Registered charity · Lancaster
Cave Rescue Organisation
- 19 trustees
- Income £25k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Martin John ColledgeChair · since 2024
- Alison HaighTrustee · since 2011
- Avelina WrightTrustee · since 2017
- Brian CowieTrustee · since 2017
- Christopher Mark EdmondsonTrustee · since 2026
- Graham HughesTrustee · since 2025
- Iain Andrew PlimmerTrustee · since 2019
- Joanne Marie WulfTrustee · since 2023
- Jonathan Mark RhodesTrustee · since 2019
- Julian Charles LeaderTrustee · since 2025
- Martin HolroydTrustee · since 2012
- Michael EvansTrustee · since 2022
- Mike BottomleyTrustee · since 2026
- Paul LethebeeTrustee · since 2019
- Paul MooreTrustee · since 2025
- Philip Robert JamesTrustee · since 2025
- Robert Adrian ScurrTrustee · since 2023
- Simon David JohnsonTrustee · since 2020
- Stephen Richard HolcroftTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Cumbria, Lancashire, North Yorkshire
- Website
- www.cro.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£25k£1k
- 2024£54k£26k
- 2023£154k£64k
Earlier years
- 2022£84k£122k
- 2021£195k£47k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ENGAGE AND IMPROVE IN UNDERGROUND, FELL & MOUNTAIN SEARCH AND RESCUE AND IN ANIMAL RESCUE; TO SUPPORT SAFETY PROCEDURES IN ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES AND TO ASSIST THE POLICE, AMBULANCE AND FIRE AUTHORITIES IN THESE AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES.
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.
19 trustees on the board
- Martin John Colledge Chair since 2024
- Alison Haigh since 2011
- Avelina Wright since 2017
- Brian Cowie since 2017
- Christopher Mark Edmondson since 2026
- Graham Hughes since 2025
- Iain Andrew Plimmer since 2019
- Joanne Marie Wulf since 2023
- Jonathan Mark Rhodes since 2019
- Julian Charles Leader since 2025
- Martin Holroyd since 2012
- Michael Evans since 2022
- Mike Bottomley since 2026
- Philip Robert James since 2025
- Paul Lethebee since 2019
- Paul Moore since 2025
- Robert Adrian Scurr since 2023
- Simon David Johnson since 2020
- Stephen Richard Holcroft since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Alison Haigh since 2011
- Avelina Wright since 2017
- Brian Cowie since 2017
- Iain Andrew Plimmer since 2019
- Jonathan Mark Rhodes since 2019
- Martin Holroyd since 2012
- Paul Lethebee since 2019
- Simon David Johnson since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Avelina Wright since 2017
- Michael Evans since 2022
- Paul Lethebee since 2019
- Simon David Johnson since 2020
Portfolio (15)
- Martin John Colledge Chair since 2024
- Alison Haigh since 2011
- Brian Cowie since 2017
- Christopher Mark Edmondson since 2026
- Graham Hughes since 2025
- Iain Andrew Plimmer since 2019
- Joanne Marie Wulf since 2023
- Jonathan Mark Rhodes since 2019
- Julian Charles Leader since 2025
- Martin Holroyd since 2012
- Mike Bottomley since 2026
- Philip Robert James since 2025
- Paul Moore since 2025
- Robert Adrian Scurr since 2023
- Stephen Richard Holcroft since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 241091
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 7 MARCH 1970 AS AMENDED 24 APRIL 1974, 13 MAY 1987, 4 MARCH 1989, 11 MARCH 1994, AND 11 MARCH 2005.
- Contact on the register
- 07807628712 · secretary@cro.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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