RAIN RESCUE

Registered charity 1115089 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAIN RESCUE LTD, SUMMERFIELDS - LIFE SKILLS THROUGH PET CARE

We assist pets in crisis situations. Our help is primarily focused on helping cats and dogs who are, or who are soon to be homeless. Each pet taken in, will be medically and behaviourally treated to build them up to the best they can be before finding them their new homes.We provide advice, education, assistance and a lifeline to the public in their times of need around their cat or dog.

Objects

for the public benefit and specifically restricted to:2.1 relieving the suffering of animals in need of care and attention and, in particular, to provide and maintain rescue homes or other facilities for the reception, care and treatment of such animals;2.2 promoting humane behaviour towards animals by providing appropriate care, protection, treatment and security for animals which are in need of care and attention by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or ill usage and to educate the public in matters pertaining to animal welfare in general and the prevention of cruelty and suffering among animals;2.3 the relief of sickness and the preservation of health particularly among elderly and infirm people and those with physical, sensory or mental impairments through the provision of education and leisure time activities in the field of animal care and welfare; and2.4 assisting in the treatment and care of persons suffering from mental or physical illness of any description or in need of rehabilitation as a result of such illness, by the provision of facilities for work and recreation in the field of animal care and welfare.

Area of benefit: PRIMARILY IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bassetlaw, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a significant surplus of £330,315 for the year ended 31 May 2025, driven by a substantial increase in incoming resources to £879,410. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £320,762, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of three months' expenditure (calculated at approximately £138,000). The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no matters requiring attention to hinder understanding.

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
• 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 — Rain Rescue (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).

• Donald Cooke Ltd — “Thanks to our partnership with Donald Cooke Ltd, we’re giving rescue pets the best possible start in their new homes with adoption gift pack…” (source page)

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 31/05/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/07/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clare Jane Gibsonchair
• Dr Roxane Kirton
• Julia Pearse
• Penelope Thompson

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Doncaster · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CAT AND RABBIT RESCUE CENTRE.

• THE CAT AND RABBIT RESCUE CENTRE income £1.9m
• RAVENS RESCUE UK income £112k
• TAG PET RESCUE income £386k
• HAMPSHIRE PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE income £44k
• SHROPSHIRE CAT RESCUE income £572k
• HERONBANK CAT RESCUE income £113k

Side by side with its peers

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