Cat Welfare Trust

Analysis

Cat Welfare Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Melksham. It was registered in February 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cat Welfare Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £0, leaving 100% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7,928 to £13k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 6.2% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Cat Welfare Trust sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fluffy Butts Rescue (£13k), Vigil German Shepherd Dog Rescue (£13k) and Spaywatch (£13k).