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Romanian Rescue Appeal

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1161037LondonHealth and saving lives
Income£384k2025-05-31
Spending£373ksame year
Spent / received91%5-year average
Size in its cause81st pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2015CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Romanian Rescue Appeal is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and animals, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Romanian Rescue Appeal reported income of £384k and spending of £373k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £432k to £384k (-11%), an average of -2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Romanian Rescue Appeal sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ark Cancer Charity (£384k), Holy Ghost Christian Centre (£384k) and G M Morrison Charitable Trust (£384k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.

Income and spending

£0£120k£239k£359k£479k2021 Income: £431,5572021 Spending: £364,09720212022 Income: £309,8962022 Spending: £275,04920222023 Income: £478,9372023 Spending: £427,02020232024 Income: £382,8542024 Spending: £374,09620242025 Income: £384,4392025 Spending: £373,0612025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Romanian rescue appeal have now built three dog shelters in Romania. The charity cares for nine hundred dogs split into different localities, who we rescued from abuse, malnutrition, homelessness or imminent euthanasia via barbaric methods.. The charity run spay and neuter campaigns and have a programme for UK volunteers to visit all of the sites in Romania.

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