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.

Objects

(1) TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF CATS AND KITTENS WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE FOLLOWING WAYS;(A) THE PROVISION OF VETERINARY TREATMENT AND NEUTERING SERVICES FOR FERAL CATS;(B) THE REHOMING OF STRAY, NEGLECTED AND UNWANTED CATS, AND THE TAMING AND REHOMING OF KITTENS FROM FERAL COLONIES(C) THE PROVISION OF A SHELTER FOR TREATING UNWANTED, SICK AND NEGLECTED CATS.(2) TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY OF CAT OWNERS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BY PROVIDING A NEUTERING SERVICE AND BY ASSISTING WITH THE PAYMENT OF VETERINARY BILLS.

Area of benefit: CARDIFF.

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: Cardiff, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

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

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

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

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OLDHAM CATS.

• OLDHAM CATS income £173k
• COVENTRY CAT GROUP income £94k
• THE FACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £65k
• FELINE FUR BABIES NORTH WALES income £124k
• FELINE CARE income £335k
• THE SHEFFIELD CATS SHELTER income £961k

Side by side with its peers

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