Wanderers Haven Animal Sanctuary

Analysis

Wanderers Haven Animal Sanctuary is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Upminster. It was registered in May 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and animals, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Wanderers Haven Animal Sanctuary reported income of £140k and spending of £139k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £158k to £140k (-11%), an average of -3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Wanderers Haven Animal Sanctuary sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% 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 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Tilehurst St Catherine and Calcot St Birinus (£140k), Presbyterian Church of Ghana Milton Keynes Congregation (£140k) and Future for All (£140k).