The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Secret World Wildlife Rescue

Registered charity 1097119 Registered since 2003

Operates: Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

3y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Animals 6Education/training 6Environment/conservation/heritage 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 6Retail and trade 2Health and social care 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.3m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 9.1 in 2020

52 from 23 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.secretworld.org
Emailinfo@secretworld.org
Phone01278783250
AddressSecret World Wildlife Rescue, New Road, East Huntspill, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 3PZ

Finances

£1,299,264 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,043,908£798,014
2021£1,375,837£920,208
2022£1,165,764£1,218,181
2023£1,604,389£1,351,545
2024£1,299,264£1,591,696

What it does

What

Education/trainingAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO UNDERTAKE THE CARE AND REHABILITATION OF ORPHANED, INJURED OR OTHERWISE DISTRESSED WILDLIFE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC GENERALLY REGARDING WILDLIFE WITH THE AIM OF ENCOURAGING TOLERANCE, APPRECIATION AND RESPECT FOR ALL WILDLIFE IN PARTICULAR BY DISSEMINATING RESEARCH GAINED FROM CARING FOR WILDLIFE TO OTHER BODIES NATIONALLY WITH THE AIM OF FURTHERING THE PUBLIC'S UNDERSTANDING OF WILDLIFE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 FEBRUARY 2003

Trustees (6)

6trustees
65median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Secret World Wildlife Rescue · 04672215 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/02/2003

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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