Mountain Training England
What it does
Principal activity is the advancement for the public benefit of education and training in the skills required for the conduct of safe mountain walking and supervision of rock climbing.
Its charitable purposes
(A) THE ADVANCEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING (IN CONJUCTION WHERE APPROPRIATE WITH OTHER BODIES OR PERSONS AND IN PARTICULAR THE BRITISH MOUNTAINEERING COUNCIL AND THE UK MOUNTAIN TRAINING BOARD) IN THE SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THE CONDUCT OF SAFE MOUNTAINWALKING; AND (B) SUCH OTHER OBJECTS AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE MEMBERS SHALL DECIDE.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Disability
- Amateur sport
- Environment, conservation and heritage
- Economic and community development, and employment
- Recreation
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Disabled people
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- Other defined groups
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides services
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
- Sponsors or carries out research
- Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Throughout England and Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: National
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £468,940 and spent £468,324.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £468,940 | £468,324 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2024 | £449,528 | £455,205 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2023 | £361,953 | £365,959 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2022 | £351,194 | £328,991 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2021 | £297,214 | £301,937 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 58%, from £297,214 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £468,940 in the year to 31 December 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 100% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
- Largest funder
- Sport England gave £36,328 in the year to 31 December 2025, 8% of that year's income.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 December 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Who funds it, according to its accounts
In its accounts for the year ending 31 December 2025, the charity named 2 funders who gave £37,328 between them. £0 of that came from public bodies.
These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.
| Funder | Type | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Sport England | Trust, company or other | £36,328 |
| BMC donation | Trust, company or other | £1,000 |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £55,000, awarded in 2018.
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Jan 2018 | Sport England | £55,000 |
Trustees
9 trustees run the charity.
- Peter StaceyChair
- Daniel James Stowers
- David Kim Parry
- Hilary Watchman
- Johnathan AkinyemiOrganisation
- Kelvyn Justin Simon James
- Lee John Pritchard
- Rebecca SmithOrganisation
- Sharon Jane Kennedy
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | 31 October 2026 | Received 2 July 2026, 121 days early | Received 2 July 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | 31 October 2025 | Received 5 August 2025, 87 days early | Received 5 August 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | 31 October 2024 | Received 15 July 2024, 108 days early | Received 15 July 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | 31 October 2023 | Received 9 January 2024, 70 days late | Received 9 January 2024 |
| 31 December 2021 | 31 October 2022 | Received 27 September 2022, 34 days early | Received 27 September 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1047124
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 12 June 1995
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25/05/1995AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 10/08/2015 as amended on 22 Mar 2023
- Company number
- 03061504This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.mountain-training.org
- Council area of its contact address
- Conwy
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.