The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Friends of the Animals

Registered charity 1000249 Registered since 1990

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

5 trustees on the board

7.6y median 0y
average tenure
36y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£2.4m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

24.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 42.3 in 2020

11 from 6 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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.friendsoftheanimals.co.uk
Emailfotaiow@hotmail.com
Phone01983522511
Address123 Pyle Street, Sinclair Coltman Hse, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1ST

Finances

£1,472,834 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,019,833£549,913
2022£1,010,607£671,331
2023£1,296,906£751,334
2024£2,354,837£1,021,273
2025£1,472,834£1,325,716

What it does

What

Animals

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS OF ANY SPECIES WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED TO BE CHARITABLE IN LAW

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 1ST SEPTEMBER 1990

Trustees (5)

5trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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