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.

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Latest income

£345k

Latest spending

£307k

Registered

1983

Accounts read

FY2025

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.

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£345k	£307k
31/03/2024	£284k	£285k
31/03/2023	£353k	£254k
31/03/2022	£242k	£270k
31/03/2021	£232k	£252k

Common questions

Is HAPPY LANDINGS ANIMAL RESCUE CENTRE financially healthy?

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. 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
THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST	1	£10k
THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BARNSLEY AND DISTRICT ANIMAL RESCUE CHARITY.

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 £183k
THE COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT CAT RESCUE AND HOMING SOCIETY income £312k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HAPPY LANDINGS ANIMAL RESCUE CENTRE	£345k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BARNSLEY AND DISTRICT ANIMAL RESCUE CHARITY FY2025	£542k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HEATHLANDS ANIMAL SANCTUARY FY2025	£153k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
RE-HOMING ANIMAL TELEPHONE SERVICE FY2024	£283k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MARGARET GREEN ANIMAL RESCUE FY2025	£3.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ANIMAL RESCUE FY2025	£183k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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