Editing Cats Protection (section)

===Adoption centres===
[[File:235 Lady and Bella (1).jpg|alt=Two cats (Lady and Bella) sitting in a Cats Protection adoption centre in London. Both were subsequently adopted.|thumb|Two cats (Lady and Bella) sitting in a Cats Protection adoption centre in London. Both were subsequently adopted.]]
Dedicated centres are of varying size and have paid staff in addition to volunteers on their team. The vast majority of the public visit these places to adopt a cat or a kitten. Centres are funded centrally by the charity, though many also have "Friends of..." groups that raise funds locally. In addition, there is often the chance of cat sponsorship, where members of the public can sponsor a pen in return for a monthly or annual donation. Sponsors receive regular updates on the cats using their pens.

In 2002, Cats Protection acquired the Isle of Thorns estate from the [[University of Sussex]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/press_office/bulletin/22feb02/article7.shtml |title=Bulletin - University of Sussex Newsletter Isle of Thorns sold Friday 22 February 2002 |publisher=Sussex.ac.uk |date=22 February 2002 |accessdate=30 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608140135/http://www.sussex.ac.uk/press_office/bulletin/22feb02/article7.shtml |archive-date=8 June 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> The estate is now the National Cat Centre.

In 2008, the charity was affected by the [[2008–2011_Icelandic_financial_crisis|financial markets crisis emanating from Iceland]], losing £11.2 million of its financial reserves. In 2012, having suffered continuing financial losses, the charity was forced to make over 80 staff redundant, the majority of these being staff working on the operational front line in adoption centres or supporting branches.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Youde|first=Kate|date=24 September 2012|title=Cats Protection plans to make 80 employees redundant|url=https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/cats-protection-plans-80-employees-redundant/finance/article/1151428|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630082122/https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/cats-protection-plans-80-employees-redundant/finance/article/1151428 |archive-date=30 June 2020 |access-date=28 June 2020|website=Third Sector}}</ref>