The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Scratching Post (Rescue and Shelter Appeal for Cats)

Registered charity 1105653 Registered since 2004

Operates: Essex, Hertfordshire, Herefordshire, Throughout London

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

9y median 8y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Animals 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
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2024
incomespending£238k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.scratchingpost.co.uk
EmailSUSAN.DELANEY@AOL.CO.UK
Phone01992626110
AddressWoodbine Cottage, Honey Lane, WALTHAM ABBEY, EN9 3QT

Finances

£237,815 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£391,187£290,143
2021£335,560£192,561
2022£207,308£222,014
2023£346,546£229,177
2024£237,815£280,184

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesAnimals

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF MALTREATED, ABANDONED AND UNWANTED CATS IN NEED OF SOME CARE AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RESCUE HOMES OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE AND TREATMENT AND WHERE SUITABLE THE REHOMING OF SUCH ANIMALS.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 4 MAY 2004, SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 4 AUGUST 2004.

Trustees (6)

6trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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