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Animals Charities That specialise in Cats

Discover 361 Animals charities that specialise in cats. Use the search below to filter within these results.

361
Charities
£1,098,500,517
Total Income
£646,938
Avg Income
73.9%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

Cats Protection

Animals, Charity and VCS support

Homing, neutering and the provision of information. Cats Protection operates through a network of around 250 volunteer led branches throughout the United Kingdom. We are also registered with OSCR. In addition to the branch network we have 32 purpose built cat adoption centres. Branches and adoption centres work side by side to deliver cat work.

Latest Income: £96,902,000
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Battersea Dogs' And Cats' Home

Animals, Housing

We aim never to turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We reunite lost dogs and cats with their owners; when we cannot do this, we care for them until new homes can be found for them; and we educate the public about responsible pet ownership.

Latest Income: £70,340,000
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Animals Asia Foundation

Animals, Economic and community development, Facilities

Animals Asia is devoted to ending the barbaric practice of bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals in China and Vietnam. We promote compassion and respect for all animals and work to bring about long-term change. Particular emphasis is on ending bear bile farming, ending the trade in dogs and cats for meat and improving the welfare of captive animals in zoos and safari parks.

Latest Income: £6,017,178
Areas of Operation: China
Status: Registered
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Royal Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Bath And District Branch

Animals, Housing

Animal welfare including rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of companion animals (dog and cats ), animal welfare education activities, outreach work.

Latest Income: £5,083,560
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Centre For Alternative Technology Charity Limited

Animals, Arts, Charitable activities, Education

CAT seeks to inspire, inform and enable people to adopt sustainable technologies and practices. The Charity achieves its objectives by: promoting scenarios for a Zero Carbon Britian; providing education through school visits, short courses and postgraduate teaching; publishing a members' magazine; providing a free information service; operating a visitor centre; hosting external events.

Latest Income: £4,310,221
Areas of Operation: Powys
Status: Registered
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The Big Cat Sanctuary LTD

Animals, Charity and VCS support, Environment, Housing

The Big Cat Sanctuary houses a diverse and genetically valuable collection of felids. TBCS is an active member of many European Breeding Programmes.The Sanctuary raises funds through photographic workshops, experiences, annual open days and events.Funds raised at TBCS are invested back into the Sanctuary for the welfare of our cats and used as contributions to our conservation work in the UK

Latest Income: £3,646,058
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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National Animal Welfare Trust

Animals, Beneficiary group, Housing

The National Animal Welfare Trust's primary purpose is to rescue and re-home animals, primarily cats and dogs, but also farm animals and small domestic pets too.

Latest Income: £3,577,387
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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International Cat Care

Animals

International Cat Care Ltd is a charity dedicated to promoting the health and welfare of cats through improved feline knowledge, to help us all care better for our cats.

Latest Income: £3,086,494
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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UK Cat Consortium

Animals, Education, Research

UKCAT provides and develops a University admission test aiming to achieve greater fairness in selection to medicine and dentistry and widening participation in medical and dental training of under-represented groups. Through a research programme UKCAT is seeking to identify characteristics in applicants that will make them good dentists/doctors with the ultimate aim of improving patient care.

Latest Income: £3,033,140
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Celia Hammond Animal Trust

Animals

To promote the welfare of animals particularly cats, in need of care and to prevent the cruelty and suffering associated with the country's vast stray and unwanted animal problem in particular by the provision of spaying and neutering facilities and the provision of veterinary services to those on low incomes.

Latest Income: £2,922,834
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Oak Tree Animals' Charity

Animals, Housing, Social welfare

Oak Tree Animals' Charity is at the heart of the community. Helping hundreds of animals each year, we find loving new homes for cats, dogs and horses, promote responsible pet ownership through education and outreach activities and work with individuals who need our support.

Latest Income: £2,601,277
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Newcastle Dog And Cat Shelter

Animals, Housing

The objects of the charity are for the benefit of the public to relieve the suffering of animals in need of care and attention and, in particular, to provide and maintain rescue homes or other facilities for the reception, care and treatment of such animals

Latest Income: £2,396,300
Areas of Operation: Newcastle Upon Tyne City
Status: Registered
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Soi Dog UK CIO

Animals

To relieve the suffering of dogs and cats who are abandoned, stray or otherwise in need of care. The charity assists in particular in the maintenance of kennels for the care and treatment of stray or abandoned dogs and cats, the creation of spay/neutering programmes, funding veterinary care. These activities focus on Thailand but are not restricted to that area.

