The Trust favours applications from:
  1. Registered charities in the UK where at least one set of up-to-date published annual accounts is available for inspection.
  2. Smaller animal welfare charities.
  3. Charities which demonstrate an active re-homing and rehabilitation policy for animals taken into their care.
  4. Charities involved with conservation of wildlife, if the rescue, rehabilitation and release of animals is their main aim.

The Trust attempts to support charities by making donations toward the following:

  • General running costs associated with the rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing of domestic, wild and exotic animals.
  • Feeding, capture, neutering and release of feral cats.
  • Assistance with vet's fees and neutering costs of animals owned by those on low incomes.
  • Donations towards capital purchases involving land, buildings, vehicles, equipment and educational material. The Trustees may pledge funds up to a maximum of £50k towards large capital building projects, which will only be released when all other funding is in place and the work is ready to commence.
  • Donations toward the purchase or improvement of property or fixed buildings are only considered if:

    1. the property is clearly in the ownership of the charity, or
    2. at least 10 years is left to run on the charity's lease, or
    3. a letter from the landowner states that the charity will be reimbursed for the improvements on sale of the property or at the end of the lease.

Otherwise, support for improvements can only be considered when they do not increase the saleable value of the property.

The Trust will not normally support:

  1. Charities mainly engaged with the preservation of specific species of wild animals
  2. Charities with available reserves equal to more than one year's running costs will not qualify for consideration unless it can be demonstrated that reserves are being held for a designated project.
  3. Charities offering sanctuary to animals, with no effort to re-home, foster or rehabilitate.
  4. Charities that do not have a realistic destruction policy for animals that cannot be given a reasonable quality of life.
  5. Charities involved with assistance animals e.g. Hearing Dogs for the Deaf, Riding for the Disabled etc.
  6. Charities that spend more than a reasonable proportion of their income on administration or cannot justify their costs per animal helped.
  7. Charities registered outside the UK.
  8. Veterinary Schools, unless the money can be seen to be directly benefiting the type of animals the Trust would want to support e.g. welfare-related or low-cost first opinion vet treatment projects.
  9. Applications from individuals.