USK NEW START CAT RESCUE

Registered charity 1179707 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote humane behaviour towards cats and kittens by providing appropriate care, protection, treatment and security for such animals. To advance the education of the public in matters pertaining to animal welfare in general and the prevention of cruelty and suffering. To provide therapy cats to people who are in need as a result of disability.

Objects

1)TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS CATS AND KITTENS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR SUCH ANIMALS, WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL USAGE IN THE SOUTH EAST WALES REGION, BY RESCUING AND REHOMING;2)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG CATS; AND3)TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED AS A RESULT OF DISABILITY, WHETHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CATS TO ASSIST THEM THERAPEUTICALLY.

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 the charity held £18,733 in cash at the end of the period with no liabilities, resulting in a net income surplus of £8,331.56. The trustees note that the charity does not operate with a defined reserve and relies on launching appeals for unexpected funding needs. The filing highlights increasing veterinary costs and demand for cat rehoming as key financial pressures.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• BEVERLEY DALGLEISH
• SAMANTHA MURRAY
• SHARON GRIFFITHS

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Caerphilly · Monmouthshire · Newport City · Torfaen

Income and spending

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