ANIMAL SOS SRI LANKA

Registered charity 1119902 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

WORKING TO ALLEVIATE ANIMAL SUFFERING IN SRI LANKA

Objects

THE ALLEVIATION OF ANIMAL SUFFERING PARTICULARLY IN SRI LANKA (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) FROM INJURY, SICKNESS, ILL-TREATMENT OR NEGLECT.

Area of benefit: SRI LANKA

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

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

Latest income
£830k
Latest spending
£771k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net outgoing of £343,370 for the year, resulting in a significant reduction in unrestricted reserves from £396,926 to £53,556. The trustees report highlights that the charity is under severe financial stress due to high demand exceeding resources and a lack of funds for essential expansion and repairs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“We still lack funds to expand our project at this time which is placing severe stress on us with the huge numbers of rescues we are currently caring for and some really dire cases we are unable to help and that will ultimately die.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Animal SOS Sri Lanka (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 31/03/2026)

Total income
£830k
Total spending
£771k
Cost of raising funds
£23k
Reserves (reported)
£113k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (84% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Redbridge · Sri Lanka

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£830k£771k
31/03/2025£814k£1.2m
31/03/2024£1.1m£1.3m
31/03/2023£1.3m£894k
31/03/2022£739k£737k

Common questions

Is ANIMAL SOS SRI LANKA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net outgoing of £343,370 for the year, resulting in a significant reduction in unrestricted reserves from £396,926 to £53,556. The trustees report highlights that the charity is under severe financial stress due to high demand exceeding resources and a lack of funds for essential expansion and repairs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ANIMAL SOS SRI LANKA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ANIMAL SOS SRI LANKA as a grant recipient include R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ANTHONY V MARTIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE ANTHONY V MARTIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£1k

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HUMANE EDUCATION SOCIETY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ANIMAL SOS SRI LANKA£830k—0unclear—noted
HUMANE EDUCATION SOCIETY FY2024£246k—0unclear—no doubt
ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£237k—0unclear92.9%no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS NORFOLK WEST BRANCH CIO FY2025£381k—0below—no doubt
Royal Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals York, Harrogate And District Branch FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
ANIMAL RESCUE FY2025£576k—0unclear—no doubt

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