The Lancashire Hedgehog Care Trust

Analysis

The Lancashire Hedgehog Care Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Thornton-Cleveleys. It was registered in May 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Lancashire Hedgehog Care Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £13k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £13k to £11k (-13%), an average of -3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Lancashire Hedgehog Care Trust sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Alf Rewin Conservation Fund (£11k), The Oxford Down Sheep Breeders' Association (£11k) and Browse Poster (£11k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.