HOLLYTREES ANIMAL RESCUE TRUST (HART)

Registered charity 1072094 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as H.A.R.T.

To rescue and provide care and shelter for stray, abandoned, neglected and unwanted animals of all kind. To protect animals from ill usage, cruelty and suffering. The relief of persons unable to afford veterinary fees for spaying cats and dogs by assisting with the charges. The relief of the elderly who are unable to afford kennel costs or veterinary bills for their pets.

Objects

TO RESCUE AND PROVIDE CARE AND SHELTER FOR STRAY ABANDONED NEGLECTED AND UNWANTED ANIMALS OF ALL KINDS AND TO PROTECT SUCH ANIMALS FROM ILL USAGE CRUELTY AND SUFFERINGTHE RELIEF OF PERSONS UNABLE TO AFFORD VETERINARY FEES AND FOR SPAYING AND NEUTERING OF CATS AND DOGS BY ASSISTING WITH CHARGESTHE RELIEF OF THE ELDERLY WHO ARE UNABLE TO AFFORD KENNEL COSTS OR VETERINARY BILLS FOR THEIR PETS

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.

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Latest income

£297k

Latest spending

£190k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £4,779,805, with net income of £186,623 for the year. The trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future and note no material uncertainties regarding going concern. The charity maintains a reserves policy sufficient to safeguard ongoing operations and fund building improvements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to safeguard the ongoing operations of the trust, and to be able to fund necessary building improvements and development work to keep the facilities as up to date as possible (held: £4.8m)

“reserves are sufficient to safeguard the ongoing operations of the trust, and to be able to fund necessary building improvements and development work to keep the facilities as up to date as possible.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee Ray Dedicoat owns the freehold of the property occupied rent-free by the trust.

“The trust occupies property rent free on an informal basis, the freehold of which is owned by the chairman of the trustees, Ray Dedicoat.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
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Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
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Trustees · trustee networks

RAYMOND DEDICOATchair
ANN DEDICOAT
DOREEN WILLS
KAREN MASTERTON
Wendy Ann Dedicoat

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£297k	£190k
30/06/2024	£365k	£184k
30/06/2023	£143k	£156k
30/06/2022	£303k	£145k
30/06/2021	£301k	£136k

Common questions

Is HOLLYTREES ANIMAL RESCUE TRUST (HART) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £4,779,805, with net income of £186,623 for the year. The trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future and note no material uncertainties regarding going concern. The charity maintains a reserves policy sufficient to safeguard ongoing operations and fund building improvements. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.

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 ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO	1	£55k
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	1	£24k
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 HULL ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST.

HULL ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST income £837k
THE KIT WILSON TRUST FOR ANIMAL WELFARE income £1.0m
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS STORT VALLEY BRANCH income £260k
DESTITUTE ANIMALS SHELTER income £569k
THE BELFORTE TRUST income £329k
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £386k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HOLLYTREES ANIMAL RESCUE TRUST (HART)	£297k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HULL ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST FY2025	£837k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE KIT WILSON TRUST FOR ANIMAL WELFARE FY2025	£1.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS STORT VALLEY BRANCH FY2025	£260k	—	above	27.6%	no doubt
DESTITUTE ANIMALS SHELTER FY2025	£569k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE BELFORTE TRUST FY2024	£329k	—	below	—	no doubt

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