ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS KENT WEST BRANCH

Registered charity 209193 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RSPCA KENT WEST BRANCH, RSPCA WEST KENT BRANCH

Promote kindness and suppress cruelty to animals. We are actively involved in the rescue and re-homing of cats and kittens in our branch area.

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: WEST KENT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Animals · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sevenoaks, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£35k

Latest spending

£37k

Registered

1969

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Branch recorded a deficit of £2,172 for the year ended 31 December 2025, a significant improvement from the £6,423 deficit in the prior year. Despite this deficit, the Trustees consider the financial position to be sound, supported by unrestricted reserves of £63,894 which exceed the stated policy minimum of £5,000. The Branch remains entirely volunteer-run and relies heavily on central allocations from the National Society for its largest source of income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum of £5,000 (reserves figure: £64k)

“The policy of the Trustees is to have a minimum of £5,000 in unrestricted reserves” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 15

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 10

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Mrs Sue Newmanchair · trustee of 1 other charity
JEAN SELMES
Linda Brown · trustee of 1 other charity
Linda Hill
Sally Ann Gibbs · trustee of 1 other charity
Sarah North · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£35k	£37k
31/12/2024	£34k	£40k
31/12/2023	£35k	£41k
31/12/2022	£30k	£31k
31/12/2021	£30k	£26k

Common questions

Is ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS KENT WEST BRANCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Branch recorded a deficit of £2,172 for the year ended 31 December 2025, a significant improvement from the £6,423 deficit in the prior year. Despite this deficit, the Trustees consider the financial position to be sound, supported by unrestricted reserves of £63,894 which exceed the stated policy minimum of £5,000. The Branch remains entirely volunteer-run and relies heavily on central allocations from the National Society for its largest source of income. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 CHILTERN BRANCH.

ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS CHILTERN BRANCH income £122k
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS KENT NORTH WEST BRANCH income £203k
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BATH AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £2.9m
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WEST BRANCH income £116k
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 SOUTH WEST LONDON BRANCH CIO income £438k

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 KENT WEST BRANCH	£35k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS CHILTERN BRANCH FY2024	£122k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS KENT NORTH WEST BRANCH FY2025	£203k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BATH AND DISTRICT BRANCH FY2025	£2.9m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WEST BRANCH FY2025	£116k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BRISTOL AND DISTRICT BRANCH FY2025	£2.0m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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