International Cat Care

Analysis

International Cat Care is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salisbury. It was registered in December 2006, 20 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 06002684). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, International Cat Care reported income of £3.0m and spending of £3.1m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.3m to £3.0m (+32%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, International Cat Care sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bat Conservation Trust (£3.0m), John Pearce Foundation (£3.0m) and The Wildheart Trust (£3.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 47%, charitable activities 27%, trading 23% and investments 2.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £289k. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 3.7%. Reserves of £2.6m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 35 people.