Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

CURLY TAILS 

For the benefit of the public to relieve the suffering of pet pigs in need or care and attention, promoting humane behaviour towards these animals, providing/maintaining rescue homes and facilities for the reception, care and treatment of such animals, incorporating the advancement of education, learning and wellbeing for all abilities and ages through teaching, enrichment and direct interaction.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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*£147£126£21n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/22£99£103£-4n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£69£48£21n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/20£68£48£21n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£41£40£1n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/18*£18£18£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.curlytails.org

info@curlytails.org

07821863663

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other education services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 5 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
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Curly Tails
£24,000 25/07/2023
To provide improved mental health, wellbeing, empathy, connections towards one another, incorporating enrichment, learning through interactive porcine assisted therapy in a peaceful environment ....more
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Curly Tails
£5,000 27/05/2022
To provide mental health, wellbeing, empathy, kindness and connections towards one another incorporating enrichment through interactive porcine therapy in a peaceful natural environment, promoting ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - A Bigger Roof Over our Heads
£4,984 21/01/2022
The funding will be used to increase the sheltered area for visitors. The project aims to allow more people to visit the pig sanctuary space and the mental health benefits of caring for these animals.
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Curly Tails
£5,400 30/07/2020
6
New service provision of social coffee mornings and wellbeing support through connection with pigs for vulnerable groups impacted by Covid-19.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/02/2017, number: 1171668
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR23: 6 days late, AR18: 70 days late,
Main office

19 Drayton Road
Newton Longville
MILTON KEYNES
MK17 0BH

Objectives

The object of the charity is for the benefit of the public to relieve the suffering of pet pigs in need of care and attention and to promote the humane behaviour towards these animals, in particular, by providing and maintaining rescue homes and other facilities for the reception, care and treatment of such animals. The advancement of education of the public in the subject of porcine care, behaviour, management, general knowledge and understanding through interaction with these anima

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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