Cats Paws Sanctuary

Analysis

Cats Paws Sanctuary is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackpool. It was registered in November 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cats Paws Sanctuary reported income of £179k and spending of £192k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £157k to £179k (+13%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Cats Paws Sanctuary sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Retired Greyhounds Charity - Whittingham Kennels Greyhound Care (£178k), Endangered Asian Species Trust (£179k) and Sea Trust Wales (£177k).

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.