Pets As Therapy

Analysis

Pets As Therapy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in November 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and animals, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05311186). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Pets As Therapy reported income of £957k and spending of £1.2m, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £452k to £957k (+112%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Pets As Therapy sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oizer Charitable Trust (£955k), South Yorkshire Eating Disorders Association (£958k) and Wandsworth Carers' Centre (£955k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 87%, charitable activities 11% and investments 1.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £199k. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 15%. Reserves of £503k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.