ROMANIAN WOOFERS NEED YOU

Registered charity 1198353 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the benefit of the public to relieve the suffering of animals in need of care and attention and in particular to assist with food and veterinary aid to animals in the care of our beneficiaries in Romania as well as to coordinate the preparation and transport to the UK of suitable animals for domestic rehoming.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS IN ROMANIA AND THE UK, BY:A) PROVIDING SUPPORT TO CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS IN ROMANIA WHICH PROVIDE 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;B) PARTNERING WITH CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS IN ROMANIA AND THE UK TO ASSESS IF ANIMALS RESCUED IN ROMANIA ARE SUITABLE FOR ADOPTION IN THE UK AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, TO UNDERTAKE ALL REQUIRED HEALTH AND BEHAVIOUR SCREENING AND ARRANGEMENTS TO FACILITATE THEIR SAFE TRANSPORTATION TO THE UK AND SUBSEQUENT REHOMING.

Area of benefit: OVERSEAS

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

Causes: Animals · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: High Peak, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £26,736 for the year, with total income rising to £206,537 from £172,165 the previous year. Unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £43,449, exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of £15,000. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 20/02/2024, 20 days after the 31/01/2024 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 — Romanian Woofers Need You (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michelle Holmeschair
• Alice Hodgins
• James Peter Keeling

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

Operates in: Romania · Throughout England

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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