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Registered charity · Manchester

The Captive Animals Protection Society

The Captive Animals Protection Society is a registered charity (number 1124436) based in Manchester, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £63k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Freedom for Animals (Charity Commission)

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £63k (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
Animals
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.freedomforanimals.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Captive Animals Protection Society
Registered
2008

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£63k£218k
  • 2024£86k£235k
  • 2023£135k£198k
Earlier years
  • 2022£82k£128k
  • 2021£184k£83k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE:(1) TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS, AND PREVENT CRUELTY AND SUFFERING TO, ANIMALSHELD IN CAPTIVITY, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN CIRCUSES, ZOOS AND SIMILAR ENVIRONMENTS.(2) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC TO A SENSE OF MORAL RESPONSIBILITY IN MATTERS RELATING TO THEWELLBEING OF ANIMALS, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN CAPTIVITY, OR LIKELY TO BE IN CAPTIVITY.(3) TO UNDERTAKE ALL RELEVANT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY, ANDTO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH, AND TO PROVIDE RELEVANT EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TOMEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.(4) TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION.

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.

4 trustees on the board

9y median 10y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 4Education/training 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Other services 4Business services 1Education 1

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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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£86k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1124436
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 NOVEMBER 1987 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 1 JUNE 2008
Companies House
Company number 02086775 · Active
Contact on the register
08453303911 · info@freedomforanimals.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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