CAT WATCH RESCUE SHELTER

Registered charity 1192544 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAT WATCH WILTS RESCUE

CWRS helps abandoned/injured/stray cats across Wilts, Hants and further. We run a TNR programme to help with the unowned cat communities. We also help people with requirements of rehoming or neutering. We offer free advice and guidance on cats and signpost to other areas should we not be able to answer. We also find new homes for strays after medical treatment has been completed.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF CATS AND KITTENS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO PROVIDE RESCUE AND REHOMING FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH CATS AND KITTENS

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 reported a net expenditure of £17,218 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £65,157 to £47,939. Unrestricted reserves stood at £37,626, while restricted reserves were £10,313. The trustees' report notes that fundraising remains a challenge but highlights continued operational activity and community support.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cat Watch (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Pets at Home — “VIP Club - Pets at Home” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Marnie Jane Bucklandchair
• Dr Lorna Claire Irish
• Elizabeth Greenwood
• Marissa Best
• Susan Vranch RVN

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

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 THE COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT CAT RESCUE AND HOMING SOCIETY.

• THE COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT CAT RESCUE AND HOMING SOCIETY income £312k
• SOUTH DEVON CATS REHOMING income £103k
• CAT RESCUE WEST WALES income £142k
• CATS IN DISTRESS income £225k
• LITTLE PAWS RESCUE income £197k
• CRAMAR CAT RESCUE income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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