Vale Wildlife Hospital

Analysis

Vale Wildlife Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in May 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Vale Wildlife Hospital reported income of £848k and spending of £965k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £729k to £848k (+16%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Vale Wildlife Hospital sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sangat Trust (£848k), The Burdett Trust for Nursing (£848k) and The Heart Research Institute (UK) (£847k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 50% and donations and legacies 31%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £74k. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 1.3%. Reserves of £561k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 35 people.