THE FOX PROJECT (SOUTHERN WILDLIFE AMBULANCE NETWORK)

Registered charity 1190070 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Wildlife Ambulance Service deals with sick and injured foxes and abandoned fox cubs, including rehabilitation and releasing.The Wildlife Information Bureau regularly advises national and local government and members of the public.Our Fox Deterrence Consultancy provides Do-it-Yourself information on simple, humane and non-lethal methods of resolving conflict with urban foxes.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION OF HUMANE MENTODS OF CONTROL OF FOXES AND OTHER WILD ANIMALS. 2) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE BEHAVIOUR AND ECOLOGY OF FOXES AND OTHER WILD ANIMALS. 3) TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS AND BIRDS OF ANY SPECIES WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE OR MAINTAIN REFUGES OR HOSPITALS OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE COLLECTION, RECEPTION, CARE AND REHABILITATION OF SICK OR ILL-TREATED ANIMALS OR BIRDS UNTIL THEIR EVENTUAL RELEASE BACK INTO THE WILD OR OTHERWISE THEIR TRANSFER TO AN ANIMAL SANCTUARY.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £93,809 for the year ended 5 April 2025, with total income of £476,647 against total expenditure of £570,456. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £1,129,072 are adequate to continue activities for the foreseeable future, noting that the deficit reflects intentional use of reserves to cover rising operating costs. The charity maintains a minimum operational reserves policy of £600,000, which is currently held.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~13.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Christouchair
• CATHERINE LUCY WEBSTER
• Caroline Mary Wetton
• Kathyrn Tyler
• Phoebe Liebenberg

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

Operates in: Bexley · Bromley · Croydon · East Sussex · Greenwich · Kent · Lewisham · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

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