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as at 27 September 2026

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4,621 charities work on animals

That is 2.7% of the register. Together they report £3.3bn of income, and 264 (5.7%) are behind with their accounts. A charity can list several purposes, so it can appear under more than one.

The largest, by income

# CharityNo.Latest income
1 Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 207076 £195.0m
2 The Master Charitable Trust 1139904 £155.3m
3 Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 219099 £152.5m
4 Dogs Trust 1167663 £143.1m
5 The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals 208217 £126.2m
6 Cats Protection 203644 £105.6m
7 The Zoological Society of London 208728 £92.7m
8 Battersea Dogs' and Cats' Home 206394 £70.3m
9 Dogs Trust Legacy 227523 £67.3m
10 The North of England Zoological Society 306077 £63.1m
11 The Donkey Sanctuary 1207593 £59.6m
12 Blue Cross 224392 £50.6m
13 Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust 1030884 £46.8m
14 Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat International 1102949 £45.1m
15 Fauna & Flora International 1011102 £44.8m
16 Dawat-E-Hadiyah Trust (United Kingdom) 294807 £44.1m
17 Virunga Foundation 1111806 £43.1m
18 Pharo Foundation 1143152 £40.8m
19 Birdlife International 1042125 £33.0m
20 World Animal Protection 1081849 £30.9m
21 The Howletts Wild Animal Trust 1100845 £27.0m
22 The Soil Association Limited 206862 £24.9m
23 The Brooke Hospital for Animals 1085760 £24.8m
24 Woodgreen Pets Charity 298348 £21.1m
25 The Saifee Foundation of Europe 241048 £21.1m
26 Compassion in World Farming International 1095050 £19.2m
27 Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines 1115606 £17.7m
28 International Fund for Animal Welfare (Ifaw) 1024806 £17.4m
29 Hearing Dogs for Deaf People 293358 £16.4m
30 Afghanaid 1045348 £16.2m
31 The British Horse Society 210504 £16.0m
32 Animal Health Trust 209642 £15.6m
33 Twycross Zoo-East Midland Zoological Society Limited 501841 £15.4m
34 Earlham Institute 1136213 £14.1m
35 Caribbean Biodiversity Fund 1149889 £14.1m
36 The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire 1000412 £14.0m
37 The Pony Club 1050146 £13.8m
38 Wild Planet Trust 306622 £13.1m
39 Blue Marine Foundation 1137209 £13.0m
40 Holstein UK 1072998 £12.9m

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