Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals North Somerset Branch

Analysis

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals North Somerset Branch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in October 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals North Somerset Branch reported income of £591k and spending of £804k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2024, income fell from £653k to £591k (-9.4%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals North Somerset Branch sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Animals in Need Northamptonshire (£586k), The Shire Horse Society (£595k) and Stokenchurch Dog Rescue (£584k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 62%, donations and legacies 34% and investments 2.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £15k. Charitable activities took 61% of spending and raising funds 30%. Reserves of £432k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.