Annual Review

Read our latest Annual Review and see how we worked with our partners and the public to help more animals than ever in 2025.

Our latest Annual Review is here. This was a year of enormous challenges, with our centres often full and our animal care costs soaring. But, by continuing to build our millions-strong movement for animal welfare, we helped more animals than ever, more quickly.

In the Annual Review, you can read about our rescue and care work, with stories about foster carer Maaria and her rescue dog Nala, and disorientated puffin Oona. Other stories cover our Citizens’ Assembly, our work to inspire the animal lovers of the future, our science teams’ work to ensure everything we do is evidence-based, and the groundbreaking work by RSPCA Assured to give farmed animals better lives.

The bigger picture

The cost-of-living crisis continued to affect people and their animals in 2025. We had 933,000 calls to our cruelty helpline – more than ever before. But, with a new purpose – to inspire everyone to create a better world for every animal – our work with partners and the public meant that:

we reached 650 more animals a week who were suffering cruelty or neglect
2.3 million more farmed animals lived better lives than in 2024
we helped secure a UK Government commitment to accelerate its phase-out of the use of animals in science
more than 3.7 million people used our web advice to find out how to help animals in need themselves
new welfare-friendly laws included the Renters’ Reform Bill (making it easier to keep pets in rented homes) and the Puppy Imports Bill (banning imports of animals reared in harmful conditions)
we brought 585 animal abusers to justice
we helped keep 68,000+ pets in loving homes, with free pet meals and vet vouchers.