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Munchkins Miniature Shetland Rescue

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1160509ColytonAnimals
Income£361k2025-08-31
Spending£248ksame year
Spent / received78%5-year average
Size in its cause83rd pctAnimals
Registered2015CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Munchkins Miniature Shetland Rescue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colyton. It was registered in February 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Munchkins Miniature Shetland Rescue reported income of £361k and spending of £248k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £115k to £361k (+214%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Munchkins Miniature Shetland Rescue sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Hertfordshire East Branch (£360k), Newport and District Agricultural Society (£361k) and Rescue Remedies Dog Rescue (£360k).

Income and spending

£0£90k£180k£271k£361k2021 Income: £115,0762021 Spending: £93,95220212022 Income: £124,3102022 Spending: £122,22220222023 Income: £165,7242023 Spending: £126,72720232024 Income: £228,4982024 Spending: £183,37520242025 Income: £360,8062025 Spending: £247,6212025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

PROVISION OF A RESCUE HOME FOR MINIATURE SHETLAND PONIES WHICH HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED, ABUSED OR ABANDONED. MUNCHKINS PROVIDES A RECEPTION CENTRE AND FURTHER FACILITIES FOR SUCH PONIES. WE SEEK TO REHOME PONIES WHERE POSSIBLE ON A LONG-TERM FOSTER BASIS OR TO PROVIDE A HOME FOR LIFE WHERE THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Hertfordshire East BranchBaldock£360k
Newport and District Agricultural SocietyNewport£361k
Rescue Remedies Dog RescueSurrey£360k
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Buckinghamshire South BranchChesham£362k