WETHERIGGS ANIMAL RESCUE AND CONSERVATION CENTRE

Registered charity 1131536 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Animal Rescue, Conservation, Education, Conservation Research, Heritage.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE 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.TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARD 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.TO ADVANCE CONSERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF VULNERABLE SPECIES AND RARE ANIMAL BREEDS THROUGH EDUCATION AND THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO SUCH CONSERVATION AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves are negative at £22,192, having deteriorated from £13,507 in the previous year. The independent examiner has expressed concern regarding the charity's status as a going concern, noting that the accounts were prepared based on continued trustee support and that the charity is implementing proceedings to close its current operation.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nathan Matthew Bowes
• Sally Elizabeth Bowes

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Durham · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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