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ASSOCIATION OF DOGS AND CATS HOMES

Registered charity 1180574 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ADCH

The Association of Dogs and Cats Homes comprises dog and cat rescue and rehoming organisations across the British Isles.The Association works to promote best practice and high welfare and operational standards across the sector, engage effectively with a range of external stakeholders, including Governments, and bring rescue organisations together to share experiences, learning and networking.

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Latest income
£460k
Latest spending
£396k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity returned a surplus of £53,384 on unrestricted funds, with total income rising to £460,283 from £375,979 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves at year-end were £157,507, which falls within the trustees' stated appropriate range of £100,000–£140,000 for general reserves. The charity maintains a healthy cash position with current assets of £261,532 against current liabilities of £92,782.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Trustees employed by member organisations
“During the year, most Trustees were employed throughout or in part by Member organisations. No Trustee received remuneration or other benefit from their work with the Association.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Association of Dogs and Cats Homes (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Total income
£512k
Total spending
£348k
Reserves (reported)
£140k
Employees
3

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (87% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Ireland · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£460k£396k
31/12/2024£376k£370k
31/12/2023£322k£534k
31/12/2022£512k£348k
31/12/2021£102k£72k

Common questions

Is ASSOCIATION OF DOGS AND CATS HOMES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity returned a surplus of £53,384 on unrestricted funds, with total income rising to £460,283 from £375,979 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves at year-end were £157,507, which falls within the trustees' stated appropriate range of £100,000–£140,000 for general reserves. The charity maintains a healthy cash position with current assets of £261,532 against current liabilities of £92,782. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ASSOCIATION OF DOGS AND CATS HOMES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ASSOCIATION OF DOGS AND CATS HOMES as a grant recipient include DOGS TRUST LEGACY, Humane World for Animals United Kingdom, THE KENNEL CLUB CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
DOGS TRUST LEGACYFY2021£634kPreventative work grants (Rehoming centres)
Humane World for Animals United KingdomFY2022£50kEmergency Cost-of-Living Grant fund to help UK rescue centres.
Humane World for Animals United KingdomFY2024£25kGrants to ADCH members (Axholme Cat Rescue, Team Poundie, Saving Saints Rescue UK, Tails Animal Welfare, Community Cat Network and Band of Rescuers North Yorksh
Humane World for Animals United KingdomFY2023£20kSupport training and hands-on animal rescue projects in 2024
Humane World for Animals United KingdomFY2023£20kGrants paid
THE KENNEL CLUB CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£9kEducational and other grants
THE KENNEL CLUB CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£454Education and other grants

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION3£553k
THE GERRICK ROSE ANIMAL TRUST2£126k
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO2£88k
RJ AND AH DANIELS CHARITABLE TRUST2£49k
THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST2£20k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED2£17k
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST2£6k
SSP FOUNDATION2£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BATTERSEA DOGS' AND CATS' HOME.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ASSOCIATION OF DOGS AND CATS HOMES£460k—0within—no doubt
BATTERSEA DOGS' AND CATS' HOME FY2024£70.3m——unclear46.4%no doubt
THE COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT CAT RESCUE AND HOMING SOCIETY FY2024£312k——unclear—no doubt
ALMOST HOME DOG RESCUE FY2025£172k—0above—no doubt
SOUTH DEVON CATS REHOMING FY2026£103k—0unclear—no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BATH AND DISTRICT BRANCH FY2024£5.1m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear11.0%no doubt

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