St Francis Animal Welfare

Analysis

St Francis Animal Welfare is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Eastleigh. It was registered in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, St Francis Animal Welfare reported income of £284k and spending of £293k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £108k to £284k (+164%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 140% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, St Francis Animal Welfare sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wild Welfare (£283k), Clarks Farm Greyhound Rescue (£284k) and Scottish Terrier Emergency Care Scheme (£282k).

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.