FILEY CAT RESCUE

Registered charity 1198181 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The organisation rescues, rehabilitates and re-homes cats in need across North and East Yorkshire, while educating the public on feline welfare via its website, social media channels, and seasonal fundraising events.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF CATS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION IN NORTH AND EAST YORKSHIRE, IN PARTICULAR, TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RESCUE HOMES OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH ANIMALS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Animals · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£216k
Latest spending
£199k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £16,400 for the year ended 5 April 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £30,874. The trustees report adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties disclosed. The charity operates with no paid employees, relying entirely on volunteers and public donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies
“The charity's main source of income is donations from the general public amounting to £215,799.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: unclear (reserves figure: £31k)
“Filey Cat Rescue intend to create a reserve fund when possible to ensure adequate funding is available to cover any emergency reparative works.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 14

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 8

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2025 (received 17/05/2026, 101 days after the 05/02/2026 due date); year ending 05/04/2024 (received 09/10/2025, 246 days after the 05/02/2025 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of York · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£216k£199k
05/04/2024£120k£141k
05/04/2023£110k£75k

Common questions

Is FILEY CAT RESCUE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £16,400 for the year ended 5 April 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £30,874. The trustees report adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties disclosed. The charity operates with no paid employees, relying entirely on volunteers and public donations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FILEY CAT RESCUE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FILEY CAT RESCUE as a grant recipient include The Keith Howard Foundation, THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Keith Howard FoundationFY2022£20kAnimals
The Keith Howard FoundationFY2023Unverified read£20k
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIOFY2023£10k
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIOFY2024£10k
The Keith Howard FoundationFY2025£5kAnimals

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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 JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST1£4k
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST1£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE STRAY CAT CLUB.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FILEY CAT RESCUE£216k—0unclear—no doubt
THE STRAY CAT CLUB FY2025£88k—0unclear—no doubt
KITTY KAT RESCUE & REHOMING FY2025£29k—0unclear—no doubt
Feline Network Cat Rescue FY2025£64k—0unclear—no doubt
AXHOLME CAT RESCUE FY2025£35k——unclear—no doubt
NEWBRIDGE CAT RESCUE AND REHOMING CENTRE FY2025£57k——unclear—no doubt

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