CRAMAR CAT RESCUE

Registered charity 519102 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CRAMAR CAT SANCTUARY

Rescue, rehabilitate and re-home stray and abandoned cats and kittens throughout the West Midlands

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF CATS AND KITTENS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION IN THE WEST MIDLANDS IN ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:- A) TO RESCUE, REHABILITATE AND RE-HOME STRAY, ABANDONED AND UNWANTED CATS AND KITTENS. B) TO PROVIDE A SHELTER FOR HOMELESS CATS. C) TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE PROVISION OF A PERMANENT CAT SANCTUARY. D) TO PROVIDE VETERINARY TREATMENT, VACCINATION, NEUTERING AND SPAYING WHERE NECESSARY.

Area of benefit: WEST MIDLANDS

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £613,336, resulting in total funds of £627,167. The trustees report that the charity aims to maintain unrestricted reserves at an appropriate level to ensure continued existence, though no specific monetary target or policy duration is stated. The charity generated a net income of £125,994 for the year, supported by significant legacy income of £234,405.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Griffiths Marshall. 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 83.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROLE ANN LOWEchair
• Claire Patricia Hughes
• June Anslow

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Solihull · Warwickshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• CATS IN DISTRESS income £225k
• CATS IN CRISIS income £102k
• STRAY CAT RESCUE income £154k
• LONDON INNER CITY KITTIES income £133k
• FELINE FUR BABIES NORTH WALES income £124k
• THE COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT CAT RESCUE AND HOMING SOCIETY income £312k

Side by side with its peers

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