Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess liquidity: -1
Large legacies income: +2
Pension deficit: -1
Multiple Deficits: -2

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 15

ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

To prevent cruelty, promote kindness and to alleviate suffering of animals.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
This charity has received more than half of its income from legacies in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
There is a pension deficit of £18,719,000
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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	£151,622	£149,455	£2,168	£26,251	£278,843	£250,522	20.1	1,643	5,586
31/12/22	£152,108	£126,720	£25,388	£21,829	£274,529	£251,115	23.8	1,506	6,919
31/12/21	£151,765	£115,448	£36,317	£22,225	£260,458	£240,041	25	1,305	5,886
31/12/20	£116,525	£140,543	£-24,018	£19,191	£189,959	£173,684	14.8	1,488	7,013
31/12/19	£130,667	£145,982	£-15,315	£23,797	£218,765	£189,237	15.6	1,867	2,819
31/12/18	£142,016	£159,762	£-17,746	£29,304	£233,235	£200,375	15.1	1,795	0
31/12/17	£140,877	£129,398	£11,479	£23,525	£240,090	£198,472	18.4	1,749	0
31/12/16	£143,541	£122,984	£20,557	£22,301	£204,765	£184,312	18	1,695	0
31/12/15	£124,403	£123,041	£1,362	£24,066	£188,996	£169,423	16.5	1,516	0
31/12/14	£125,890	£119,689	£6,201	£21,843	£165,700	£147,188	14.8	1,466	0
31/12/13	£121,245	£117,377	£3,868	£20,060	£162,945	£145,148	14.8	1,461	0
31/12/12	£132,803	£121,464	£11,339	£22,151	£162,292	£146,089	14.4	1,508	0
31/12/11	£116,200	£120,404	£-4,204	£22,327	£148,411	£131,539	13.1	1,519	0
31/12/10	£115,288	£122,564	£-7,276	£20,524	£164,457	£150,102	14.7	1,482	0
31/12/09	£129,251	£119,339	£9,912	£22,262	£160,714	£145,475	14.6	1,489	0
31/12/08	£119,926	£114,090	£5,836	£23,565	£161,395	£148,726	15.6	1,505	0
31/12/07	£114,110	£111,251	£2,859	£18,692	£200,523	£187,890	20.3	1,453	0
31/12/06	£106,507	£95,491	£11,016	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05	£99,959	£86,971	£12,988	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04	£87,697	£82,087	£5,610	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 19.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 17.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
Reserves/Spending: 20.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 1

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 60 years

www.rspca.org.uk

executive@rspca.org.uk

03001234555

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Animals

GiG Classification

Animal welfare

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes grants to organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
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 Animal Trust - Special Award 2022
£350,000	19/12/2022	One-off award
National Lottery Community Fund - Birmingham Wild Things
£299,369	24/03/2022	The funding will be used by The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) to support young people whose mental health has been particularly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. This will be delivered at Newbrook Farm Frankly ....more The funding will be used by The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) to support young people whose mental health has been particularly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. This will be delivered at Newbrook Farm Frankly Birmingham. The RSPCA was formed in 1824 becoming a charity in 1964 and a charitable incorporated organisation in 1972. The organisation was established and best known for being an animal welfare organisation with inspectors investigating cruelty giving the public animal care advice and where necessary undertake prosecutions for animal cruelty. The group also deliver education and encourage positive attitudes towards animals and nature with purpose-built education spaces at many of its animal centres. They have a new purpose-built Education Centre at RSPCA Newbrook Farm in Birmingham and an experienced team of Youth Workers at the site playing a leading role in delivering work with young people. They reached almost 2500 children and young people between 2019 - 2020 through a combination of youth school and community activities. The ‘Birmingham Wild Things’ project is aimed at young people who are experiencing poor mental health exacerbated by the pandemic including bi-polar disorder personality disorder depression and anxiety. Many will also be on the autistic spectrum have ADHD or learning disabilities/difficulties. Despite schools having now re-opened since the pandemic many of the young people have not yet returned to school due to high levels of anxiety or have been removed from school due to disruptive behaviour.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hastings Wild Things
£291,378	24/10/2019 36	Hastings Wild Things
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)
£99,700	27/11/2018	Taking Action for Animals – the history of the RSPCA
National Lottery Community Fund - Looked After Children Animal Action Days
£9,987	10/01/2018 12	Looked After Children Animal Action Days
National Lottery Community Fund - Hastings Wild Things
£470,206	21/10/2014 60	Not Available

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

AMANDA JANE BRINGANS Appointed: 2021

BRENDA SHORE Appointed: 2019

CAROLINE WATERS Appointed: 2019

CLAIRE HORTON (Chair) Appointed: 2024

DAVID THOMAS Appointed: 2019

DAVID SMITH Appointed: 2019

IMOGEN WALKER Appointed: 2019

JOSIE WOODWARD Appointed: 2024

KAREN HARLEY Appointed: 2019

KEVIN DEGENHARD Appointed: 2019

MARK WRIGHT Appointed: 2022

STUART HOWELLS Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/07/1964, number: 219099

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

Linked charity: THE WYNDHAM COTTLE CHARITY
Linked charity: BENJAMIN WILSON TRUST
Linked charity: RSPCA FUND FOR SICK AND WOUNDED ANIMALS
Linked charity: TORREY CANYON DISASTER FUND
Linked charity: THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OVERSEAS FUND
Linked charity: PIT PONIES' PROTECTION SOCIETY
02/07/2015 - Asset transfer in from HILDA MAY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST
15/09/2016 - Asset transfer in from THE FRIENDS OF THE RSPCA LEYBOURNE ANIMAL CENTRE
22/11/2018 - Asset transfer in from FRIENDS OF RSPCA GREAT AYTON ANIMAL CENTRE
20/12/2021 - Asset transfer in from THE FRIENDS OF THE RSPCA SOUTH GODSTONE ANIMAL CENTRE
23/07/2024 - Asset transfer in from THE SAMUEL AND FREDA PARKINSON CHARITABLE TRUST
Linked charity: HARMSWORTH AND PUTNEY ANIMAL HOSPITALS TRUST
Linked charity: THE GEORGE NICHOL CHARITY FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
Linked charity: THE ALEXANDER AND DOROTHY SIMPSON FUND
Linked charity: THE MT AND VL WYTHE CHARITABLE TRUST
Linked charity: RSPCA FRIENDS OF PUTNEY ANIMAL HOSPITAL FUND
Linked charity: THE LOCKWOOD DONKEY CENTRE CHARITABLE TRUST (THE 'LOCKWOOD TRUST')

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
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE FRIENDS OF THE RSPCA SOUTH GODSTONE ANIMAL CENTRE on 20/12/2021
Asset transfer in from THE SAMUEL AND FREDA PARKINSON CHARITABLE TRUST on 23/07/2024

Main office

R S P C A
Parkside
Chart Way
Horsham
West Sussex
RH12 1GY

Objectives

TO PROMOTE KINDNESS AND TO PREVENT OR SUPPRESS CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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