ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS LONDON SOUTH EAST BRANCH

Registered charity 212444 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RSPCA LONDON SOUTH EAST BRANCH

Promoting and delivering practical animal welfare activities in our Branch area which covers South East London.

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: SOUTH EAST LONDON.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£398k

Latest spending

£222k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £175,794 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds of £413,129. This amount is reported as being over the trustees' planned reserve level of no more than six months' expenditure. The charity's primary income source was charitable activities (shop income), which accounted for the majority of total income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: no more than 6 months expenditure (reserves figure: £413k)

“A level of no more than 6 months expenditure has been deemed appropriate.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The document states 'There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year'. However, Note 17 is titled 'Related party transactions' and the text explicitly says 'There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year (2024 - none).' This is a negative statement. Rule 6c says: 'NOT a finding: a statement that there were no related-party transactions'. Therefore, this should be an empty array or null. Wait, let me re-read Rule 6c carefully. 'include ONLY transactions that actually occurred... NOT a finding: a statement that there were no related-party transactions'. So the array should be empty.

“There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year (2024 - none).” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: The document mentions a 'police investigation into fraud and theft and subsequent conviction of a previous trustee'. This is a serious incident/control failure. It also mentions 'allegations that had been made... concerning the RSPCA London South East Branch’s financial affairs and controls' leading to suspension of members and appointment of temporary trustees. This constitutes serious governance issues.

“The police investigation into fraud and theft and subsequent conviction of a previous trustee has had an impact on the branch’s ability to carry out animal welfare work”

“members of the committee elected in 2018 were suspended due to allegations that had been made to the National RSPCA concerning the RSPCA London South East Branch’s financial affairs and controls.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: The document mentions 'allegations that had been made to the National RSPCA concerning the RSPCA London South East Branch’s financial affairs and controls. As a result, the National Society's Board of Trustees used its powers to take charge...'. This is a serious governance matter.

“The police investigation into fraud and theft and subsequent conviction of a previous trustee has had an impact on the branch’s ability to carry out animal welfare work”

“members of the committee elected in 2018 were suspended due to allegations that had been made to the National RSPCA concerning the RSPCA London South East Branch’s financial affairs and controls.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

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

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
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses 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: 30

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

Volunteers: 10

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Paul Goldman BAchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Adam Marcus Trombino HRM
Amy Nicole Marchussen LLB
Christopher James Laurence OBE QVRM · trustee of 5 other charities
Danielle Natasha Ward
Gloria Orphanidou
Jason Henry Jarvis
Kajal Kalia BA
Kate Macey LLM BA
Sara Barman BSc

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

Operates in: Greenwich · Lambeth · Lewisham · Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£398k	£222k
31/12/2024	£287k	£241k
31/12/2023	£329k	£257k
31/12/2022	£303k	£255k
31/12/2021	£220k	£292k

Common questions

Is ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS LONDON SOUTH EAST BRANCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £175,794 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds of £413,129. This amount is reported as being over the trustees' planned reserve level of no more than six months' expenditure. The charity's primary income source was charitable activities (shop income), which accounted for the majority of total income. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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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 LONDON SOUTH EAST BRANCH	£398k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS PRESTON AND DISTRICT BRANCH FY2025	£657k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS NEWCASTLE AND NORTH NORTHUMBERLAND BRANCH FY2025	£406k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS SCARBOROUGH AND DISTRICT BRANCH FY2025	£63k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BLACKPOOL AND NORTH LANCASHIRE BRANCH FY2025	£852k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS CORNWALL BRANCH FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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