OLDHAM CATS

Registered charity 1058621 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We supply a safe haven for abandoned, unwanted & stray cats & kittens from the community - they are flead & wormed, neutered & vaccinated & treated as necessary at a registered veterinary practice then re-homed by way of adoption.

Objects

TO RESCUE AND PROVIDE CARE, TREATMENT AND SHELTER FOR LOST, ABANDONED, NEGLECTED OR ILL TREATED FERAL AND DOMESTIC CATS AND TO PROVIDE NEW HOMES FOR SUCH ANIMALS WHEREVER POSSIBLE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £239,516, a significant rise from the previous year's £165,712, driven by a surplus of £73,804. The charity holds substantial cash reserves of £234,154 against minimal liabilities, indicating strong liquidity and financial stability for the period ending 31 March 2025.

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 4 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• 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

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• SAMANTHA JANE FAHMYchair
• ABIGAIL RUSSELL
• CAROLYN LEGATE
• DAVINA HANES
• DEBORAH KHAN
• Faye Kennerley
• Helen HAIGH
• JOAN ANNE GOLDRING
• MARCIA WATSON
• ROSEMARY KILLOUGH
• Sarah Collins

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT CAT RESCUE AND HOMING SOCIETY.

• THE COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT CAT RESCUE AND HOMING SOCIETY income £312k
• CAT LOVERS ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY income £154k
• LITTLE PAWS RESCUE income £197k
• SOUTH DEVON CATS REHOMING income £103k
• LONDON INNER CITY KITTIES income £133k
• SHROPSHIRE CAT RESCUE income £572k

Side by side with its peers

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