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GREEK ANIMAL RESCUE (UK )

Registered charity 802243 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as G A R

Animals

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Latest income
£983k
Latest spending
£550k
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a significant profit of £433,184, driven largely by legacies totaling £718,537, while core donations declined. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves are maintained at £250,000, which they consider appropriate given the uncertainty of income and the risk that funds would deplete without legacy support. The organization relies heavily on volunteers and has no paid employees.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Legacies (73% of income)
“Legacies totalled an incredible £719k being an increase of £16k.” — page 3
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £250k (held: £250k)
“the trustees believe that £250k remains an appropriate unrestricted reserve to maintain” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2024)

Total income
£983k
Total spending
£550k
Cost of raising funds
£9k
Reserves (reported)
£250k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~5.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Greece · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2024£983k£550k
30/11/2023£982k£545k
30/11/2022£614k£601k
30/11/2021£807k£537k
30/11/2020£322k£508k

Common questions

Is GREEK ANIMAL RESCUE (UK ) financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a significant profit of £433,184, driven largely by legacies totaling £718,537, while core donations declined. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves are maintained at £250,000, which they consider appropriate given the uncertainty of income and the risk that funds would deplete without legacy support. The organization relies heavily on volunteers and has no paid employees. Its FY2024 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
WORLD HORSE WELFARE1—
THE BERYL EVETTS AND ROBERT LUFF ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST LIMITED1£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BURY OLDHAM AND DISTRICT BRANCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GREEK ANIMAL RESCUE (UK )£983k—0unclear—no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BURY OLDHAM AND DISTRICT BRANCH FY2024£1.0m—0below—noted
ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£237k—0unclear92.9%no doubt
LABORATORY ANIMALS LIMITED FY2024£250k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF THE STRAYS OF GREECE FY2025£159k—0unclear—no doubt
ETHICAL GIVING FY2025£434k—0unclear—no doubt

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