LITTLE FOXES WILD ORPHAN CARE

Registered charity 1106015 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LITTLE FOXES

Little Foxes continues to provide the best care we can for all the sick, injured and orphaned wildlife that comes our way. We have updated and improved our outside runs and hope to be able in due course to purchase a small piece of land for our own use. We are looking at ways to increase our income in these costly times

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF WILD ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND IN PARTICULAR, TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH ANIMALS.TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS WILD ANIMALS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR WILD ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF BEING ORPHANED OR SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL USAGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PARTICULARLY TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG WILD ANIMALS.TO PROVIDE THROUGH EXPERTISE AND FACILITIES, THE REHABILITATION OF RESCUED ANIMALS BACK TO THE WILD WHEN THEIR CARE AND TREATMENT IS CONCLUDED.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Latest income
£59k
Latest spending
£12k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts for the period ending 30th June 2025 were examined by an independent examiner who confirmed they balance and represent a full and proper record of the charity's affairs. The examiner noted a minor administrative concern regarding the retention of informal paper receipts from suppliers but found no other issues. The charity received a generous legacy during the period, which was retained for the benefit of the animals.

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

What the accounts disclose

Governance: The examiner notes a concern regarding missing hand-written receipts from suppliers, stating: 'I have only one concern and that is that hand-written receipts from feed suppliers Wheatley AG and Kennel Shop have not available to me because they are not easily to hand.'
“I have only one concern and that is that hand-written receipts from feed suppliers Wheatley AG and Kennel Shop have not available to me because they are not easily to hand.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£59k£12k
30/06/2024£8k£25k
30/06/2023£7k£12k
30/06/2022£16k£19k
30/06/2021£12k£17k

Common questions

Is LITTLE FOXES WILD ORPHAN CARE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts for the period ending 30th June 2025 were examined by an independent examiner who confirmed they balance and represent a full and proper record of the charity's affairs. The examiner noted a minor administrative concern regarding the retention of informal paper receipts from suppliers but found no other issues. The charity received a generous legacy during the period, which was retained for the benefit of the animals. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.