BARNSLEY AND DISTRICT ANIMAL RESCUE CHARITY

Registered charity 1052158 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B A R C

Domestic animal welfare, Rescue and rehoming of stray and abandoned animals.

Objects

1.TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION IN PARTICULAR BY RESCUING STRAY AND UNWANTED ANIMALS AND FINDING HOMES FOR THEM AND TO PROVIDE VETINARY TREATMENT WHERE NECESSARY. 2.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE CARE OF ANIMALS.

Area of benefit: BARNSLEY AND DISTRICT

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 surplus of £46,289 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £541,882 against outgoing resources of £495,593. Unrestricted reserves stood at £416,991, exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of £300,000. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 59.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANGELA BELLchair
• Ann Hibbert
• Barry Atkinson
• KATHLEEN BAILEY
• Malcolm Bailey

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Leeds City · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• ROYSTON ANIMAL WELFARE income £95k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BURY OLDHAM AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £1.0m
• RAVENS RESCUE UK income £112k
• DIAL BARNSLEY income £538k
• Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals North Wiltshire and Newbury District Branch income £0
• Royal Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals York, Harrogate And District Branch income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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