The Wildlife Hospital Foundation

Analysis

The Wildlife Hospital Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in September 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and 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 January 2025, The Wildlife Hospital Foundation reported income of £2.9m and spending of £2.3m, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from January 2024 to January 2025, income grew from £2.4m to £2.9m (+23%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Wildlife Hospital Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lincolnshire Agricultural Society (£2.9m), The Wildheart Trust (£3.0m) and Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Bath and District Branch (£2.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 74%, investments 15% and trading 5.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.6m. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 7.9%. Reserves of £17.9m would cover about 76 months of spending at that rate. It employed 56 people.