LUCKY'S LEGACY RESCUE

Registered charity 1189471 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing education on the care of animals and rescuing and rehoming dogs

Objects

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: Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£98k
Latest spending
£90k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received £97,616 in unrestricted income, primarily from donations, and incurred £90,155 in payments, resulting in a net surplus of £7,461. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy to spend funds raised as soon as possible, using reserves only for emergencies or backup support, and holds unrestricted cash funds of £101,464 at the year-end.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: spend funds raised as soon as possible (reserves figure: £101k)
“Our policy outlines our intent to where possible spend funds raised as soon as possible.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 05/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 18

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 18

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 30

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 01/04/2024, 56 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2022 (received 15/02/2023, 10 days after the 05/02/2023 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 — Lucky’s Legacy Rescue (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Romania · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£98k£90k
05/04/2024£116k£99k
05/04/2023£134k£121k
05/04/2022£160k£133k
05/04/2021£131k£96k

Common questions

Is LUCKY'S LEGACY RESCUE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity received £97,616 in unrestricted income, primarily from donations, and incurred £90,155 in payments, resulting in a net surplus of £7,461. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy to spend funds raised as soon as possible, using reserves only for emergencies or backup support, and holds unrestricted cash funds of £101,464 at the year-end. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST2£13k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LUCY’S UK DONKEY FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LUCKY'S LEGACY RESCUE£98k—0above—no doubt
LUCY’S UK DONKEY FOUNDATION FY2025£134k—0unclear—no doubt
UK RELIEF HUMANITARIAN ORGANISATION FY2025£150k—0above—no doubt
HAPPY LANDINGS ANIMAL RESCUE CENTRE FY2025£345k——unclear—no doubt
LOTUS STRAY RESCUE FY2025£34k—0unclear—no doubt
ST LUKES ADVICE SERVICE FY2026£162k—0unclear—no doubt

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