Mousehole Wild Bird Hospital and Sanctuary Association Limited

Analysis

Mousehole Wild Bird Hospital and Sanctuary Association Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in October 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01270673). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Mousehole Wild Bird Hospital and Sanctuary Association Limited reported income of £97k and spending of £304k, spending 314% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £84k to £97k (+15%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 214% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Mousehole Wild Bird Hospital and Sanctuary Association Limited sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sunshine Cat Rescue (£97k), Rescued Animals in Need (Green St Green) (£97k) and Harrogate Cat Rescue (£96k).

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.