FARPLACE ANIMAL RESCUE

Registered charity 1126812 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC047720 (OSCR)

Animal Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Environmental Enhancement

Causes: Education/training · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£7.0m
Latest spending
£7.0m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves totalled £348,351, which is below the charity's stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure. The trustees report that increased costs from the Autumn 2024 budget have impacted income sources, leading to the redundancy of the fundraising team and the cessation of fundraising events.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee received employee benefits between £60,000 and £70,000 during the year (2024:0).” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee received employee benefits between £60,000 and £70,000 during the year (2024:0).” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: between three and six month’s expenditure (held: £348k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Farplace Trading Limited
“Subsidiary undertakings Farplace Trading Limited Ordinary 100”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Allen Sykes Audit Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Farplace Animal Rescue (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

13 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £788k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£6.5m
Total spending
£7.0m
Cost of raising funds
£6.0m
Reserves (reported)
£348k
Employees
164

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 91.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£7.0m£7.0m
31/03/2024£6.3m£5.4m
31/03/2023£5.2m£4.4m
31/03/2022£4.1m£3.8m
31/03/2021£1.5m£1.2m

Common questions

Is FARPLACE ANIMAL RESCUE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves totalled £348,351, which is below the charity's stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure. The trustees report that increased costs from the Autumn 2024 budget have impacted income sources, leading to the redundancy of the fundraising team and the cessation of fundraising events. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Allen Sykes Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of FARPLACE ANIMAL RESCUE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds FARPLACE ANIMAL RESCUE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FARPLACE ANIMAL RESCUE as a grant recipient include THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO, BETTY PHILLIPS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST, MICHAEL AND SHIRLEY HUNT CHARITABLE TRUST, ANIMAL AID CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIOFY2022£10k
BETTY PHILLIPS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£10ktowards operational costs of the Rescue Centre
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIOFY2023£10k
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIOFY2025£10k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5kAnimal Welfare
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIOFY2024£5k
MICHAEL AND SHIRLEY HUNT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1knull
MICHAEL AND SHIRLEY HUNT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
ANIMAL AID CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£0Education

Funders of similar charities

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WILDLIFE AID FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FARPLACE ANIMAL RESCUE£7.0m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
THE WILDLIFE AID FOUNDATION FY2024£2.0m£60,000 - £69,9991unclear3.1%no doubt
PAWZ FOR THOUGHT FY2025£276k—0unclear—no doubt
NETWORK FOR ANIMALS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£440k—0unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF THE ANIMALS FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
PAWPRINTS TO FREEDOM LIMITED FY2025£1.2m—0below—no doubt

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