Wildgoose Rural Training

Analysis

Wildgoose Rural Training is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester. It was registered in June 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07390338). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Wildgoose Rural Training reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £392k to £1.1m (+180%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Wildgoose Rural Training 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Full of Life (£1.1m), Marden Community Hub (£1.1m) and Turning the Red Lights Green (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 73%, trading 19% and donations and legacies 6.5%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 21%. Reserves of £425k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 people.