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Registered charity · Middlesex

Suffolk OWL Sanctuary

Suffolk OWL Sanctuary is a registered charity (number 1086565) based in Middlesex, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Christopher John Astridge. Latest income £1.2m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

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...

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £1.2m (2024)
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About

What it does
Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Suffolk
Website
www.owl-help.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Suffolk OWL Sanctuary
Registered
2001

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£1.2m£1.1m
  • 2023£1.4m£948k
  • 2022£1.1m£960k
Earlier years
  • 2021£1.3m£869k
  • 2020£1.1m£768k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Board analysis

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.

6 trustees on the board

3.2y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 6Education/training 6Environment/conservation/heritage 6

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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1086565
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 MARCH 2001 AS AMENDED 6 NOVEMBER 2005 as amended on 17 Jul 2019
Companies House
Company number 04183127 · Active
Contact on the register
03456807897 · elaine@owlbarn.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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