WINDYWAY TRUST

Registered charity 1108111 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WINDYWAY ANIMAL RESCUE CENTRE, BUXTON OLD ROAD, MACCLESFIELD

FUND RAISING VIA CHARITY SHOPS, ATTENDANCE AT LOCAL FAIRS AND FETES, SPONSORED WALKS, EVENTS AND OPEN DAYS. OPEN AIR CONCERTS, RAISING AWARENESS OF OUR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES THROUGH REGULAR CONTACT WITH GENERAL PUBLIC EG. NEWSLETTERS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS. PROVISION OF FUNDS FOR RESCUE, VETERINARY CARE AND REHOMING OF ABANDONED AND NEGLECTED DOMESTIC ANIMALS. OPERATING A PET FOOD BANK FOR PUBLIC USE.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF DOGS, CATS OR ANIMALS OF ANY SPECIES WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE OR MAINTAIN KENNELS, CATTERIES, REFUGES, ANIMAL HOSPITALS OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF UNWANTED DOGS, CATS OR OTHER ANIMALS AND THE TREATMENT OF SICK OR ILL TREATED DOGS, CATS OR OTHER ANIMALS AND TO FIND NEW HOMES FOR ANY SUCH ANIMALS AT THEIR DISCRETION THE TRUSTEES MAY SPEND ALL OR PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY IN FURTHERING THE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, CHESHIRE, DERBYSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE AND GREATER MANCHESTER.

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 the charity ended the year with a net income surplus of £108,521, bringing total unrestricted reserves to £1,056,135. The trustees consider these reserves adequate to support the continuation of the charity and cover one year of kennelling and veterinary expenses. The filing confirms the charity is a going concern for the next twelve months with no material uncertainties identified.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Windyway Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Windyway Trust — “We are supported by Windyway Trust charity.” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~21.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTINE ANGELA EARLES
• Jane Arnstein
• PATRICIA ELSIE BARNARD
• Wendy Riseley

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Derbyshire · Manchester City · Staffordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WESTMORLAND BRANCH CIO.

• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WESTMORLAND BRANCH CIO income £474k
• WOLFWOOD income £525k
• WHITLEY ANIMAL PROTECTION TRUST income £385k
• THE BELFORTE TRUST income £329k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS STORT VALLEY BRANCH income £260k
• THE KIT WILSON TRUST FOR ANIMAL WELFARE income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

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