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THE BLACKPOOL CAT TRUST

Registered charity 1093841 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLACKPOOL CAT CHARITY

To make grants to registered cat charities who have sanctuaries in the Blackpool area, for cats neutered or spayed and identichipped at the same time.

Causes: Animals · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£134k
Latest spending
£15k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £3,621,282.21, comprising unrestricted funds of £3,065,368.81 and restricted initial trust funds of £555,913.40. Per the trustees' report, the charity has no paid staff and all work is done by volunteers, resulting in minimal administrative expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounting records or their accord with those records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Dividends (52% of income)
“TOTAL DIVIDENDS RECEIVED. ..... £61,890.00” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Blackpool · Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£134k£15k
05/04/2024£88k£14k
05/04/2023£66k£19k
05/04/2022£61k£21k
05/04/2021£63k£12k

Common questions

Is THE BLACKPOOL CAT TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £3,621,282.21, comprising unrestricted funds of £3,065,368.81 and restricted initial trust funds of £555,913.40. Per the trustees' report, the charity has no paid staff and all work is done by volunteers, resulting in minimal administrative expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounting records or their accord with those records. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST1£64k
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION1£40k
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION1£10k
THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST1£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE VERA WOLSTENCROFT CHILDREN AND ANIMAL CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BLACKPOOL CAT TRUST£134k—0unclear—no doubt
THE VERA WOLSTENCROFT CHILDREN AND ANIMAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£270k—0unclear—no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BLACKPOOL AND NORTH LANCASHIRE BRANCH FY2025£852k—0above—no doubt
CAT ACTION TRUST 1977 FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
THE COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT CAT RESCUE AND HOMING SOCIETY FY2024£312k——unclear—no doubt
BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS CHARITABLE FUND AND RELATED CHARITIES FY2025£941kabove £60,0001above—no doubt

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