The Senior Animal Sanctuary

Registered charity 1152111 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HORSE SENSE WIRRAL

We are an Animal Sanctuary based in North Wales (Holywell) we supply a life long home to over 100 rescue/retired animals. We believe that animals who have been neglected or abused deserve to have nothing more asked of them other than to be happy and contented. We offer advice & assistance to owners & police.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECT ("THE OBJECT") IS TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS HORSES 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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Registered contact address: Flintshire, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£229k

Latest spending

£239k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £9,859 for the year ended 31 October 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing from £48,246 to £38,387. The trustees note that the charity's tenancy has ended and it has moved to new premises, with potential dilapidation costs from the former landlord remaining unsettled. Despite the financial loss, the trustees confirm that all activities are continuing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to provide financial flexibility for the current running and future development of the Charities objectives and unforeseen events (held: £18k)

“The Trustees believe that it is prudent to ensure that there are sufficient funds to provide financial flexibility for the current running and future development of the Charities objectives and unforeseen events.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Amy and Shaun Pirie live on the site, rent free. The house is used as offices and by volunteers.

“Amy and Shaun Pirie live on the site, rent free. The house is used as offices and by volunteers.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2025

Volunteers: 80

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

Volunteers: 80

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

Volunteers: 80

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — HORSE SENSE WIRRAL (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (23/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

AMY PIRIEchair
Rachel Tyrie
SHAUN PIRIE

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Flintshire · Gwynedd · Liverpool City · Warrington · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£229k	£239k
31/10/2024	£208k	£194k
31/10/2023	£188k	£185k
31/10/2022	£177k	£180k
31/10/2021	£205k	£206k

Common questions

Is The Senior Animal Sanctuary financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £9,859 for the year ended 31 October 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing from £48,246 to £38,387. The trustees note that the charity's tenancy has ended and it has moved to new premises, with potential dilapidation costs from the former landlord remaining unsettled. Despite the financial loss, the trustees confirm that all activities are continuing. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds The Senior Animal Sanctuary?

Funders whose own accounts filings name The Senior Animal Sanctuary as a grant recipient include THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO, THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUST, SIR PETER O'SULLEVAN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
MRS D M FRANCE-HAYHURST FOUNDATION	FY2024	Unverified read£117k
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO	FY2024	£20k
THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUST	FY2024	£15k
SIR PETER O'SULLEVAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£13k	Grants for specific projects and other good causes committed and paid during the year
SIR PETER O'SULLEVAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£10k	Grants for specific projects and other good causes committed and paid during the year
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION	FY2024	£10k	Grant Programme - Pets
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	FY2023	£10k	Animals
THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUST	FY2025	£10k
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO	FY2025	£10k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND	FY2024	£8k
THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST	FY2022	£7k
THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST	FY2023	£5k	Animal welfare

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
PETPLAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Healing Horse Sanctuary.

The Healing Horse Sanctuary income £114k
CECIL'S HORSE SANCTUARY income £103k
HERE4HORSES income £90k
A.W.L.N. FOALS AND HORSES SANCTUARY income £274k
NORTHCOTE HEAVY HORSE CENTRE income £40k
NORTHERN GREYHOUND RESCUE income £88k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
The Senior Animal Sanctuary	£229k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The Healing Horse Sanctuary FY2025	£114k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CECIL'S HORSE SANCTUARY FY2025	£103k	—	unclear	—	noted
HERE4HORSES FY2025	£90k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
A.W.L.N. FOALS AND HORSES SANCTUARY FY2025	£274k	—	above	—	no doubt
NORTHCOTE HEAVY HORSE CENTRE FY2025	£40k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.