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

Analysis

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - Rochdale and District Branch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in December 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and 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 - Rochdale and District Branch reported income of £699k and spending of £817k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £2.4m to £699k (-71%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 75% 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 - Rochdale and District Branch sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hereford Cattle Society (£683k), Mablethorpe Wildlife Rescue (£700k) and Mane Chance Sanctuary (£679k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 71%, donations and legacies 18% and charitable activities 7.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £77k. Charitable activities took 49% of spending and raising funds 49%. Reserves of £100k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 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.