RSPCA Devon Branch

Analysis

RSPCA Devon Branch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in March 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, RSPCA Devon Branch reported income of £2.4m and spending of £1.9m, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £812k to £2.4m (+201%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, RSPCA Devon Branch sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 Newcastle Dog and Cat Shelter (£2.4m), Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary CIO (£2.5m) and Dartmoor Zoological Society (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 71%, trading 23%, investments 3.4% and charitable activities 2.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.5m. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Reserves of £6.9m would cover about 37 months of spending at that rate. It employed 44 people.