WECARE WORLDWIDE
WECare Worldwide is a veterinary-run charity, currently operating in Sri Lanka and providing healthcare to the large number of street dogs on the island. We focus heavily on neutering and vaccination programmes in the communities, as well as providing treatments to sick and injured animals at our clinic. In order to provide sustainable change, education programmes are also provided in schools.
Objects
TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL USAGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BYA) PROVIDING VETERINARY CARE TO ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION DUE TO SICKNESS, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES, NEGLECT OR THREAT OF DISEASE. B) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT RESPONSIBLE ANIMAL OWNERSHIP, DISEASE AWARENESS AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTHCARE. C) PROVIDING A HUMANE METHOD OF FERAL ANIMAL CONTROL VIA NEUTERING PROGRAMS.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income grew to £1,106,366, with unrestricted free reserves standing at £425,357. However, the Trustees report that these reserves sit below their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure, a situation they attribute primarily to cash-flow pressures from large purchases and urgent repairs rather than long-term income issues.
What the accounts disclose
“The Trustees would like to flag that the Charity Reserves sit below the desired threshold of three months outgoings and remain so at the time of composing and submitting the year end accounts.” — page 10
“Remuneration totalling £40.000 (2024: £33,333), pension contributions of £1,069 (2024: £813) and Employer's National Insurance of £4,675 (2024: £3,345) were paid during the year for this role.” — page 26
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
- Risk management
- 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)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025
- Volunteers: 61
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
- Has a trading subsidiary
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024
- Volunteers: 8
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
- Has a trading subsidiary
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023
- Volunteers: 8
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
- Has a trading subsidiary
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2025 (received 28/07/2026, 28 days after the 30/06/2026 due date); year ending 31/08/2021 (received 01/08/2022, 32 days after the 30/06/2022 due date).
Corporate structure
- Trading subsidiary: WECARE PET FOOD LIMITED Companies House 14476046 · Financial health read from its filings
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Janey Lowes — Founder
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Trustees
- Charlotte Louise Bailey
- Emma Avril Donnan
- Joanna Margaret Mockford
- Philip Mansbridge
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/08/2025 | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| 31/08/2024 | £997k | £645k |
| 31/08/2023 | £335k | £483k |
| 31/08/2022 | £486k | £361k |
| 31/08/2021 | £361k | £281k |
Common questions
Is WECARE WORLDWIDE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income grew to £1,106,366, with unrestricted free reserves standing at £425,357. However, the Trustees report that these reserves sit below their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure, a situation they attribute primarily to cash-flow pressures from large purchases and urgent repairs rather than long-term income issues. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saint & Co..
Who funds WECARE WORLDWIDE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WECARE WORLDWIDE as a grant recipient include HAPPY DOGGO, THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST, THE ANTHONY V MARTIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAPPY DOGGO | FY2024 | £271k | CNVR programme |
| THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST | FY2023 | £25k | 40th Anniversary Awards |
| THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST | FY2023 | £11k | 40th Anniversary Awards |
| THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST | FY2024 | £10k | |
| THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST | FY2023 | £5k | Animal welfare |
| THE ANTHONY V MARTIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | FY2025 | amount not stated |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT | 2 | £43k |
| M J CAMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 2 | £16k |
| MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST | 2 | £15k |
| START NETWORK | 1 | £3.3m |
| THE SOUTH LONDON CHURCH FUND AND SOUTHWARK DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE | 1 | £652k |
| RUTH SMART FOUNDATION | 1 | £208k |
| SIR PETER O'SULLEVAN CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £155k |
| THE BLOOM FOUNDATION | 1 | £153k |
Charities like this
- SOUTHWARK DIOCESAN WELCARE
- WORLDWIDE VETERINARY SERVICE
- WHOLECARE CIO
- WORLDSHARE
- CARE INTERNATIONAL UK
- WORLD HORSE WELFARE
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WECARE WORLDWIDE | £1.1m | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |
| SOUTHWARK DIOCESAN WELCARE | £981k | £70,001 - £80,000 | 1 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| WORLDWIDE VETERINARY SERVICE | £13.2m | — | — | above | — | no doubt |
| WHOLECARE CIO | £60k | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |
| WORLDSHARE | £572k | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |
| CARE INTERNATIONAL UK | £64.1m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |