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RSPCA RADCLIFFE SHELTER TRUST

Registered charity 503759 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Shelter and Rehome animals

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Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£847k
Registered
1974
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is being wound up following the transfer of its operational activities and assets to a new CIO, with the financial statements prepared on a basis other than going concern. The charity held unrestricted reserves of £3,249,845, which the Trustees note exceeds their desired reserves policy target of 12-18 months of expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12-18 months (held: £3.2m)
“This level of reserves exceeds the Trustees desired range of 12-18 months.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)
“The financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern basis as the Trust will be wound up after transfer of the property has been completed as described on Note 17 of these accounts.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: RSPCA Nottinghamshire East
“During the year RSPCA Radcliffe Shelter Trust charged RSPCA Nottinghamshire East £66 (2024: £351) for vets fees and contributions for animals brought in from the branch. At 31 December 2025 an amount of £66 (2024: £351) was owed by RSPCA Nottingham East.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Duncan & Toplis Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — RSPCA Radcliffe Animal Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£847k
Cost of raising funds
£16k
Reserves (reported)
£2.5m
Employees
23

Reported reserves equal ~34.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.8m£847k
31/12/2024£710k£821k
31/12/2023£674k£786k
31/12/2022£553k£703k
31/12/2021£676k£791k

Common questions

Is RSPCA RADCLIFFE SHELTER TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is being wound up following the transfer of its operational activities and assets to a new CIO, with the financial statements prepared on a basis other than going concern. The charity held unrestricted reserves of £3,249,845, which the Trustees note exceeds their desired reserves policy target of 12-18 months of expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Duncan & Toplis Audit Limited.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery28/02/2025£25kMillionaire Street 2025 02w1