WARRINGTON ANIMAL WELFARE

Registered charity 1057149 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing education and financial assistance for the neutering of pet animals. Rescuing and rehoming animals in need.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF PET ANIMALS WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND IN PARTICULAR BY ASSISTING WITH THE COST OF NEUTERING AND TREATMENT OF SICK AND INJURED ANIMALS AND BY REHOMING UNWANTED ANIMALS.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF WARRINGTON AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£380k

Latest spending

£255k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £124,761 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £244,020. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of one year's unrestricted expenditure, with £124,712 held as freely available cash in general reserves. The filing confirms adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year's unrestricted expenditure (held: £125k)

“The Trustees have decided, because of the dependence on external donors, to set the level of reserves at an amount equivalent to one year's unrestricted expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Warrington Animal Welfare (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Janet Thornton
Julie Pickett
Mary Rigby
Steven Marsh · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Halton · Lancashire · St Helens

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£380k	£255k
31/03/2024	£297k	£242k
31/03/2023	£208k	£240k
31/03/2022	£176k	£224k
31/03/2021	£242k	£153k

Common questions

Is WARRINGTON ANIMAL WELFARE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £124,761 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £244,020. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of one year's unrestricted expenditure, with £124,712 held as freely available cash in general reserves. The filing confirms adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION	1	£132k
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO	1	£55k
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	1	£24k
THE MONTAL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION	1	£3k
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST	1	£2k
THE SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£200

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
GLOUCESTERSHIRE ANIMAL WELFARE ASSOCIATION AND CHELTENHAM ANIMAL SHELTER income £1.8m
THE KIT WILSON TRUST FOR ANIMAL WELFARE income £1.0m
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £386k
LABORATORY ANIMALS LIMITED income £205k
REDGATE FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY income £378k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WARRINGTON ANIMAL WELFARE	£380k	—	above	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WESTMORLAND BRANCH CIO FY2025	£474k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GLOUCESTERSHIRE ANIMAL WELFARE ASSOCIATION AND CHELTENHAM ANIMAL SHELTER FY2025	£1.8m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE KIT WILSON TRUST FOR ANIMAL WELFARE FY2025	£1.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT BRANCH FY2025	£386k	—	above	—	no doubt
LABORATORY ANIMALS LIMITED FY2025	£205k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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