BLYTH WILDLIFE RESCUE

Registered charity 1146891 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NOTHUMBRIA WILDLIFE RESCUE

THE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION OF SICK AND INJURED WILDLIFE ACROSS NORTHUMBERLAND AND NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

Objects

1. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM THE WILD IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO RESCUE AND SUPPLY VETERINARY CARE TO ANIMALS RESCUED WITH THE AIM TO RAISE AND CARE FOR SUCH ANIMALS UNTIL THEY CAN COPE WITH LIFE THEN TO RELEASE THEM TO THEIR NATURAL HABITAT OR SUITABLE HOME2. TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL USAGE3. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Tyneside, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £4,343 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £66,366 and total expenditure of £70,709. Cumulative unrestricted reserves stood at £18,168 at year-end. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 16/01/2025, 77 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 06/11/2023, 6 days after the 31/10/2023 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN ANDERSONchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hannah New
• Pippa Leightley
• Sharon Denise Davies
• VICKY ANDERSON

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

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BLYTH RESOURCE & INITIATIVE CENTRE.

• BLYTH RESOURCE & INITIATIVE CENTRE income £159k
• BROCKWORTH HEDGEHOG RESCUE income £57k
• WILDLIFE RESCUE income £48k
• LEICESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE HOSPITAL TRUST income £88k
• BARNSLEY AND DISTRICT ANIMAL RESCUE CHARITY income £542k
• THE BLYTH CHARITABLE TRUST income £365k

Side by side with its peers

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