EXMOUTH ANIMALS DISPENSARY

Registered charity 236446 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EDSA, EXMOUTH DISPENSARY FOR SICK ANIMALS

Animal welfare by offering financial support to owners in financial need.

Objects

GENERALLY THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF ANIMALS AND IN PARTICULAR OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS.

Area of benefit: EXMOUTH

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

Causes: Animals · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Devon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£48k

Latest spending

£91k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £1,160,907 to £1,072,082 due to a net outgoing of resources. The trustees report that unrestricted funds were maintained at a level sufficient to cover management and administration costs throughout the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to cover management and administration and support costs and to respond to fulfil obligations which arise from time to time (reserves figure: £1.1m)

“It is the policy of the Charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the Charity, at a level which provides sufficient funds to cover management and administration and support costs and to respond to fulfil obligations which arise from time to time.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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 31/03/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 2
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 1
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

ROGER JAMES DAVISchair
Beverly Lipp
COBY PARKER
DAVID SETON ADAMSON
Jean Benzie
Mandy Coczkowski

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£48k	£91k
31/03/2024	£49k	£94k
31/03/2023	£48k	£67k
31/03/2022	£55k	£51k
31/03/2021	£46k	£59k

Common questions

Is EXMOUTH ANIMALS DISPENSARY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £1,160,907 to £1,072,082 due to a net outgoing of resources. The trustees report that unrestricted funds were maintained at a level sufficient to cover management and administration costs throughout the year. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MRS D M FRANCE-HAYHURST FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

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

ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION LIMITED income £237k
SIDMOUTH ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY AND ANIMAL RESCUE CENTRE income £91k
ANIMAL AID CHARITABLE TRUST income £200k
DOWNS FARM TRUST income £45k
THE ANI-MEL HAVEN income £51k
DESTITUTE ANIMALS SHELTER income £569k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EXMOUTH ANIMALS DISPENSARY	£48k	—	above	—	no doubt
ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025	£237k	—	unclear	92.9%	no doubt
SIDMOUTH ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY AND ANIMAL RESCUE CENTRE FY2025	£91k	—	unclear	0.3%	no doubt
ANIMAL AID CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£200k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DOWNS FARM TRUST FY2025	£45k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ANI-MEL HAVEN FY2025	£51k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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