# BLUE CROSS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 224392
- **Other names:** THE BLUE CROSS, THE BLUE CROSS (INCORPORATING OUR DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE)
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 8, 1965
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=224392


## Contact

- **Address:** Blue Cross, Shilton Road, BURFORD
- **Postcode:** OX18 4PF
- **Phone:** 03007909903
- **Email:** info@bluecross.org.uk
- **Website:** www.bluecross.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE KINDNESS TO AND THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN RESPONSIBLE ANIMAL OWNERSHIP.

**Activities:** THE BLUE CROSS'S PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE IS TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE KINDNESS TO, AND THE PROTECTION OF, ANIMALS AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP. THE BLUE CROSS AIMS TO  ENSURE THAT EVERY PET WILL ENJOY A HEALTHY LIFE IN A HAPPY HOME.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Animals
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Ireland
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £50636000 | £50724000 | £74795000 | 893 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £43979000 | £44583000 | £75126000 | 798 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £45925000 | £41188000 | £74744000 | 771 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £37474000 | £37311000 | £76235000 | 763 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £36049000 | £35900000 | £71834000 | 779 |



## Trustees

- **Beth Brook** (Chair) — appointed June 30, 2024
- Alison Forrestal — appointed June 24, 2021
- Caroline Gosling — appointed Dec. 13, 2018
- Christopher Martin — appointed June 21, 2018
- Clive Everest MA FCA — appointed Sept. 22, 2016
- JEREMY ROSS STEWART — appointed Dec. 11, 2014
- Kath Qualtrough — appointed June 23, 2022
- Kerry Blackstock — appointed Dec. 8, 2022
- Nicholas Robert Park — appointed June 20, 2019
- Nicola Jane Brooks-Coppard — appointed Jan. 9, 2020
- Stephen Paul Swift — appointed Dec. 11, 2014