Cuan Wildlife Rescue

Analysis

Cuan Wildlife Rescue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services, sponsors or undertakes research and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cuan Wildlife Rescue reported income of £1.0m and spending of £659k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £417k to £1.0m (+147%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Cuan Wildlife Rescue sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kit Wilson Trust for Animal Welfare (£1.0m), The John Burns Foundation (£1.0m) and Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Northamptonshire Branch (£999k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 94% and trading 6.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £537k. Charitable activities took 71% of spending and raising funds 17%. Reserves of £100k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.