HOPE ANIMAL SHELTER

Registered charity 1179956 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promote humane behaviour towards animals, domestic and wild, by providing care, protection, medical treatment and security for those in need. To offer temporary/permanent shelter and actively seek new homes for "rescued" animals. To educate the public to promote responsible attitudes towards animals and prevent cruelty and suffering towards them

Objects

PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS, DOMESTIC AND WILD, BY PROVIDING CARE, PROTECTION, MEDICAL TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR THOSE IN NEED. TO OFFER TEMPORARY/PERMANENT SHELTER AND ACTIVELY SEEK NEW HOMES FOR "RESCUED" ANIMALS. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC TO PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE ATTITUDES TOWARDS ANIMALS AND PREVENT CRUELTY AND SUFFERING TOWARDS THEM. THESE OBJECTS WILL HELP THE PUBLIC IN THE MIDDLESBOROUGH/GUISBOROUGH/WHITBY AREAS (REDCAR/CLEVELAND).

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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Registered contact address: Redcar and Cleveland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that income exceeded expenses for the year, resulting in a net profit and unrestricted reserves of £43,195.45. The trustees confirm there are no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The organization operates without paid staff, relying entirely on volunteers and donations to fund its activities.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hope Animal Shelter (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CLIFFORD JOHN SPEDDING
• FREDA LILIAN THOMPSON
• SHEILA ROBINSON

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

Operates in: Redcar And Cleveland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOPE RESCUE.

• HOPE RESCUE income £2.3m
• HOPE FOUNDATION HELPING THE HELPLESS income £254k
• HOLLYTREES ANIMAL RESCUE TRUST (HART) income £297k
• DESTITUTE ANIMALS SHELTER income £569k
• HULL ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST income £837k
• HOPTON REHAB & HOMING CENTRE income £327k

Side by side with its peers

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