Latest Income: £2,290,797
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Royal Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Cotswolds, Gloucester & District Branch

Animals, Housing

ANIMAL WELFARE INCLUDING RESCUE, REHABILITATION AND REHOMING OF COMPANION ANIMALS (DOGS, CATS AND SOME SMALL ANIMALS), ANIMAL WELFARE EDUCATION ACTIVITIES.

Latest Income: £2,057,132
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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The Cat And Rabbit Rescue Centre

Animals, Housing

Aims -To take in unwanted, abandoned or stray cats, kittens and rabbits, and give them a good quality of life until it is possible to find a loving, permanent home for them.To educate the public in responsible pet ownership.To eliminate indiscriminate breeding by encouraging the neutering of all pets, including pedigrees.To advise and help the public in the humane control of feral cats.

Latest Income: £1,891,563
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary

Animals

The principal aim of the charity is the rescue, rehabilitation and re-homingh (except for our equines and farm animals) of stray and unwanted animals. The Charity provides care and shelter for stray, neglected and unwanted animals including dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets, horses, donkeys, goats, sheep, cows and pigs.

Latest Income: £1,830,043
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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RSPCA Brighton & The Heart Of Sussex

Animals, Environment

The charity is responsible for the RSPCA Brighton Animal Shelter, which provides care, veterinary treatment and rehoming for unwanted domestic animals, including reptiles. The Shelter has a first aid and holding unit for injured wildlife. Over 3000 animals are cared for at the Shelter each year. The charity provides subsidised neutering for cats, dogs and rabbits, for people on low incomes.

Latest Income: £1,671,041
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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Nowzad

Animals

To relieve the suffering of animals; including companion animals, working equines, stray and abandoned dogs and cats and all other animals in need of care and attention, and to provide and maintain (where possible) rescue, rehabilitation and education facilities for the care and treatment of such animals with no voice but ours.

Latest Income: £1,648,149
Areas of Operation: Afghanistan
Status: Registered
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Wotton Animal Rescue

Animals

The Charity operates a rescue centre for cats and dogs.

Latest Income: £1,513,627
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Animal Rescue Cumbria (the Wainwright Shelter) CIO

Animals, Housing

Every year we take in and rehome over 400 dogs and cats which may be unwanted or lost and homeless. We provide a secure and caring environment and help all our animals adapt and find permanent, loving new homes. We also provide support and guidance for pet owners and undertake educational work to increase awareness of the responsibility we all have towards animals and their welfare.

Latest Income: £1,160,153
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Cat Action Trust 1977

Animals, Housing

The charity's main objective remains the control of feral cats, by limiting their numbers throught neutering and returning to site, by providing veterinary care where necessary and by finding homes for kittens and tame stray cats. Each year the charity manages to neuter more than 1000 cats, home more than 1000 cats and provide veterinary care, other than neutering, for some 750 cats.

Latest Income: £1,126,087
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Pets As Therapy

Animals, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Health, Housing, Social welfare

Pets As Therapy facilitates visits by registered volunteers with their temperament assessed dogs and cats to establishments including hospitals, hospices, residential and nursing homes, and day care centres, bringing comfort, companionship and therapy into the lives of thousands of patients and residents. Registered PAT dogs and cats also work with phobic children and stroke patients.

Latest Income: £1,082,102
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Cramar Cat Rescue

Animals, Housing

Rescue, rehabilitate and re-home stray and abandoned cats and kittens throughout the West Midlands

Latest Income: £1,064,921
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Sheffield Cats Shelter

Animals

The aim of the charity is to relieve and prevent the suffering and distress amongst cats in need of care and attention and to promote the welfare of cats.

Latest Income: £961,024
Areas of Operation: Sheffield City
Status: Registered
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Gables Farm Dogs And Cats Home

Animals, Housing

Housing and rehoming unwanted cats and dogs

Latest Income: £924,203
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many cats animals charities are there in the UK?

There are 361 registered cats animals charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the cats animals charities by income?

The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association is the largest by latest reported annual income (£156.4m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.

What is the combined annual income of cats animals charities?

Cats animals charities reported a combined annual income of £1.1bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for cats animals charities?

Across all cats animals charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 73.9%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of cats animals charities?

Cats animals charities have an average annual income of £647k. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.