01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC008652
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- AB35 5QL
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 22 October 2015 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by Braemar Mountain Rescue Association SC008652, which was an Unincorporated Association registered as a charity since 02 May 1968.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Based in Braemar and Ballater and providing a mountain rescue response to the Southern Cairngorms, Glenshee, Lochnagar and Deeside areas. The team attends in excess of forty incidents each year. As well as our involvement in mountain rescue work, which is now in the hands of a well-trained and well equipped team of almost 40 volunteers, the Association is involved in training, fund-raising and looking after our equipment, bases and vehicles. We also provide assistance to Police Scotland in the search for missing persons. Winter is the busiest time for our team. We work closely with the UK Search and Rescue helicopter service and the Scottish Avalanche Information Service as part of our training and on callouts.
Charitable purposes
- the saving of lives
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4.1 to encourage, co-ordinate and support financially the activities of its members in the assistance of anyone suffering accident primarily on the hills and moorland of Deeside but any other place where the committee may direct. 4.2 to acquire suitable equipment for Mountain Rescue activities including training and to raise funds and administer them for these purposes. 4.3 to further the cause of Mountain Safety and Mountain Rescue in any other way,
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2025 | £117,971 | £96,451 | 0 | 11 May 2026 |
| 31 August 2024 | £155,319 | £99,542 | 0 | 17 January 2025 |
| 31 August 2023 | £94,524 | £67,764 | 0 | 18 December 2023 |
| 31 August 2022 | £85,988 | £98,590 | 0 | 2 May 2023 |
| 31 August 2021 | £238,654 | £68,964 | 0 | 1 March 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- 23 Albert Road, Monaltrie, Ballater, Aberdeenshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.braemarmountainrescue.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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