ANIMAL RESCUE CUMBRIA (THE WAINWRIGHT SHELTER) CIO

Registered charity 1153737 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Every year we take in and rehome over 400 dogs and cats which may be unwanted or lost and homeless. We provide a secure and caring environment and help all our animals adapt and find permanent, loving new homes. We also provide support and guidance for pet owners and undertake educational work to increase awareness of the responsibility we all have towards animals and their welfare.

Objects

(1) TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF STRAY AND UNWANTED ANIMALS WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND TO PROVIDE TREATMENT FOR SICK OR ILL TREATED ANIMALS.(2) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AN ANIMAL SHELTER AND OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF STRAY AND UNWANTED ANIMALS AND TO RE-HOME OR FOSTER WHERE APPROPRIATE.(3) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF ANIMAL CARE AND WELFARE

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

Causes: Education/training · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £130,298 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £825,035 against total expenditure of £750,442. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £4,141,793, which the trustees describe as a 'very healthy' cushion, although a significant portion is designated for a new shelter development project.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Stables Thompson & Briscoe. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Animal Rescue Cumbria (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £1.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~66.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 39.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/05/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW EZE
• Anna Mary Williams
• Graham John Fraser
• SHEILA MAWER
• Victoria Kingsman

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WESTMORLAND BRANCH CIO.

• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WESTMORLAND BRANCH CIO income £474k
• NORTH CLWYD ANIMAL RESCUE income £1.8m
• PAWZ FOR THOUGHT income £276k
• ALL DOGS MATTER income £532k
• ANIMALS AT RISK SHELTER income £142k
• NEWCASTLE DOG AND CAT SHELTER income £2.4m

Side by side with its peers

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