Registered charity · Shropshire
British Cave Rescue Council
The Council’s objects (“the objects”) are to relieve suffering and distress amongst persons and animals endangered by accidents or natural hazards by co-ordinating and providing support for member underground search and rescue organisations and...
- 11 trustees
- Income £14k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Christopher David JonesTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Brendan SloanTrustee · since 2017
- Dr Edward Alan LockhartTrustee · since 2025
- Emma Jane PorterTrustee · since 2013
- John Patrick SheehyTrustee · since 2024
- John VolanthenTrustee · since 2025
- Mike ClaytonTrustee · since 2013
- Peter DennisTrustee · since 2018
- Richard James MarlowTrustee · since 2026
- Robert Tobias HamnettTrustee · since 2013
- Tony HaighTrustee · since 2017
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Amateur Sport
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.caverescue.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£14k£15k
- 2024£15k£15k
- 2023£34k£25k
Earlier years
- 2022£26k£10k
- 2021£3k£9k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
The Council’s objects (“the objects”) are to relieve suffering and distress amongst persons and animals endangered by accidents or natural hazards by co-ordinating and providing support for member underground search and rescue organisations and individuals representing the Council in the British Isles and abroad.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
11 trustees on the board
- Christopher David Jones since 2025
- Dr Brendan Sloan since 2017
- Dr Edward Alan Lockhart since 2025
- Emma Jane Porter since 2013
- John Patrick Sheehy since 2024
- John Volanthen since 2025
- Mike Clayton since 2013
- Peter Dennis since 2018
- Richard James Marlow since 2026
- Robert Tobias Hamnett since 2013
- Tony Haigh since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Brendan Sloan since 2017
- Emma Jane Porter since 2013
- Mike Clayton since 2013
- Peter Dennis since 2018
- Robert Tobias Hamnett since 2013
- Tony Haigh since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Christopher David Jones since 2025
- Dr Brendan Sloan since 2017
- Dr Edward Alan Lockhart since 2025
- John Patrick Sheehy since 2024
- John Volanthen since 2025
- Peter Dennis since 2018
- Robert Tobias Hamnett since 2013
- Tony Haigh since 2017
Portfolio (3)
- Emma Jane Porter since 2013
- Mike Clayton since 2013
- Richard James Marlow since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1137252
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 6 APRIL 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 6 APRIL 2008 as amended on 07 Apr 2019 as amended on 18 Oct 2020
- Contact on the register
- 07985212037 · SECRETARY@CAVERESCUE.ORG.UK
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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