Help a Hedgehog Hospital

Analysis

Help a Hedgehog Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stroud. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Help a Hedgehog Hospital reported income of £30k and spending of £18k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £17k to £30k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Help a Hedgehog Hospital sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bunny Burrows (£30k), Tavistock Young Farmers Club (£31k) and International Society for Equitation Science (£30k).