Save the Rhino International

Analysis

Save the Rhino International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, animals, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under animals. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Save the Rhino International reported income of £3.4m and spending of £3.5m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.3m to £3.4m (-21%), an average of -5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Save the Rhino International sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Solent Branch CIO (£3.4m), National Animal Welfare Trust (£3.6m) and The Royal Cornwall Agricultural Association (£3.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 75% and donations and legacies 25%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £22k. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 18%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.6m. Reserves of £337k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.