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The English Guernsey Cattle Society

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 209864Pennygillam Industrial EstateAnimals
Income£86k2025-12-31
Spending£98ksame year
Spent / received113%5-year average
Size in its cause59th pctAnimals
Registered1963Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The English Guernsey Cattle Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pennygillam Industrial Estate. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00225962). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The English Guernsey Cattle Society reported income of £86k and spending of £98k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £84k to £86k (+2.3%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The English Guernsey Cattle Society sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greyhound Lifeline (£86k), The Heatons Animal Rescue Group (£87k) and Animal Support Angels (£86k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£24k£49k£73k£98k2021 Income: £84,1462021 Spending: £74,11720212022 Income: £76,5412022 Spending: £96,63020222023 Income: £76,5702023 Spending: £94,08720232024 Income: £71,1362024 Spending: £82,17020242025 Income: £86,0782025 Spending: £97,7912025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The principal activity of the Society is to maintain the purity and improve the breed of Guernsey cattle in the United Kingdom

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