Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

FURNESS CAT SHELTER 

Take in and rehome stray, abandoned and ill treated cats and kittens. Providing care and veterinary treatment where appropriate. We run a no unnecessary destruction policy.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 2 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 33 years

01229466675

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£3£0£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£4£0£4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£2£2£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/17£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15*£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13*£1£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11*£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00
31/12/10£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00
31/12/09£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£5£8£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£8£8£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£8£9£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05*£10£9£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£11£14£-2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Animals
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cumbria,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Department for Work and Pensions - EMPOWER EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT
£55,510 01/04/2022
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/10/1991, number: 1004356
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR15: 73 days late, AR13: 111 days late, AR11: 21 days late, AR05: 5 days late,
Main office

65 Lord Street
Dalton-in-Furness
LA15 8HF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE CARE AND RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF CATS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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