Cheadle and District Animal Welfare Society
Analysis
Cheadle and District Animal Welfare Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashbourne. It was registered in July 1994, 32 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, Cheadle and District Animal Welfare Society reported income of £223k and spending of £148k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £104k to £223k (+114%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 237%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.
Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Cheadle and District Animal Welfare Society sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Border Terrier Welfare (£223k), West Yorkshire Dog Rescue (£223k) and Compassion for Cats, Oakhill CIO (£223k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
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In the charity's own words
The Society provides accommodation at private boarding kennels and catteries together with veterinary treatment for dogs and cats abandoned or unwanted by their owners within the Staffordshire Moorlands. Help is also provided for animals who have become homeless due to the ill health, hospitalisation or the death of their owner. Healthy animals are not put down.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Border Terrier Welfare | Surrey | £223k |
| West Yorkshire Dog Rescue | West Yorkshire | £223k |
| Compassion for Cats, Oakhill CIO | Radstock | £223k |
| Auras Dogs UK | Gloucester | £224k |