Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 9

Poor Liquidity: -1
Good Reserves: +1Large legacies income: +1
Pension deficit: -1
Fundraising costs high: -3

Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 9

THE PEOPLE'S DISPENSARY FOR SICK ANIMALS

Founded in 1917, PDSA is the UK's leading veterinary charity. Our mission is to improve the life of every pet. We prevent illness, suffering and unnecessary death of pets; educate people about their welfare needs, and treat pets needing our help across the UK. In 2018 we provided 2.5 million treatments to more than 430,000 pets. Our services are funded entirely by public support.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
There is a pension deficit of £24,296,000
Fundraising costs are 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	£113,975	£114,550	£-575	£27,350	£103,275	£100,788	10.6	1,748	2,800
31/12/22	£106,648	£105,078	£1,570	£25,726	£107,050	£103,930	11.9	1,703	2,621
31/12/21	£105,381	£91,714	£13,667	£22,395	£95,060	£90,197	11.8	1,663	2,842
31/12/20	£92,168	£91,343	£825	£26,049	£78,135	£74,785	9.8	1,662	3,244
31/12/19	£112,689	£102,024	£10,665	£30,883	£87,208	£83,758	9.9	1,670	5,452
31/12/18	£108,065	£95,551	£12,514	£31,442	£73,636	£69,567	8.7	1,608	0
31/12/17	£93,220	£93,520	£-300	£31,361	£47,980	£45,740	5.9	1,592	0
31/12/16	£94,213	£97,338	£-3,125	£33,528	£40,824	£38,196	4.7	1,593	0
31/12/15	£83,257	£99,119	£-15,862	£34,748	£73,362	£70,569	8.5	1,699	0
31/12/14	£89,728	£93,760	£-4,031	£34,151	£80,191	£77,280	9.9	1,694	0
31/12/13	£87,202	£87,558	£-355	£33,578	£94,456	£87,990	12.1	1,682	0
31/12/12	£85,919	£89,222	£-3,303	£33,218	£91,011	£86,139	11.6	1,686	0
31/12/11	£85,119	£86,328	£-1,209	£32,636	£98,043	£93,276	13	1,646	0
31/12/10	£84,478	£85,593	£-1,115	£32,802	£106,773	£102,245	14.3	1,615	0
31/12/09	£85,141	£81,243	£3,898	£32,807	£103,373	£99,490	14.7	1,565	0
31/12/08	£81,836	£80,678	£1,158	£35,103	£96,723	£93,435	13.9	1,500	0
31/12/07	£81,172	£75,951	£5,221	£34,721	£108,746	£108,036	17.1	1,449	0
31/12/06	£79,745	£71,753	£7,992	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05	£70,271	£69,267	£1,005	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04	£66,643	£62,307	£4,336	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 29.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 23.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £200,000-£250,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 10.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 62 years

www.pdsa.org.uk

knee.simon@pdsa.org.uk

01952290999

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Animals
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Animal welfare

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Postcode Animal Trust	£6,100,000
Postcode Innovation Trust	£1,000,000
Postcode Local Trust	£50,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Postcode Innovation Trust - A Happier Christmas - PDSA
£1,000,000	24/11/2023	One-off award
Postcode Local Trust - Millionaire Street 2023 10w3
£50,000	02/11/2023	Funding was used to support 2,500 poorly pets eligible for free treatment to see a vet at their Oldbury Pet Hospital.
Postcode Animal Trust - Regular Grant 2023
£3,100,000	29/03/2023	Regular unrestricted award
Postcode Animal Trust - Regular Grant 2022
£3,000,000	16/03/2022	Regular unrestricted award
Co-Operative Group - Grant to PDSA
£14,247	19/11/2018	Help us provide free and reduced cost veterinary care and advice for vulnerable pets and owners in your community.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALISON TATTERSALL Appointed: 2016

CAROLE POMFRET MA ACA Appointed: 2014

DAVID BRODIE LISTER Appointed: 2018

DAVID MORGAN BSC HONS Appointed: 2018

ELIZABETH RUTH HUTCHINSON BA HONS Appointed: 2022

GORDON ANDREW HOCKEY Appointed: 2018

IAN PHOENIX Appointed: 2018

JOHN CHARLES MILLER

MARY MARGARET REILLY Appointed: 2016

PROFESSOR GARY ENGLAND Appointed: 2015

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/09/1962, number: 208217

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Fundraising Regulator

First registered: 09/01/2016, current status: Large charity (levy paid)

Event History

Linked charity: RAVENSCROFT TRUST
21/07/2015 - Asset transfer in from CATS ABUSED TREATMENT SOCIETY
02/07/2019 - Asset transfer in from THE LINCOLN SPIRITUAL ASSOCIATION
22/07/2020 - Asset transfer in from THE JUNE STEVENS FOUNDATION
20/10/2020 - Asset transfer in from THE BASIL LARSEN 1999 CHARITABLE TRUST
10/07/2024 - Asset transfer in from EBENEZER CHURCH
15/07/2024 - Asset transfer in from UMFREVILLE MEMORIAL CHARITY
02/08/2024 - Asset transfer in from THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE ANIMAL CARE AND NEUTERING TRUST
Linked charity: THE CHARITY OF ARTHUR URIAH BROOM FOR THE PEOPLE'S DISPENSARY FOR SICK ANIMALS

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
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; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE JUNE STEVENS FOUNDATION on 22/07/2020
Asset transfer in from THE BASIL LARSEN 1999 CHARITABLE TRUST on 20/10/2020
Asset transfer in from EBENEZER CHURCH on 10/07/2024

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Main office

P D S A
WHITECHAPEL WAY
PRIORSLEE
TELFORD
TF2 9PQ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY ARE: A) THE PROVISION OF FREE MEDICAL OR SURGICAL TREATMENT, OR SUCH TREATMENT AT REDUCED CHARGES, TO ANIMALS BELONGING TO PERSONS WHO ARE UNABLE TO AFFORD THE SERVICES OF A VETERINARY SURGEON;B) THE PREVENTION OF SUFFERING OF ANIMALS BY THE PROVISION OF PREVENTATIVE TREATMENT, CARE AND ADVICE (WHETHER FREE, AT A REDUCED CHARGE OR AT FULL CHARGE); C) THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS CONCERNING ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE IN GENERAL; D) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANIMAL WELFARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY OTHER MEANS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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