PET FOODBANK SERVICE

Registered charity 1179613 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Run pet foodbank sessions

Objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN SOUTH WALES AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME-TO-TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD FOR DOGS AND CATS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY B) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Animals · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cardiff, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£27k
Latest spending
£29k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a net deficit of £2,482.10 for the year, with unrestricted funds decreasing from £8,056 to £4,519. The trustees note that grant funding has become increasingly scarce and have decided to focus on developing more reliable revenue streams such as online sales and pop-up shops.

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 3 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 01/05/2025

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/05/2024

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Government income: £9,150 — grants £9,150 (7); 46% of the £19,823 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/05/2023

  • Volunteers: 15

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 01/05/2022 (received 06/03/2023, 5 days after the 01/03/2023 due date); year ending 01/05/2021 (received 19/06/2022, 110 days after the 01/03/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pet food bank service (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 Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
01/05/2025£27k£29k
01/05/2024£20k£36k
01/05/2023£51k£34k
01/05/2022£12k£25k
01/05/2021£48k£23k

Common questions

Is PET FOODBANK SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a net deficit of £2,482.10 for the year, with unrestricted funds decreasing from £8,056 to £4,519. The trustees note that grant funding has become increasingly scarce and have decided to focus on developing more reliable revenue streams such as online sales and pop-up shops. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PET FOODBANK SERVICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PET FOODBANK SERVICE as a grant recipient include THE GROCERS' CHARITY, THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST, THE TULA TRUST LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2025£5kRelief of Poverty
THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/10/2022£10kKeeping pets in the home
The National Lottery Community Fund27/05/2020£6kCOVID-19 - Project mobilization

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 LONG EATON AND SAWLEY FOODBANK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PET FOODBANK SERVICE£27k—0unclear—no doubt
LONG EATON AND SAWLEY FOODBANK FY2026£73k—0above—no doubt
GATESHEAD FOODBANK FY2026£439k—0unclear—no doubt
TEWKESBURY FOODBANK FY2026£152k——unclear—no doubt
UTTLESFORD FOODBANK FY2026£193k——above—no doubt
FOODBANK AT SAINT MATTHEW'S, REDHILL FY2025£117k—0unclear—no doubt

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