CARING FOR CATS (YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER)

Registered charity 1087921 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARING FOR CATS (EAST YORKSHIRE)

Rescue and care of stray, feral and unwanted cats in order to find responsible and loving new homes for them.Educate the public on animal welfare and responsible cat ownership.

Objects

TO RELIEVE SUFFERING OF FERAL, STRAY AND UNWANTED CATS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE BY REASON OF HOMELESSNESS, MALTREATMENT, ABUSE, IMMINENT DANGER, ILLNESS OR OTHER CAUSES.

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£102k
Latest spending
£140k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of a deficit of £38,246 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total accumulated funds of £47,039. The trustees note that finances have stabilised with fundraising streams picking up, and they consider the charity to be a going concern supported by income from its charity shop. The charity aims to maintain a reserve equivalent to 25% of annual expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“We continue to receive support from Pet plan, Support adoption for Pets, Rose Animal welfare trust and many other individual donors along with some large legacies” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 25% of annual expenditure (reserves figure: £41k)
“The trustees have carried out a review of the reserves and aim to maintain a reserve equivalent to 25% of annual 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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 45

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 44

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 45

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 06/03/2023, 34 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 26/03/2022, 54 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of York · Doncaster · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City · North Lincolnshire · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£102k£140k
31/03/2024£134k£136k
31/03/2023£112k£87k
31/03/2022£114k£129k
31/03/2021£194k£128k

Common questions

Is CARING FOR CATS (YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of a deficit of £38,246 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total accumulated funds of £47,039. The trustees note that finances have stabilised with fundraising streams picking up, and they consider the charity to be a going concern supported by income from its charity shop. The charity aims to maintain a reserve equivalent to 25% of annual expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CARING FOR CATS (YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CARING FOR CATS (YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER) as a grant recipient include THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIOFY2022£20k
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIOFY2021£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAT AND KITTEN RESCUE (3 COUNTIES +).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CARING FOR CATS (YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER)£102k—0unclear—no doubt
CAT AND KITTEN RESCUE (3 COUNTIES +) FY2025£63k—0unclear—no doubt
FELINE CARE FY2025£335k—0unclear—no doubt
FERAL CAT AND ELDERLY CAT CARE AND SANCTUARY FY2025£28k—0unclear—no doubt
SHROPSHIRE CAT RESCUE FY2025£572k—0unclear—no doubt
BURY'S STRAY CAT FUND FY2025£125k——unclear—no doubt

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