WYTHALL ANIMAL SANCTUARY

Registered charity 1137681 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Wythall Animal Sanctuary's aims and ideals have never wavered: striving to help, rehabilitate and safely re-home as many animals as we can. Whilst recognising in some cases re-homing is not possible, the sanctuary becomes their forever home. We continue to move forward embracing new policies, procedures and technology whilst ever trying to think of financial innovations to help our work continue.

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Latest income
£474k
Latest spending
£400k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £85,173 for the year ended 28 February 2025, with unrestricted funds totaling £1,591,873. The trustees state that unrestricted reserves exceed their three-year running cost target by approximately £91,873, indicating adequate financial reserves to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three years of unrestricted expenditure (held: £1.6m)
“It is the policy of the Charity to maintain unrestricted funds that are sufficient funds to cover running costs for a period of three years.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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 £44k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 29/02/2024)

Total income
£508k
Total spending
£462k
Cost of raising funds
£2k
Reserves (reported)
£1.5m
Employees
17

Reported reserves equal ~39.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Solihull · Warwickshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£474k£400k
29/02/2024£508k£462k
28/02/2023£336k£538k
28/02/2022£661k£489k
28/02/2021£387k£463k

Common questions

Is WYTHALL ANIMAL SANCTUARY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £85,173 for the year ended 28 February 2025, with unrestricted funds totaling £1,591,873. The trustees state that unrestricted reserves exceed their three-year running cost target by approximately £91,873, indicating adequate financial reserves to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WYTHALL ANIMAL SANCTUARY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WYTHALL ANIMAL SANCTUARY as a grant recipient include THE BERYL EVETTS AND ROBERT LUFF ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST LIMITED, THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO, MICHAEL AND SHIRLEY HUNT CHARITABLE TRUST, GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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