ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ISLE OF WIGHT BRANCH

Registered charity 205311 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ISLE OF WIGHT ANIMAL CENTRE, RSPCA - ISLE OF WIGHT BRANCH, RSPCA ISLE OF WIGHT BRANCH

Animal welfare & rescue charity, providing a safe secure enviroment for all types of animals including wildlife until such time as they can be rehomed or successfully returned to the wild.In addition supplying advice on animal care and also welfare grants to eligible members of the public.

Objects

THE SOCIETY'S OBJECTS (SET OUT IN SECTION 4 OF THE RSPCA ACT 1932) ARE TO PROMOTE KINDNESS AND TO PREVENT OR SUPPRESS CRUELTY TO ANIMALS .

Area of benefit: ISLE OF WIGHT.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £312,451 for the year ended 31 December 2024, primarily due to a significant drop in legacy income. Despite the operational deficit, the charity holds total reserves of £3,410,820, with free reserves standing at £556,792, which the trustees consider adequate to cover risks. The trustees are actively working to control expenditure and diversify income streams to address the shortfall.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by James Todd & Co Limited. 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.

• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clare Elizabeth Craddock · trustee of 1 other charity
• Eloise Shavelar · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lisa Livermore · trustee of 1 other charity
• Margaret Helen Lloyd · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Hillcock
• Susan Janet Lockwood · trustee of 1 other charity
• Yvonne Goddard

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RSPCA Devon Branch.

• RSPCA Devon Branch income £2.4m
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS LEEDS, WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £1.4m
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS NORTH SOMERSET BRANCH income £591k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BRISTOL AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £2.0m
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WESTMORLAND BRANCH CIO income £474k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS HILLINGDON, SLOUGH, WINDSOR , KINGSTON AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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