--- title: "Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary — charity 1173318 | CharityCompare" description: "Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary (charity 1173318): income £54,794 (2025). Check registration, accounts, Gift Aid and official sources on an independent UK profile." source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/friend-farm-animal-sanctuary retrieved: 2026-10-07T07:34:25.588Z date_note: "Retrieval time is not the filing, register-extract or editorial-review date; cite those dates from the content." license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Registered charity · No. 1173318CIO FF # Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary Independent profile · Charity Commission for England and Wales data Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include animals. Register extract 2026-10-04 · Not yet rated [Visit charity website](http://www.friendfarmanimalsanctuary.org/) [Check official registration](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1173318&subId=0) Work at Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary? [Claim this profile free](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=friend-farm-animal-sanctuary&type=claim&name=Friend%20Farm%20Animal%20Sanctuary) to add your own description, logo and links. At a glance · official register ## What are the key facts about Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary? Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31 £54,794 Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31 £55,432 Registered charity number 1173318 Status in source extract Registered Charity type CIO Register contact address detail (not service area) East Peckham Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC) Not recorded Website [www.friendfarmanimalsanctuary.org](http://www.friendfarmanimalsanctuary.org/) Quick answer 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 7 June 2017 Where it says it operates Throughout England and Wales ## Who it supports and how it works **Reported beneficiaries:** The General Public/mankind. **Reported activities:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space. 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? Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. [How scoring works](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ## What should you check before donating to Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary? - Match the registered name and number to the appeal. A real charity number can be copied by someone impersonating the organisation. - Open the current register entry to check status, contact details and available accounts. 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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? Search 1173318 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers. 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? CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate. 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. Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). Always verify current details on the [official register entry](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1173318&subId=0).