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THE RAYSTEDE CENTRE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE LIMITED

Registered charity 237696 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Protection and welfare of animals and education relating to animal welfare

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Latest income
£4.9m
Latest spending
£6.2m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £1,433k before investment losses, continuing a trend of cash deficits for the last five years. The trustees project that expenditure will exceed income for the next five years but confirm the charity has adequate resources and sufficient reserves to fund these shortfalls until at least 2029/30. The charity holds free reserves of £12,237,303, which are predominantly held as investments to generate unrestricted income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“In the band £80,001 - £90,000 1” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: risk-based approach to ensure continuity of activity, fund major programmes/capital projects, and respond to economic changes (held: £12.2m)
“The Charity’s reserves policy is to maintain a level of free reserves that will enable it to ensure continuity of activity in the event of significant physical disruption to its activities, an exceptional shortfall in income or increase in costs, to fund major programmes and capital projects which it is not able to fund from day to day recurring sources of income, and have the ability to respond in a measured way to changes in the external economic environment and demands on our services.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: No trustees received remuneration. A payment of £402 was made to the Charity Retail Association for membership, of which Trustee S Derrick is a director.
“During the year, no Trustees received any remuneration or other benefits (2024 - £NIL). During the year the charity paid £402 (2024: £294) for membership to the Charity Retail Association, of which S Derrick (Trustee) is a director.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity paid £402 for membership to the Charity Retail Association, of which Trustee S Derrick is a director.
“During the year the charity paid £402 (2024: £294) for membership to the Charity Retail Association, of which S Derrick (Trustee) is a director.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: The original financial statements were revised due to a material misstatement in the allocation of expenditure between Raising Funds and Charitable Activities, which did not comply with SORP 2019.
“The original Statement of Financial Activities did not comply with the Statement of Recommended Practice 2019 due to a material misstatement in the allocation of expenditure between Raising Funds and Charitable Activities.” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Raystede Centre For Animal Welfare Limited (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£4.9m
Total spending
£6.2m
Cost of raising funds
£3.0m
Reserves (reported)
£10.0m
Employees
141

Reported reserves equal ~19.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 60.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£4.9m£6.2m
31/03/2025£4.4m£5.8m
31/03/2024£4.7m£5.0m
31/03/2023£3.4m£4.3m
31/03/2022£3.7m£3.6m

Common questions

Is THE RAYSTEDE CENTRE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £1,433k before investment losses, continuing a trend of cash deficits for the last five years. The trustees project that expenditure will exceed income for the next five years but confirm the charity has adequate resources and sufficient reserves to fund these shortfalls until at least 2029/30. The charity holds free reserves of £12,237,303, which are predominantly held as investments to generate unrestricted income. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE RAYSTEDE CENTRE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

Who funds THE RAYSTEDE CENTRE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE RAYSTEDE CENTRE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE LIMITED as a grant recipient include MICHAEL AND SHIRLEY HUNT CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MICHAEL AND SHIRLEY HUNT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2kassistance with running costs
MICHAEL AND SHIRLEY HUNT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kassistance with running costs
MICHAEL AND SHIRLEY HUNT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MRS D M FRANCE-HAYHURST FOUNDATION1£127k
THE BLYTH CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
The Patricia Routledge Foundation1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BERYL EVETTS AND ROBERT LUFF ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE RAYSTEDE CENTRE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE LIMITED£4.9m£80,001 - £90,000—unclear—no doubt
THE BERYL EVETTS AND ROBERT LUFF ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£160k—0unclear—no doubt
RSPCA Assured Limited FY2024£6.6m——unclear—no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS COTSWOLDS, GLOUCESTER & DISTRICT BRANCH FY2025£2.2m—0unclear—not going concern
NETWORK FOR ANIMALS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£312k—0unclear—no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS KENT NORTH WEST BRANCH FY2024£217k—0unclear—no doubt

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