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FRIENDS OF ANIMALS LEAGUE

Registered charity 201654 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOAL, FOAL FARM

Animal Sanctuary and Rehoming Centre

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Latest income
£2.0m
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £538,189 and total unrestricted funds of £2,103,807, which the Trustees describe as a secure financial position. The charity's reserves policy targets three months' expenditure with a minimum liquid reserve of £275,000, and the actual unrestricted reserves far exceed this policy level. The Trustees acknowledge that reliance on legacy income is not a sustainable strategy and are implementing plans to diversify fundraising activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' expenditure with minimum liquid reserves of £275,000 (held: £2.1m)
“The policy ensures we retain reserves equivalent to 3 months’ expenditure with minimum liquid reserves of £275,000.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Foal Farm (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£2.0m
Total spending
£1.6m
Cost of raising funds
£35k
Reserves (reported)
£2.1m
Employees
41

Reported reserves equal ~16.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£2.0m£1.6m
31/12/2024£1.3m£1.5m
31/12/2023£1.4m£1.4m
31/12/2022£1.1m£1.2m
31/12/2021£1.5m£1.1m

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF ANIMALS LEAGUE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £538,189 and total unrestricted funds of £2,103,807, which the Trustees describe as a secure financial position. The charity's reserves policy targets three months' expenditure with a minimum liquid reserve of £275,000, and the actual unrestricted reserves far exceed this policy level. The Trustees acknowledge that reliance on legacy income is not a sustainable strategy and are implementing plans to diversify fundraising activities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP.

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 PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION1£78k
THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST1£5k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FRIENDS OF ANIMALS LEAGUE£2.0m—0above—no doubt
THE FERNE ANIMAL SANCTUARY FY2025£2.2m£70,001 - £80,0001unclear—no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS LEEDS, WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT BRANCH FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
LABORATORY ANIMALS LIMITED FY2025£205k—0unclear—no doubt
HEATHLANDS ANIMAL SANCTUARY FY2025£153k—0unclear—noted
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BURY OLDHAM AND DISTRICT BRANCH FY2024£1.0m—0below—noted

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