RESCUE ME ANIMAL SANCTUARY

Registered charity 1157210 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rescue Me Animal Sanctuary continues to face increasing workloads due to the cruelty and abandonment of animals within Merseyside and the surrounding areas. The overall vision of RMAS is to grow and develop, to ensure that it is effective and fit for purpose to meet the increasing demand and promote education and animal welfare to the general public.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THE MORE VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RESCUE HOMES OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH 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: Sefton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £458,889, which is significantly above the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £60,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £182,097 for the year, indicating strong operational financial health.

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 6 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/07/2025 (received 16/07/2026, 46 days after the 31/05/2026 due date); year ending 31/07/2023 (received 11/06/2024, 11 days after the 31/05/2024 due date); year ending 31/07/2022 (received 10/07/2023, 40 days after the 31/05/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £410k. 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEPH TAYLORchair
• BARBARA CONNOLLY
• FAYE ROBINSON
• HEATHER JANE PRESCOTT
• Rebecca Schofield

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester · Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAPPY LANDINGS ANIMAL RESCUE CENTRE.

• HAPPY LANDINGS ANIMAL RESCUE CENTRE income £345k
• DESTITUTE ANIMALS SHELTER income £569k
• TAILS ANIMAL RESCUE income £24k
• MIDLANDS ANIMAL RESCUE TEAM income £124k
• REN'S RESCUE income £56k
• FARM ANIMAL RESCUE SANCTUARY income £216k

Side by side with its peers

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