Forest of Dean Dog Rescue

Analysis

Forest of Dean Dog Rescue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lydney. It was registered in May 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Forest of Dean Dog Rescue reported income of £76k and spending of £72k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £55k to £76k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Forest of Dean Dog Rescue sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Anne Banks Will Trust (£76k), Cat Action Trust - North and West Wiltshire (£77k) and Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Lincolnshire North and Humber Branch (£76k).