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Cats Protection

Cats Protection Annual Report 2024

Cats Protection is the UK's leading cat welfare charity, helping 191,000 cats and kittens in 2024 — 525 a day — through rehoming, neutering, microchipping, advocacy and education, supported by 9,800 volunteers and £96.9 million in income. Major 2024 milestones include mandatory cat microchipping becoming law in England (a direct result of Cats Protection campaigning), the Pet Abduction Act making cat theft a criminal offence, and the Lifeline domestic abuse pet fostering service doubling its reach to 430 families. The charity neutered 168,000 cats, rehomed 29,000, and ran 1,290 welfare talks reaching 37,700 people. The operating deficit was reduced from £14.2 million to £1.8 million. Free reserves stood at £38.1 million.

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Rehoming (29,000 cats; 31 partner catteries; partnerships with RSPCA Sheffield, North Manchester and Leeds, Battersea); Neutering subsidised scheme (44 advocates, 168,000 cats; PDSA and C4 London partnerships); Lifeline domestic abuse pet fostering (expanded to Scotland and Wales, 430 owners, 370 new volunteer fosterers, Women's Aid and Refuge partnerships); Microchipping (mandatory in England from June 2024 — Cats Protection led campaign; 1,600 cats reunited with owners); Policy and Advocacy (Pet Abduction Act, Cat Manifesto — 651 candidate responses; cat breeding regulations campaign — 50k+ petition signatures; fireworks review); CATS annual research report (5th year — pedigree cats overtook moggies for first time); Cat population modelling and AI welfare assessment; 79 charity shops raising £9.6 million; Big Winter Roam (2,000+ participants, £145k raised); Cats Got Your Tongue? podcast; National Cat Awards; Lifeline mural at Leake Street Arches; veterinary partnership programme Custom geography from upload: UK-wide (National Cat Centre, Chelwood Gate, West Sussex, centres, shops and volunteer teams across England, Wales and Northern Ireland)

📊Key Metrics

191,000 cats and kittens helped — 525 a day (2023: 184,000); 29,000 cats rehomed; 168,000 cats neutered including 13,000 feral cats; 93,000 cats microchipped Key Metric 1
£96.9 million total income (2023: £89.3 million); £108.5 million net assets; £50.1 million legacy income; 9,800 volunteers (2023: 9,200) Key Metric 2
430 cat owners helped to flee domestic abuse with 750 cats given temporary foster homes (Lifeline) — up from 229 in 2023; 5.9 million website visits; 1,290 welfare talks to 37,700 people in schools and community groups Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Mandatory microchipping for cats in England came into force June 2024 — direct result of years of Cats Protection campaigning; Pet Abduction Act came into force August 2024 making cat theft a specific criminal offence; Cat Manifesto sent to every election candidate with 111 newly elected MPs having responded
  • Operating deficit reduced to £1.8m from £14.2m in 2023; campaign 'Here for every cat' reached 36 million people and raised £1 million; Lifeline campaign won Gold at Smiley Charity Film Awards and Third Sector Marketing Campaign of the Year; 71% increase in cat abandonments seen over last three years
  • 56,000 hours of learning accessed by volunteers and employees in 2024; Single Customer View launched consolidating 4.5 million records from 11 systems; 41 electric vans in fleet; Foster pen built at Broomhill specialist mental health hospital giving patients cat care responsibilities as occupational therapy

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UK-Wide

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