WADARS

Registered charity 1149884 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The care and protection of animals of all kinds in need of care and attention by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or similar causes.

Objects

THE CARE AND PROTECTION OF ANIMALS OF ALL KINDS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR OTHER SIMILAR CAUSES.

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 ended the period with a deficit of £336,160, representing a 33% increase compared to the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the charity is not in a financial position to fund significant site improvements and is planning a relocation to a smaller, more cost-effective site to reduce ongoing expenditure. Free reserves stand at £1,052,757, which exceeds the stated policy target of 12 months' expenditure.

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 4 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08273985

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — WADARS (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.

• STIRLING, Susan Margaret — director, appointed 23/10/2019on trustee list
• SILK, Jill — director, appointed 28/01/2014on trustee list
• DAVIS, Allison Elizabeth — director, appointed 25/04/2013on trustee list
• WALDER, Keith — director, appointed 25/04/2013on trustee list
• MCMAHON, Christie Joy — director, appointed 30/10/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~74.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/06/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTIE JOY MCMAHONchair
• Alec James Moser
• Allison Elizabeth Davis
• Jill Silk
• KEITH WALDER
• Susan Margaret Stirling

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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