CATS PAWS SANCTUARY

Registered charity 1028641 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CATS PROTECTION AND WELFARE SERVICE

Rescue and rehome abandoned, unwanted and homeless cats & kittens.

Objects

TO RESCUE ABANDONED INJURED AND HOMELESS CATS AND KITTENS PROVIDING VETERINARY CARE FOOD AND ACCOMMODATION AS NECESSARY BUT WITH THE ULTIMATE AIM OF REHOMING HEALTHY ANIMALS WHENEVER POSSIBLE. IN ADITION TO TRAP NEUTER AND RETURN FERAL CATS BEFORE FERAL COLONIES BECOME ESTABLISHED

Area of benefit: CHIEFLY THE FYLDE COAST AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Blackpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £316,375, bringing total unrestricted reserves to £1,004,825. The trustees note that governmental changes have increased costs, but solar panel installation and boarding income have helped offset these pressures. The charity is currently seeking new income streams to maintain financial stability.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cats Paws Sanctuary (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hilary Stephenschair
• CHRISTINE BARNES
• Chloe Stafford
• David Dickerson
• GLORIA SMITH
• PALMIRA STAFFORD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Vesta Sylvia Woodward
• Zara Zubrzycki

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• PALMIRA STAFFORD — trustee here and at THE VERA WOLSTENCROFT CHILDREN AND ANIMAL CHARITABLE TRUST

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LITTLE PAWS RESCUE.

• LITTLE PAWS RESCUE income £197k
• PAWS AND CLAWS ANIMAL RESCUE SERVICE income £120k
• HAPPY PAWS PUPPY RESCUE income £621k
• HERONBANK CAT RESCUE income £113k
• FOUR PAWS CAT RESCUE income £30k
• CATS IN CARE income £50k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.