Registered charity · Lancs
Animals in Distress
Animals in Distress is a registered charity (number 515886) based in Lancs, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Catherine Whittaker since 2019. Latest income £536k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Field of Dreams Retirement Home (Littleborough), Irlam Rescue Sanctuary (Irlam) (Charity Commission)
- 5 trustees
- Income £536k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham and more
- Website
- www.animals-in-distress.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1984
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£536k£669k
- 2024£311k£661k
- 2023£527k£608k
Earlier years
- 2022£662k£560k
- 2021£361k£502k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE TO PROVIDE IN GREATER MANCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR THE CARE AND PROTECTION OF ANIMALS OF ALL KINDS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES, ILL USAGE AND OTHER SIMILAR CAUSES AND TO PREVENT THEREBY CRUELTY TO AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS.
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
- Catherine Whittaker Chair since 2019
- Denvee Whittaker since 2013
- Elizabeth Lynda Redfern since 2020
- Ian Durham since 2019
- Wendy Pritchard
Trustees past 6 years
- Catherine Whittaker Chair since 2019
- Denvee Whittaker since 2013
- Elizabeth Lynda Redfern since 2020
- Ian Durham since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Catherine Whittaker Chair since 2019
- Denvee Whittaker since 2013
- Elizabeth Lynda Redfern since 2020
- Ian Durham since 2019
- Wendy Pritchard
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 29.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 515886
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 24 APRIL 1984 AS AMENDED 22ND APRIL 1987
- Contact on the register
- 01706371731 · animalsindistress@outlook.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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