LITTLE PAWS RESCUE

Registered charity 1179534 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Care for and re-homing of abandoned, stray and unwanted cats and kittens

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT, SECURITY AND RE-HOMING FOR CATS AND KITTENS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL USAGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE WELFARE OF SUCH ANIMALS IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG SUCH ANIMALS.

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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Latest income

£197k

Latest spending

£146k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £50,669.85 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £56,752.71. The trustees' report notes that despite rising costs and increasing demand, the charity remained committed to its activities, though securing larger premises is identified as a future priority.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unclear (held: £57k)

“Financial reserves policy and procedures Yes”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

TRACEY MARGARET BRYANTchair
DEREK MELVYN WILKS
Jean Mary Fellender

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

Operates in: North Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£197k	£146k
31/08/2024	£105k	£98k
31/08/2023	£73k	£71k
31/08/2022	£47k	£52k
31/08/2021	£42k	£38k

Common questions

Is LITTLE PAWS RESCUE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £50,669.85 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £56,752.71. The trustees' report notes that despite rising costs and increasing demand, the charity remained committed to its activities, though securing larger premises is identified as a future priority.

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
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION	3	£100k
THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST	3	£17k
KENNETH MAURICE WILLIAMS WILL TRUST	1	£212k
GRAFF FOUNDATION	1	£114k
THE SERTH AND GATES CHARITY	1	£91k
THE GERRICK ROSE ANIMAL TRUST	1	£88k
THE CELIA BLAKEY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£50k
THE HARDY FOUNDATION	1	£23k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT CAT RESCUE AND HOMING SOCIETY.

THE COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT CAT RESCUE AND HOMING SOCIETY income £312k
SOUTH DEVON CATS REHOMING income £103k
PROTECTED PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE income £416k
PAWZ FOR THOUGHT income £276k
CATS IN DISTRESS income £225k
PAWPURRS HALFWAY HOUSE income £164k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LITTLE PAWS RESCUE	£197k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT CAT RESCUE AND HOMING SOCIETY FY2024	£312k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH DEVON CATS REHOMING FY2026	£103k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PROTECTED PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE FY2024	£416k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PAWZ FOR THOUGHT FY2025	£276k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CATS IN DISTRESS FY2025	£225k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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