PEOPLE FOR ANIMAL CARE TRUST (PACT)

Registered charity 1154444 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as (TRADING AS)PACT ANIMAL SANCTUARY

To rescue, rehabilitate and release where appropriate animals domestic and wild of all species and maintain a sanctuary for this purpose.To relieve the needs of people, who are in need as a result of disability, ill health, (physical or mental) or unemployment, through animal assisted therapy. To educate students in the care and respect of animals.

Objects

1. TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS OF ANY SPECIES WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE OR MAINTAIN ANIMAL SANCTUARIES OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF ANIMALS AND THE TREATMENT OF SICK OR ILL TREATED ANIMALS. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CARE OF ANIMALS. 3. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE PRESERVATION, IMPROVEMENT AND PROTECTION OF THE HABITAT AND ENVIRONMENT OF ANIMALS.4. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED AS A RESULT OF DISABILITY, ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL) OR UNEMPLOYMENT THROUGH ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that PACT achieved a financial surplus of £304,573 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in an increase in net assets to £2,367,160. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves have strengthened due to the surplus and the release of legacy assets, although the charity remains focused on gradually increasing reserves to achieve its policy target. The charity operates with a staff headcount of 79 and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — People For Animal Care Trust (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 (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~12.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/03/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Antek Stefan Lejkchair
• Anthony James Ratcliffe
• David Paul Wilkinson
• Deborah June Prince
• Emma Le May
• Martin Gregory Perryman-Smith
• Zoe Michelle Phillips

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex · Lincolnshire · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PRISON ADVICE AND CARE TRUST (PACT).

• PRISON ADVICE AND CARE TRUST (PACT) income £9.8m
• FARM ANIMAL RESCUE SANCTUARY income £216k
• PROTECTED PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE income £416k
• THE FLICKA FOUNDATION income £1.8m
• FOUR PAWS income £4.5m
• HULL ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST income £837k

Side by side with its peers

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