ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BUCKINGHAMSHIRE SOUTH BRANCH

Registered charity 243352 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RSPCA BUCKINGHAMSHIRE SOUTH BRANCH, RSPCA SOUTH BUCKS BRANCH

The objects of the branch are to promote kindness and to prevent or suppress cruelty to animals within south Buckinghamshire.

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 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

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 branch made a loss of £59,705 for 2024, driven by a 45% drop in total income due to the absence of large legacies received in the previous year. Despite this loss, the branch ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £618,998, which the trustees describe as strong and sufficient to continue operations and invest in the future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~21.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 33.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Max
• Elaine Barry · trustee of 2 other charities
• Emily Bell
• Joanne Lisa Livesey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Steven Francis Axtell Horder · trustee of 1 other charity
• Subjit Singh Jassy
• Victoria Kate Leedham · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS SOUTH WEST SOMERSET BRANCH CIO income £371k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS SOUTH LONDON BRANCH income £333k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS KENT NORTH WEST BRANCH income £217k

Side by side with its peers

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