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Animals Charities

Discover 1,482 Animals charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.

1,482
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.

The Arab Horse Society

Animals

To preserve & improve the standard of horses & ponies in GB and to prevent cruelty.

Latest Income: £229,977
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Birch Hill Dog Rescue

Animals

Take in stray and unwanted dogs. To see to their medical needs and to neuter all dogs before they are rehomed. We also run road shows to educate the public in dog welfare and to try to persuade them to have their dogs neutered. We will advise people who call for help in what steps to take to overcome their problems.

Latest Income: £228,663
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Munchkins Miniature Shetland Rescue

Animals, Housing

PROVISION OF A RESCUE HOME FOR MINIATURE SHETLAND PONIES WHICH HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED, ABUSED OR ABANDONED. MUNCHKINS PROVIDES A RECEPTION CENTRE AND FURTHER FACILITIES FOR SUCH PONIES. WE SEEK TO REHOME PONIES WHERE POSSIBLE ON A LONG-TERM FOSTER BASIS OR TO PROVIDE A HOME FOR LIFE WHERE THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE.

Latest Income: £228,498
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Southport Hesketh Round Table

Animals

Charity bonfire display Victoria Park SouthportFather Christmas float/carol wagon in Churchtown, Marshside, Kew and town area of Southport.Mad Dog 10k Charity Race in Southport

Latest Income: £228,430
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Peterborough Cat Rescue

Animals, Housing

We are a self financing charity helping unwanted and stray cats, in the Peterborough Area, to find loving homes.

Latest Income: £228,250
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Red Horse Foundation CIO

Animals

Latest Income: £228,134
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Team Tutsham Charitable Trust

Animals, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Social welfare

In Kent and the South East there are thousands of disadvantaged children from different backgrounds who would benefit from the opportunity to step away from their day to day lives and experience a more rural lifestyle, learning skills such as horse care and riding whilst developing, networking and social skills and all the benefits this encompasses, both for their current happiness and life.

Latest Income: £227,873
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Uprising Youth And Community CIO

Animals, Beneficiary group, Education, Facilities, Leisure

UPRISING SEEKS TO INSPIRE HOPE IN LOCAL YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES. WE ENGAGE, BUILD, INVEST IN, AND COMMIT TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN ASHFORD. THE CHARITY'S WORK CURRENTLY CONSISTS OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROJECTS:1. HANG102. YR6 ENVIRONMENT 'PROJECT PURPLE'3. ASPIRE: ALT CURR YRS 10, 114. COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM (CAT): GARDENING JOBS5. MENTORING IN SCHOOLS6. METANOIA: KNIFE CRIME AWARENESS

Latest Income: £226,364
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Cool Cats Club

Animals, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education

To advance the education of children and their families, resident predominantly but not exclusively in the Community of Rhyl, North Wales, through the provision of day care and pre-school facilities for children aged between 2.5 and 13 years, which stimulates their growth and development through safe and stimulating play.

Latest Income: £225,000
Areas of Operation: Conwy
Status: Registered
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Paws2rescue

Animals

Activities: raising donations - donating to Romania and Ukraine - supporting rescuers, to help stray and abandoned dogs and provide shelter, neuter and education campaigns, and raising public awareness in the UK about stray and abandoned dogs across the world and how we help, arranging adopting and fostering of dogs into the UK and EU.

Latest Income: £224,580
Areas of Operation: Romania
Status: Registered
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The Cat Welfare Group LTD

Animals, Social welfare

The Cat Welfare Group's activities are to relieve the suffering and distress of cats, kittens and feral cats which are in need of care and attention by reason of abandonment, neglect, sickness, maltreatment or poor circumstances in the Portsmouth and Southampton area by providing a rescue, fostering and re-homing service and veterinary treatment.

