Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals North Wiltshire West Berkshire and North Hampshire Branch CIO

Registered charity 1207040 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS NORTH WILTSHIRE AND NEWBURY DISTRICT BRANCH CIO, RSPCA NORTH WILTSHIRE AND NEWBURY DISTRICT BRANCH

The branch operates a wildlife animal centre to rescue wild animals and rehabilitate and release them. The branch also facilitates fostering of cats. We provide assistance with the cost of veterinary treatment for owners on benefits and to have their pets neutered and microchipped.We distribute advice on animal welfare matters.This is largely funded by our network of charity shops.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE BRANCH ARE TO PROMOTE THE WORK AND OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, IN THE AREA, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICIES OF THE SOCIETY.(THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY (AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME) ARE "TO PROMOTE KINDNESS AND TO PREVENT OR SUPPRESS CRUELTY TO ANIMALS".)

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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Registered contact address: Swindon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded an operating deficit of £306,700 for the year, resulting in a total deficit of £323,027 after investment losses. Despite this deficit and a reduction in unrestricted reserves to £931,026, the trustees confirm the charity remains financially secure and prepared the accounts on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Janine Roberta Leighchair
• ANNE MURRAY · trustee of 2 other charities
• Carol Pike · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher James Laurence OBE QVRM · trustee of 5 other charities
• Michelle Bowyer BA · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS CHILTERN BRANCH.

• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS CHILTERN BRANCH income £122k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS KENT FOLKESTONE AND DISTRICT BRANCH CIO income £65k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS KENT WEST BRANCH income £35k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTS BRANCH income £192k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS NORWICH BRANCH CIO income £2.3m
• Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Northamptonshire Branch income £999k

Side by side with its peers

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