ANIMAL RESCUE

Registered charity 1007182 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ANIMAL RESCUE CHARITY (ARC)

The animal rescue charity provides sanctuary (safe haven) throughout the UK for all animals whether domesticated or wild. Without exception, the prevention of suffering and preservation of life is paramount. The ultimate objective is to re-home or re-habilitate. Operates save a dog (SAD) campaign to rescue dogs facing euthanasia from Uk dog pounds.

Objects

TO RESCUE AND PROVIDE CARE AND SHELTER FOR ANIMALS THAT ARE UNWANTED NEGLECTED ABANDONED OR ILL TREATED AND TO FIND PERMANENT HOMES FOR SUCH ANIMALS WHEREVER POSSIBLE.

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.

Causes: Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a loss for the year of £45,276, with total income of £182,902 against expenditure of £228,178. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the charity is a going concern and holds unrestricted reserves of £2,295,187. The filing notes a challenging economic climate but expresses confidence in securing future funding through loyal supporters and legacies.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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 — Animal Rescue (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~141.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dawn Thresher
• Donna Johnson
• JANET GWENDOLINE ROSE
• Katherine Tye
• Peter John Towns
• Tony Prior

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RUSHTON DOG RESCUE.

• RUSHTON DOG RESCUE income £244k
• DORIS BANHAM DOG RESCUE income £390k
• SAVING SOULS ANIMAL RESCUE income £143k
• ALMOST HOME DOG RESCUE income £172k
• ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION LIMITED income £237k
• RAVENS RESCUE UK income £112k

Side by side with its peers

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