RSPCA Wyth Sir Branch

Registered charity 225476 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS GWENT BRANCH, RSPCA - GWENT BRANCH, RSPCA GWENT BRANCH

Our activities include fundraising, organising Animal Activity Days, giving Welfare Vouchers to the Public for any conditions their animal may be suffering from, funding the Re-homing project in the Branch area,paying vets bills, and funding neutering and speying. We also fund boarding and fostering of animals in need of a home to recuperate in.

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: GWENT.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £160,452 for the year ended 31 December 2024, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £380,567. This figure significantly exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £100,000, which is equivalent to 18 months of running costs. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 29.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID LILESchair
• BETHAN FRANCIS
• CAROL GUNTER
• GWEN HAWKSLEY
• PAUL BAXTER
• SOPHIE BAXTER

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Caerphilly · Merthyr Tydfil · Monmouthshire · Newport City · Powys · Rhondda Cynon Taff · Torfaen

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CANTERBURY AND DISTRICT BRANCH OF THE RSPCA.

• CANTERBURY AND DISTRICT BRANCH OF THE RSPCA income £742k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WEST GWYNEDD BRANCH income £253k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS SOUTH LONDON BRANCH income £333k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS SOUTH WEST SOMERSET BRANCH CIO income £371k
• RSPCA Llys Nini Carmarthenshire to Cardiff – Sir Gâr i Gaerdydd income £2.5m
• Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals North Wiltshire and Newbury District Branch income £0

Side by side with its peers

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