CELIA HAMMOND ANIMAL TRUST

Registered charity 293787 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C H A T, CHAT

To promote the welfare of animals particularly cats, in need of care and to prevent the cruelty and suffering associated with the country's vast stray and unwanted animal problem in particular by the provision of spaying and neutering facilities and the provision of veterinary services to those on low incomes.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £352,893 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted reserves from £2,515,973 to £2,163,079. The Trustees note that the charity is heavily reliant on donations and legacies, with income falling short of expenditure due to delays in legacy receipts and increased operational costs. Despite these pressures, the charity maintains free reserves of £1,463,181, which the Trustees consider sufficient to cover four months of running costs and safeguard the animals in their care.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2023) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Celia Hammond Animal Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Legacy Donors — “Phases 1 and 2A of the project have been funded by legacy gifts.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £200k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/04/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Hamill-Stewart
• CELIA HAMMOND
• NAOMI SHEEN

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent · Lewisham · Newham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CATS IN CRISIS.

• CATS IN CRISIS income £102k
• FORGOTTEN FELINES CAT RESCUE income £151k
• THE OSTACCHINI FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £168k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £386k
• HOUNSLOW ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY income £299k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS COVENTRY AND DISTRICT BRANCH CIO income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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