ANIMALS IN DISTRESS

Registered charity 515886 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FIELD OF DREAMS RETIREMENT HOME (LITTLEBOROUGH), IRLAM RESCUE SANCTUARY (IRLAM)

The object of the charity is to provide in Greater Manchester and the surrounding area for the care and protection of animals of all kinds in need of care and attention by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances, ill usage and other similar causes and to prevent thereby cruelty to and suffering among animals.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE TO PROVIDE IN GREATER MANCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR THE CARE AND PROTECTION OF ANIMALS OF ALL KINDS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES, ILL USAGE AND OTHER SIMILAR CAUSES AND TO PREVENT THEREBY CRUELTY TO AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS.

Area of benefit: GREATER MANCHESTER AND SURROUNDING AREA

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £959,593 to £827,325 due to a net expenditure of £132,268. The trustees maintain that reserves are held at a level equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure, which they consider sufficient to continue activities. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or related-party transactions.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £160k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CATHERINE WHITTAKERchair
• Denvee Whittaker
• ELIZABETH LYNDA REDFERN
• Ian Durham
• WENDY PRITCHARD

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

Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Wigan

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.