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Registered charity · Burford

Blue Cross

Blue Cross is a registered charity (number 224392) based in Burford, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Beth Brook since 2024. Latest income £51m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £51m (2024)
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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
Education/training, Animals
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.bluecross.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Blue Cross
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£51m£51m
  • 2023£44m£45m
  • 2022£46m£41m
Earlier years
  • 2021£37m£37m
  • 2020£36m£36m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE KINDNESS TO AND THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN RESPONSIBLE ANIMAL OWNERSHIP.

Grants received

7 grants · £41,363 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

Most recent

  • SHAREGIFT £2,5002026-01-12
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £7,0762024-04-01
  • SHAREGIFT £2,5002023-05-10
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £9,1882023-04-01
  • SHAREGIFT £10,0002012-09-10
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.

11 trustees on the board

7.1y median 7y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

11
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 11

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

Retail and trade 16Professional services 6Property 4

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£50.6m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

12.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 15.4 in 2020

893 from 779 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
224392
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11/09/1940AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/10/1955AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/07/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/11/2008AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 11/06/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20/11/2012
Companies House
Company number 00363197 · Active
Contact on the register
03007909903 · info@bluecross.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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