Registered charity (CIO) · London
Free the Wild
- 4 trustees
- Income £453k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Mark Nelthorpe-CowneChair · since 2017
- Anika SleemTrustee · since 2019
- CherTrustee · since 2017
- Gina Nelthorpe-CowneTrustee · since 2017
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Animals
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria and more
- Website
- FREETHEWILD.CO.UK (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£453k£324k
- 2023£85k£50k
- 2022£71k£96k
Earlier years
- 2021£187k£223k
- 2020£174k£66k
Charitable objects
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF WILD ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO CHARITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHICH PROVIDE ANIMAL SANCTUARIES AND VETERINARY CARE AND TREATMENT TO RELIEVE THEIR SUFFERING AND FOR THE RESCUE AND RE-HOMING OF WILD ANIMALS THAT HAVE BEEN MISTREATED.
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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.
4 trustees on the board
- Mark Nelthorpe-Cowne Chair since 2017
- Anika Sleem since 2019
- Cher since 2017
- Gina Nelthorpe-Cowne since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Mark Nelthorpe-Cowne Chair since 2017
- Anika Sleem since 2019
- Cher since 2017
- Gina Nelthorpe-Cowne since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Mark Nelthorpe-Cowne Chair since 2017
- Anika Sleem since 2019
- Cher since 2017
- Gina Nelthorpe-Cowne since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1173936
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 25 Jul 2017
- Contact on the register
- 02073522277 · INFO@FREETHEWILD.CO.UK
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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