The Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre

Analysis

The Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in January 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre reported income of £302k and spending of £355k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £273k to £302k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Red Squirrel Survival Trust (£301k), Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Branch (£303k) and Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Bedfordshire South and Mid Hertfordshire Branch (£301k).

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.