WOODLANDS ANIMAL SANCTUARY

Registered charity 1190858 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOODLANDS ANIMAL SANCTUARY (HOLMESWOOD) LIMITED

The Charity's purpose is to relieve the suffering of animals, in particular cats, hedgehogs, guinea pigs, hamsters, birds, goats, sheep, ponies, donkeys and horses in the Northwest of England and to provide or maintain refuge, secure homes, sanctuaries or other facilities for the reception and care of unwanted domestic animals.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS, IN PARTICULAR CATS, HEDGEHOGS, GUINEA PIGS, HAMSTERS, BIRDS, GOATS, SHEEP, PONIES, DONKEYS AND HORSES WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION, AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE OR MAINTAIN REFUGE, SECURE HOMES, SANCTUARIES OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF UNWANTED DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND THE TREATMENT OF SICK OR ILL-TREATED DOMESTIC ANIMALS.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £42,839 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £225,024 to £182,185. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, noting that increased regular giving provides stability despite rising operating costs.

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 6 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
• 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
• Investment
• 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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Victoria McDerbychair
• Caroline Simpson
• David Graham Tindall
• Dr Alison Jane Speakman PhD
• Helen Denise Wareham
• James Lee Cavey
• Janet Ditchfield
• Neil Hailwood

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

Operates in: Knowsley · Lancashire · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BLEAKHOLT ANIMAL SANCTUARY.

• BLEAKHOLT ANIMAL SANCTUARY income £1.8m
• THE DONKEY SANCTUARY income £59.6m
• THORNBERRY ANIMAL SANCTUARY income £655k
• HEATHLANDS ANIMAL SANCTUARY income £153k
• WOLFWOOD income £525k
• HUMANE EDUCATION SOCIETY income £246k

Side by side with its peers

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