Hopefield Animal Sanctuary

Analysis

Hopefield Animal Sanctuary is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brentwood. It was registered in December 2018, 8 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 and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hopefield Animal Sanctuary reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £570k to £1.1m (+89%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2022, when income rose by 137%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Hopefield Animal Sanctuary sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Sheffield Branch (£1.1m), British Beekeepers' Association (£1.1m) and Cramar Cat Rescue (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 64%, charitable activities 18% and trading 17%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £138k. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 12%. Reserves of £500k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.