CROYDON ANIMAL SAMARITANS

Registered charity 1067498 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C A S

The rescue, shelter and provision of veterinary care for unwanted or abandoned animals and, wherever possible to find them suitable homes. To help pet owners meet necessary veterinary expenses in certain circumstances should they be unable to do so and if funds allow.

Objects

[1] WHEREVER POSSIBLE RESCUE AND PROVIDE CARE AND SHELTER FOR UNWANTED / ABANDONED, NEGLECTED / ILL-TREATED ANIMALS AND TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO SECURE SUITABLE NEW HOMES FOR THEM.[2] IN CASES OF URGENT NEED / EMERGENCY TO ASSIST OWNERS OF PETS TO MEET VETERINARY AND OTHER COSTS WHEN OWNERS ARE UNABLE TO DO SO AND WHEN FUNDS ALLOW.

Area of benefit: INNER AND OUTER LONDON, SURREY AND PARTS OF SUSSEX AND KENT.

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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Latest income

£443k

Latest spending

£291k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a total surplus of £152,018 for the year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £657,241. However, the independent examiner noted that serious bookkeeping arrears and unpaid invoices persisted into the reporting period, requiring remedial action by a qualified accountant. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £250,000 (held: £657k)

“The Charity would not wish for the reserves to fall below £250,000 which is approximately 1 year’s running costs.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Audit opinion: qualified

“Because these matters impact your accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 I am again not able to state that, in connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Act have not been met.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: The examiner states they are not able to confirm accounting records were kept in accordance with the Act due to serious bookkeeping arrears and unpaid invoices, and that these matters were reported to the Charity Commission.

“Because these matters impact your accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 I am again not able to state that, in connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Act have not been met.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 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 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Croydon Animal Samaritans (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Kenneth Christopher Hills BEMchair
BARBARA ALLEN
Karen Gleaves
Karen Louise Caterer-Stentiford
Rachel Parsons

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

Operates in: Bromley · Croydon · East Sussex · Kent · Lambeth · Lewisham · Southwark · Surrey · Sutton

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£443k	£291k
31/12/2024	£287k	£270k
31/12/2023	£212k	£224k
31/12/2022	£245k	£175k
31/12/2021	£393k	£229k

Common questions

Is CROYDON ANIMAL SAMARITANS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a total surplus of £152,018 for the year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £657,241. However, the independent examiner noted that serious bookkeeping arrears and unpaid invoices persisted into the reporting period, requiring remedial action by a qualified accountant. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST	1	£6k
PETPLAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ANIMAL SAMARITANS.

ANIMAL SAMARITANS income £116k
NEWCASTLE DOG AND CAT SHELTER income £2.4m
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £386k
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BURY OLDHAM AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £1.0m
HOUNSLOW ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY income £299k
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WESTMORLAND BRANCH CIO income £474k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CROYDON ANIMAL SAMARITANS	£443k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ANIMAL SAMARITANS FY2025	£116k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
NEWCASTLE DOG AND CAT SHELTER FY2025	£2.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT BRANCH FY2025	£386k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BURY OLDHAM AND DISTRICT BRANCH FY2024	£1.0m	—	0	below	—	noted
HOUNSLOW ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY FY2024	£299k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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