SAFE HAVEN FOR DONKEYS IN THE HOLY LAND

Registered charity 1083468 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of care and protection of donkeys and mules.

Objects

THE CARE AND PROTECTION OF DONKEYS AND MULES IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL AUTHORITY (OR THEIR SUCCESSORS IN NAME AND SOVEREIGNTY) IN NEED OF SUCH CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES, ILL USAGE OR OTHER LIKE CAUSES AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG DONKEYS AND MULES.

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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Registered contact address: Lewes, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £2,164,308, which is above its stated policy target of six months' expenditure coverage. The trustees note that while these funds are not enough to cover all planned 2026 expenditure, a robust fundraising strategy is in place to ensure future income increases. The independent auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Parkers. 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
• 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Safe Haven For Donkeys In The Holy Land (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~14.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 38.2% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Safe Haven for Donkeys in the Holy Land Trustee Limited

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

Operates in: Israel · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DONKEY SANCTUARY.

• THE DONKEY SANCTUARY income £59.6m
• MONARCH'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE income £74k
• DESTITUTE ANIMALS SHELTER income £569k
• ISLE OF WIGHT DONKEY SANCTUARY CIO income £2.5m
• GREYHOUND GAP income £348k
• A.W.L.N. FOALS AND HORSES SANCTUARY income £274k

Side by side with its peers

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