The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

International Fund for Animal Welfare (Ifaw)

Registered charity 1024806 Registered since 1993

Operates: Barbados, Canada, China, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kenya, Malawi, Sierra Leone, South Africa

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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.

6.1y median 7y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure
8.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

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

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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.

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.ifaw.org
Emailinfo-uk@ifaw.org
Phone07960717554
AddressFifth Floor, 81 Southwark Street, London, SE1 0HX

Finances

£17,438,907 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£18,138,240£14,151,987
2022£18,430,507£15,155,924
2023£16,613,772£18,722,090
2024£17,884,875£19,345,734
2025£17,438,907£18,554,421

What it does

What

Education/trainingAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

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.

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

Trustees (13)

13trustees
62median age
5aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

International Fund for Animal Welfare (Ifaw) · 02701278 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 27/03/1992

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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