ALEXANDRA BASTEDO (CHAMPIONS) ANIMAL SANCTUARY LIMITED

Registered charity 1133827 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABC ANIMAL SANCTUARY

The Charity's activities include the rescue and rehoming of domestic animals suffering from neglect, ill use or ill health; supplying hands on experience for those entering careers in animal welfare; visiting schools to encourage the proper handling and respect of animals by children; providing therapeutic experience for people suffering from breakdown, stress and all manner of emotional upheaval;

Objects

1 TO PROMOTE 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 TO PROVIDE THERAPEUTIC EXPERIENCES FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SUFFERING FROM STRESS, BEREAVEMENT DEPRESSION AND OTHER MENTAL DISTRESS THROUGH CONTACT WITH, AND CARING FOR, ANIMALS.TO STIMULATE DISADVANTAGED YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES THROUGH CONTACT WITH, AND CARING FOR, ANIMALS.TO PROVIDE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE FOR TRAINEE VETS AND STUDENTS PURSUING A CAREER IN ANIMAL WELFARE THROUGH ACCESS TO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS WHICH MAY BE SICK, HEALTHY, INJURED OR ILL USED.TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM NUISANCE AND RISK FROM FERAL CATS BY TRAPPING AND HAVING SUCH CATS NEUTERED AND REHABILITATED.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £41,295 for the year ended 31 January 2025, citing rising costs and decreased donations as key challenges. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £128,855, which is below the stated policy target of three years' expenditure, though the trustees acknowledge the need to continue cost containment and fundraising efforts.

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 policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06797855

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ABC Animal Sanctuary (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• CAPELIN, Thomas — director, appointed 03/02/2026on trustee list
• BOOTH, Simon Lyndsay — director, appointed 16/10/2022on trustee list
• SMOKER, Simon — director, appointed 25/01/2021on trustee list
• PAGE, Gemma — director, appointed 11/02/2019on trustee list
• TOFIELD-COOK, Cheryl Jean — director, appointed 09/07/2013on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £725k. 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cheryl Tofield-Cook
• Gemma Page
• Simon Lyndsay Booth
• Simon Smoker
• Thomas Capelin

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

Operates in: West Sussex

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