HECTOR'S HOUSE CAT RESCUE

Registered charity 1192317 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our activities consist of rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming stray cats in the area of Torbay and surrounding areas in Devon.Additionally, we respond to reports of lost/found cats and help reunite them with their owners wherever possible.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS CATS IN THE BOROUGH OF TORBAY 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, REHOMING SUCH CATS WHERE POSSIBLE.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the period with unrestricted funds of £538,853, representing a surplus of £153,217 for the year. The trustees note that this figure includes a historic VAT refund and ring-fenced legacy monies, with the remaining excess allocated to a new undisclosed project. The charity reports strong fundraising support and careful financial management despite rising operational costs.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £215k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Zara Oldfieldchair
• Alison Short
• Clive Appleby
• Edward Oldfield
• Elaine Rowe
• Kitty Oldfield

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

Operates in: Torbay

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH DEVON CATS REHOMING.

• SOUTH DEVON CATS REHOMING income £103k
• THE COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT CAT RESCUE AND HOMING SOCIETY income £312k
• CATS IN DISTRESS income £225k
• HERE FOR CATS income £105k
• CRAMAR CAT RESCUE income £1.1m
• STRAY CAT RESCUE income £154k

Side by side with its peers

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