THE WILDLIFE AID FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1138944 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q8001288 · Wikipedia · also known as WILDLIFE AID

The rescue, care and rehabilitation of wild creatures of all kinds. The promotion for the benefit of the public of the conservation, protection and improvement of the natural environment. The promotion of humane behaviour towards animals.

Objects

3. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:3.1 THE RESCUE, CARE AND REHABILITATION OF WILD CREATURES OF ALL KINDS WHICH ARE UNABLE TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES FOR REASONS OF SICKNESS, INJURY, ABANDONMENT OR SUFFERING;3.2 THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING THE NATURAL HABITAT OF WILD CREATURES OF ALL KINDS, AND THE PROMOTION OF BIODIVERSITY;3.3 THE PROMOTION OF HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS BY:3.3.1 EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PROTECTION OF WILD ANIMALS AND THEIR NATURAL HABITAT IN PARTICULAR;3.3.2 PROVIDING ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND/OR ORGANISATIONS WHO REQUIRE SUCH ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, TRAINING AND SUPPORT IN CONNECTION WITH ANIMAL WELFARE; AND3.3.3 UNDERTAKING RESEARCH INTO MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PROTECTION OF WILD ANIMALS AND THEIR NATURAL HABITAT IN PARTICULAR.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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: Mole Valley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totaled £11,614,468, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of a minimum £2,000,000. The charity generated a net incoming resource of £1,083,842 for the year, supported by substantial income from bequests and legacies. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern, with significant designated funds set aside for future renovation costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Ward Williams Limited. 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
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 05/11/2025, 5 days after the 31/10/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07026228

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Wildlife Aid Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Lou Cowell — CEO (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• DONALD, Helen Catrine Frances, Dr — director, appointed 15/08/2023on trustee list
• WICKES, James Nicholas Becher — director, appointed 15/08/2023on trustee list
• SAHOTA, Mandip Singh — director, appointed 20/03/2018on trustee list
• CUTHBERT, Mark — director, appointed 22/09/2009on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

12 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (11 freehold); recorded price paid £3.6m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~134.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Helen Catrine Frances Donald
• James Nicholas Becher Wickes
• MARK WILLIAM HARCOURT CUTHBERT
• Mandip Singh Sahota
• Nicholas Harding

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 WILDLIFE RESCUE.

• WILDLIFE RESCUE income £48k
• THE WILDLIFE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION income £5.1m
• WILD WELFARE income £283k
• WILD GROUND income £394k
• THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST income £578k
• WHITBY WILDLIFE SANCTUARY income £245k

Side by side with its peers

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