CHORLTON CATS CHARITY

Registered charity 1189165 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Operating within Chorlton (Manchester) to promote humane behaviour towards cats by providing appropriate care, protection, treatment and security for cats which are in need of care and attention by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or ill usage and rehoming such cats and to educate the public in matters pertaining to responsible cat ownership and the prevention.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS CATS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR CATS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL USAGE AND REHOMING SUCH CATS AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO RESPONSIBLE CAT OWNERSHIP AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG CATS.2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO PERSONS WHO ARE UNABLE TO MEET THE COSTS OF VETERINARY CARE FOR THEIR CATS DUE TO ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cheshire West and Chester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity held unrestricted cash reserves of £2,665 at the end of the period, which is above its stated minimum policy target of £1,000. Total income for the year was £31,448, primarily derived from regular donations and adoption fees, while total expenditure amounted to £31,312. The trustees note that the cost of living crisis has increased demands on the charity through higher vet bills and surrender rates, creating financial pressure despite the current positive cash balance.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/10/2023 (received 18/09/2024, 18 days after the 31/08/2024 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Kilby Consultancy — “This website is kindly supported by Kilby Consultancy .” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rachel Hurstchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Colette Willoughby
• Katy Burton

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester · Manchester City · Stockport

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FELINE CARE.

• FELINE CARE income £335k
• THE PET CHARITY income £27k
• CATS IN CRISIS LINCOLN income £50k
• CATS IN CARE income £50k
• LANCASTER AND MORECAMBE CAT RESCUE income £100k
• CHESHIRE CATS RESCUE income £32k

Side by side with its peers

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