CATS PROTECTION

Registered charity 203644 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q5053998 · Wikipedia · also known as THE CATS' PROTECTION LEAGUE · also registered in Scotland as SC037711 (OSCR)

Homing, neutering and the provision of information. Cats Protection operates through a network of around 250 volunteer led branches throughout the United Kingdom. We are also registered with OSCR. In addition to the branch network we have 32 purpose built cat adoption centres. Branches and adoption centres work side by side to deliver cat work.

Objects

TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF CATS AND TO ADVANCE THE WELFARE OF CATS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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: Wealden, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity returned to a surplus of £8.9 million in 2025 after significant deficits in previous years, with total income rising to £105.6 million. Free reserves were reported at £46.5 million, which is £23.3 million above the minimum level required by the charity's own reserves policy. The trustees confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, citing sufficient liquid funds and reserves to support operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity 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.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: CATS PROTECTION ENTERPRISES LIMITED Companies House 02953832 · Financial health read from its filings
• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06772997 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cats Protection (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).

• Petplan — “Petplan and Cats Protection have been in partnership for over 24 years and together, with our supporters and the adoption team, we have rais…” (source page)
• Pets at Home — “Pets at Home and Pets Foundation continue to support Cats Protection through their Community Partner Programme, grants programme and their P…” (source page)
• Pets Foundation — “Pets Foundation’s support for Lifeline, our specialist cat fostering service for people feeling domestic abuse, is continuing to change live…” (source page)
• Purina — “Purina has partnered with Cats Protection for more than 40 years and supports a variety of our initiatives and campaigns as well as supporti…” (source page)
• Pet Health Club — “Pet Health Club, the UK's leading pet health plan, helps owners budget for routine treatments to keep their cats happy and healthy. Together…” (source page)
• Ceva — “Ceva will donate 10p to Cats Protection for every UK sale of a FELIWAY® Classic Spray, FELIWAY® Classic Diffuser or FELIWAY® Optimum Diffuse…” (source page)
• Zoetis — “Over the 12 years we have worked together, Zoetis has supported Cats Protection by supplying flea and worming products.” (source page)
• Kittilitt — “For every bag of Kittilitt sold, 12p is donated to Cats Protection, helping fund our vital work protecting and caring for cats.” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• ROBINSON, Elizabeth — director, appointed 01/10/2024not on trustee list
• VIG, Rippan — director, appointed 01/10/2024not on trustee list
• RINGROSE, Christopher — director, appointed 01/12/2022not on trustee list
• RICHARDSON, Zain — director, appointed 01/12/2022not on trustee list
• FROST, Jane — director, appointed 01/12/2022not on trustee list
• PARKINSON, Robert — director, appointed 26/10/2021not on trustee list
• FARNSWORTH, Amanda Jane — director, appointed 26/10/2021not on trustee list
• HUNT, Sarah — director, appointed 26/10/2021not on trustee list
• STURGESS, Christopher, Doctor — director, appointed 02/06/2018not on trustee list
• BUTCHER, Nicola Kim — director, appointed 02/06/2018not on trustee list
• CAMPBELL, Irene, Dr — director, appointed 02/09/2016not on trustee list
• SMITHERS, Yvonne — secretary, appointed 20/01/2026

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

87 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (33 freehold); recorded price paid £1.9m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustpilot: Cats Protection scores 3.0/5 from 462 reviews (source) — reviews usually concern the charity’s shops or services, not its charitable performance.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (665,633 likes) · instagram (218K followers)

Advertised salaries (public job ads)

Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.

• CRM Project Manager — Up to £56,655.95 per year · Remote · posted 2 days ago (seen 21/08/2026)
• Financial Accountant — Up to £51,443.10 per annum plus excellent benefits · Remote · posted 1 day ago (seen 21/08/2026)
• Corporate Partnerships Development Manager — Up to £49,149.84 per annum plus excellent benefits · Remote · posted 4 days ago (seen 21/08/2026)
• Senior Mid Value Officer — £40000.00-£45000.00 per year · Remotely in the UK only (Remote) · posted 1 day ago (seen 21/08/2026)
• Health and Safety Officer — Up to £44,289.75 per year · Remote · posted 4 days ago (seen 21/08/2026)
• Data Import Developer — Up to £42,182.64 per annum plus excellent benefits · Remote · posted 1 day ago (seen 21/08/2026)
• Data Analyst — £35000.00-£40000.00 per year · Remotely in the UK only (On-site) · posted 1 day ago (seen 21/08/2026)
• Senior Corporate Partnership Comms Officer — Up to £38,918.33 per annum plus excellent benefits · Remote · posted 4 days ago (seen 21/08/2026)

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 2.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 32.2% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/11/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (19/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (28/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (13/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cats Protection Trustee Limited

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• CATS IN CARE income £50k
• FELINE CARE income £335k
• CAT'S GUIDANCE income £99k
• OLDHAM CATS income £173k
• CAT ACTION TRUST income £332k
• CATS PAWS SANCTUARY income £179k

Side by side with its peers

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