CARING FOR ANIMALS 2001

Registered charity 1097762 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rescue of Feral cats and kittens

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE CARE OF FEREL, STRAY, AND UNWANTED CATS.

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.

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Registered contact address: Cumberland, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £40,455 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £62,047 to £21,592. Despite this deficit, the trustees state that reserves of £21,592 are above their stated policy target of approximately £15,500. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the independent examiner.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 31/05/2025 (received 06/10/2026, 189 days after the 31/03/2026 due date); year ending 31/05/2024 (received 06/10/2026, 554 days after the 31/03/2025 due date); year ending 31/05/2023 (received 06/10/2026, 919 days after the 31/03/2024 due date); year ending 31/05/2022 (received 06/10/2026, 1285 days after the 31/03/2023 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

• JOAN CLIFFORDchair
• caren cummings

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• CATS IN CARE income £50k
• LYMINGTON CAT AND KITTEN RESCUE income £225k
• FELINE CARE income £335k
• FERAL CAT AND ELDERLY CAT CARE AND SANCTUARY income £28k
• CATS IN CRISIS income £102k
• TAILS ANIMAL RESCUE income £24k

Side by side with its peers

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