The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Born Free Foundation

Registered charity 1070906 Registered since 1998

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Ethiopia, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Malawi

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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.

11 trustees on the board

4.9y median 4y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 11Education/training 11Environment/conservation/heritage 10General Charitable Purposes 1

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

Tech and media 14Other services 13Arts and leisure 6

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£7.7m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

8.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

141 from 109 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.

Related organisations

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Contact

Websitewww.bornfree.org.uk
Emailinfo@bornfree.org.uk
Phone01403240170
AddressFrazer House 2nd Floor, 14 Carfax, Horsham, RH12 1ER

Finances

£7,652,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,876,000£6,821,000
2022£6,139,200£5,446,692
2023£5,651,000£6,283,000
2024£6,106,000£6,066,000
2025£7,652,000£7,142,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

(A) TO PRESERVE AND CONSERVE ANIMAL SPECIES IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT ON AN INTERNATIONAL BASIS AND TO UNDERTAKE ALL RELEVANT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH OR ANCILLARY THERETO, AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH, AND TO PROVIDE RELEVANT EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT AND OTHER SUPPORT TO COMMUNITIES IN AREAS WHERE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION ARE UNDERTAKEN;(B) TO PREVENT ALL TYPES OF CRUELTY AND ABUSE OF ANIMALS AND WILDLIFE PARTICULARLY IN ZOOS AND OTHER PLACES WHERE ANIMALS ARE KEPT IN CAPTIVITY.(C) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF NATURAL HISTORY, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, ECOLOGY AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION IN AN INDUSTRIAL, URBAN, RURAL, NATURAL AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTS;(D) TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS OF ANY SPECIES WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND (WHERE APPROPRIATE) ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF IMPROVED FACILITIES FOR THE CARE OF ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 JUL 1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 APR 2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 SEP 2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 SEP 2016AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 30 SEP 2016

Trustees (11)

11trustees
56median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Born Free Foundation · 03603432 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/07/1998

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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