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Registered charity · Maidstone

Buttercups Sanctuary for Goats

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £469k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Kent
Website
www.buttercups.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2003

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£469k£406k
  • 2024£466k£388k
  • 2023£371k£340k
Earlier years
  • 2022£440k£331k
  • 2021£458k£294k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(I) TO ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING, THE ABUSE AND THE NEGLECT OF GOATS, AND TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A SANCTUARY AND TO FIND NEW HOMES FOR OTHER UNWANTED GOATS.(II) TO ADVANCE THE PUBLICS KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF GOATS AND THEIR REQUIREMENTS, TREATMENT AND CARE THROUGH EDUCATION.(III) TO HELP IMPROVE THE STANDARDS OF WELFARE FOR GOATS.

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.

8 trustees on the board

3.5y median 2y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 8General Charitable Purposes 8Animals 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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

Finance 3Professional services 2Education 1

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£469k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1099627
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 16 MARCH 1998
Contact on the register
01622746420 · ENQUIRIES@BUTTERCUPS.ORG.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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