Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 2

Reasonable growth: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 1

FARMERSFIELD REST-HOME FOR ELDERLY DONKEYS

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	30/06/17	30/06/18	30/06/19	30/06/20	30/06/21	30/06/22	30/06/23
Total income	£1,562	£13,306	£3,341	£15,483	£9,047	£8,038	£12,655
Total spending	£6,141	£8,152	£8,389	£10,388	£8,171	£10,342	£14,831
Surplus/deficit	-£4,579	£5,154	-£5,048	£5,095	£876	-£2,304	-£2,176

Established: 10 years

www.farmersfield.org.uk

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Animal sanctuaries and shelters

Purposes

The advancement of animal welfare

Where it operates

Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: Dumfries And Galloway

Who it helps

Other defined groups

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
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Sustaining FRED
£13,464	24/03/2021	Core funding annually will enable FRED to continue the provision of care and welfare of the donkeys and the labour necessary to ensure this. Care and Welfare includes feed, bedding, farriery, ....more Core funding annually will enable FRED to continue the provision of care and welfare of the donkeys and the labour necessary to ensure this. Care and Welfare includes feed, bedding, farriery, dentistry and stable maintenance.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Donkeys Welfare
£4,000	25/09/2019	To provide a sessional groom for 15 hours a week to muck out stables, maintain the yards, feed and groom the donkeys. Also to cover winter feed costs for the donkeys and bedding for the stables.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Donkey Welfare
£4,000	29/11/2017	To provide the best possible care for the safety and wellbeing of the donkeys at FRED during the winter months. We would achieve this by a grant to cover feed cost, bedding costs and a sessional ....more To provide the best possible care for the safety and wellbeing of the donkeys at FRED during the winter months. We would achieve this by a grant to cover feed cost, bedding costs and a sessional worker.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 05/08/2014, number: SC045033

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

Famersfield, Dunscore, Dumfries, DG2 0JS

Objectives

To advance animal welfare by providing permanent accommodation for elderly donkeys over the age of 20 with the aim of transforming the quality of life of aged donkeys through a compassionate approach to their end of life journey, allowing them a safe, gentle permanent retirement where all their needs, physical, emotional and mental will be met in full.

Data Sources

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