ASHBOURNE AND DISTRICT ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY

Registered charity 1014249 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as A D A W S, ASHBOURNE ANIMAL WELFARE

The Rescue and rehoming of cats and dogs, provision of neccessary veterinary care and treatment, promotion of good practice in animal care and welfare. In co-operation with the British Hen Welfare Trust, assisting with the rescue and re-homing of commercial laying hens.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS OF ANY SPECIES WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE DERBYSHIRE AND PART OF STAFFORDSHIRE

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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Registered contact address: Derbyshire Dales, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was extremely good, driven largely by legacies, resulting in a net surplus. However, the trustees note that total expenditure rose to record levels due to rising wages and veterinary costs, creating an uncertain medium and long-term financial outlook dependent on future legacy income. Despite this, the charity's immediate financial position is described as relatively strong with high cash reserves.

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 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 policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Reported reserves equal ~31.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PETER JOHN SMITHchair
• DAPHNE ANNE SMITH
• GORDON VICTOR ETHERIDGE
• JANE LESLEY WAIN
• Kim Stephenson
• MARILYN KELSEY
• Mark Lewis
• WANDA VIRGINIA MIELCZAREK

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Staffordshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BARNSLEY AND DISTRICT ANIMAL WELFARE.

• BARNSLEY AND DISTRICT ANIMAL WELFARE income £94k
• CHICHESTER AND DISTRICT DOG RESCUE SOCIETY income £27k
• HOUNSLOW ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY income £72k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £386k
• APPLEDOWN RESCUE AND REHOMING KENNELS income £274k
• OAKWOOD DOG RESCUE income £366k

Side by side with its peers

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