HART Wildlife Rescue

Registered charity 1066760 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as H A R T WILDLIFE RESCUE, HAMPSHIRE ANIMAL RESCUE TEAM, HANTS ANIMAL RESCUE TEAM

To rescue, treat, rehabilitate and release wildlife, in reponse to calls from the public, Police Forces, RSPCA, Veterinary practices and other wildlife agencies.To educate the public and raise awareness in the needs and care of British Wildlife

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING AMONGST WILDLIFE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A RESCUE AND REHABILITATION SERVICE FOR ABANDONED, NEGLECTED OR INJURED WILDLIFE AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE NEEDS AND CARE OF BRITISH WILDLIFE

Area of benefit: NORTH HAMPSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Hampshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a profit of £17,707 for the year ended 31 December 2025, reversing a loss from the previous year. Unrestricted reserves increased to £198,019, which the trustees note is sufficient to cover three months of running costs. The trustees anticipate financial challenges in 2026 due to rising costs and reduced donor capacity.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hart Wildlife Rescue (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust — “A heartfelt thank you to all our fantastic supporters, who are vital to our work rescuing, rehabilitating and re-releasing wildlife in distr…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• PETER JOHN MARTchair
• ANNE BLACKLOCK
• Chloe-Jade Hill
• KAREN MARGESSON
• Phoebe McBurnie

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hampshire · Reading · Surrey · West Berkshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOLLYTREES ANIMAL RESCUE TRUST (HART).

• HOLLYTREES ANIMAL RESCUE TRUST (HART) income £297k
• WILDLIFE RESCUE income £48k
• THE WILDHEART TRUST income £3.0m
• THE WILDLIFE AID FOUNDATION income £2.1m
• WHITBY WILDLIFE SANCTUARY income £245k
• WILD THINGS RESCUE income £51k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.