ANIMAL AID 246

Registered charity 1143133 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ANIMALAID, ANIMALAID246

ANIMAL AID PREVIOUSLY OPERATED AS CHARITY No. 702713We aim to prevent cruelty and relieve the suffering and distress of animals in need of care and attention in the North West. We are committed to providing shelter for stray / unwanted animals and find loving homes for all the animals in its care ensuring they receive excellent veterinary care and are neutered, vaccinated, micro chipped.

Objects

TO PREVENT CRUELTY AND RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION IN THE MERSEYSIDE AREA.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £12,479 for the year ended March 2025, driven by rising costs in veterinary care, food, and energy. Despite this expenditure exceeding income, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £176,344, which the trustees consider adequate to continue operations. The trustees confirm the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/06/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Margaret Ann Caffrey
• Roland Caffrey
• Suzanne Jane Blackburn

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

Operates in: Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

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