Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Cornwall Branch

Analysis

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Cornwall Branch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in August 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Cornwall Branch reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.4m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £625k to £1.3m (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Cornwall Branch sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Secret World Wildlife Rescue (£1.3m), Dogstar Foundation (£1.3m) and Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Coventry and District Branch CIO (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 55%, charitable activities 32%, trading 10% and investments 2.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £559k. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £860k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 37 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.