ANIMAL LIFELINE WALES

Registered charity 1147056 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALW

Operate Charity Shop in Burry Port, Carmarthenshire. This shop acts as a community information point for animal related issues. Our volunteers are able to offer advice and help, and sometimes refer people to other charities or agencies, as appropriate.We specialise in helping the elderly and vulnerable, living alone, with their pets, especially when they may die, or be taken ill or into care.

Objects

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.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £5,553 for the year ended 7 November 2024, resulting in unrestricted funds decreasing from £65,190 to £59,637. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a strong cash base of approximately £60,000 but acknowledges sensitivity to drops in shop income. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• PENNY HARDchair
• DR LYNNE BEVAN
• Dr IAN MICHAEL FERRIS
• RITA ALEXANDRA STEPHENS

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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