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Registered charity · London

Battersea Dogs' and Cats' Home

Battersea Dogs' and Cats' Home is a registered charity (number 206394) based in London, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Paul Michael Baldwin since 2020. Latest income £68m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Battersea Dogs and Cats Home (Charity Commission)

(A) To rescue and care for, reunite with their owners, rehabilitate and re-home with new owners dogs and cats.   (B) To provide veterinary and other treatment to dogs and cats in connection with the Charity which may include euthanasia.   (C) To...

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £68m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Animals
Where
Throughout London, Windsor And Maidenhead, Kent
Website
www.battersea.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Battersea Dogs' and Cats' Home
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£68m£72m
  • 2024£70m£63m
  • 2023£64m£58m
Earlier years
  • 2022£57m£53m
  • 2021£58m£47m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) To rescue and care for, reunite with their owners, rehabilitate and re-home with new owners dogs and cats.   (B) To provide veterinary and other treatment to dogs and cats in connection with the Charity which may include euthanasia.   (C) To educate the public in matters pertaining to dog and cat welfare and provide support and advice to the public and wider animal welfare sector who need help with their dogs and cats including by (but not limited to) researching and addressing the causes of poor dog and cat health and welfare and sharing our findings.  (D) To deal with other animals in the same manner as is provided in respect of dogs and cats by sections (A) (B) and (C) of this article.

Grants received

9 grants · £6,393,145 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Postcode Animal Trust · £6,350,000 (4 grants)
  • SHAREGIFT · £33,500 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,645

Most recent

  • SHAREGIFT £5,0002025-06-24
  • Postcode Animal Trust £2,250,0002025-02-18
  • Postcode Animal Trust £2,000,0002023-12-01
  • SHAREGIFT £5,0002023-11-13
  • SHAREGIFT £3,5002023-05-11
Board analysis

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.

12 trustees on the board

4.1y median 4.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

12
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 11Education/training 2Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 21Other services 8Business services 4

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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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
2023
2024
incomespending£70.3m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

9.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 7.0 in 2020

653 from 555 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
206394
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 16TH AUGUST, 1933, AS AMENDED 20TH JUNE 2002 AND BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 30 JUNE 2010.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 JUL 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 JUN 2022 as amended on 10 Dec 2025
Companies House
Company number 00278802 · Active
Contact on the register
02076279000 · info@battersea.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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