THE OAK AND FURROWS WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTRE

Registered charity 1177380 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To care for all injured and orphaned wildlife in Gloucestershire band North Wiltshire. Education of the public to the needs of wildlife and visits with talks to schools and clubs in our area

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Latest income

£32k

Latest spending

£73k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is winding down its operations, having transferred all trade and assets to RSPCA North Wiltshire and Newbury District Branch in 2020, with plans to become dormant. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves have dropped significantly to £474, resulting in a net expenditure for the year as the charity continues to make donations to the linked RSPCA branch.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANNE MURRAY · trustee of 2 other charities
Christopher James Laurence OBE QVRM · trustee of 5 other charities
LINDA WINONA POPE
Michelle Bowyer BA · trustee of 2 other charities
STUART JOHN FORREST · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Oxfordshire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£32k	£73k
31/03/2024	£84k	£50k
31/03/2023	£99k	£280k
31/03/2022	£213k	£15k
31/03/2021	£279k	£385k

Common questions

Is THE OAK AND FURROWS WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is winding down its operations, having transferred all trade and assets to RSPCA North Wiltshire and Newbury District Branch in 2020, with plans to become dormant. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves have dropped significantly to £474, resulting in a net expenditure for the year as the charity continues to make donations to the linked RSPCA branch. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE OAK AND FURROWS WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE OAK AND FURROWS WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTRE as a grant recipient include Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals North Wiltshire and Newbury District Branch, THE W H SMITH GROUP CHARITABLE TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

ANNE MURRAY — trustee here and at Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals North Wiltshire and Newbury District Branch
Christopher James Laurence OBE QVRM — trustee here and at Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals North Wiltshire and Newbury District Branch
Michelle Bowyer BA — trustee here and at Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals North Wiltshire and Newbury District Branch

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals North Wiltshire and Newbury District Branch	FY2024	£57k	Transfer of assets/net book value of Wildlife Centre and motor vehicles
THE W H SMITH GROUP CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£1k