RSPCA Sussex West Branch

Analysis

RSPCA Sussex West Branch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chichester. It was registered in January 1964, 62 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 Sussex West Branch reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.4m, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.6m to £1.2m (-23%), an average of -6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, RSPCA Sussex West Branch sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cheshire Agricultural Society CIO (£1.2m), Jai Dog Rescue (£1.3m) and Carla Lane Animals In Need (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 42%, donations and legacies 32%, investments 19% and charitable activities 7.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £330k. Charitable activities took 68% of spending and raising funds 29%. Reserves of £750k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 35 people.

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.