Cave Rescue Organisation

Registered charity 241091 Registered since 1965

Operates: Cumbria, Lancashire, North Yorkshire

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

4.8y median 3y

average tenure

15y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

5.1y

average years in governance

4 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Other Charitable Purposes 19The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 15Education/training 1

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board

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Cave Rescue Organisation 15 shared trustees
Canis 1 shared trustee
Ingleborough District Scout Council 1 shared trustee

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Contact

Website	www.cro.org.uk
Email	secretary@cro.org.uk
Phone	07807628712
Address	CAVE RESCUE ORGANISATION, CLAPHAM, LANCASTER, LA2 8HH

Finances

£24,723 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£195,366	£46,728
2022	£84,168	£122,364
2023	£153,627	£64,020
2024	£53,533	£25,949
2025	£24,723	£1,430

What it does

What

Other Charitable Purposes

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human Resources

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.

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.

Trustees (19)

19trustees

0aged 70+

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

Connected charities (3)

Cave Rescue Organisation 15 shared trustees
Canis 1 shared trustee
Ingleborough District Scout Council 1 shared trustee

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