Black rescue cats and kittens for adoption and rehoming in the UK

As of 14 November 2026, 105 black cats are listed for adoption in the UK on LocalPetFinder, from Rescue Remedies, Feline Friends London, Animal Rescue and Care (Twickenham), Midlands Animal Rescue Team, Tails Animal Rescue, Celia Hammond Animal Trust, Hay Animal Rescue Team, Hounslow Animal Welfare Society, PawPurrs Halfway House, Pawz for Thought, Save A Stray, All Creatures Great and Small, CATS Rescue Gloucestershire, Cheadle & District Animal Welfare Society, Croydon Animal Samaritans, Eden Animal Rescue, Fife Cat Shelter, Kumiko Cat Lounge, Left Paw Cat Rescue, Lincs Ark, Margaret Green Animal Rescue (Church Knowle), North Clwyd Animal Rescue, Pussycat Lodge, StraySafe Rescue, The Moggery, Woodlands Animal Sanctuary, Animal Concern Cumbria, Assisi Animal Sanctuary, Avon Cat Rescue, BARKS (Banbury Animal Rescue and Kindness Service), Bentham & District Pet Rescue, Care4Cats Rescue, Caring for Cats (Yorkshire and Humber), Cats Guidance Rescue, Cheshire Cats Rescue, Farplace Animal Rescue, Feline and Wildlife Rescue Nottingham, Freddie's Felines, Greenacres Rescue, Happy Landings Animal Rescue Centre, Heronbank Cat Rescue, Marjorie Nash Cat Rescue, Protected Paws Animal Rescue, Royston Animal Welfare, S.A.R.A. – The Ann Prosser Foundation, Suffolk Animal Rescue, Teckels Animal Sanctuaries, Thames Valley Animal Welfare, Windyway Animal Rescue and Worthing Cat Welfare Trust. Each profile links to the rescue, and you apply to adopt with them directly.

As of 14 November 2026, Rescue Remedies (at Smallfield): 8, Feline Friends London (at London): 7, Animal Rescue and Care (Twickenham) (at Twickenham): 5, Midlands Animal Rescue Team (at Coseley): 5, Tails Animal Rescue (at Northwich): 5 and Celia Hammond Animal Trust (at London): 4, and 44 more. By age, that is 46 kittens, 39 adult cats and 3 older cats, plus 17 with no age given. The newest was added on 14 November 2026. Each profile links to the rescue, which handles the adoption.

With the rescue that has the cat. Today the black cats on this page are with Rescue Remedies, Feline Friends London, Animal Rescue and Care (Twickenham), Midlands Animal Rescue Team, Tails Animal Rescue, Celia Hammond Animal Trust and 44 other rescues. Open a profile and apply to that rescue: each one runs its own application, home check and adoption fee. We don't rehome animals ourselves.

They can, at some charities. In 2015 Cats Protection said black cats in its care took 13 per cent longer to be adopted than cats of other colours, and in October 2025 Battersea said black cats and kittens are still often overlooked, which can mean a longer than average stay in its care.

Battersea puts it down to longstanding superstitions about bad luck, together with modern worries that black cats are less photogenic for social media. Neither says anything about how a cat will be to live with.

No. Cats Protection calls the ideas that black cats are bad luck, boring or look bad in selfies "total myths". Battersea says black cats are "affectionate, loyal, and full of personality, just like any other cat".

No, black is a colour. A black cat may be an everyday moggy, and PDSA says non-pedigree cats come in colours from black through to white, or a pedigree, as some breeds come in black, such as the Russian, which the GCCF recognises in black, blue and white.

It is a hidden tabby pattern. Cats Protection says the original cat coat is tabby, and a solid-colour cat carries a gene that hides it, but "often an adult solid-colour cat in bright sunshine will have a faintly visible tabby pattern." Kittens may also show stripes that fade as they grow.

Not reliably. Cats Protection says a cat's personality is more important than its colour, and that temperament depends on many things, including its experiences as a kitten. The rescue's description of the individual cat is the best guide.

27 October. Cats Protection held its 2015 National Black Cat Day on 27 October, and Battersea marked the day on Monday 27 October 2025 by asking people to look beyond superstition and consider adopting a black cat.

It depends on the cat, not the breed. Most of the 105 black cats listed in the UK today don't say either way, so ask the rescue. Where a profile says nothing, ask the rescue what age of children the cat could live with.

Each rescue sets its own adoption fee. Battersea charges £100 for a cat over six months and £130 for a kitten, Cats Protection says you can expect to pay £80 to £120 on average for an adult cat and £100 to £120 for a kitten, varying between its branches, and Blue Cross fees start from £150 for cats aged 4 months to 7 years. The fee usually covers neutering, microchipping and first vaccinations, and each rescue confirms its own fee.

No. We don't list animals for sale. Every black cat on this page is with a rescue or rehoming centre. Rescues rehome animals rather than selling them, usually for an adoption fee: for example, Battersea charges £100 for a cat over six months and £130 for a kitten. The fee usually goes towards vet work already done, such as neutering, microchipping and first vaccinations. If you searched "black kittens for sale", the black cats here are the rescue route: you apply to the rescue and pay its adoption fee, not a sale price.

Usually not. UK rescues normally ask for an adoption fee, which pays towards neutering, microchipping and vaccinations. At the large cat charities, fees for one cat are under £200: Battersea charges £100 for a cat over six months and £130 for a kitten, and Cats Protection says £80 to £120 on average for an adult cat. An animal offered "free to a good home" is usually a private advert rather than a rescue.

Yes: 46 kittens of the 105 listed in the UK are 12 months or under by the listed age.

Yes: 3 black cats of the 105 listed in the UK are aged 10 or over by the listed age. Some rescues charge less for older cats: Blue Cross fees start from £100 for cats aged 8 or over.

This page lists every black cat with the rescues we list across the UK, each with its town. For a city, see black cats in Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Brecon, Brighton and Hove, Bristol, Cambridge, Canterbury, Cardiff, Carlisle, Dumfries and Galloway, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Ipswich, Kendal, Kingston upon Hull, Leeds, Lincoln, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Wales, Northampton, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Perth, Peterborough, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Preston, Sheffield, Shrewsbury, Stoke-on-Trent, Swansea, Taunton, Truro and Worcester. You can also search by postcode with the pet finder on our home page to see what is closest to you.