The Animal Hostel Trust

Analysis

The Animal Hostel Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in January 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, accommodation/housing, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2024, The Animal Hostel Trust reported income of £139k and spending of £148k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2024, income grew from £71k to £139k (+96%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Animal Hostel Trust sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include All Saints Church Lands (£137k), West Ham Non-Ecclesiastical Charity (£139k) and The Abbeyfield (Camborne) Society Limited (£137k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.