Holly Hedge Animal Sanctuary

Analysis

Holly Hedge Animal Sanctuary is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in June 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Holly Hedge Animal Sanctuary reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.1m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £755k to £1.2m (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 883%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Holly Hedge Animal Sanctuary sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The William Scott Abbott Trust (£1.1m), Pawprints to Freedom Limited (£1.2m) and Borneo Orangutan Survival UK (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 78%, trading 10%, investments 7.2% and charitable activities 3.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £658k. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 8.2%. Reserves of £300k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 people.