THE SCRATCHING POST (RESCUE AND SHELTER APPEAL FOR CATS)

Registered charity 1105653 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the benefit of the public to relieve the suffering of maltreated, abandoned and unwanted cats in need of care and, in particular, to provide and maintain rescue homes or other facilities for the reception, care and treatment and, where suitable, the rehoming of such animals.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF MALTREATED, ABANDONED AND UNWANTED CATS IN NEED OF SOME CARE AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RESCUE HOMES OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE AND TREATMENT AND WHERE SUITABLE THE REHOMING OF SUCH ANIMALS.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held closing balances totaling £406,609, which the trustees describe as securing the short-term future with just under two years' running costs. The charity's stated reserves policy target is approximately one year of running costs, equating to £280,000. The actual unrestricted reserves significantly exceed this stated policy target.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Colin Johnson · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID LORD
• DAVID MILES
• JEAN MILES
• Julie Nava
• Stephen Hayes

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

Operates in: Essex · Herefordshire · Hertfordshire · 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 BRISTOL AND WALES CAT RESCUE.

• BRISTOL AND WALES CAT RESCUE income £157k
• NEWCASTLE DOG AND CAT SHELTER income £2.4m
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WESTMORLAND BRANCH CIO income £474k
• CATS IN DISTRESS income £225k
• HERE FOR CATS income £105k
• CAT ACTION TRUST 1977 income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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