Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

ANIMAL ANTIKS 

Animal Antiks operates on a working farm based in the village of North Marston, Buckinghamshire located in between the towns of Aylesbury and Buckingham. On a daily basis the farm supports children and adults with all disabilities, bringing them together in a safe and unique non-segregated environment, promoting and enhancing key life, social and functional skills through bespoke therapeutic
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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£412£405£7n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/22£580£580£0£20£112£1032.11810
31/03/21£387£307£80n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/20£191£193£-1n/an/an/an/an/a17
31/03/19£127£92£36n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/18*£102£65£38£0£0£0n/a00

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

www.animalantiks.co.uk

office@animalantiks.co.uk

01296 670996

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Buckinghamshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£19,999
DCMS£19,999
The Grocers' Charity£4,500
Co-Operative Group£1,283
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Animal Antiks
£1,283 21/10/2023
We would like to provide more Farm Therapy sessions to help more people who are experiencing various challenges in their lives.
National Lottery Community Fund - Cost of living support
£9,999 27/01/2023
The funding will be used to provide meals for people with health issues who are also on low incomes. The project aims to provide additional support during the cost of living crisis.
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - Animal Antiks
£4,500 02/06/2021
Towards core costs to provide 12-20 disadvantaged and disabled children and adults with 15 walk and talk sessions using animal therapy to help people over come social anxiety.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000 09/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,999 17/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Outreach support in the community
£10,000 16/10/2019
12
Outreach support in the community

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 55-61
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/03/2017, number: 1172099
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/06/2016, number: 10226808
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves 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; AR18: 1 days late,
Main office

Manor Farm
St. Johns Lane
North Marston
BUCKINGHAM
MK18 3PU

Objectives

(1) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED (IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE WITH PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SOCIAL OR EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES OR DISADVANTAGES) BY PROVIDING EQUINE-ASSISTED THERAPEUTIC AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT MAY ALSO INVOLVE OTHER ANIMALS IN ORDER TO ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY(2) TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL-USAGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALSIN SUB-CLAUSE (1), EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES WILL ENCOMPASS THOSE BENEFICIARIES WHO STRUGGLE WITH LOW SELF-ESTEEM OR SELF-CONFIDENCE, OR HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS OR IN REGULATING EMOTIONS (SUCH AS ANGER, ANXIETY AND SADNESS), OR WHO LACK EMOTIONAL STABILITY AND RESILIENCE. DISADVANTAGES WILL ENCOMPASS THOSE BENEFICIARIES WHO EXPERIENCE SOCIAL OR EDUCATIONAL EXCLUSION OR LACK OF OPPORTUNITY, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT FACTORS SUCH AS SOCIO-ECONOMIC OR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND OR PHYSICAL, MENTAL, COMMUNICATIONAL, BEHAVIOURAL OR EMOTIONAL DIFFICULTIES.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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