RSPCA Leicestershire, Peterborough and Rutland Branch

Analysis

RSPCA Leicestershire, Peterborough and Rutland Branch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in August 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and animals, which this site groups under animals. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, RSPCA Leicestershire, Peterborough and Rutland Branch reported income of £2.6m and spending of £2.5m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £2.6m (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, RSPCA Leicestershire, Peterborough and Rutland 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 The Whitley Fund for Nature (£2.6m), The Child Beale Trust (£2.6m) and Oak Tree Animals' Charity (£2.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 41%, donations and legacies 39%, trading 15% and investments 5.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £810k. Charitable activities took 81% of spending and raising funds 17%. Reserves of £3.3m would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate. It employed 71 people.