THE SHEFFIELD CATS SHELTER

Registered charity 1172162 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The aim of the charity is to relieve and prevent the suffering and distress amongst cats in need of care and attention and to promote the welfare of cats.

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST CATS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND THE PROMOTION OF THE WELFARE OF CATS BY ANY SUCH MEANS AS ARE CHARITABLE, ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £1,046,134, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income increase to £268,965, driven largely by a substantial rise in legacy donations, while expenditure on charitable activities also rose to £638,341.

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.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sheffield Cats Shelter (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Local Area Committees — “Thank you to Local Area Committees who very kindly provided funding which allowed us to renovate our attic cat room.” (source page)
• National Lottery Community Fund — “We would like to say a big thank you to the National Lottery Community Fund. Their award meant that we were able to invest in our cats shelt…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~18.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jade Rachael Blair-Clarkechair
• Catherine Jane McManus
• Christopher Michael Hurst
• David Michael Grimshaw
• Duncan William Watson
• Jemma Gurr
• Paul Bottomley

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).