ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS EAST NORFOLK BRANCH

Registered charity 206296 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RSPCA EAST NORFOLK BRANCH, RSPCA GREAT YARMOUTH AND DISTRICT BRANCH

The Branches principal activity is the care and protection of all animals who have been sick, maltreated or neglected predominately within the East Norfolk branch area. The Branch operates an animal welfare clinic as part of its. We also operate a voucher system for helping towards neutering costs or veterinary expenses for people who are in receipt of means tested benefits.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE BRANCH ARE TO PROMOTE THE WORK AND OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY [ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (219099)], WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE AREA OF THE BRANCH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICIES OF THE SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: EAST NORFOLK.

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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Latest income

£519k

Latest spending

£458k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 31/12/2025 were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, as the charity's gross income exceeded £250,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounting records or compliance with regulatory requirements. The filing indicates a clean examination with no disclosed issues or uncertainties.

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.

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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

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

Total income

£519k

Total spending

£458k

Cost of raising funds

£175k

Reserves (reported)

£513k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~13.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (41% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 33.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Carl Smith · trustee of 3 other charities
Fiona Miles · trustee of 1 other charity
Jade Martin · trustee of 1 other charity
Jillian Brenkley · trustee of 1 other charity
Kerry Hunt · trustee of 1 other charity
Sid Brown · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£519k	£458k
31/12/2024	£473k	£411k
31/12/2023	£395k	£393k
31/12/2022	£300k	£277k
31/12/2021	£315k	£271k

Common questions

Is ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS EAST NORFOLK BRANCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts for the year ended 31/12/2025 were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, as the charity's gross income exceeded £250,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounting records or compliance with regulatory requirements. The filing indicates a clean examination with no disclosed issues or uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	21/05/2020	£1k	VSCE CMC Fund

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Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS EAST NORFOLK BRANCH	£519k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS NORWICH BRANCH CIO FY2025	£2.3m	—	below	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT BRANCH FY2025	£386k	—	above	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS FINCHLEY, GOLDERS GREEN, HENDON AND DISTRICT BRANCH FY2025	£310k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BOURNEMOUTH, NEW FOREST AND DISTRICT BRANCH FY2025	£273k	—	above	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS STORT VALLEY BRANCH FY2025	£260k	—	above	27.6%	no doubt

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