WILDLIFE RESCUE

Registered charity 1153471 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve the suffering of wildlife in the need of care and attention. In particular, to provide and maintain rescue homes or other facilities for the reception, care and treatment of such wildlife. To enable rehabilitation and release back into the wild and to educate the public in matters pertaining to animal welfare in general and the prevention of cruelty and suffering among animals

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF WILDLIFE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RESCUE HOMES OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH WILDLIFE TO ENABLE REHABILITATION AND RELEASE BACK INTO THE WILD; AND 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: Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with negative unrestricted funds of £51,220, having incurred a net expenditure of £66,882 against income of £48,277. The trustees report that cash reserves of £20,283 are sufficient to cover only one month of costs, and the charity holds no other reserves. The filing notes that the charity relies entirely on public donations and has no government funding.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BARBARA BROWN
• CARLA ENGLAND · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Peter Hood BSc BVSc MRCVS
• Jennifer Ellen Seward MRCVS vet

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

Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• THE WILDLIFE AID FOUNDATION income £2.1m
• WILD WELFARE income £283k
• WHITBY WILDLIFE SANCTUARY income £245k
• WILD THINGS RESCUE income £51k
• KIRKLEES VALLEY WILDLIFE RESCUE income £85k
• CUAN WILDLIFE RESCUE income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

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