Cramar Cat Rescue

Analysis

Cramar Cat Rescue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in July 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cramar Cat Rescue reported income of £1.1m and spending of £932k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £710k to £1.1m (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Cramar Cat Rescue sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Hen Welfare Trust (£1.1m), Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Sheffield Branch (£1.1m) and The British Limousin Cattle Society Limited (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 67%, donations and legacies 32% and trading 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £234k. Charitable activities took 3.2% of spending and raising funds 94%. Reserves of £613k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.