BANBURY ANIMAL RESCUE AND KINDNESS SERVICE

Registered charity 1163343 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARKS

Provide buildings/facilities/open space for animals in its care while looking for new homes for them.Provide services for homing and care of annimals while they are in our custody.Provide advice and information about animal care for prospective adopters and general public.

Objects

TO RESCUE ANIMALS IN DISTRESS, TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE AND TREATMENT AND FIND SUITABLE HOMES FOR RESCUED 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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Latest income

£53k

Latest spending

£64k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit, with expenditure of £64,265 exceeding income of £52,908 for the year ended 31 December 2024. Per the trustees' report, essential maintenance drained reserves in the previous year, leaving the charity vulnerable until reserves are rebuilt. The total funds available at year-end were £8,517, down from £19,074 in 2023.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £9k; policy: protect us against emergency situations)

“Essential maintenance drained our reserves in 2023, and until we can rebuild these reserves we are vulnerable”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Essential maintenance drained our reserves in 2023, and until we can rebuild these reserves we are vulnerable”

Per its FY2024 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — B.A.R.K.S (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Mountain Warehouse — “In summer 2019, Banbury’s Mountain Warehouse store ran a very successful tote bag campaign with proceeds donated to BARKS.” (source page)

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/05/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (08/03/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANN COLLINSchair
Alic Paget
DAWN COLLEY
MARIANNE CLAIRE KERN
MARY DUNBAR
PATRICIA ANNE MCCOMBES

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Gloucestershire · Northamptonshire · Oxfordshire · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£53k	£64k
31/12/2023	£67k	£95k
31/12/2022	£104k	£110k
31/12/2021	£48k	£67k
31/12/2020	£45k	£61k

Common questions

Is BANBURY ANIMAL RESCUE AND KINDNESS SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit, with expenditure of £64,265 exceeding income of £52,908 for the year ended 31 December 2024. Per the trustees' report, essential maintenance drained reserves in the previous year, leaving the charity vulnerable until reserves are rebuilt. The total funds available at year-end were £8,517, down from £19,074 in 2023. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.