THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST

Registered charity 1091857 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FOLLY WILDLIFE RESCUE TRUST

Rescue, care and rehabilitation of injured, orphaned, sick and distressed wild animals.Promoting an interest and respect of our natural wildlife heritage.

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Latest income

£623k

Latest spending

£366k

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,184,369, which is below the charity's stated policy target of nine months' expenditure. The trustees consider these reserves adequate to meet obligations for at least 12 months, despite noting that legacy income is volatile and significant fluctuations would limit operational capability.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: nine month’s expenditure (held: £1.2m)

“It is the policy of the Charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to nine month’s expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£623k

Total spending

£366k

Reserves (reported)

£1.2m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~38.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/02/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (02/07/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Susan Johnsonchair
Elizabeth Chandler
Hannah Hall
Jessica Cater
Melvyn White
SANDRA REDDY
William Joseph Spence

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£623k	£366k
31/12/2023	£365k	£350k
31/12/2022	£324k	£316k
31/12/2021	£473k	£338k
31/12/2020	£324k	£290k

Common questions

Is THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,184,369, which is below the charity's stated policy target of nine months' expenditure. The trustees consider these reserves adequate to meet obligations for at least 12 months, despite noting that legacy income is volatile and significant fluctuations would limit operational capability. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST as a grant recipient include ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TUNBRIDGE WELLS AND MAIDSTONE BRANCH.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TUNBRIDGE WELLS AND MAIDSTONE BRANCH	FY2025	£4k	Contribution towards supporting their work in rescuing, caring and rehabilitating injured, orphaned, sick and distressed wildlife.
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TUNBRIDGE WELLS AND MAIDSTONE BRANCH	FY2024	£4k	Contribution towards supporting their work in rescue, care and rehabilitation of wildlife
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TUNBRIDGE WELLS AND MAIDSTONE BRANCH	FY2023	£3k	Contribution towards supporting their work and enabling them to treat and provide specialist care to wildlife
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TUNBRIDGE WELLS AND MAIDSTONE BRANCH	FY2022	£2k	Contribution towards supporting their work in rescue, care and rehabilitation of wildlife.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	3	£512k
THE BERYL EVETTS AND ROBERT LUFF ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST LIMITED	3	£19k
THE ANTHONY V MARTIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£55k
THE SIR EDWARD LEWIS FOUNDATION	2	£4k
THE GERRICK ROSE ANIMAL TRUST	1	—
THE MILLENNIUM OAK TRUST	1	—
THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION	1	£215k
THE DISCWORLD FOUNDATION	1	£180k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WILDLIFE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION.

THE WILDLIFE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION income £2.9m
CUAN WILDLIFE RESCUE income £1.0m
THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED income £5.3m
SOUTH ESSEX WILDLIFE HOSPITAL income £470k
SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST income £5.3m
THE WILDLIFE AID FOUNDATION income £2.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST	£623k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WILDLIFE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.9m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
CUAN WILDLIFE RESCUE FY2025	£1.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED FY2025	£5.3m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
SOUTH ESSEX WILDLIFE HOSPITAL FY2024	£470k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SOMERSET WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£5.3m	—	—	within	15.1%	no doubt

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