Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 8

Liabilities <10%: +3
Large legacies income: +1
Reasonable growth: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs high: -4

Overall weighted support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 7

CATS PROTECTION

Homing, neutering and the provision of information. Cats Protection operates through a network of around 250 volunteer led branches throughout the United Kingdom. We are also registered with OSCR. In addition to the branch network we have 32 purpose built cat adoption centres. Branches and adoption centres work side by side to deliver cat work.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity uses a corporate trustee

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23		£89,272	£103,513	£-14,241	£30,165	£106,005	£100,550	11.7	1,197	9,200
31/12/22		£86,009	£87,415	£-1,406	£30,090	£118,100	£112,937	15.5	1,079	9,000
31/12/21		£78,235	£70,667	£7,568	£25,063	£126,999	£121,473	20.6	946	10,000
31/12/20		£71,972	£66,473	£5,499	£24,181	£115,460	£110,508	19.9	1,037	10,900
31/12/19	*	£73,150	£71,273	£1,877	£25,419	£107,628	£101,799	17.1	996	11,500
31/12/18		£67,950	£66,174	£1,776	£23,784	£100,102	£94,273	17.1	904	0
31/12/17		£62,873	£61,135	£1,738	£22,699	£100,596	£95,386	18.7	792	0
31/12/16		£55,546	£53,830	£1,716	£18,766	£95,109	£89,168	19.9	678	0
31/12/15		£55,862	£47,850	£8,012	£17,795	£89,673	£83,326	20.9	475	0
31/12/14		£45,713	£38,756	£6,957	£13,680	£81,905	£75,924	23.5	439	0
31/12/13		£43,983	£35,664	£8,319	£10,462	£74,251	£69,121	23.3	410	0
31/12/12		£36,978	£34,183	£2,795	£7,558	£62,567	£58,439	20.5	474	0
31/12/11		£36,052	£37,542	£-1,490	£7,436	£57,752	£52,874	16.9	492	0
31/12/10		£33,417	£36,941	£-3,524	£6,192	£58,894	£56,014	18.2	508	0
31/12/09		£34,736	£38,979	£-4,243	£8,139	£55,717	£54,156	16.7	475	0
31/12/08		£36,478	£36,062	£416	£7,653	£54,187	£52,332	17.4	449	0
31/12/07		£35,306	£30,218	£5,088	£6,601	£69,293	£67,634	26.9	404	0
31/12/06		£29,343	£24,708	£4,635	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05		£31,645	£21,951	£9,694	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04		£29,303	£19,740	£9,563	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 44.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 29.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 11.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 62 years

www.cats.org.uk

John.May@cats.org.uk

03000 121212

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Animals

GiG Classification

Animal sanctuaries and shelters

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Postcode Society Trust - Millionaire Street 2023 12w3 Year 1
£30,000	20/12/2023	Funding was used to recruit more volunteers, set up new fostering pens and advertise subsidised neutering.
Postcode Animal Trust - Regular Grant 2023
£2,600,000	29/03/2023	Regular unrestricted award
Postcode Animal Trust - Regular Grant 2022
£2,500,000	16/03/2022	Regular unrestricted award
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bolton and Radcliffe Cats Protection
£3,554	15/11/2019	We want to build up our fostering facilities so we can re-home more stray and unwanted cats with loving families.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cats Protection - North Wirral Branch
£3,603	19/11/2018	Money will cover the costs associated with cats and kittens we help re-home, including vet fees, traps, and supplies for our foster carers.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to BARNSTAPLE AND DISTRICT CATS PROTECTION
£2,576	19/11/2018	We want to recruit new volunteers and build and equip more pens so we can expand our help to the local community.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (1)

Cats Protection Trustee Limited

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/09/1962, number: 203644
Registered at Companies House on 15/12/2008, number: 06772997

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

Linked charity: DORA MADELINE BARFORD
Linked charity: TAILWAVERS
13/05/2021 - Asset transfer in from P J CAT RESCUE
28/11/2022 - Asset transfer in from THE PHILLIP'S CAT SANCTUARY

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR19: 6 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from P J CAT RESCUE on 13/05/2021
Asset transfer in from THE PHILLIP'S CAT SANCTUARY on 28/11/2022

Main office

Cats Protection
National Cat Centre
Lewes Road
Chelwood Gate
HAYWARDS HEATH
RH17 7TT

Objectives

TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF CATS AND TO ADVANCE THE WELFARE OF CATS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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