Hastings Cat Lovers (HCL)

Analysis

Hastings Cat Lovers (HCL) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Leonards-On-Sea. It was registered in August 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Hastings Cat Lovers (HCL) reported income of £40k and spending of £41k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £40k to £40k (-1.0%), an average of -0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Hastings Cat Lovers (HCL) sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Wiltshire-Mid Branch (£40k), Northcote Heavy Horse Centre (£40k) and Friends of Ferals Cat Group (£40k).