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Registered charity (CIO) · Ventnor

Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary CIO

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £2.1m (2024)
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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
Education/training, Animals
Where
Isle Of Wight
Website
www.iowdonkeysanctuary.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£2.1m£2.2m
  • 2023£2.2m£2.0m
  • 2022£2.2m£1.7m
Earlier years
  • 2021£1.9m£1.3m
  • 2020£1.4m£797k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF DONKEYS AND OTHER EQUINE ANIMALS WHICH HAVE BEEN ABANDONED, ILL-TREATED OR NEGLECTED OR ARE OTHERWISE IN NEED OF CARE, SHELTER AND ATTENTION AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RESCUE HOMES OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH ANIMALS OR TO FIND SUITABLE NEW HOMES WHENEVER IT IS APPROPRIATE AND PRACTICAL TO DO SO.

Grants received

3 grants · £49,600 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £49,600 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002024-05-13
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002024-03-22
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,6002022-05-27
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.

7 trustees on the board

3y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

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 7Education/training 7

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 1Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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£2.1m latest income
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.

22.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 43.0 in 2020

43 from 25 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
1159886
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 09 Jan 2015 as amended on 09 Dec 2025
Contact on the register
01983852693 · info@iowdonkeysanctuary.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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