LYMINGTON CAT AND KITTEN RESCUE

Registered charity 1060244 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LYMINGTON CAT & KITTEN RESCUE

We rescue, care for and re-home wherever possible, cats and kittens which are stray, lost, unwanted or injured.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF CATS WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A CATTERY AS REFUGE FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF UNWANTED AND LOST CATS AND THE TREATMENT OF SICK AND ILL-TREATED CATS.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £93,739 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted fund balances carried forward totaling £1,132,523. The charity holds £820,232 in cash and cash equivalents, indicating strong liquidity. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention that would cast doubt on the accounts or the charity's operations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~51.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Diana Threlfall Cobbett
• KIM EDWARDS
• Kathleen Josephine Quinn
• Tina Armitage

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

Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire

Income and spending

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