ANIMAL SAMARITANS

Registered charity 295345 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AN SAMS, ANIMAL SAMARITAN TRUST

Provides support for pet owners to pay vet's bills and food costs for their pets.Re-homes unwanted and abandoned pets.

Objects

(I) TO RESCUE AND PROVIDE CARE AND SHELTER FOR UNWANTED, ABANDONED, NEGLECTED OR ILL-TREATED ANIMALS AND TO PROVIDE NEW HOMES FOR SUCH ANIMALS WHEREVER POSSIBLE. (II) TO ASSIST OWNERS OF PETS TO MEET VETERINARY FEES WHERE OWNERS ARE UNABLE TO MEET SUCH FEES.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£116k

Latest spending

£135k

Registered

1986

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £700,559, which the trustees confirm will more than adequately cover foreseeable expenditure. The filing notes a profit resulted of £18,821 for the year, with total incoming resources of £154,032 against total expenditure of £135,211. The trustees are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate major risks and have adopted the going concern basis due to adequate resources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient level to cover the direct charitable expenditure and governance costs (held: £701k)

“The Charity's policy is to maintain its unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the Charity, at a sufficient level to cover the direct charitable expenditure and governance costs.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 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
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 · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

CHRISTINE FRANCES BISHOPchair
Brian John Bishop
Elisabeth Jane Grant Brown
Emma Jayne Woods

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

Operates in: Kent · Medway · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£116k	£135k
31/12/2024	£146k	£120k
31/12/2023	£40k	£106k
31/12/2022	£223k	£142k
31/12/2021	£68k	£81k

Common questions

Is ANIMAL SAMARITANS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £700,559, which the trustees confirm will more than adequately cover foreseeable expenditure. The filing notes a profit resulted of £18,821 for the year, with total incoming resources of £154,032 against total expenditure of £135,211. The trustees are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate major risks and have adopted the going concern basis due to adequate resources. 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
OLSEN ANIMAL TRUST	1	£922k
THE VERA WOLSTENCROFT CHILDREN AND ANIMAL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£13k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CROYDON ANIMAL SAMARITANS.

CROYDON ANIMAL SAMARITANS income £443k
HUMANE EDUCATION SOCIETY income £246k
SAMARITANS OF EXETER MID AND EAST DEVON income £153k
EASTERLEIGH ANIMAL SANCTUARY income £436k
CATS IN CRISIS income £102k
SOCIETY FOR ABANDONED ANIMALS income £153k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ANIMAL SAMARITANS	£116k	—	above	—	no doubt
CROYDON ANIMAL SAMARITANS FY2025	£443k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HUMANE EDUCATION SOCIETY FY2024	£246k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SAMARITANS OF EXETER MID AND EAST DEVON FY2025	£153k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EASTERLEIGH ANIMAL SANCTUARY FY2025	£436k	—	unclear	—	noted
CATS IN CRISIS FY2024	£102k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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