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SUFFOLK OWL SANCTUARY

Registered charity 1086565 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Suffolk Owl Sanctuary maintains a raptor hospital for injured wild owls & other birds of prey, plus flight recovery aviaries and a hack-back team to re-introduce them back to the wild; a nest box scheme which funds, builds, maintains & monitors new habitat for wild owls; and operates the "Saving Britain's Owls" scheme dispensing free information & educational advice on owl care & conservation.

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Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus income over expenditure for the year, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £1,968,566. The trustees consider this level of reserves to be appropriate, as it is maintained between nine and twelve months of expenditure to mitigate risks such as a significant drop in funding. The auditor confirmed that there are no material uncertainties related to going concern, and the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.” — page 28
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: nine and twelve month’s expenditure (held: £2.0m)
“The charity consider that maintaining cash reserves at a level equivalent to between nine and twelve month’s expenditure to be appropriate for this purpose.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Rent charged by the charity to Owl Barn Limited.
“£9,600 rent costs were also charged to Owl Barn Limited.” — page 37
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Jamen Jones. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Suffolk Owl Sanctuary (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£368k
Reserves (reported)
£2.0m
Employees
19

Reported reserves equal ~21.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 31.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.2m£1.1m
31/12/2023£1.4m£948k
31/12/2022£1.1m£960k
31/12/2021£1.3m£869k
31/12/2020£1.1m£768k

Common questions

Is SUFFOLK OWL SANCTUARY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus income over expenditure for the year, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £1,968,566. The trustees consider this level of reserves to be appropriate, as it is maintained between nine and twelve months of expenditure to mitigate risks such as a significant drop in funding. The auditor confirmed that there are no material uncertainties related to going concern, and the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Jamen Jones.

What does the highest-paid employee of SUFFOLK OWL SANCTUARY earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds SUFFOLK OWL SANCTUARY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SUFFOLK OWL SANCTUARY as a grant recipient include THE ARTHUR CAMP FOUNDATION TRUST, The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement, THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST, MICHAEL AND SHIRLEY HUNT CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ARTHUR CAMP FOUNDATION TRUSTFY2023£105k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable SettlementFY2022£2kGeneral charitable donations
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable SettlementFY2023£2k
THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
MICHAEL AND SHIRLEY HUNT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1kgrant towards charitable work
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATIONFY2022£1kConservation & Environment
THE ARTHUR CAMP FOUNDATION TRUSTFY2022£0Erecting Hack Pens for rehabilitation of wild birds

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST2£5k
TOBY AND REGINA WYLES CHARITABLE TRUST1£49k
THE ANTHONY V MARTIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£19k
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST1£12k
THE BERYL EVETTS AND ROBERT LUFF ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST LIMITED1£9k
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)1£4k
ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR LIMITED1£3k
THE WISLEY FOUNDATION1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BARN OWL CENTRE LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SUFFOLK OWL SANCTUARY£1.2mUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
BARN OWL CENTRE LTD FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt
HAWK CONSERVANCY TRUST LIMITED FY2025£2.6m—0unclear10.5%no doubt
WORLD OWL TRUST FY2025£214k—0above—no doubt
THE HAWK AND OWL TRUST LTD FY2025£725k——above—no doubt
MOUSEHOLE WILD BIRD HOSPITAL AND SANCTUARY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2024£134k—0unclear—no doubt

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