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Gone are the days when you could run an organisation like the BMC from a dusty backroom with a single filing cabinet.

Representing a touch over 65,000 members and employing 25 full-time staff, the modern BMC gets through about £1.75m a year. Some of this goes towards running the office. But most o...

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In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com:

Thanks for posting Mick...esp the link to the BMC blog which i think makes interesting reading. Nice to be able to read about how the funding (esp from the gov) works in practice rather than reading a dusty annual report.

So, the BMC has 870K in net assets.

I regret the lack of whole hearted support from the local area meeting. But has it decided to buy Woodcroft quarry for a pittance yet, thus securing the future of Fly Wall and its classics for generations of climbers to come?