FRENCH'S CARE HAVEN

Registered charity 1156954 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trustees arrange and attend events and hold open days to raise awareness of animal care and the changes needed to help stop the growing downward spiral of animal cruelty.

Objects

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE CHARITY IS TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY HORSES, IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING A RESCUE HOME OR OTHER FACILITIES AND GIVING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION, SANCTUARY, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR ANIMALS THAT HAVE SUFFERED FROM MALTREATMENT, NEGLECT, ABANDONMENT, RESCUE, OR POOR CIRCUMSTANCES.

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 · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £939 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total expenditure of £53,842 exceeding total receipts of £52,903. The trustees note that the main risk is ensuring sufficient funds are raised to keep the Care Haven going, as the organization relies solely on public donations and fundraising. Despite the deficit, unrestricted funds carried forward were £6,289, and the trustees confirmed the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis.

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 2 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — French's Care Haven (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JANN TURNERchair
• Lee David Turner
• Sharon Anne Bell
• Simon Francis Edward Haines

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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