Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Shropshire Branch

Analysis

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Shropshire Branch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. It says it provides other finance, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Shropshire Branch reported income of £52k and spending of £123k, spending 234% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £80k to £52k (-34%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 180% 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 Shropshire Branch sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Save Our Strays (£52k), Bedlington Terrier Rescue Foundation (£53k) and Woodgate Valley Urban Farm Ltd (£52k).

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.