident in that area. This will be achieved by: Assisting and, where appropriate, organising cooperation amongst the Police, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, British Army and HM Coastguard. Acquiring, maintaining and holding in readiness all premises, equipment and apparatus necessary for providing a mountain rescue service.

**Objectives:** 4 The Purpose of the Organisation is the saving of lives through the provision of a voluntary mountain rescue service in the Scottish Highlands particularly in the Outer Hebrides area for any person or persons suffering accident or who are, or may be, injured, lost, immobilised or otherwise in need of such mountain rescue services anywhere on the mountains, moorlands or any other place where the Team Leader or Depute Team Leaders may direct and to assist in the recovery of the bodies of those persons who have sustained a fatal accident in that area, on the mountains, moorlands or such other place. This will be achieved by:  4.1 Assisting and, where appropriate, organising co-operation amongst the Police, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, British Army and Coastguard and others, as also other climbers or hill users (not being members of the Organisation). 4.2 Acquiring, maintaining and holding in readiness all premises, equipment and apparatus necessary for providing a mountain rescue service.  4.3 Affording opportunities for members of the Organisation to practise and improve the skills required for carrying out mountain rescues. and 4.4 Furthering the cause of mountain rescue in Scotland and elsewhere in the United Kingdom and promoting safety and safe practice amongst those who take part in recreational or leisure activities as are commonly carried out by persons in mountainous or remote parts of Scotland and elsewhere in the United Kingdom.





## Areas of operation

- **Main operating location:** Western Isles
- **Geographical spread:** More than one local authority area in Scotland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £73091 | £31873 |  -  | 0 | [PDF](/sc/SC047799/files/2025-03-31-accounts.pdf) (2.4 MB) |
| March 31, 2024 | £25565 | £24160 |  -  | 0 |  |
| March 31, 2023 | £91737 | £267457 |  -  | 0 |  |
| March 31, 2022 | £135444 | £20411 |  -  | 0 |  |
| March 31, 2021 | £57077 | £20867 |  -  | 0 |  |