The Parrot Zoo Trust

Analysis

The Parrot Zoo Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and animals, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parrot Zoo Trust reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.4m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £942k to £1.3m (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Parrot Zoo Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% 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 Music Minds Matter (£1.3m), YMCA Wellington and District (£1.3m) and Barrowmore Limited (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 91%, charitable activities 6.3% and trading 1.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £39k. Charitable activities took 60% of spending and raising funds 38%. Reserves of £600k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.

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.