CATWEL (CARDIFF)

Registered charity 1086255 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Catwel (Cardiff) exists to provide temporary care for stray and abandoned cats and where possible find good homes for their future welfare.

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Latest income

£269k

Latest spending

£183k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an unrestricted surplus of £93,783 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £540,169. The trustees report that free reserves (unrestricted funds less designated funds) totalled £299,669, which they consider sufficient to maintain operations given their policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The filing confirms no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability 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: three and six month’s expenditure (held: £300k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

HELEN POWELL
Lucy Stent Criddle
Zoe Preece

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

Operates in: Cardiff

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£269k	£183k
31/03/2024	£173k	£151k
31/03/2023	£188k	£144k
31/03/2022	£81k	£66k
31/03/2021	£63k	£51k

Common questions

Is CATWEL (CARDIFF) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an unrestricted surplus of £93,783 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £540,169. The trustees report that free reserves (unrestricted funds less designated funds) totalled £299,669, which they consider sufficient to maintain operations given their policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The filing confirms no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability 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
OLSEN ANIMAL TRUST	1	£922k
THE JENOUR FOUNDATION	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAT LOVERS ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY.

CAT LOVERS ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY income £154k
OLDHAM CATS income £173k
SHROPSHIRE CAT RESCUE income £384k
CRAMAR CAT RESCUE income £1.1m
CATS IN CRISIS income £102k
HEADWAY CARDIFF AND SOUTH EAST WALES income £542k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CATWEL (CARDIFF)	£269k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CAT LOVERS ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY FY2025	£154k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
OLDHAM CATS FY2025	£173k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SHROPSHIRE CAT RESCUE FY2024	£384k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CRAMAR CAT RESCUE FY2025	£1.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CATS IN CRISIS FY2024	£102k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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