THE BRITISH HEDGEHOG PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Registered charity 1164542 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are dedicated to helping & protecting native UK hedgehogs. Through campaigns, advocacy & educational projects we work to raise awareness of practical steps we can all take to help reverse the decline of hedgehogs in the wild, improve their welfare & safeguard the future of this much-loved animal. We fund research that provides important new insights into the conservation & welfare of hedgehogs.

Objects

To promote the conservation and welfare of the Western European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) as a wild species in the British Isles and safeguard its future for the benefit of the public. In furtherance of the above, the charity may:1. Promote the conservation of hedgehogs and their habitats, by means of campaigns, advocacy and educational projects that raise awareness of the practical steps needed to help reverse the decline of hedgehogs and improve their welfare. 2. Provide advocacy and an expert source of information and advice to the public, businesses, governmental and other organisations regarding the conservation, ecology, behaviour and welfare of hedgehogs.3. Promote knowledge of and the understanding of current laws for the protection and welfare of native hedgehogs in the British Isles and seek further legal protection as necessary.4. Identify and provide funding for research (which shall be published) that is of benefit to the Western European hedgehog.5. Provide information and support educational projects, especially for the younger generation, to promote understanding, appreciation, respect and a humane attitude to hedgehogs and other wildlife.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,008,674, a significant increase from the previous year's £2,914,834, driven largely by legacy donations. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and identified no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Thorne Widgery Accountancy Ltd. Discloses 5 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — British Hedgehog Preservation Society (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~88.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jonathan Hampsteadchair
• Bradley Mark Thomas
• Dr Matthew James Pound
• Dr Nigel James Reeve
• Imogen Kay Verret
• KAY ELIZABETH BULLEN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lachlan Thomas Rurlander
• Lisa Noelle Edinborough

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUFFOLK PRICKLES HEDGEHOG RESCUE.

• SUFFOLK PRICKLES HEDGEHOG RESCUE income £32k
• THE HERPETOLOGICAL CONSERVATION TRUST income £383k
• HOLLY HEDGE ANIMAL SANCTUARY income £1.2m
• BADGER TRUST income £298k
• ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION AGENCY income £332k
• SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £3.4m

Side by side with its peers

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