THE FLICKA FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1153858 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE RESCUE & REHABILITATION OF DONKEYS, HORSES & OTHER ANIMALS FROM CRUELTY, NEGLECT OR ABANDONMENT OR ELDERLY ANIMALS THAT REQUIRE VETERINARY CARE AND ATTENTION. FACILITATING UNDER PRIVILEGED, DISABLED & SICK CHILDREN TO INTERACT WITH RESCUE DONKEYS & HORSES, FACILITATING MANY GROUPS INCLUDING THE ELDERLY, HOMES, CLUBS & SCHOOLS, HEART, STROKE, CANCER VICTIMS FOR REHABILITATION THERAPY.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £937,906 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £4,420,209. The trustees consider the charity to be in a strong and stable position, noting that reserves have increased considerably despite rising operational costs. The financial position is supported by a healthy balance sheet and the nearing completion of the new equine hospital.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MC Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Flicka Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Donkey Breed Society — “We were delighted to receive a generous donation of £1000 from them in November 2020 and remain extremely grateful for all the work they do …” (source page)
• Gina Canine for Donkeys — “provided a wonderful grant of $10,000 for the donkeys and towards our work in June 2020, which we were extremely grateful for” (source page)
• Support Adoption For Pets — “have generously awarded us a number of amazing grants over the past 5 years, allowing us to complete various capital projects around our san…” (source page)
• Petplan Charitable Trust — “are providing a generous grant to fund the installation of an automatic watering system in our new Donkey Activities Barn.” (source page)
• Wetnose Animal Aid — “have very kindly donated funds to help us cover the costs of our ongoing and expensive vets bills.” (source page)
• The Michael and Shirley Hunt Charitable Trust — “has kindly awarded us grants over the past few years, most recently in 2019 awarding us £1,000 towards the enormous veterinary costs” (source page)
• The Norman Family Charitable Trust — “has supported us with grants, including a donation of £1,500 in 2019 towards our veterinary care costs.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £260k. 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 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~61.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/11/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (03/03/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MS L STEPHENSONchair
• Dr Roger Wood
• LINDA PAGET
• Lynn Brown
• MS J GILES
• Wendy Draper

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOPTON REHAB & HOMING CENTRE.

• HOPTON REHAB & HOMING CENTRE income £327k
• THE DONKEY SANCTUARY income £59.6m
• THE FFOREST UCHAF HORSE AND PONY REHABILITATION CENTRE CHARITABLE TRUST income £130k
• THE HUGS FOUNDATION income £423k
• HORSEWORLD TRUST income £1.2m
• HORSE RESCUE FUND income £102k

Side by side with its peers

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