The Jacob Sheep Society Limited

Analysis

The Jacob Sheep Society Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in October 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01466040). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Jacob Sheep Society Limited reported income of £62k and spending of £79k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £60k to £62k (+3.1%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Jacob Sheep Society Limited sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Tameside and Glossop Branch (£61k), Dorset Mammal Group (£62k) and Cocker and English Springer Spaniel Rescue (Caessr) (£61k).

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.