HAPPY LANDINGS ANIMAL RESCUE CENTRE

Registered charity 287194 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAPPY LANDINGS ANIMAL SHELTER, HEAVEN'S GATE ANIMAL RESCUE CENTRE

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING CARE AND SHELTER AND VETERINARY ATTENTION FOR STRAY,ABANDONED AND NEGLECTED ANIMALS FOLLOWED BY A REHOMING PROCESS.

Objects

TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING CARE AND SHELTER AND VETERINARY ATTENTION FOR STRAY ABANDONED NEGLECTED ILL-TREATED SUFFERING OR UNWANTED HORSES PONIES GOATS PIGS SHEEP DOGS CATS AND OTHER ANIMALS OF ALL KINDS WHICH COME INTO THE CUSTODY OF THE CHARITY AND BY ENDEAVOURING TO FIND SUITABLE HOMES FOR SUCH ANIMALS WHEREVER PRACTICAL.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £1,224,953, resulting in a net incoming resource of £38,093 for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,224,953 against total incoming resources of £344,603, indicating a strong financial position with no stated reserves policy target.

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 3 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Happy Landings Animal Shelter (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Pets at Home — “We are part of the Pets at Home Community Partner Programme helping us fundraise, receive food donations, and support local pets in need!” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/04/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANNABELLE RUTH WALTER
• Andrew James Bruce Young
• Kerris Macauley
• NINA HARRIS
• Rachel Jamieson

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALMOST HOME DOG RESCUE.

• ALMOST HOME DOG RESCUE income £172k
• BARNSLEY AND DISTRICT ANIMAL RESCUE CHARITY income £542k
• HEATHLANDS ANIMAL SANCTUARY income £153k
• RE-HOMING ANIMAL TELEPHONE SERVICE income £283k
• MARGARET GREEN ANIMAL RESCUE income £3.3m
• ANIMAL RESCUE income £576k

Side by side with its peers

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