April Lodge Guinea Pig Rescue

Analysis

April Lodge Guinea Pig Rescue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sandwich. It was registered in September 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, April Lodge Guinea Pig Rescue reported income of £20k and spending of £26k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £27k to £20k (-28%), an average of -7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, April Lodge Guinea Pig Rescue sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Siren Conservation Education (£20k), The Axe Vale and District Conservation Society (£20k) and Richmond Exotics (£20k).

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.