BATTERSEA DOGS' AND CATS' HOME

Registered charity 206394 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BATTERSEA DOGS AND CATS HOME, BATTERSEA DOGS HOME, THE DOGS' HOME BATTERSEA (INCORPORATING THE TEMPORARY HOME FOR LOST AND STARVING DOGS)

We aim never to turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We reunite lost dogs and cats with their owners; when we cannot do this, we care for them until new homes can be found for them; and we educate the public about responsible pet ownership.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £70.3m, driven by higher legacy and donation income, while total expenditure rose to £63.4m. Free unrestricted reserves increased to £52.6m, which the Trustees note is approximately 12.5 months of future expenditure, sitting slightly above their stated policy target range of 6 to 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Battersea (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).

• Mars Petcare — “Our partnership with Mars Petcare provides us with much needed Pedigree and Whiskas for all our dogs and cats as well as raising vital funds…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustpilot: Battersea scores 4.2/5 from 272 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 (754,766 likes) · instagram (446K followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~9.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 20.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (24/01/2024) — 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.
• Received assets from another charity (15/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/07/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PAUL MICHAEL BALDWINchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ALAN MARTIN
• Deri Watkins
• Heather Jane Bacon
• Helen Webb
• Joanne Edgley
• Julie May Carlyle
• Lucy Shamdasani
• Maria Novell
• Matthew Francis Stone
• Sir Alan Collins
• Susan Paterson · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent · Throughout London · Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT CAT RESCUE AND HOMING SOCIETY.

• THE COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT CAT RESCUE AND HOMING SOCIETY income £312k
• MANCHESTER AND DISTRICT HOME FOR LOST DOGS LIMITED income £1.8m
• ALMOST HOME DOG RESCUE income £172k
• SOUTH DEVON CATS REHOMING income £103k
• LITTLE PAWS RESCUE income £197k
• NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK ANIMAL TRUST income £69k

Side by side with its peers

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