Animals in Distress (Torbay and Westcountry)

Registered charity 1105487 Registered since 2004

Operates: Devon, Torbay

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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.

4 trustees on the board

Alison Truscott since 2017
Christine Paradine since 2020
Geraldine Laura DIX since 2015
Joanne Ruth Smith since 2020

8y median 7.5y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Alison Truscott since 2017
Christine Paradine since 2020
Geraldine Laura DIX since 2015
Joanne Ruth Smith since 2020

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Alison Truscott since 2017
Joanne Ruth Smith since 2020

Portfolio (2)

Christine Paradine since 2020
Geraldine Laura DIX since 2015

company-linked trustees

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

Animals 4

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

Agriculture 4

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£2.2m 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.

38.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 30.9 in 2020

50 from 64 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.

Related organisations

Animals in Distress (Torbay and West Country) 2 shared trustees

Also active in the same field

Support Dogs Limited Similar size; both Animals
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust - UK Similar size; both Animals
Tees Rivers Charitable Trust Similar size; both Animals
Hope Rescue Similar size; both Animals
Cheshire Community Foundation Limited Similar size; both Animals

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.animalsindistress.uk.com
Email	info@animalsindistress.uk.com
Phone	01803812121
Address	Biltor, Edgelands Lane, Ipplepen, Newton Abbot, TQ12 5UF

Finances

£2,056,217 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,673,261	£1,291,473
2022	£1,767,608	£1,320,728
2023	£1,760,098	£1,513,973
2024	£2,154,677	£1,663,011
2025	£2,056,217	£1,784,856

What it does

What

Animals

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS IN DISTRESS PRIMARILY WITHIN THE TORBAY AREA AND SURROUNDING AREAS AND TO ALLEVIATE PAIN AND SUFFERING AND DISTRESS IN SUCH DOMESTIC ANIMALS WITHIN THE SAID AREA PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT THE TORBAY AND SURROUNDING AREAS SHALL BE THE PRIMARY AREA OF OPERATION BUT THIS SHALL NOT PRECLUDE THE CHARITY FROM OPERATING MORE WIDELY IN ENGLAND AND WALES IF ON THE BEHALF OF THE DIRECTORS THE NEED ARISES AND PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT THE OBJECT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THAT OF A STRICTLY AND EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE NATURE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6 JULY 2004 AS AMENDED 12 JANUARY 2005

Trustees (4)

4trustees

70median age

2aged 70+

Alison Truscottage band 55-59 since 2017
Christine Paradineage band 75-79 since 2020
Geraldine Laura DIXage band 75-79 since 2015
Joanne Ruth Smithage band 60-64 since 2020

Linked company (Companies House)

Animals in Distress (Torbay and Westcountry) · 05171505 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 06/07/2004

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Animals in Distress (Torbay and West Country) 2 shared trustees

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