Carla Lane Animals In Need — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 11 January 1994
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 02314427
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £1,195,573
Latest expenditure: £1,072,985
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: CARLA LANE ANIMALS IN NEED, FIR TREE ANIMAL SANCTURY, 3 SPURRIERS LANE, LIVERPOOL, L31 1BA

Website recorded by the regulator: www.carlalaneanimalsinneed.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Animal Rescue and Welfare

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 23 December 2025
Date Accounts Received: 23 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,195,573
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,072,985

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 28 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 28 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,054,868
Total Gross Expenditure: £805,995

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 31 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 31 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,557,827
Total Gross Expenditure: £707,818

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 26 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 24 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £919,253
Total Gross Expenditure: £600,477

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 1 January 2022
Date Accounts Received: 4 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £985,185
Total Gross Expenditure: £516,561

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 23 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,195,573
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,072,985
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 60

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 28 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,054,868
Total Gross Expenditure: £805,995
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 70

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 31 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,557,827
Total Gross Expenditure: £707,818
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 60

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 26 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £919,253
Total Gross Expenditure: £600,477
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 50

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 1 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £985,185
Total Gross Expenditure: £516,561
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £135,018
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 50

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 23 December 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 922359
Income Other Trading Activities: 85206
Income Charitable Activities: 171600
Income Investments: 1499
Income Other: 14909
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1195573
Income Legacies: 21290
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £25,599
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,047,386
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1072985
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 49308
Expenditure Support Costs: 0
Expenditure Depreciation: 63619
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £937,433
Assets Total Fixed: 2536709
Assets Own Use: 2536709
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,150,770
Assets Total Liabilities: £43,337
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,644,142
Creditors One Year Total Current: 43337
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,034,399
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 3644142
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 3644142
Count Employees: 23
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 28 January 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 741596
Income Other Trading Activities: 87821
Income Charitable Activities: 201071
Income Investments: 9390
Income Other: 14990
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1054868
Income Legacies: 140050
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £26,777
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £779,218
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 805995
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 49164
Expenditure Support Costs: 49164
Expenditure Depreciation: 63375
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £809,169
Assets Total Fixed: 2571385
Assets Own Use: 2571385
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £990,230
Assets Total Liabilities: £40,061
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,521,554
Creditors One Year Total Current: 40061
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £743,398
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 3521554
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 3521554
Count Employees: 19
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 31 January 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 1239029
Income Other Trading Activities: 93361
Income Charitable Activities: 195356
Income Investments: 15902
Income Other: 14179
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1557827
Income Legacies: 823209
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £30,087
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £677,731
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 707818
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 44262
Expenditure Support Costs: 44262
Expenditure Depreciation: 47774
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £267,190
Assets Total Fixed: 2330491
Assets Own Use: 2330491
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £960,746
Assets Total Liabilities: £18,556
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,272,681
Creditors One Year Total Current: 18556
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £862,421
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 3272681
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 3272681
Count Employees: 17
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 26 January 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 668848
Income Other Trading Activities: 76619
Income Charitable Activities: 127454
Income Investments: 34670
Income Other: 11662
Income Total Income And Endowments: 919253
Income Legacies: 166156
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £27,570
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £572,907
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 600477
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 34159
Expenditure Support Costs: 34159
Expenditure Depreciation: 43111
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £450,382
Assets Total Fixed: 1972390
Assets Own Use: 1972290
Assets Long Term Investment: 100
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £770,566
Assets Total Liabilities: £320,284
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,422,672
Creditors One Year Total Current: 23274
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 297010
Assets Cash: £285,348
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2422672
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 2422672
Count Employees: 16
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 1 January 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 862793
Income Other Trading Activities: 37280
Income Charitable Activities: 77312
Income Investments: 7800
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 985185
Income Legacies: 220937
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £27,305
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £489,256
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 516561
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 13062
Expenditure Support Costs: 13062
Expenditure Depreciation: 32438
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £110,918
Assets Total Fixed: 1492978
Assets Own Use: 1492978
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £971,657
Assets Total Liabilities: £360,739
Assets Current Investment: 100
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,103,896
Creditors One Year Total Current: 51274
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 309465
Assets Cash: £541,940
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2103896
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 2103896
Count Employees: 16
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 111
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Animals

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: Carla Lane Animals In Need
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1994-01-11T00:00:00

Charity Name: Carla Lane Animals In Need
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2013-07-01T00:00:00
Assoc Organisation Number: 1004095
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1004095
Assoc Charity Name: ANIMALS IN NEED

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08/11/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/12/1993AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 18/05/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22/04/2013 as amended on 08 Apr 2025
Charitable Objects: 1. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANIMAL WELFARE THROUGH PROMOTION OF KINDNESS AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FOOD, SHELTER AND VETERINARY TREATMENT FOR ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION. 2. THE PROVISION OF NEUTERING, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY SERVICES TO OTHER ANIMAL CARERS AND OWNERS IN FURTHERING THE WELFARE OF ANIMALS. 3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN AND TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH INCLUDING THE NEED, NATURAL BEHAVIOUR, HABITS AND LIFESTYLE OF ANIMALS, AND THE PROPER CARE OF ALL DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND MAKE PUBLIC THE USEFUL RESULT OF SUCH RESEARCH.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

10 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 523033
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: CARLA LANE ANIMALS IN NEED LIMITED

Charity Name Id: 241136
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: ANIMALINE LIMITED

11 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures