ROMANIAN RESCUE APPEAL

Registered charity 1161037 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RRA

Romanian rescue appeal have now built three dog shelters in Romania. The charity cares for nine hundred dogs split into different localities, who we rescued from abuse, malnutrition, homelessness or imminent euthanasia via barbaric methods.. The charity run spay and neuter campaigns and have a programme for UK volunteers to visit all of the sites in Romania.

Objects

TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS DOGS IN ROMANIA BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR DOGS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL USAGE. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO DOG WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG DOGS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£384k
Latest spending
£373k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £262,343, exceeding the trustees' stated ideal reserve target of £20,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £11,378 for the year, despite noting that fundraising efforts were negatively impacted by the economic environment. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £20,000 (held: £262k)
“Ideally the trustees would like to be able to keep a reserve in the bank account of £20,000 at a moment in time, to ensure dogs safety in the event of donations / income decreasing.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Romanian Rescue Appeal SRL
“At the balance sheet date the charity is owed £228,483 (2024 - £228,483) by its related company Romanian Rescue Appeal SRL.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Romanian Rescue Appeal U.K (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Kensington And Chelsea · Romania · Stockport

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£384k£373k
31/05/2024£383k£374k
31/05/2023£479k£427k
30/04/2022£310k£275k
30/04/2021£432k£364k

Common questions

Is ROMANIAN RESCUE APPEAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £262,343, exceeding the trustees' stated ideal reserve target of £20,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £11,378 for the year, despite noting that fundraising efforts were negatively impacted by the economic environment. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RESCUING EUROPEAN ANIMALS IN NEED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ROMANIAN RESCUE APPEAL£384k—0unclear—no doubt
RESCUING EUROPEAN ANIMALS IN NEED FY2025£130k—0unclear—no doubt
EVERMORE DOG RESCUE FY2025£196k—0unclear—no doubt
ROMANIAN WOOFERS NEED YOU FY2026£207k—0unclear—no doubt
ROCKY ROAD RESCUE UK LTD FY2024£147k—0unclear—no doubt
Freedom Angels Romania FY2025£123k—0unclear—no doubt

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