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Registered charity (CIO) · Ormskirk

Woodlands Animal Sanctuary

Woodlands Animal Sanctuary is a registered charity (number 1190858) based in Ormskirk, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Victoria Mcderby since 2020. Latest income £391k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £391k (2025)
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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
Animals
Where
Knowsley, Lancashire, Liverpool City, Sefton and more
Website
www.woodlandsanimalsanctuary.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£391k£434k
  • 2024£314k£306k
  • 2023£202k£256k
Earlier years
  • 2022£176k£157k
  • 2021£397k£146k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS, IN PARTICULAR CATS, HEDGEHOGS, GUINEA PIGS, HAMSTERS, BIRDS, GOATS, SHEEP, PONIES, DONKEYS AND HORSES WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION, AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE OR MAINTAIN REFUGE, SECURE HOMES, SANCTUARIES OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF UNWANTED DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND THE TREATMENT OF SICK OR ILL-TREATED DOMESTIC ANIMALS.

Grants received

1 grant · £8,960 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 · £8,960

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £8,9602021-07-29
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

3.1y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 8

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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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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£391k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1190858
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 14 Aug 2020
Contact on the register
01704823293 · info@animalsanctuary.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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