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ANIMAL LIFELINE

Registered charity 1041362 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rescue and re-homes abandoned dogs and puppies, provides veterinary care and kennelling.

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Latest income
£298k
Latest spending
£436k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that increasing costs led to the closure of one shop, resulting in one-off costs but anticipated long-term savings. The charity reported rehoming a record number of dogs in 2024 due to operational changes aimed at efficiency. The filing does not disclose specific financial figures for reserves, income, or expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Charity Commission inquiry

The Charity Commission opened a statutory inquiry into Animal Lifeline due to serious financial concerns arising from an ongoing police investigation. The report states that the inquiry will examine trustee compliance with legal duties regarding financial management and potential unauthorized private benefit, but no final outcome or findings have been determined as the inquiry is ongoing.
Per the Commission’s published report. Summary is automated; the official report is authoritative.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Total income
£795k
Total spending
£375k
Reserves (reported)
£721k
Employees
6

Reported reserves equal ~23.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£298k£436k
31/12/2023£358k£463k
31/12/2022£795k£375k
31/12/2021£607k£354k
31/12/2020£319k£321k

Common questions

Is ANIMAL LIFELINE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that increasing costs led to the closure of one shop, resulting in one-off costs but anticipated long-term savings. The charity reported rehoming a record number of dogs in 2024 due to operational changes aimed at efficiency. The filing does not disclose specific financial figures for reserves, income, or expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION2£59k
THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST2£20k
MRS D M FRANCE-HAYHURST FOUNDATION2£8k
The Keith Howard Foundation1£450k
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO1£65k
THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUST1£40k
THE BERYL EVETTS AND ROBERT LUFF ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST LIMITED1£5k
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ANIMAL LIFELINE£298k—0unclear—no doubt
GOOD LIFE DOG RESCUE FY2025£121k—0above—no doubt
LITTLE PAWS RESCUE FY2025£197k—0unclear—no doubt
Jackson's Animal Rescue FY2024£482k—0unclear—no doubt
ANIMAL RESCUE FY2025£576k—0unclear—no doubt
BARKING MAD DOG RESCUE FY2025£204kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt

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