The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Battersea Dogs' and Cats' Home

Registered charity 206394 Registered since 1962

Operates: Throughout London, Windsor And Maidenhead, Kent

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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.

12 trustees on the board

4.1y median 4.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.5y
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.

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.battersea.org.uk
Emailinfo@battersea.org.uk
Phone02076279000
AddressBATTERSEA DOGS & CATS HOME, 4 BATTERSEA PARK ROAD, LONDON, SW8 4AA

Finances

£70,340,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£52,713,469£43,603,226
2021£58,339,000£47,100,000
2022£56,527,000£53,037,000
2023£64,484,000£58,179,000
2024£70,340,000£63,432,000

What it does

What

Animals

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

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.  

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

Trustees (12)

12trustees
56median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Battersea Dogs' and Cats' Home · 00278802 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 16/08/1933

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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