Latest Income: £224,377
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Auras Dogs UK

Animals

The rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of abandoned and abused dogs through the UK Operating in the South West of England

Latest Income: £223,929
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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West Yorkshire Dog Rescue

Animals, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Housing

Rescue unwanted dogs, accomodate in secure and loving foster homes, seek new homes for the dogs to owners that are checked for suitability, enable adoption which is covered by an Adoption Contract including animal welfare clauses plus a returns policy if the dog can no longer be kept by the new owners, provide post adoption advice and guidance to new owners, fundraising, website, advertising.

Latest Income: £223,239
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Compassion For Cats, Oakhill CIO

Animals

Rescue, rehabilitate & rehome stray, abandoned, mistreated & unwanted cats & kittens.

Latest Income: £222,618
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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Hypo Hounds

Animals, Beneficiary group

Hypo Hounds is an assistance dog provider - providing Diabetic Alert Assistance Dogs to predominantly children with Type 1 Diabetes, we are able to assist adults if there is a clinical need.

Latest Income: £221,290
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Scottish Terrier Emergency Care Scheme

Animals, Housing

To provide care in the form of temporary homes for Scottish Terriers & any other breed from the same household or kennel which have need of such care by reason of neglect or ill-treatment or where owners of such dogs are no longer able to care for them properly and to assist in the provision of new homes for these dogs where they may be properly cared for.

Latest Income: £215,475
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Beaufort Cottage Educational Trust

Animals, Education

To further the education of all those involved in the ownership and care of horses to the intent that all those involved should have access to details of the best veterinary and management practices that are conducive to the welfare of the horses concerned. This is achieved by providing support of appropriate seminars through sponsorship, travel bursaries, and individual educational bursaries.

Latest Income: £215,015
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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George Green's School Trust Fund

Animals, Arts, Education

To provide items, services and facilities to George Green's School on the Isle of Dogs, London E14, including grants for such as, games, music, prizes, educational visits and to students going to university, also to act in respect of the trust's land and buildings.

Latest Income: £213,943
Areas of Operation: Tower Hamlets
Status: Registered
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The Alkham Valley Community Project And Therapeutic Riding Centre

Animals, Beneficiary group, Leisure, Social welfare

Providing therapeutic horse riding, carriage driving and educational activities for disabled and disadvantaged adults and children. Promoting community participation in healthy recreation by the provision of facilities to learn skills relating to horse riding, carriage driving.Promoting the objects of the Riding for the Disabled Association including carriage driving (charity number 244108)

Latest Income: £212,573
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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The Catcuddles Sanctuary

Animals, Housing

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF CATS 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 CATS AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG CATS

Latest Income: £210,836
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Homeless Hounds

Animals, Housing

We work primarily with a council dog pounds in the North West to save the lives of stray and abandoned dogs by finding them places of safety and transporting them there. We also aim to find dogs their forever homes

Latest Income: £210,316
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Boote Home For Cats

Animals, Housing

Rehabilitation and rehoming of unwanted cats in Liverpool.Providing low-cost boarding of pet cats.

Latest Income: £208,830
Areas of Operation: Liverpool City
Status: Registered
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Silver Fox Dog Rescue

Animals

Relieve the suffering of dogs in need of care throughout the UK and China.

Latest Income: £208,387
Areas of Operation: China
Status: Registered
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Horse Sense Wirral

Animals, Housing, Saving of lives

We are an Animal Sanctuary based in Wirral (Thornton Hough) we supply a life long home to over 100 rescue/retired animals. We believe that animals who have been neglected or abused deserve to have nothing more asked of them other than to be happy and contented. We offer advice & assistance to owners & police.

Latest Income: £208,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Stable Lives

Animals, Beneficiary group, Social care

Stable Lives provides support to military veterans, blue light workers, young people and their families who are dealing with the effects of exposure to mental trauma. We use land based activities and teach people how to interact with horses rehabilitated from physical and mental abuse to rebuild confidence, self esteem and self worth, this is done within respite days and courses.

Latest Income: £206,966
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many animals charities are there in the UK?

There are 1,482 registered animals charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the 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 animals charities?

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 animals charities?

Across all 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 animals charities?

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.