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Top 25 Animal shelters based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 229 animal shelters headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 2,287 professional contacts across them, including 849 with verified work emails and 124 with mobile numbers. London is the largest hub.
This list covers animal shelters headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 7, 2026.
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The 25 largest animal shelters based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | RevenueBase Smart Search | Contacts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indirect evidence | 531 contacts → | |||
“Battersea is here for every dog and cat, and has been since 1860.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | Indirect evidence | 429 contacts → | |||
“We are a charity that provides specialist care, services, and support for pets and people throughout their life together.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | Partial evidence | 62 contacts → | |||
“Raystede is a charity that aims to give animals a better life through rehoming, rehabilitation and sanctuary, and give people the support and knowledge they need to treat animals…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | Partial evidence | 57 contacts → | |||
“The National Animal Welfare Trust (NAWT) is one of the UK’s top animal welfare charities operating five rescue and rehoming centres throughout the south of England and promoting…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | Partial evidence | 54 contacts → | |||
“As an animal welfare and veterinary charity that has been at the heart of the community for nearly 140 years, we know that the love of a dog or cat is like no other.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | Indirect evidence | 51 contacts → | |||
“Charity number 1134680 Mission Statement “Peace of mind and practical help for people - love, care and safety for their pets.” Aims and Objectives The Cinnamon Trust works in…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | Indirect evidence | 41 contacts → | |||
“Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home rescues, reunites and rehomes cats and dogs who are lost, stray or abandoned across Edinburgh and the Lothians.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | Indirect evidence | 38 contacts → | |||
“Since 2005 Hope Rescue has been saving the lives of stray, abandoned and unwanted dogs that, through no fault of their own, need a second chance.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | Strong evidence | 27 contacts → | |||
“Newcastle Dog & Cat Shelter was established in 1896 and helps thousands of lost, unwanted, neglected, abused and abandoned animals every year.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | Partial evidence | 25 contacts → | |||
“We are the oldest and the largest local animal charity in Bristol.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | Partial evidence | 24 contacts → | |||
“Ferne Animal Sanctuary is a nonprofit organisation based in Wambrook, Chard, UK.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | Strong evidence | 21 contacts → | |||
“Founded in 1997, Assisi Animal Sanctuary is an independent animal welfare charity, providing shelter for hundreds of unwanted and stray animals throughout Northern Ireland.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | Partial evidence | 19 contacts → | |||
“The Ulster Society Prevention Cruelty to Animals (USPCA) is the second oldest Animal Welfare Charity in the world.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | Indirect evidence | 18 contacts → | |||
“Established by Pets at Home in 2006, the Pets Foundation is a registered charity.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | Indirect evidence | 18 contacts → | |||
“Yorkshire Cat Rescue is registered with the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales and has the registered charity number 1160138.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | Indirect evidence | 18 contacts → | |||
“Foal Farm is a registered charity founded in 1962.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | Strong evidence | 17 contacts → | |||
“Cheltenham Animal Shelter is a charity that has been helping animals since 1926.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | Partial evidence | 17 contacts → | |||
“The RSPCA Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford & District Branch is a local charity supporting animal welfare in Calderdale, Huddersfield and Bradford.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | Indirect evidence | 17 contacts → | |||
Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | Partial evidence | 15 contacts → | |||
“Llys Nini RSPCA is a self funding, independent animal re-homing centre based in Swansea.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | Partial evidence | 14 contacts → | |||
“Leicester Animal Aid is a rehoming centre for cats and dogs.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | Indirect evidence | 14 contacts → | |||
“Our Mission: With an estimated nine million stray cats in the UK, the number of strays roaming the UK has reached a critical level.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | Partial evidence | 13 contacts → | |||
“Thornberry Animal Sanctuary opened in 1988.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | Partial evidence | 12 contacts → | |||
“At Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary, our mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome animals in need, providing them with the care, compassion, and second chances they deserve.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | Partial evidence | 10 contacts → | |||
“We're passionate animal lovers just like you.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: animal shelters. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names animal shelters.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of animal shelters, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name animal shelters. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “animal shelters”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names animal shelters), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among animal shelters, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 849 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 7, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
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What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names animal shelters, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many animal shelters are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 229 animal shelters headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Battersea, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most animal shelters?
London leads with 15 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (4) and Bristol (3).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 849 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 229 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 7, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.