Marine and Wildlife Rescue

Analysis

Marine and Wildlife Rescue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Great Yarmouth. It was registered in September 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Marine and Wildlife Rescue reported income of £98k and spending of £54k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £199k to £98k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Marine and Wildlife Rescue sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northumberland Greyhound Rescue (£98k), Dedicated to Dachshunds with Ivdd (£98k) and Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust (£98k).