Wirral Fox Rescue

Registered charity 1176869 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PAWPRINTS, PAWPRINTS - WIRRAL WILDLIFE RESCUE, REHABILITATION AND RELEASE, PAWPRINTS WIRRAL WILDLIFE RESCUE, REHABILITATION AND RELEASE

Wirral Fox Rescue, formally Pawprints, is Wirral's only dedicated centre for the rescue, rehabilitation and release of foxes. Through a combination of coordinated veterinary services and our excellent in house programme, we aim to nurse our foxes back to health before releasing them into the wild, preferably where they were first found.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:1. TO FURTHER THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF WILDLIFE, INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOXES WITHIN THE WIRRAL AND MERSEYSIDE AREA. 2. TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF WILDLIFE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY PROVIDING RESCUE, CARE AND REHABILITATION SERVICE FOR SICK, INJURED, OR ORPHANED WILDLIFE WITH THE AIM OF RELEASING SUCH ANIMALS BACK INTO THE WILD WHEREVER POSSIBLE. 3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE STUDY OF WILDLIFE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOXES AND THE CARE, METHODS OF TREATMENT, CONSERVATION AND HABITAT OF FOXES AND OTHER ANIMALS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £17,804, an increase from £10,770 in the prior year, resulting in a net income surplus of £7,034. The trustees note that while the charity aims to hold reserves covering six months of commitments, it is currently below this target. The charity operates with minimal paid staff, relying on a single Centre Manager and significant volunteer support.

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 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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 — Wirral Fox Rescue (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Anwen Cromptonchair
• Angela Cross
• Dee Tully-Bucknell
• Karen Angela James Hunt
• Lisa Shaw
• Louise Kirkpatrick
• Raymond Bucknell

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

Operates in: Liverpool City · Sefton · Wirral

Income and spending

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