THE COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT CAT RESCUE AND HOMING SOCIETY

Registered charity 275238 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COLCHESTER CAT RESCUE

The Charity rehomes cats/kittens in the Colchester area. Each cat has a vet check up, neutering, vaccinating, microchipping.We have a number of cats available for rehoming. Some cats are also looked after at the Sanctuary for the rest of their lives, cats are only put to sleep on veterinary advice.We are entirely dependent on our fundraising, and run a small Charity Shop to help provide income

Objects

TO PROVIDE A SANCTUARY OR SANCTUARIES FOR THE CARE AND PROTECTION OF CATS AND KITTENS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS MALTREATMENT POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR OTHER SIMILAR CAUSE.

Area of benefit: COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £976,877, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of covering twelve months of running costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £59,697 for the year, supported by diverse income streams including shop sales, rents, and Post Office commissions.

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 4 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~43.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MRS A CARRINGTONchair
• Alison Milne
• Linda Coleman

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH DEVON CATS REHOMING.

• SOUTH DEVON CATS REHOMING income £103k
• LITTLE PAWS RESCUE income £197k
• BRISTOL AND WALES CAT RESCUE income £157k
• CATS IN DISTRESS income £225k
• RSPCA BRIDLINGTON, DRIFFIELD & DISTRICT BRANCH income £676k
• BATTERSEA DOGS' AND CATS' HOME income £68.4m

Side by side with its peers

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