Gloucestershire Animal Welfare Association and Cheltenham Animal Shelter
Registered name: GLOUCESTERSHIRE ANIMAL WELFARE ASSOCIATION AND CHELTENHAM ANIMAL SHELTER
Gloucestershire Animal Welfare Association and Cheltenham Animal Shelter made £1.8m revenue and £156k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Gloucestershire Animal Welfare Association and Cheltenham Animal Shelter’s revenue was £1.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £156k profit and 45 employees. The company is classified under “support activities for animal production (other than farm animal boarding and care)” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, South West
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2m | £1.8m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | £332k | £156k |
| Profit before tax | £332k | £156k |
| Profit after tax | £332k | £156k |
| Profit (best available) | £332k | £156k |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 45 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 16.8% | 8.6% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £49.5k | £40.2k |
| Profit per employee | £8.3k | £3.5k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £297k | £272k |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £801k | £935k |
| Debtors | £28.6k | £23.8k |
| Deferred income | £31.8k | £36.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £40.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 120.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £272k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 45
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £36.3k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £2.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £156k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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