HILLTOP FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY

Registered charity 1172781 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We at Hilltop Farm animal sanctuary, generate donations in the following ways.Fundraising events with local businessesOffering educational days out at the sanctuary for local school children and adults with learning difficultiesAppeals through social media and radio, these are our main sources of income

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING OF ABANDONED, ILL-TREATED AND/OR INJURED ANIMALS IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF AN ANIMAL SANCTUARY FOR THEIR RECEPTION AND CARE AND REHOMING SERVICE2) TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS BY PROVIDING THE ANIMAL SANCTUARY ABOVE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS

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 · Disability · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a profit of £897 for the year ended 31 March 2025, down from £1,153 in the previous year. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause them to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011.

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 4 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
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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 — Hilltop Farm Animal Sanctuary (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROBIN HILLSchair
• Coleen Hills
• RICHARD SIJMEN HIJLKEMA

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

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland

Income and spending

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