WE HOPE IT BITES LOUDER THAN IT BARKS

This animal welfare giant provides neutering, microchipping and rehoming services for pets, responds to emergency situations and campaigns on a variety of issues, from pest control to chicken farming. It is also the umbrella body for 175 local RSPCA organisations. 2006 saw a major lobbying success with the passage of the Animal Welfare Act, but for a charity of this size, we would except the annual report to be much clearer.

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QUALITY OF REPORTING

What is this? 		70%
How much info does the charity want to share? This score, taken from our search for 43 key points in the annual report, gives the answer. Top mark is 100%. Anything over 70% is a good effort.

SIZE OF CHARITY...

What is this? 		Extra large
We only profile the largest charities in England & Wales, and our sizes are relative to the largest and smallest among them. So where we describe a charity as 'Small', it is still much larger than the national average.

HIGHEST SALARY

What is this? 		£100k to £149k
Taken from the vague bandings given in annual reports; note that 'Under £60k' could be £9k or £59k. Nonetheless the number of bars should roughly correlate with the 'Size of charity' bars.

RESERVES WOULD LAST...

What is this? 		21 months
If income dried up, how long could work continue? 3-12 months is normal. Less may be precarious. 12+ months may be over-cautious (or if very high, may represent the value of the charity's property).

ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY

What is this? 		Yes
We asked the charity if it has an ethical investment policy. If yes, it gets an angel. Those with no policy but which don't invest in tobacco/arms get a halo. Those without investments, or who didn't respond, appear neutral. Those with stakes in arms/tobacco get a fallen angel.
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Reviewed: 2007-09-19     Accounts ending: 2006-12-31

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IN SHORT

Who/what it helps

  • Animals

Where

  • UK
  • Worldwide

Providing

  • Animal hospitals and clinics
  • Advice & information
  • Animal inspection & rescue
  • Fostering and care
  • Inspectorate training

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VITAL STATISTICS

ANNUAL EXPENDITURE
£95,491,000
What is this?
Of all the charities we profile...
- Less than £1m is tiny
- £1m to £5m is small
- £6m to £10m is medium
- £11m to £50m is large
- Above that is very rare
SPENT ON CHARITABLE WORK
83%
The rest usually goes into raising more income. A little covers legal requirements.


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RSPCA
Submitted by Marijke Vermaak on Mon, 19/05/2008 - 4:21pm.

Dear rspcacambridge

Thanks for pointing this out, I will update this info immediately. The info on the ethical investment policy and the info for the 'How you can help' tab are actually the only bits of info that we do not get from the charity annual report.  Rather, we invite our charity contact to complete a survey with this information.  In this case, the question of ethical investment was probably not answered on the survey. 

We are only due to review RSPCA again when it's 2007 annual report and accounts come out and these are not due with the Charity Commission until October 2008.

Marijke, Intelligent Giving


It may be some time since
Submitted by rspcacambridge (not verified) on Mon, 19/05/2008 - 2:30pm.

It may be some time since you reviewed the profile, but the RSPCA does have an ethical investment policy (2006 report):
"During the year the Society implemented an agreed ethical policy as regards investments and fundraising. In brief, the policy states that the Society will take all reasonable steps to ensure that any decisions taken in respect of its corporate investments and fundraising relationships are consistent with its animal welfare policies. The Society is using the services of external researchers to ascertain the extent to which companies are in conflict with those policies. In addition, organisations wishing to enter into commercial relations with the Society are required to respond to specific questions regarding their activities."


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