I want to donate montly to a donkey charity, but need reassurance that most of my donation will go to the donkeys and not to admin' etc!

[Accy cyclist]

As above. I've messaged the Facebook pages asking those who donate if donations go to the donkeys and not spent on administration, wages etc. Yes I know that charities need paid people to run them, so I'd be happy if say 85 percent of my donation goes on food, vet treatment, shelter etc.🤔

https://www.facebook.com/share/1c2CmnqzGb/

https://www.facebook.com/share/19L1mA6jH3/

https://www.facebook.com/share/19zY3ce4Sh/

 

[Mike Ayling]

You cannot be sure. All large charities have admin costs and at one stage here in Oz Red Cross were quite open about it saying that 10% off the top went to admin.
What about arranging for a couple of bales of hay to be delivered to your local sanctuary?

 

[richardfm]

Have you tried asking the charity?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I donated to 'The Brooke' for a few years.

I have no idea what happened to my money, but I knew that I was doing something at least, so that was enough.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Have you tried asking the charity?

I suppose I could do, but would they tell me if say 50 percent didn't go directly to buy food, shelter, vet bills etc. 🤔

 

[Jameshow]

I identify as a Nigerian donkey I'll send you my bank details!

 

[Accy cyclist]

You cannot be sure. All large charities have admin costs and at one stage here in Oz Red Cross were quite open about it saying that 10% off the top went to admin.
What about arranging for a couple of bales of hay to be delivered to your local sanctuary?

Local sanctuaries are good, but I want my donation to go to donkeys overseas, especially the ones in Egypt that live a terrible life!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Local sanctuaries are good, but I want my donation to go to donkeys overseas, especially the ones in Egypt that live a terrible life!

https://www.thebrooke.org/get-invol...e=SE-ACQ-COA-RGCA-PS_25-26-ZZZZHBH_AQRG-BI-ON

 

[classic33]

I suppose I could do, but would they tell me if say 50 percent didn't go directly to buy food, shelter, vet bills etc. 🤔

No.
Charities aren't obliged to say what donations are spent on.

Mad Doug gave you the best answer possible if you want to ensure you know where anything you donate is going.

 

[presta]

Just look up their accounts on the Charity Commission website.

https://register-of-charities.chari...arityDetailsPortlet_organisationNumber=209015

 

[presta]

Charities aren't obliged to say what donations are spent on.

But they are obliged to submit their accounts to the Charity Commission.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Mad Doug gave you the best answer possible if you want to ensure you know where anything you donate is going.

I... Did? ... Oh... ☺️🤣


https://www.thebrooke.org/get-invol...e=SE-ACQ-COA-RGCA-PS_25-26-ZZZZHBH_AQRG-BI-ON

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I identify as a Nigerian donkey I'll send you my bank details!

A Nigerian GeNEIGHral at that! 🤣

 

[bikingdad90]

They took £23m in donations and spent £7.6m on raising those donations so roughly 65% goes towards the fund, the rest on administration costs. However of the £23m, £16.1m comes from wills and donations on death… essentially 100% of your donation is funding their administrative cost.

https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/...90cb74265ee5644f6e1bf8fb0db265bb0f0b154f9db49 page 62

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

They took £23m in donations and spent £7.6m on raising those donations so roughly 65% goes towards the fund, the rest on administration costs. However of the £23m, £16.1m comes from wills and donations on death… essentially 100% of your donation is funding their administrative cost.

https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/document-api-images-live.ch.gov.uk/docs/41U5p7j9fnHr3W4wCgHh55b77vk1QrqO0vGYBgvaDdE/application-pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAWRGBDBV3NHAEF3KJ/20250802/eu-west-2/s3/aws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250802T221012Z&X-Amz-Expires=60&X-Amz-Security-Token=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&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&response-content-disposition=inline;filename="companies_house_document.pdf"&X-Amz-Signature=583051cdeed1fa4045b90cb74265ee5644f6e1bf8fb0db265bb0f0b154f9db49 page 62

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