Registered charity · Canterbury
The Rhodes Minnis CAT Sanctuary
- 7 trustees
- Income £515k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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, Kent, Surrey
- Website
- www.rhodesminniscatsanctuary.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1971
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£515k£457k
- 2024£577k£410k
- 2023£471k£311k
Earlier years
- 2022£234k£240k
- 2021£707k£255k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROVIDE A SANCTUARY FOR UNWANTED CATS AND KITTENS AND TO PROVIDE HOMES FOR THEM AND TO PERFORM ANY OTHER WORK THE OBJECT OF WHICH IS TO ENSURE HUMANE CONDUCT TOWARDS AND HUMANE TREATMENT OF CATS AND KITTENS.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Christopher Williamson Chair since 2022
- Christopher Russell
- Deborah Jane Colam since 2014
- Diana Grace Taylor since 2014
- Diane Christine Thompson since 2016
- Michael John Whibley since 2014
- Nicholas Stephen Piska since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Deborah Jane Colam since 2014
- Diana Grace Taylor since 2014
- Diane Christine Thompson since 2016
- Michael John Whibley since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Christopher Williamson Chair since 2022
- Christopher Russell
- Deborah Jane Colam since 2014
- Diana Grace Taylor since 2014
- Diane Christine Thompson since 2016
- Michael John Whibley since 2014
- Nicholas Stephen Piska since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
69.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 120.0 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 262245
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 3RD MARCH 1971
- Contact on the register
- 01303862544 · rminniscats@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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