REFUGE4PETS

Registered charity 1174331 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We offer victims-survivors of domestic abuse an animal fostering service to remove a significant barrier which prevents victims-survivors from leaving. We empower victims-survivors to access the vital safety and support they need before being reunited with their much-loved animals. We contribute to research, policy development and education around the link between domestic abuse and animal abuse.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF VICTIMS/SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE IN THE SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND BY PROVIDING A PET FOSTERING SERVICE SO THAT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES CAN ACCESS REFUGE AND START TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES.

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

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

Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a significant surplus of £1,564,769 for the year, with total incoming resources rising to £1,838,641. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £135,833 are in line with the policy to cover three months of core running costs, and the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Griffin Chartered Accountants. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2025) to "within" (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Refuge4Pets (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DINA HELEN HOLDERchair
• Abbe Smith
• Caroline Harding
• Dr Harriet Lawrence
• LAURA SMIT CHESTERFIELD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lesley Leahy
• Mark Randell

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon · Plymouth City · Torbay

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PAWS FOR KIDS.

• PAWS FOR KIDS income £890k
• HAPPY PAWS PUPPY RESCUE income £621k
• FOUR PAWS income £4.7m
• FELINE CARE income £335k
• INDEPENDENT DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES income £7.8m
• WEST WALES DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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