ROSSENDALE RESPONSIBLE ANIMAL RESCUE (RRAR)

Registered charity 1185370 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RRAR

For the benefit of the public to relieve the suffering of animals in need of care and attentionTo provide and maintain rescue homes for the reception, care and treatment animalsTo promote humane behaviour towards animals by providing appropriate care, protection, treatment and security for animalsTo educate the public in animal welfare in general and the prevention of cruelty and suffering

Objects

(1) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RESCUE HOMES OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH ANIMALS.(2)TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL USAGE 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: Animals · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Rossendale, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£93k
Latest spending
£96k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is stable and strong, with net assets of £60,903 carried forward. However, the charity reported a net resource deficit of £3,356 for the year, as total resources expended exceeded incoming resources.

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 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/06/2025

  • Volunteers: 40

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/06/2024

  • Volunteers: 40

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/06/2023

  • Volunteers: 20

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 01/06/2023 (received 03/04/2024, 2 days after the 01/04/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rossendale Responsible Animal Rescue (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
01/06/2025£93k£96k
01/06/2024£106k£77k
01/06/2023£82k£87k
01/06/2022£82k£71k
01/06/2021£104k£72k

Common questions

Is ROSSENDALE RESPONSIBLE ANIMAL RESCUE (RRAR) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position is stable and strong, with net assets of £60,903 carried forward. However, the charity reported a net resource deficit of £3,356 for the year, as total resources expended exceeded incoming resources. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ROSSENDALE RESPONSIBLE ANIMAL RESCUE (RRAR)£93k—0unclear—no doubt
ANIMAL RESCUE AND CARE FY2025£107k—0unclear—no doubt
THE RAYSTEDE CENTRE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE LIMITED FY2026£4.9m——unclear—no doubt
RESCUE ME ANIMAL SANCTUARY FY2025£430kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
ROLDA UK FY2025£82k—0above—no doubt
LEICESTER ANIMAL RESCUE FY2025£239k—0unclear—no doubt

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