Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary (number 1173318) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary do?
Friend is a farm animal sanctuary with nearly 200 animals. They find their way here through being unwanted, abused, neglected or abandoned. The sanctuary offers a safe, violence-free home to chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, cows, goats, sheep, pigs and one alpaca who thinks he is a sheep. We are on a 10 acre site nestled in between the orchards and hop farms of East Peckham in rural Kent.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary
Answers Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary's highest-paid staff paid?
Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register does not record Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits. Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Where it says it operates
Throughout England and Wales
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: The General Public/mankind.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary registered for?
Animals
Why is there no Clarity Score for Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary yet?
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Is Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary as a registered charity (number 1173318) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary's charity number?
Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary's charity number is 1173318. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1173318?
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What does Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary do?
Friend is a farm animal sanctuary with nearly 200 animals. They find their way here through being unwanted, abused, neglected or abandoned. The sanctuary offers a safe, violence-free home to chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, cows, goats, sheep, pigs and one alpaca who thinks he is a sheep. We are on a 10 acre site nestled in between the orchards and hop farms of East Peckham in rural Kent.
Does Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary have reviews and complaints?
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How can I donate to Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary?
Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary's website listed in our register data is http://www.friendfarmanimalsanctuary.org. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary?
The register does not record Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary's trustees paid?
Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits. Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
When was Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary registered as a charity?
Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary was entered on the register on 7 June 2017.