FRIENDS OF ANIMALS WALES

Registered charity 1182414 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rescue and rehabilitate unwanted and abandoned animals, mostly dogs, cats and rabbits. Staffed by Volunteers who are responsible for all aspects of the rescues work. Animals are cared for in foster homes. Run a 24 hour Helpline. Operate an online Lost and Found service. Support a number of food banks with pet food. Foster the pets of owners in crisis working with various agencies.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY RESCUE AND REHOMING, ABANDONED, INJURED AND HOMELESS DOGS CATS AND OTHER ANIMALS IN THE RHONDDA CYNON TAFF AND SURROUNDING AREA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AND PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN SHELTER, RESCUE HOMES OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH ANIMALS AND TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION AND SECURITY FOR ANIMALS IN NEED BY WAY OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL USAGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE GENERALLY AND PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £45,314 for the year, increasing total funds carried forward to £142,222. The Trustees consider current reserves appropriate to ensure continuity of care, although they note the need to protect these funds against the rising costs of veterinary treatment for animals with ongoing health needs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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 handling
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07713750 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of Animals Wales (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• MARCHANT, Pauline Anne — director, appointed 18/07/2016on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Celeste — director, appointed 18/07/2016on trustee list
• HAWKINS, Janet — director, appointed 21/07/2011on trustee list
• JONES, Eileen Elizabeth — director, appointed 21/07/2011not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• EILEEN JONES MBEchair
• CELESTE WILLIAMS
• JANET HAWKINS
• PAULINE MARCHANT

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

Operates in: Egypt · Greece · Throughout England And Wales · Turkey

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• CAT RESCUE WEST WALES income £142k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WESTMORLAND BRANCH CIO income £474k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS LEEDS, WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £1.4m
• RAVENS RESCUE UK income £112k
• FRIENDS OF ANIMALS LEAGUE income £2.0m
• PROTECTED PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE income £416k

Side by side with its peers

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