WILLOW TREE SANCTUARY FOR ANIMAL WELFARE

Registered charity 262538 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To rescue or acquire any animals which have been ill-treated, ill-used, abandoned or have otherwise fallen on hard times and to look after, maintain and protect them.

Objects

TO RESCUE AND ACQUIRE BY PURCHASE OR OTHERWISE ANY ANIMALS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER WHICH ARE ILL-TREATED ILL-USED ABANDONED OR HAVE OTHERWISE FALLEN ON BAD TIMES TO LOOK AFTER MAINTAIN AND PROTECT FOR SUCH PERIODS AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY THINK FIT. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE THE SCHEDULE).

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: Animals · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a significant net expenditure of £471,059 for the year, primarily driven by substantial donations and grants of £485,200 to other animal welfare organizations. Despite this large outflow, unrestricted reserves decreased from £1,168,520 to £697,461, which the trustees state are adequate resources to continue in 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.

• Risk management

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTINE DRAIN
• Christine Ryan
• June Yarwood

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

Operates in: Essex · Suffolk

Income and spending

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