Registered charity · Liverpool
Carla Lane Animals in Need
- 3 trustees
- Income £1.2m (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, Animals
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.carlalaneanimalsinneed.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Carla Lane Animals in Need
- Registered
- 1994
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.2m£1.1m
- 2024£1.1m£806k
- 2023£1.6m£708k
Earlier years
- 2022£919k£600k
- 2021£985k£517k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 14%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANIMAL WELFARE THROUGH PROMOTION OF KINDNESS AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FOOD, SHELTER AND VETERINARY TREATMENT FOR ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION. 2. THE PROVISION OF NEUTERING, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY SERVICES TO OTHER ANIMAL CARERS AND OWNERS IN FURTHERING THE WELFARE OF ANIMALS. 3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN AND TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH INCLUDING THE NEED, NATURAL BEHAVIOUR, HABITS AND LIFESTYLE OF ANIMALS, AND THE PROPER CARE OF ALL DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND MAKE PUBLIC THE USEFUL RESULT OF SUCH RESEARCH.
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Fran Ellis since 2013
- Helen Elizabeth Smyth since 2025
- Margaret Irene Brady since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Fran Ellis since 2013
- Margaret Irene Brady since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Fran Ellis since 2013
- Helen Elizabeth Smyth since 2025
- Margaret Irene Brady since 2013
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
10.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1031342
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08/11/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/12/1993AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 18/05/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22/04/2013 as amended on 08 Apr 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 02314427 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01515490959 · animals_inneed@hotmail.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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