28/01/2026
At the end of 2025 the decision was made to close All Animals Rescue UK. After 20 years of rescuing abandoned, starved, abused and neglected animals, mostly cats, spaying and neutering and rehoming we have decided it’s time to pass the batton onto the next younger generation. Running an animal rescue is not easy. We see the most heartbreaking, cruel cases, have to deal with heartbreak on a daily basis, no break, no day off, no holidays, dealing with barmy people, bottle and hand rearing, taming wild ferals, and the costs have spiralled but unfortunately due to the economic crisis there have been more dumped and neglected animals than ever before but little to no donations. We were very grateful to those who regularly donated food. Due to little to no monetary donations, feeding, neutering, fuel costs driving round collecting strays and injured animals, and putting to sleep elderly poorly cats was coming out of our own personal pockets often upwards of £500 a month. We managed to find all of our rescues foster and permanent homes at the end of 2025 and closed our doors in Jan 2026. We were 100% volunteer ran no one ever took a penny 100% of the small monetary donations we had went 100% of the time into purchasing food for the animals in our care. We did our part for 20 years rescuing, neutering and rehoming over 100 cats and due to our own ill health and advancing age, and larger rescues in our area able to take over now is the right time to retire. We will of course always help where we can on a private basis and are always available to contact should an animal be in need but our shelter is now closed. Myself (Gemma) I am still fighting a severe Proteus Mirabilis infection from a feral cat bite a year ago that has made me very poorly as an antibiotic resistant strain. I want to thank each and every person who cared, donated food and cat litter and toys, and fostered and adopted a rescue cat from us. Thank you for giving older and disabled cats a chance of a loving home. Thank You for always keeping in touch. We adopted a couple of the most heartbreaking cases into our own home older cats who arrived from cruelty cases and were always overlooked for a home due to their age they will stay with us forever as house cats safe and warm in our own home. Thank you all for helping us help animals in need for the last 20 years. Our bank account and CIC are both now closed and any donations you wish to make you can donate directly to other rescues or we can pass them onto them for you.
Much love and Thanks,
Gemma & Tim xx
