OXFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE RESCUE

Registered charity 1194050 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rescue, Rehabilitate and Release any sick, injured or orphaned British Wildlife

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:A) TO RESCUE, REHABILITATE AND RELEASE WILD ANIMALS WHO NEED ASSISTANCE DUE TO BEING SICK, INJURED OR ORPHANED. PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE, RELIEF OF PAIN AND SUFFERING, AND SUITABLE REHABILITATION FACILITIES FOR ALL BRITISH WILDLIFE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TOI) PROVIDING ADVICE AND EDUCATION, PROMOTING THE APPRECIATION, RESPECT AND WELFARE OF BRITISH WILDLIFE; ANDII) PROVIDING AN EMERGENCY ANIMAL RESCUE SERVICE.

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

Causes: Animals · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Vale of White Horse, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£269k
Latest spending
£232k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 have been examined by an independent examiner who confirmed that no material matters came to their attention suggesting non-compliance with accounting regulations or the Charities Act 2011. The examiner stated they had no concerns and found no other matters requiring attention to understand the accounts properly. The charity's gross income exceeded £250,000, necessitating this level of examination.

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.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Government income: £7,635 — grants £7,635 (3); 3% of the £268,881 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 45
  • Government income: £13,379 — grants £13,379 (6); 5% of the £249,954 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 35
  • Government income: £6,611 — grants £6,611 (6); 4% of the £169,941 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Oxfordshire Wildlife Rescue (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£269k£232k
31/03/2024£250k£162k
31/03/2023£170k£157k
31/03/2022£64k£60k

Common questions

Is OXFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE RESCUE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 have been examined by an independent examiner who confirmed that no material matters came to their attention suggesting non-compliance with accounting regulations or the Charities Act 2011. The examiner stated they had no concerns and found no other matters requiring attention to understand the accounts properly. The charity's gross income exceeded £250,000, necessitating this level of examination. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OXFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE RESCUE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OXFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE RESCUE as a grant recipient include WALLINGFORD & DIDCOT ROTARY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION CIO.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WALLINGFORD & DIDCOT ROTARY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION CIOFY2024£4kLocal Community Grants

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OXFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE RESCUE£269k—0unclear—no doubt
WILDLIFE RESCUE FY2026£48k—0unclear—no doubt
HEREFORD AND WORCESTER ANIMAL RESCUE FY2025£279k—0unclear—no doubt
WILD OXFORDSHIRE FY2025£680k—0above—no doubt
WILD THINGS RESCUE FY2025£51k—0unclear—no doubt
OXFORDSHIRE ANIMAL SANCTUARY SOCIETY FY2025£1.8m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.