BERWICK ANIMAL RESCUE KENNELS

Registered charity 1083038 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARK · also registered in Scotland as SC038235 (OSCR)

Operation of animal rescue kennels, including rehoming, care and treatment of all animals.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANY ANIMAL IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION, IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A RESCUE HOME FOR TEMPORARY RECEPTION CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH ANIMALS AND REHOME THEM WHEREVER POSSIBLE

Area of benefit: NORTHUMBERLAND

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 accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,683,775, which is above the stated policy target of 18 months of charitable expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure of £42,396 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from the previous year.

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 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — B.A.R.K. (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~13.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• GRAEME REAVLEYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOYCE LORRAINE LANDELS
• John Clements Gardiner
• LAURENCE JOHN PEARSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• LYNDA SCOTT
• Penelope Sarah Jane Main

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

Operates in: Northumberland · Scotland

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).