The RSPCA Danaher Animal Home

Analysis

The RSPCA Danaher Animal Home is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Braintree. It was registered in December 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05572968). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The RSPCA Danaher Animal Home reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.6m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £996k to £1.6m (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The RSPCA Danaher Animal Home 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 Atlantic Salmon Trust (£1.6m), The British Hedgehog Preservation Society (£1.6m) and Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Suffolk Central Branch (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 35%, charitable activities 31%, trading 31% and investments 3.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £371k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £808k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 46 people.