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Dorset Hedgehog Rescue

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1186680DorsetAnimals
Income£488k2025-12-31
Spending£100ksame year
Spent / received25%5-year average
Size in its cause87th pctAnimals
Registered2019CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Dorset Hedgehog Rescue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in November 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Dorset Hedgehog Rescue reported income of £488k and spending of £100k, leaving 79% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £29k to £488k (+1585%), an average of +103% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 759%. Over the whole period it spent 25% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Dorset Hedgehog Rescue sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary Ltd (£485k), The Wavertree Education Trust Limited (£490k) and The Anthony V Martin Charitable Foundation (£484k).

Income and spending

£0£122k£244k£366k£488k2021 Income: £28,9702021 Spending: £22,11320212022 Income: £32,3022022 Spending: £21,25920222023 Income: £22,2062023 Spending: £31,62220232024 Income: £190,7892024 Spending: £11,87520242025 Income: £488,2462025 Spending: £100,4432025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

TO PROVIDE A RESCUE, CARE AND REHABILITATION SERVICE FOR SICK, INJURED, OR ORPHANED HEDGEHOGS, TO FURTHER THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE HEDGEHOG SPECIES, TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC TO FURTHER THE PUBLIC'S UNDERSTANDING OF HEDGEHOGS AND THE PROBLEMS THEY FACE, TO PROVIDE TRAINING IN HEDGEHOG CARE AND FOR GREEN SPACE MANAGERS AND GARDENERS ON HOW THEY CAN HELP HEDGEHOGS.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary LtdSwansea£485k
The Wavertree Education Trust LimitedNewmarket£490k
The Anthony V Martin Charitable FoundationGreenford£484k
German Shepherd Dog RescueHereford£495k