Suffolk OWL Sanctuary

Registered charity 1086565 Registered since 2001

Operates: Suffolk

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

4.3y median 6y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Anne-Marie Mitchell since 2019
Michael Cady since 2020

15.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Animals 5Education/training 5Environment/conservation/heritage 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 3Retail and trade 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£1.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

21.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 11.8 in 2020

19 from 19 in 2020

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Horses and Ponies Protection Association Similar size; both Animals
Uganda Conservation Foundation Similar size; both Animals
Horseworld Trust Similar size; both Animals
The KIT Wilson Trust for Animal Welfare Similar size; both Animals
Animal Rescue Cumbria (the Wainwright Shelter) CIO Similar size; both Animals
Freshfields Animal Rescue Similar size; both Animals

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.owl-help.org.uk
Email	elaine@owlbarn.co.uk
Phone	03456807897
Address	SUITE 4, STANMORE TOWERS, 8-14 CHURCH ROAD, STANMORE, MIDDLESEX, HA7 4AW

Finances

£1,154,504 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£1,092,973	£767,526
2021	£1,254,932	£869,189
2022	£1,121,465	£959,656
2023	£1,372,343	£948,314
2024	£1,154,504	£1,114,993

What it does

What

Education/trainingAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

The advancement of animal welfare, particularly but not exclusively the welfare of owls. For the benefit of the public to relieve the suffering of animals in need of care and attention and, in particular, to provide and maintain rescue homes or other facilities for the reception, care and treatment and successful, safe and healthy reproduction of such animals. To promote humane behaviour towards animals by providing appropriate care, protection, treatment and security for animals which are in need of care and attention by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or ill usage and to educate the public in matters pertaining to animal welfare in general and the prevention of cruelty and suffering among animals.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 MARCH 2001 AS AMENDED 6 NOVEMBER 2005 as amended on 17 Jul 2019

Trustees (5)

5trustees

78median age

3aged 70+

Christopher John Astridgeage band 75-79 Chair
Anne-Marie Mitchell since 2019
Elaine Astridgeage band 75-79
Harry Studd since 2026
Michael Cadyage band 90-94 since 2020

Linked company (Companies House)

Suffolk OWL Sanctuary · 04183127 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/03/2001

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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