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The Ferne Animal Sanctuary
- 5 trustees
- Income £2.2m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Animals
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.ferneanimalsanctuary.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Ferne Animal Sanctuary
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.2m£2.0m
- 2024£1.5m£2.3m
- 2023£1.6m£1.7m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.4m£1.4m
- 2021£1.3m£1.3m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PROVISION OF CARE AND SHELTER FOR STRAY NEGLECTED AND UNWANTED ANIMALS OF ALL KINDS AND THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS OF ALL KINDS FROM ILL USAGE CRUELTY AND SUFFERING.
Grants received
5 grants · £17,323 total360Giving 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 Heritage Fund · £8,700
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £5,873 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £2,500
- Making A Difference Locally · £250
Most recent
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Richard Fuller Chair since 2021
- Dr Michael Richards since 2023
- Karen Chadwick since 2024
- Robert O'Connor since 2020
- Verity Stiff since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Dr Michael Richards since 2023
- Verity Stiff since 2021
Portfolio (3)
- Richard Fuller Chair since 2021
- Karen Chadwick since 2024
- Robert O'Connor since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 9.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1164350
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11 SEP 2015
- Companies House
- Company number 09772680 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0146065214 · info@ferneanimalsanctuary.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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