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Animal Defenders International Foundation

Animal Defenders International Foundation is a registered charity (number 1166558) based in London, governed by 7 trustees. Latest income £430k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £430k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria and more
Linked company
Animal Defenders International Foundation
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£430k£365k
  • 2023£286k£487k
  • 2022£395k£309k
Earlier years
  • 2021£484k£403k
  • 2020£513k£494k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1. THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO, AND RELIEF OF SUFFERING OF, ANIMALS AND THE CARE OF RESCUED, UNWANTED, NEGLECTED OR ABANDONED ANIMALS;2. THE CONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS;3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ANIMAL HEALTH AND CARE; AND4. TO ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUES AND SUBSTITUTES TO REPLACE THE USE OF ANIMALS IN MEDICAL AND OTHER 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.

7 trustees on the board

11y median 11y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

21.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 7Education/training 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7

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

Education 17

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£430k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1166558
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05 SEP 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14 APR 2016
Companies House
Company number 09205984 · Active
Contact on the register
02076303340 · info@ad-international.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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