THE PEOPLE'S DISPENSARY FOR SICK ANIMALS

Registered charity 208217 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as P D S A, PDSA PETAID SERVICES, PETAID · also registered in Scotland as SC037585 (OSCR)

Founded in 1917, PDSA is the UK's leading veterinary charity. Our mission is to improve the life of every pet. We prevent illness, suffering and unnecessary death of pets; educate people about their welfare needs, and treat pets needing our help across the UK. In 2018 we provided 2.5 million treatments to more than 430,000 pets. Our services are funded entirely by public support.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that PDSA reported a net income of £7.3 million for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven largely by a £5 million actuarial gain on its defined benefit pension scheme. Free reserves stood at £77.6 million, which is above the Trustees' stated policy range of £45 million to £60 million, providing significant headroom for future operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

96 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (54 freehold); recorded price paid £3.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustpilot: PDSA scores 4.5/5 from 3,425 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 (315,200 likes) · instagram (71K followers)

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 23.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (28/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (04/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID BRODIE LISTER
• David Morgan BSc Hons
• Elaine Deste
• Elizabeth Ruth Hutchinson BA Hons
• GORDON ANDREW HOCKEY
• Hannah Vickers
• Helen McEachern · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Phoenix
• JOHN CHARLES MILLER · trustee of 2 other charities
• MARY MARGARET REILLY · trustee of 2 other charities
• Professor Gary England · trustee of 1 other charity

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

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

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BATTERSEA DOGS' AND CATS' HOME.

• BATTERSEA DOGS' AND CATS' HOME income £70.3m
• PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS (PETA) FOUNDATION income £7.7m
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BOURNEMOUTH, NEW FOREST AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £273k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS NORWICH BRANCH CIO income £2.3m
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS COVENTRY AND DISTRICT BRANCH CIO income £1.3m
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £386k

Side by side with its peers

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