Wanderers Haven Animal Sanctuary

Registered charity 261874 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SHALPA ANIMAL SANCTUARY

Unwanted animals are brought to the sanctuary where they are looked after until a new, caring home has been found for them.For those animals who cannot be rehomed, Wanderers Haven is their permanent residence. These animals can be sponsored, the money goes towards their ongoing care.Animals are taken in for caring while their owners are unable to care for them for a certain period of time.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF ANIMALS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 4 OF THE TRUST DEED).

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £15,422 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £255,276. The trustees acknowledge that the charity's activities can only proceed as funding sources become available, indicating a dependency on future income. Despite this risk, the charity maintained adequate resources to continue its operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Common
• Lorraine Cherry
• Louise Walsh
• RODDY DALE WAGSTAFF

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

Operates in: City Of London · Essex · Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• OXFORDSHIRE ANIMAL SANCTUARY SOCIETY income £1.8m
• THE FERNE ANIMAL SANCTUARY income £2.2m
• RAVENS RESCUE UK income £112k
• OTTERSPOOL ANIMAL HAVEN income £166k
• HULL ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST income £837k
• THE LORD WHISKY SANCTUARY FUND income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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