WALES APE AND MONKEY SANCTUARY LTD

Registered charity 1076645 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CEFN-YR-ERW PRIMATE RESCUE SANCTUARY LIMITED

The charity's objectives and principal activities are the rescue of endangered primates and the provision of a sactuary for their continuing upkeep and care.

Objects

1. THE REHABILITATION, RESCUE, CARE AND TREATMENT OF ENDANGERED PRIMATES; AND2. THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING OF ANIMALS WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION THROUGH ILL USE, CRUELTY, SUFFERING OR NEGLECT AND TO REHOME OR WHERE APPROPRIATE RELEASE BACK INTO THE WILD.

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

£485k

Latest spending

£418k

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £66,468 for the year ended April 2025, with total incoming resources of £484,557. However, the unrestricted fund remains in a deficit position, which the directors are addressing by increasing their loans to the charity. The trustees report that the charity has sufficient resources to continue its objectives for the coming year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £50,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“No employee was paid more than £50,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months future expenditure (held: £215k)

“Once this has been achieved it will be policy of the Charity to retain sufficient funds to cover six months future expenditure.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Loans from directors

“Mr G Garen and Mrs J A Garen were not repaid any of their loans to the charity during the year. The amount due to the directors is disclosed in Note 12. During the year the company also had transactions at arms length with Cefn-yr-Erw Study Centre, a partnership between Mr G Garen and Mrs J A Garen, the Directors.” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

AMANDA JAYNE MORRIS
ANDREW PAUL MORRIS
Dr JYOTI PATEL
ELSIE MOORE
Elizabeth Lesley Ross
GRAHAM MICHAEL GAREN
JAMES THOMAS MOORE
MRS JAN GAREN
Nicola Pollard
VAS VASSILI

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£485k	£418k
30/04/2024	£452k	£471k
30/04/2023	£462k	£512k
30/04/2022	£400k	£392k
30/04/2021	£259k	£283k

Common questions

Is WALES APE AND MONKEY SANCTUARY LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £66,468 for the year ended April 2025, with total incoming resources of £484,557. However, the unrestricted fund remains in a deficit position, which the directors are addressing by increasing their loans to the charity. The trustees report that the charity has sufficient resources to continue its objectives for the coming year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of WALES APE AND MONKEY SANCTUARY LTD earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £50,000 band.

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 ANTHONY V MARTIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£162k
MRS D M FRANCE-HAYHURST FOUNDATION	2	£121k
THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST	2	£15k
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION	1	£50k
THE GERRICK ROSE ANIMAL TRUST	1	£34k
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	£12k
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO	1	£10k
THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WALES.

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WALES income £2.7m
THE LORD WHISKY SANCTUARY FUND income £1.3m
OXFORDSHIRE ANIMAL SANCTUARY SOCIETY income £1.8m
WILD FUTURES income £541k
APE ACTION AFRICA income £434k
LABORATORY ANIMALS LIMITED income £205k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WALES APE AND MONKEY SANCTUARY LTD	£485k	Under £50,000	unclear	—	no doubt
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WALES FY2024	£2.7m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LORD WHISKY SANCTUARY FUND FY2024	£1.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OXFORDSHIRE ANIMAL SANCTUARY SOCIETY FY2025	£1.8m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WILD FUTURES FY2024	£541k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
APE ACTION AFRICA FY2024	£434k	—	unclear	—	noted

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