WILD BIRD RESCUE DORSET

Registered charity 1194952 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our aim is to further the conservation and preservation of the Wild Bird species by providing a rescue, care and rehabilitation service for sick, injured, or orphaned wild birds, with the aim of eventually releasing them back to the wild to their natural habitat. Occasional rescue, care, rehabilitation & rehoming of other wild, abandoned, feral or injured creatures.

Objects

To further the conservation and preservation of the wild bird species by providing a rescue, care and rehabilitation service for sick, injured, or orphaned wild birds, with the aim of eventually releasing them back to the wild to their natural habitat and the occasional rescue, care, rehabilitation & rehoming of other wild, abandoned, feral or injured creatures.

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

Causes: Animals · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dorset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£39k
Latest spending
£40k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted resources are only just sufficient to meet immediate outgoings, indicating tight liquidity. The charity has no outstanding debts or secured liabilities and holds no funds materially in deficit. However, the trustees note that as a newly registered charity, they aim to raise funds to sustain operations for a few months ahead.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: private donations
“Wild Bird Rescue Dorset’s principal source of funds is from private donations.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: at least 20% of its annual turnover
“For these purposes the Charity will endeavour in the future to generate and maintain reserves which are at least 20% of its annual turnover.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 3

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 3

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 5

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£39k£40k
31/12/2024£20k£21k
31/12/2023£20k£18k
31/12/2022£14k£12k
31/12/2021£4k£3k

Common questions

Is WILD BIRD RESCUE DORSET financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted resources are only just sufficient to meet immediate outgoings, indicating tight liquidity. The charity has no outstanding debts or secured liabilities and holds no funds materially in deficit. However, the trustees note that as a newly registered charity, they aim to raise funds to sustain operations for a few months ahead.

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 BRENT LODGE WILDLIFE HOSPITAL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WILD BIRD RESCUE DORSET£39k—0unclear—no doubt
BRENT LODGE WILDLIFE HOSPITAL FY2025£848k—0above—no doubt
DORSET WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025£7.3m——unclear—no doubt
SONGBIRD SURVIVAL FY2025£437k——below—no doubt
WEST DORSET WILDING FY2025£287k—0unclear—no doubt
GOWER BIRD HOSPITAL FY2025£74k—0unclear—no doubt

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