Rolvenden Cat Rescue

Analysis

Rolvenden Cat Rescue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cranbrook. It was registered in April 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Rolvenden Cat Rescue reported income of £64k and spending of £76k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £60k to £64k (+6.7%), an average of +1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Rolvenden Cat Rescue sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Captive Animals Protection Society (£63k), Blue Acre Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre (£64k) and Animal Behaviour Training Council (£63k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.