Barnsley and District Animal Rescue Charity

Analysis

Barnsley and District Animal Rescue Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnsley. It was registered in January 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Barnsley and District Animal Rescue Charity reported income of £542k and spending of £496k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £433k to £542k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Barnsley and District Animal Rescue Charity sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wild Futures (£541k), The Marchig Animal Welfare Trust (£556k) and Animals in Distress (£536k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90% and donations and legacies 8.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £15k. Charitable activities took 32% of spending and raising funds 60%. Reserves of £417k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.