Gables Farm Dogs and Cats Home

Analysis

Gables Farm Dogs and Cats Home is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in December 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06747445). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Gables Farm Dogs and Cats Home reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.3m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £845k to £1.4m (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Gables Farm Dogs and Cats Home sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals York, Harrogate And District Branch (£1.3m), Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Derby and District Branch (£1.4m) and Dogstar Foundation (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 77%, trading 19%, investments 2.0% and charitable activities 1.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £766k. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 4.8%. Reserves of £377k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 28 people.