The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team

Registered charity 508877 Registered since 1979

Operates: Durham

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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

5.1y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 2Arts and leisure 1Other services 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
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incomespending£84k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.twsmrt.org.uk
Emailmail@twsmrt.org.uk
Phone01833630999
AddressTeesdale and Weardale Search and Mo, The Chris Scott Mountain Search and, Lanchester Road, Durham, County Durham, DH1 5RA

Finances

£83,707 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£51,765£55,963
2022£68,261£58,589
2023£46,103£52,610
2024£53,309£64,896
2025£83,707£63,027

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesOther Charitable Purposes

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Services

Charitable objects

The advancement of health and the saving of lives for the public benefit – predominantly within County Durham, but also in areas beyond the county borders in order to provide support on request, by:• Providing a ‘free to use’ Search and Mountain Rescue Service.• Aiming to provide on call services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.• Locating and evacuating injured and / or lost persons in upland environments and to provide appropriate casualty care.In addition to this the Team may:• Provide missing person searches in urban, suburban and lowland areas.• Support NHS Ambulance Services with difficult casualty evacuations.• Support government agencies / emergency services in severe weather.• Support government agencies / emergency services where the Team’s skills and equipment may be appropriate.• Support government agencies / emergency services at major incidents.• Provide swift water rescue.• Provide animal rescue.For the public benefit – to advance education about possible dangers in the hills and countryside by:• Providing guidance on how to recognise and avoid possible dangers, and minimise risks.• Giving talks and demonstrations.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 10/09/1968AS AMENDED ON 01/11/1978AS AMENDED ON 01/06/1979AS AMENDED ON 17/11/1988AS AMENDED ON 14/11/1991AS AMENDED ON 11/11/1999AS AMENDED ON 09/11/2006AS AMENDED ON 10/11/2010 as amended on 08 Nov 2024

Trustees (11)

11trustees
57median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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