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THE FERNE ANIMAL SANCTUARY

Registered charity 1164350 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PROVIDE CARE AND SHELTER FOR STRAY NEGLECTED AND UNWANTED ANIMALS OF ALL KINDS AND THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS OF ALL KINDS FROM ILL-USAGE CRUELTY AND SUFFERING.

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Latest income
£2.2m
Latest spending
£2.0m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity returned to a surplus of £152,545 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a deficit in the previous year, driven by an urgent appeal and cost reductions. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £540,000, which is above the minimum but below the target level of the charity's stepped reserves policy. The charity remains dependent on public generosity and faces ongoing risks from rising costs and income volatility.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee received emoluments of between £70,000 and £80,000 during the year” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee received emoluments of between £70,000 and £80,000 during the year (2024: 0). No other employees received emoluments over £60,000” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKF Francis Clark. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £600k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.2m
Total spending
£2.0m
Cost of raising funds
£997k
Reserves (reported)
£540k
Employees
56

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 46.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.2m£2.0m
31/03/2024£1.5m£2.3m
31/03/2023£1.6m£1.7m
31/03/2022£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2021£1.3m£1.3m

Common questions

Is THE FERNE ANIMAL SANCTUARY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity returned to a surplus of £152,545 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a deficit in the previous year, driven by an urgent appeal and cost reductions. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £540,000, which is above the minimum but below the target level of the charity's stepped reserves policy. The charity remains dependent on public generosity and faces ongoing risks from rising costs and income volatility. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Francis Clark.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE FERNE ANIMAL SANCTUARY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2024£3kGCA AME RPA DELINKED PAYMENTS
UK government01/04/2023£3kGCA PROG DEL RPA BPS DOMESTIC 16 OCT
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/05/2018£9k"Discovering Dragonflies"
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2017£3kProvision of Community AED Defribillator Machine

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION1£510

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF ANIMALS LEAGUE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE FERNE ANIMAL SANCTUARY£2.2m£70,001 - £80,0001unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF ANIMALS LEAGUE FY2025£2.0m—0above—no doubt
BOLENOWE ANIMAL SANCTUARY FY2025£238k—0unclear—no doubt
HEATHLANDS ANIMAL SANCTUARY FY2025£153k—0unclear—noted
REDGATE FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY FY2025£378k—0unclear—no doubt
THE RSPCA DANAHER ANIMAL HOME FY2024£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt

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