RSPCA Hants & Surrey Border Branch

Registered charity 201291 · since 1962rspcahantsandsurreyborder.org.uk·Hampshire, Surrey·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

This is a branch of the RSPCA that helps animals and their owners directly, not a trust that makes grants to other charities, so a small nonprofit should first check whether its work matches one of the branch's own programmes, such as veterinary care, neutering, microchipping or cat rehoming.
The one clearly set-out route is the Welfare Assistance Scheme, which helps local pet owners on low incomes who receive qualifying benefits, and the branch does not fund owners who live outside its area or who do not meet those criteria, so an organisation's request will not fit that scheme.
The branch says it donates funds from time to time to other RSPCA branches or animal centres that need financial help, so an animal centre working in Hampshire or Surrey may be the group best placed to ask.
No published application process or grant range is given, so contact the branch first to ask whether it would consider a request and in what form.
Do not approach it for work outside animal welfare or for help to owners outside its area.

Overview

RSPCA Hants & Surrey Border Branch is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 201291).

The RSPCA Hants & Surrey Border Branch exists to promote the work and objects of the RSPCA in its own area, in line with the Society's policies. In the past three years it has spent nearly half a million pounds directly on local animal welfare. It runs a Welfare Assistance Scheme that helps local owners on qualifying benefits with pets that are sick or injured, helps towards neutering, and provides free microchipping for cats, dogs and rabbits, subject to criteria. It also runs a cat re-homing service that finds new, suitable homes for animals in need.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The branch supports animal welfare in its local area. It helps animals that have been abused or abandoned, are injured or sick, or are no longer wanted by their owners, including through its cat rehoming service and veterinary care. Through its Welfare Assistance Scheme it contributes towards neutering and veterinary consultations for local pet owners living in its branch area who meet the low-income and qualifying-benefit criteria. It also provides assistance towards microchipping cats, dogs and rabbits. From time to time, it donates funds to other RSPCA branches or animal centres that need financial assistance. Its work combines practical help for animals with finding suitable homes for those in its care.

Themes

Veterinary care
Animal neutering
Microchipping

Geographic Focus

Hampshire; Surrey.

What they don't fund

The foundation does not fund owners who do not live in the branch area
The foundation does not fund owners who are not on low incomes and in receipt of one or more of the specified benefits
Welfare Assistance Scheme only: The foundation does not fund owners who do not live in the branch area; The foundation does not fund owners who are not on low incomes and in receipt of one or more of the specified benefits

How to apply

The Welfare Assistance Scheme is for local pet owners. Eligible owners contact the branch Welfare Coordinator and email a photo or scan of their benefit documents, or send them via WhatsApp.

Who can apply:

Welfare Assistance Scheme: Owners need to be on both low incomes and in receipt of one or more of the following benefits: Job seeker’s allowance (JSA); Employment and support allowance (ESA); Income support; Universal credit with Housing benefit; Council tax credit; Pension credit; Working tax credit

What to send:

Welfare Assistance Scheme: A photo or scan of your benefits document(s).

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Similar funders

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2020	£197,881	£192,406	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2020
year to 31 December 2021	£230,997	£185,225	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£304,920	£230,478	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£400,296	£244,704	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£328,558	£269,299	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.