Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

ANIMAL CARE LANCASTER MORECAMBE AND DISTRICT

TO PROMOTE KINDNESS AND SUPPRESS CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND ATTEND GENERALLY TO THE WELFARE OF ALL ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION. TO PROVIDE A BENEFIT TO ANIMALS AND THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ANIMAL WELFARE EDUCATION.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/23£696£577£119£5£2,107£1,44730.125100
30/06/22£1,108£695£412£0£0£0n/a0100
30/06/21£369£453£-84n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/20£599£426£173£119£1,358£60116.92250
30/06/19*£350£383£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/18£425£427£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/17£564£393£171£10£0£0n/a140
30/06/16£363£414£-51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/15£373£335£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/14£451£329£121n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/13£473£211£262n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/12£216£303£-87n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/11*£470£309£161n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/10£412£324£87n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/09£395£252£144n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/08£267£236£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/07?£337£129£208n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/06?£364£297£67n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/05£267£199£68n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/04£276£162£114n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 69%
Reserves/Spending: 30.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 13 months
Quick Ratio: 0
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 45 years

www.animalcare-lancaster.co.uk

admin@animalcare-lancaster.co.uk

0152465495

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Animal welfare
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Animal Care
£3,998 04/08/2017
A new cat maternity unit to help so many more pregnant cats in the local area and get them off the streets.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Gender Split

  • BERTIE WYCHERLEY Appointed: 2014
  • EILEEN ASPINALL Appointed: 2022
  • ROMY HINDE
  • SARAH MURPHY (Chair)
  • SARAH ROGERSON Appointed: 2014
  • STEPHEN HINDE
  • TONY MILLER
  • VALERIE MURPHY Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/06/1979, number: 508819
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
20 returns made; AR19: 107 days late, AR11: 29 days late,
Main office

Animal Care
Blea Tarn Road
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA2 0RD

Objectives

TO PROMOTE KINDNESS AND SUPPRESS CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND ATTEND GENERALLY TO THE WELFARE OF ALL DOMESTIC PETS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION.TO CARE FOR STRAY AND UNWANTED ANIMALS UNTIL THEY HAVE FOUND HOMES AND ITS RULE OF ASSOCIATION THAT IT SHALL NOT KILL ANY ANIMAL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. THAT IT SHALL NOT SELL ANY ANIMAL FOR ANY PURPOSE AND THAT NO ANIMAL SHALL BE GIVEN AWAY EXCEPT TO AN APPROVED HOME AND THAT THEREAFTER THE ASSOCIATION SHALL RETAIN A WELFARE INTEREST IN THE ANIMAL WHICH SHALL BE RETURNED TO THE ASSOCIATION IF THE NEW OWNER IS UNABLE TO CARE FOR IT IN A PROPER MANNER.TO FURTHER PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF ANIMALS ESING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES.TO SUPPORT GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS BY OFFERING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE THEIR WELLBEING AND DEVELOPMENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

LANCASTER MORECAMBE AND DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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