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Registered charity · Lewes

The Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare Limited

1.1 to advance education in animal welfare and its best practice through the promotion of the same to the general public; and 1.2 to provide humane treatment and care to animals and to ensure that they do not suffer by: 1.2.2 arranging appropriate...

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £4.4m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Animals
Where
East Sussex, Kent, West Sussex
Website
www.raystede.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare Limited
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£4.4m£5.8m
  • 2024£4.7m£5.0m
  • 2023£3.4m£4.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.7m£3.6m
  • 2021£2.4m£2.9m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1.1 to advance education in animal welfare and its best practice through the promotion of the same to the general public; and 1.2 to provide humane treatment and care to animals and to ensure that they do not suffer by: 1.2.2 arranging appropriate sanctuary and re-homing facilities for animals in need; and/or 1.2.3 the provision of veterinary care and by the provision, maintenance and management of homes of rest, boarding establishments and hospitals for animals and/or by the provision of suitable work under the supervision of the Charity, or by arranging for their painless destruction.

Grants received

1 grant · £1,000 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.

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Most recent

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.

9 trustees on the board

5y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 9

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

Professional services 13Business services 5Other services 4

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£4.4m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

25.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 48.5 in 2021

141 from 90 in 2021
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
237696
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/08/1964NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 04/12/2011 as amended on 25 Jun 2019
Companies House
Company number 00816674 · Active
Contact on the register
01825840252 · info@raystede.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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