STREET PAWS

Registered charity 1178826 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To remove the barriers that prevent pet owners experiencing homelessness from accessing support, accommodation and resources with their pet. To champion the physical and psychological health benefits that pet ownership brings and advocate for the importance of maintaining these valuable relationships even when faced with homelessness.

Objects

TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS BY PROVIDING FREE OF CHARGE VETERINARY CARE AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION TO ANIMALS OWNED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS, VULNERABLY HOUSED AND OTHER VULNERABLE GROUPS SEVERELY AFFECTED BY POVERTY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£115k
Latest spending
£119k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Street Paws reported a surplus of £9,039 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds increasing from £175,735 to £172,550 (note: text shows decrease in total funds from 176,254 to 172,550, but surplus is positive). Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £76,460, which is below its stated policy target of six months of core expenditure and fixed costs. The charity relies entirely on voluntary donations and grants, with no government funding received.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum of 6 months core expenditure and fixed costs (held: £76k)
“Street Paws policy for holding free reserves is to target a level of cash that represents a minimum of 6 months core expenditure and fixed costs.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 28

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 12

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 20

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£115k£119k
31/08/2024£94k£103k
31/08/2023£91k£90k
31/08/2022£100k£99k
31/08/2021£152k£71k

Common questions

Is STREET PAWS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Street Paws reported a surplus of £9,039 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds increasing from £175,735 to £172,550 (note: text shows decrease in total funds from 176,254 to 172,550, but surplus is positive). Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £76,460, which is below its stated policy target of six months of core expenditure and fixed costs. The charity relies entirely on voluntary donations and grants, with no government funding received. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds STREET PAWS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name STREET PAWS as a grant recipient include THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION, LEEDS BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, CEO SLEEPOUT, THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO, THE GROCERS' CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
IRWIN MITCHELL CHARITIES FOUNDATIONFY2023Unverified read£188k
CEO SLEEPOUTFY2025Unverified read£34k
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATIONFY2024£20kGrant Programme - Pets
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATIONFY2023£20k
LEEDS BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£20kLarge Grant
CEO SLEEPOUTFY2024£13k
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIOFY2022£10k
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIOFY2023£10k
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2022£5kRelief of Poverty
THE KRISTINA MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIOFY2021£5k
THE ASTOR FOUNDATIONFY2025£3kAnimal welfare
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUSTFY2022£2k
CEO SLEEPOUTFY2022£2k
CEO SLEEPOUTFY2023£2k
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER & ST JOHN THE BAPTIST WIVELSFIELDFY2021£175Charitable grant/donation
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIOFY2025amount not stated
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUSTFY2023amount not statedOne-off grant
THE KRISTINA MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026amount not stated

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery05/11/2025£45kUnrestricted Funding
Community Foundation North East03/10/2024£1kGrant to Street Paws
The National Lottery Community Fund26/01/2024£20kStreet Paws Dog Champion Scheme
UK government30/09/2020£6kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOUR PAWS CAT RESCUE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STREET PAWS£115k—0unclear—no doubt
FOUR PAWS CAT RESCUE FY2025£30k—0unclear—no doubt
PROVIDING ANIMAL WELFARE SUPPORT (PAWS) FY2025£191k—0unclear—no doubt
STREETVET FY2025£1.1m——within—no doubt
HAMPSHIRE PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE FY2025£44k——unclear—no doubt
HELPING DOG PAWS FY2026£107k—0unclear—no doubt

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