Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - Bolton and District Branch

Analysis

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - Bolton and District Branch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in January 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - Bolton and District Branch reported income of £478k and spending of £499k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £386k to £478k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 43%. 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, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - Bolton and District Branch sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Fox Project (Southern Wildlife Ambulance Network) (£477k), The Labrador Rescue Trust (£479k) and The Oxford Farming Conference (£476k).

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.