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Registered charity · London

Animal Free Research UK

“the prevention of the suffering of animals and the advancement of human health, in particular but not exclusively, by the funding of and support of human-relevant replacements to the use of animals in scientific and medical experimentation.”

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £1.0m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.animalfreeresearchuk.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Animal Free Research UK LTD
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.0m£1.5m
  • 2024£1.4m£1.3m
  • 2023£1.5m£1.4m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.4m£1.0m
  • 2021£1.5m£720k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

“the prevention of the suffering of animals and the advancement of human health, in particular but not exclusively, by the funding of and support of human-relevant replacements to the use of animals in scientific and medical experimentation.”

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.

8 trustees on the board

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8Religious Activities 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.

Business services 6Manufacturing 1Professional services 1

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£1.0m latest income
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.

4.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 16.0 in 2021

16 from 9 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
1146896
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/04/2012NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 07/03/2015 as amended on 12 Apr 2019 as amended on 22 Jul 2019 as amended on 09 Jul 2021 as amended on 09 Jul 2021 as amended on 26 Jul 2021
Companies House
Company number 08015625 · Active
Contact on the register
02080549700 · hello@animalfreeresearchuk.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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