Red Squirrel Survival Trust

Analysis

Red Squirrel Survival Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2006, 20 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 05941388). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Red Squirrel Survival Trust reported income of £301k and spending of £340k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £443k to £301k (-32%), an average of -9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Red Squirrel Survival Trust sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Bedfordshire South and Mid Hertfordshire Branch (£301k), The Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre (£302k) and The Great Eccleston and District Agricultural Society Limited (£301k).

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.