WAR PAWS LIMITED

Registered charity 1168239 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance animal welfare by relieving the pain and suffering of all animals, particularly in hostile environments and areas of civil conflict. To assist with reuniting animals adopted in hostile environments and areas of civil conflict with their owners. To rescue and rehome animals from areas of civil conflict and hostile environments.

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Latest income

£373k

Latest spending

£339k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £80,116, resulting in a net income of £34,118 for the year. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — War Paws (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2022)

Total income

£1.5m

Total spending

£1.3m

Reserves (reported)

£155k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID CLEDWYN MATTHEWSchair
Dr Helene Svinos
Dr Louise Harvey
Victoria Whiteside

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

Operates in: Iraq · Romania

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£373k	£339k
30/06/2024	£325k	£345k
30/06/2023	£265k	£473k
30/06/2022	£1.5m	£1.3m
30/06/2021	£136k	£146k

Common questions

Is WAR PAWS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £80,116, resulting in a net income of £34,118 for the year. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WAR PAWS LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WAR PAWS LIMITED as a grant recipient include Humane World for Animals United Kingdom, THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST, DRAGON CHRISTMAS CHARITY SALE.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
Humane World for Animals United Kingdom	FY2023	£25k	Grants paid
THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST	FY2023	£5k	Animal welfare
DRAGON CHRISTMAS CHARITY SALE	FY2022	£900

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
OLSEN ANIMAL TRUST	2	£1.8m
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION	2	£271k
THE SERTH AND GATES CHARITY	2	£84k
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO	2	£25k
THE BERYL EVETTS AND ROBERT LUFF ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST LIMITED	2	£22k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£12k
THE JOAN LYNETTE DALTON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£155k
MRS D M FRANCE-HAYHURST FOUNDATION	1	£117k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PROVIDING ANIMAL WELFARE SUPPORT (PAWS).

PROVIDING ANIMAL WELFARE SUPPORT (PAWS) income £191k
FOUR PAWS income £4.5m
PAWZ FOR THOUGHT income £276k
NOWZAD income £1.6m
WARRINGTON ANIMAL WELFARE income £380k
NATIONAL ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST income £3.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WAR PAWS LIMITED	£373k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PROVIDING ANIMAL WELFARE SUPPORT (PAWS) FY2025	£191k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FOUR PAWS FY2024	£4.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PAWZ FOR THOUGHT FY2025	£276k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NOWZAD FY2025	£1.6m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WARRINGTON ANIMAL WELFARE FY2025	£380k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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