THE DORIS MACER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1138442 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve sickness and preserve health by providing services which are ancillary to those provided by the statutory authorities. To promote humane behaviour towards animals and to educate the public in matters pertaining to animal welfare. Such other exclusively charitable objects and purposes in any as the trustees may in their discretion think fit

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL PERSONS:1 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO PRESERVE HEALTH BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES WHICH ARE ANCILLARY TO THOSE PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY;(A) HELPING ATTAIN THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE STANDARDS OF CARE AND SUPPORT FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE SICK OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED; AND(B) PIONEERING AND PUBLISHING RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES OF VARIOUS ILLNESSES AND INTO IMPROVING METHODS OF PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT. 2 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, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) OFFERING SHELTER OR SANCTUARY FOR ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF MEDICAL ATTENTION; AND(B) PROVIDING MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR ANIMALS; ACTIVELY SEEKING NEW HOMES FOR "RESCUED" ANIMALS. 3 SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: THE WORLD

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Animals · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received no monetary donations during the year, relying instead on investment income and the sale of investments. The trustees maintain that sufficient reserves are held as investments to ensure the charity's long-term viability, although no specific target amount is set. Charitable donations totaling £113,016 were made during the period, exceeding the total receipts of £55,872.

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 3 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIAN LORKING
• KEITH RICHARDSON
• LISA MICHELLE CURTIS

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

Operates in: Essex · Suffolk

Income and spending

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