01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 5 December 1984
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £536,472
- Latest expenditure
- £668,740
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: LEACH FARM, SWAINDROD LANE, BLACKSTONE EDGE, LITTLEBOROUGH, LANCS, OL15 0LE
Website recorded by the regulator: www.animals-in-distress.co.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The object of the charity is 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.
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
- 26 January 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 26 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £536,472
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £668,740
- 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
- 31 March 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 31 March 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £310,623
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £661,356
- 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
- 14 February 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 14 February 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £526,864
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £607,882
- 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
- 20 December 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 20 December 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £661,660
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £559,595
- 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
- 13 July 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 13 July 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £361,218
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £502,398
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
- 26 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £536,472
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £668,740
- 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
- 33
- 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
- 31 March 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £310,623
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £661,356
- 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
- 30
- 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
- 14 February 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £526,864
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £607,882
- 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
- 27
- 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
- 20 December 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £661,660
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £559,595
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £7
- Income From Government Grants
- £22,890
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 24
- 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
- 13 July 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £361,218
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £502,398
- 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
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 22
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
- 26 January 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 419566
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 115148
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 1758
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 536472
- Income Legacies
- 340643
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £648
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £668,092
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 668740
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 3276
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 8846
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 759816
- Assets Own Use
- 759816
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £92,462
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £24,953
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £827,325
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 24953
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £92,462
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 827325
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 827325
- Count Employees
- 18
- 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
- 14 February 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 412323
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 113495
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 1002
- Income Other
- 44
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 526864
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 329743
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £338,004
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £269,878
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 607882
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 13283
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 269878
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 13132
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,310,326
- Assets Total Fixed
- 764127
- Assets Own Use
- 56648
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 707479
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £565,978
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £19,779
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,310,326
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 19779
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £565,978
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1310326
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 1310326
- Count Employees
- 22
- 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
- 20 December 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 558933
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 73380
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 60
- Income Other
- 29287
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 661660
- Income Legacies
- 477897
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £329,911
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £229,684
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 559595
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 229684
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 229684
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 16670
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,391,344
- Assets Total Fixed
- 743622
- Assets Own Use
- 68033
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 675589
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £671,949
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £24,227
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,391,344
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 24227
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £671,949
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1391344
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 1391344
- Count Employees
- 23
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Stockport
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater Manchester
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Wigan
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater Manchester
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Rochdale
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater Manchester
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Salford City
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater Manchester
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Oldham
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater Manchester
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Bolton
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater Manchester
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Trafford
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater Manchester
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Tameside
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater Manchester
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Manchester City
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater Manchester
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Bury
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater Manchester
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 111
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Animals
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- ANIMALS IN DISTRESS
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1984-12-05T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- RULES ADOPTED 24 APRIL 1984 AS AMENDED 22ND APRIL 1987
- 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.
- Area Of Benefit
- GREATER MANCHESTER AND SURROUNDING AREA
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 193232
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- FIELD OF DREAMS RETIREMENT HOME (LITTLEBOROUGH)
- Charity Name Id
- 193249
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- IRLAM RESCUE SANCTUARY (IRLAM)
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management