Gloucestershire Animal Welfare Association and Cheltenham Animal Shelter

Analysis

Gloucestershire Animal Welfare Association and Cheltenham Animal Shelter is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheltenham. It was registered in June 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03868428). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gloucestershire Animal Welfare Association and Cheltenham Animal Shelter reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.7m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £925k to £1.8m (+96%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 128%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Gloucestershire Animal Welfare Association and Cheltenham Animal Shelter sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Flicka Foundation (£1.8m), People's Trust for Endangered Species (£1.8m) and Soi Dog UK CIO (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 57%, charitable activities 13%, trading 12% and investments 7.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £634k. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 12%. Reserves of £2.7m would cover about 19 months of spending at that rate. It employed 44 people.