ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WIRRAL AND CHESTER BRANCH

Registered charity 219766 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RSPCA WIRRAL & CHESTER BRANCH, RSPCA WIRRAL AND CHESTER BRANCH

TO PROMOTE THE WORK & OBJECTIVES OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY - TO PROMOTE KINDNESS AND TO PREVENT OR SUPPRESS CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, BY ALL LAWFUL MEANS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICIES OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY AND BRANCH IN PLACE AT ANY TIME AND WITHIN THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US.TO RAISE FUNDS TOWARDS OPERATING COSTS AND TO CARRY OUT LOCAL ANIMAL WELFARE WORK.

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: THE WIRRAL PENINSULAR AND CHESTER.

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

Causes: Animals · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wirral, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £1,262,808, with net current assets rising to £667,412. The trustees report a healthy financial position despite the removal of a national grant, noting that the charity remains self-financing and relies on public donations and legacies. The trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 6 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — RSPCA Wirral & Chester (matched by registered charity number).

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

Reported reserves equal ~31.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Milne
• Anne Carter
• Carol Heath
• Chris Clayton
• Christina Edwards
• Eileen Burke
• JENNY GODWIN
• MARGARET SHILLIDAY
• Pauline Marchal
• Stella Edwards · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester · Wirral

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 ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS - HANTS AND SURREY BORDER BRANCH.

• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS - HANTS AND SURREY BORDER BRANCH income £318k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS DURHAM AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £315k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS PRESTON AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £657k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS income £171.5m
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS LIVERPOOL BRANCH income £277k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS SHEFFIELD BRANCH income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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