Essential business documents every UK cattery should have ready

TL;DR: A UK cattery owner needs about eight core documents to run a tidy, defensible business: an owner booking contract, a cat intake and information form, a vaccination declaration, an emergency veterinary authorisation, a medication consent and administration log, a feeding and routine record, a GDPR privacy notice, and clear terms and conditions covering deposits, cancellations, and abandoned-cat policy. None of these are veterinary advice or licensing approvals. Each one solves a specific problem you'll meet sooner or later: an owner disputes a boarding fee, a cat arrives without proof of vaccination, an emergency vet trip needs sign-off, an owner doesn't collect when booked, an inspector asks for routine records. Get these in place once. Use them with every booking.

If you run a UK cattery, you already know the day-to-day care side. The paperwork side is where most independent cattery owners leak time, money, and goodwill. A booking confirmed by phone feels efficient. Then an owner doesn't show up at collection time, and you have nothing in writing about the abandonment policy.