The Friends of RSPCA Southridge Animal Centre

Analysis

The Friends of RSPCA Southridge Animal Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in March 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Friends of RSPCA Southridge Animal Centre reported income of £24k and spending of £63k, spending 259% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £70k to £24k (-65%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 136% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Friends of RSPCA Southridge Animal Centre sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Essex Retired Police Dogs Fund (£24k), Hedgehog Rescue Blackpool (£24k) and British Veterinary Behaviour Association (£24k).

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.