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Vale Wildlife Hospital

Vale Wildlife Hospital is a registered charity (number 702888) based in Gloucestershire, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Maggie Chapman-Smith since 2014. Latest income £848k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Vale Wildlife Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre, Vale Wildlife Rescue (Charity Commission)

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £848k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire
Website
www.valewildlife.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1990

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£848k£965k
  • 2024£785k£989k
  • 2023£878k£730k
Earlier years
  • 2022£902k£734k
  • 2021£729k£599k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) TO PREVENT CRUELTY AND RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF ANIMALS OF ALL KINDS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE STUDY OF WILDLIFE AND IN ANIMAL OWNERSHIP CARE METHODS OF TREATMENT AND NURSING CONSERVATION AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

Board analysis

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.

5 trustees on the board

7.5y median 8.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 5Education/training 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5

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

Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£848k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

7.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 11.7 in 2021

35 from 29 in 2021
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
702888
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 1ST MAY 1990 as amended on 09 Oct 2018
Contact on the register
01386882288 · info@valewildlife.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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