The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Animal Rescue Cumbria (the Wainwright Shelter) CIO

Registered charity 1153737 CIO Registered since 2013

Operates: Cumbria

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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

6.8y median 6y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

1
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 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.

Health and social care 1

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£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.

74.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 72.0 in 2020

7 from 12 in 2023
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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.animalrescuecumbria.co.uk
Emailadmin@animalrescuecumbria.co.uk
Phone01539824293
AddressAnimal Rescue Cumbria, Kapellan, Grayrigg, KENDAL, LA8 9BS

Finances

£1,160,153 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£336,870£254,377
2021£389,231£337,430
2022£381,717£409,550
2023£950,668£584,336
2024£1,160,153£650,449

What it does

What

Education/trainingAnimals

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

(1) TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF STRAY AND UNWANTED ANIMALS WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND TO PROVIDE TREATMENT FOR SICK OR ILL TREATED ANIMALS.(2) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AN ANIMAL SHELTER AND OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF STRAY AND UNWANTED ANIMALS AND TO RE-HOME OR FOSTER WHERE APPROPRIATE.(3) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF ANIMAL CARE AND WELFARE

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 09 Sep 2013

Trustees (5)

5trustees
83median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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