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International Fund for Animal Welfare (Ifaw)

International Fund for Animal Welfare (Ifaw) is a registered charity (number 1024806) based in London, governed by 13 trustees. Latest income £17m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

13 trustees
Income £17m (2025)

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

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About

What it does: Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where: Barbados, Canada, China, Iceland and more
Website: www.ifaw.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company: International Fund for Animal Welfare (Ifaw)
Registered: 1993

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£17m£19m
2024£18m£19m
2023£17m£19m

Earlier years

2022£18m£15m
2021£18m£14m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE WELFARE AND CONSERVATION OF ANIMALS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY REDUCING COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION OF ANIMALS, HELPING ANIMALS IN CRISIS OR DISTRESS AND WORKING TO PREVENT CRUELTY AND SUFFERING TO WILD ANIMALS AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS; TO PROTECT, CONSERVE AND PRESERVE TERRESTRIAL AND MARINE WILDLIFE HABITATS AND TO EDUCATE POLICY MAKERS AND THE PUBLIC IN RESPECT OF THE FOREGOING.

Grants received

3 grants · £33,500 total

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Top funders

SHAREGIFT · £33,500 (3 grants)

Most recent

SHAREGIFT £5,0002025-12-10
SHAREGIFT £7,5002025-06-23
SHAREGIFT £21,0002003-11-10

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.

13 trustees on the board

6.1y median 7y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

company-linked trustees

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

Animals 13Education/training 13Environment/conservation/heritage 13

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

Health and social care 19Professional services 6Property 3

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£17.4m 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.

10.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 15.2 in 2021

27 from 26 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: 1024806
Status: Registered
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27 MAR 1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 MAR 1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 MAR 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 JUN 2005AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 08 AUG 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 OCT 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 JUL 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 FEB 2017 as amended on 06 Nov 2018
Companies House: Company number 02701278 · Active
Contact on the register: 07960717554 · info-uk@ifaw.org
Edition: Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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