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
Grant maker 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
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/06/23		£696	£577	£119	£5	£2,107	£1,447	30.1	25	100
30/06/22		£1,108	£695	£412	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	100
30/06/21		£369	£453	£-84	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
30/06/20		£599	£426	£173	£119	£1,358	£601	16.9	22	50
30/06/19	*	£350	£383	£-33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
30/06/18		£425	£427	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/17		£564	£393	£171	£10	£0	£0	n/a	14	0
30/06/16		£363	£414	£-51	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/15		£373	£335	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/14		£451	£329	£121	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/13		£473	£211	£262	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/12		£216	£303	£-87	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/11	*	£470	£309	£161	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/10		£412	£324	£87	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/09		£395	£252	£144	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/08		£267	£236	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/07?		£337	£129	£208	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/06?		£364	£297	£67	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/05		£267	£199	£68	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/04		£276	£162	£114	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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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 ?

Established: 45 years

www.animalcare-lancaster.co.uk

admin@animalcare-lancaster.co.uk

0152465495

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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 works here?

25 employees
100 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
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

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