ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS KENT ISLE OF THANET BRANCH

Registered charity 209365 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RSPCA - KENT - ISLE OF THANET BRANCH, RSPCA KENT ISLE OF THANET BRANCH

To promote the work and objects of the 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.

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: ISLE OF THANET.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £21,192 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £806,791 to £785,599. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the charity has sufficient liquid reserves to continue operating for at least twelve months. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits.

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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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)

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (73% 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: 48.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Nicholas Fullerchair
• Catherine Mary Calcutt
• EMMA LOUISE FERNANDO · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jonathan William James Fletcher
• Marie Nichols · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sophie Millns · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Common questions

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 KENT NORTH WEST BRANCH.

• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS KENT NORTH WEST BRANCH income £217k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS SURREY WOKING AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £248k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS - ROCHDALE AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £699k
• Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Central London Branch income £1.6m
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS KENT, ASHFORD, TENTERDEN AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £226k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS CORNWALL BRANCH income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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