ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS COTSWOLDS, GLOUCESTER & DISTRICT BRANCH

Registered charity 207006 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COTSWOLDS DOGS & CATS HOME, ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS SOUTH COTSWOLDS BRANCH, RSPCA - GLOUCESTER-MID BRANCH, RSPCA - SOUTH COTSWOLDS BRANCH, RSPCA SOUTH COTSWOLDS BRANCH

ANIMAL WELFARE INCLUDING RESCUE, REHABILITATION AND REHOMING OF COMPANION ANIMALS (DOGS, CATS AND SOME SMALL ANIMALS), ANIMAL WELFARE EDUCATION ACTIVITIES.

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Latest income

£2.2m

Latest spending

£2.1m

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has transferred its activities and assets to a new charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) effective 1 January 2026, resulting in the financial statements being prepared on a basis other than going concern. The charity reports free unrestricted reserves of £2,166,210, which the trustees note represents approximately nine months of envisaged increased future expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: nine months of the envisaged increased expenditure (held: £2.2m)

“This represents approximately nine months of the envisaged increased expenditure of the charity in the future.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“As a result, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern which includes, where appropriate, writing down the charity's assets to net realisable value.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → not a going concern (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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

Total income

£2.2m

Total spending

£2.1m

Cost of raising funds

£1.1m

Reserves (reported)

£2.2m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~12.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 50.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (27/05/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

CAROLYN BLACKBURNchair · trustee of 1 other charity
ANNE SUTCLIFFE
Bob Sellek · trustee of 1 other charity
Mark Norcott · trustee of 1 other charity
Martin Shields · trustee of 1 other charity
Simon Moxham · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£2.2m	£2.1m
31/12/2024	£2.1m	£2.2m
31/12/2023	£2.6m	£1.9m
31/12/2022	£2.2m	£1.8m
31/12/2021	£1.8m	£1.6m

Common questions

Is ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS COTSWOLDS, GLOUCESTER & DISTRICT BRANCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity has transferred its activities and assets to a new charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) effective 1 January 2026, resulting in the financial statements being prepared on a basis other than going concern. The charity reports free unrestricted reserves of £2,166,210, which the trustees note represents approximately nine months of envisaged increased future expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

Who funds ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS COTSWOLDS, GLOUCESTER & DISTRICT BRANCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS COTSWOLDS, GLOUCESTER & DISTRICT BRANCH as a grant recipient include THE BLYTH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BLYTH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£2k
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST	1	£2k

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 COVENTRY AND DISTRICT BRANCH CIO.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS COTSWOLDS, GLOUCESTER & DISTRICT BRANCH	£2.2m	—	0	unclear	—	not going concern
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS COVENTRY AND DISTRICT BRANCH CIO FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS - ROCHDALE AND DISTRICT BRANCH FY2025	£699k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BATH AND DISTRICT BRANCH FY2024	£5.1m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	11.0%	no doubt
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals North Wiltshire and Newbury District Branch FY2024	£0	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS LEEDS, WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT BRANCH FY2025	£1.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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