FRIENDS OF THE ANIMALS

Registered charity 1000249 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To rehome and rescue animals.To offer a subsidised spaying and neutering scheme.To educate and assist member of the public in the care of animals.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS OF ANY SPECIES WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED TO BE CHARITABLE IN LAW

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net incoming resource of £116,618 for the year, with total income of £1,472,834 and total expenditure of £1,325,716. Free reserves stood at £1.85m, which is below the stated policy target of 24 months' expenditure (equivalent to 84.7% of the target). The accounts received a qualified audit opinion due to missing records for gifts in kind, and the trustees noted that the charity is not beholden to a landlord for rent, owning its properties to provide long-term secure income.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore (South) LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — FRIENDS OF THE ANIMALS (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~17.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 19.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carole May Urquhart
• Jean Gagen
• Keith Coomber
• Lisa Curtis
• MARTIN JOHN GOMEZ

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WESTMORLAND BRANCH CIO.

• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WESTMORLAND BRANCH CIO income £474k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ESSEX MID & NORTH BRANCH CIO income £1.1m
• FRIENDS OF ANIMALS LEAGUE income £2.0m
• HOUNSLOW ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY income £299k
• THE KIT WILSON TRUST FOR ANIMAL WELFARE income £1.0m
• NEWCASTLE DOG AND CAT SHELTER income £2.4m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.