Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Very static board: -5
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +3

Overall GiG Score: -8

CAT CHAT

Cat Chat is a web-based charity sourcing new, loving homes for rescued cats from shelters and rehoming groups in the UK & Ireland. We are particularly committed to finding homes for long-stay and hard-to-home cats.Our online homing services are free of charge to rescue organisations of all sizes, including branches of the large charities. We also advise the public about cat rehoming & welfare.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
The Board is predominantly female
The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 20 years

www.catchat.org

cats@catchat.org

01843593513

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
07/06/23	£27	£43	£-16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	23
07/06/22	£75	£39	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
07/06/21	£40	£48	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	27
07/06/20	£22	£50	£-28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	28
07/06/19	£23	£45	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	28
07/06/18	£39	£40	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
07/06/17	£173	£38	£136	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
07/06/16	£22	£41	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
07/06/15	£35	£38	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
07/06/14	£41	£37	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
07/06/13	£29	£44	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
07/06/12	£30	£38	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
07/06/11	£55	£32	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
07/06/10	£48	£28	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
07/06/09	£31	£24	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
07/06/08	£27	£22	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
07/06/07	£26	£19	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
07/06/06	£15	£9	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
07/06/05	£8	£7	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
07/06/04	£1	£1	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Animals

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
23 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANGELA LOUISE JAMES Appointed: 2008

LYNSEY AISHA MAHMOOD Appointed: 2014

MANDY PHILIPPA COTTER Appointed: 2003

MARGARET ELEANOR OVENS (Chair) Appointed: 2005

MARIE BULL Appointed: 2008

MRS J M LOVE-HINSLEY Appointed: 2005

STEPHEN LEONARD WISE Appointed: 2003

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/11/2003, number: 1100649

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

PO BOX 358
RAMSGATE
KENT
CT12 6YP

Objectives

(I) TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES WHOSE PURPOSES ARE TO PROMOTE ANIMAL WELFARE BY THE PROVISION OF AN INTERNET WEB-SITE, I.T SUPPORT AND FACILITIES (II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS OF ANIMAL WELFARE BY THE PROVISION OF A WEB-SITE AND INFORMATION SERVICE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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