Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 4
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

HOPE RESCUE 

Provide a place of safety for animals, in particular dogs, in emergency or put to sleep situations regardless of breed or age. To relieve suffering amongst dogs in need of care and protection, regardless of breed, age or health, and to aid the advancement of education of the public in the proper care of animals and the prevention of cruelty and suffering.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,407£1,609£-201£132£311£1801.336250
31/03/22£1,166£1,153£13£89£512£3593.735420
31/03/21£1,144£750£394£58£499£2874.627300
31/03/20£628£734£-106£72£105£-45-0.720300
31/03/19£519£605£-86£28£211£-43-0.817300
31/03/18*£819£632£187£63£297£120.2160
31/03/17£231£240£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£221£229£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£218£203£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£183£182£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£147£146£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£121£140£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£104£96£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£78£57£21£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 15.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 67%
Liabilities/Income: 45%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 58%
Reserves/Spending: 1.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5
Asset Split ?
Established: 15 years

www.hoperescue.org.uk

ENQUIRIES@HOPERESCUE.ORG.UK

01443 226659

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Animals
GiG Classification
  • Animal sanctuaries and shelters
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 36 employees
  • 250 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Facilities Overhaul
£371,245 30/03/2023
Hope Rescue in Rhondda Cynon Taf will use the £371245 grant to expand their current respite service. This will enable them to support additional people in crisis and provide community-based ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Hope Rescue Volunteer Welfare Facility
£10,000 26/08/2021
Hope Rescue in Rhondda Cynon Taf will use £9670 to provide an improved welfare facility for their volunteers enabling them to extend their provision. The grant will cover costs staff and transport

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-52
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/05/2009, number: 1129629
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/03/2009, number: 06833205
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • 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
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR15: 1 days late,
Main office

Cynllan Lodge
Llanharan
PONTYCLUN
CF72 9NH

Objectives

TO PROVIDE A PLACE OF SAFETY FOR ANIMALS, IN PARTICULAR DOGS, IN EMERGENCY OR PUT TO SLEEP SITUATIONS IRRESPECTIVE OF BREED OR AGE, TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AMONGST DOGS IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, NEGLECT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR OTHER SIMILAR CASES AND TO AID THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE NEEDS AND PROPER CARE OF ANIMALS AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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