Secret World Wildlife Rescue

Analysis

Secret World Wildlife Rescue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04672215). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Secret World Wildlife Rescue reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.6m, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2024, income grew from £1.0m to £1.3m (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Secret World Wildlife Rescue sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Coventry and District Branch CIO (£1.3m), Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Cornwall Branch (£1.3m) and Pig Shed Trust (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 61%, trading 36%, charitable activities 1.3% and investments 1.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £488k. Charitable activities took 70% of spending and raising funds 29%. Reserves of £417k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 52 people.