Registered charity (CIO) · London
Animal Equality
Animal Equality is a registered charity (number 1168309) based in London, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Sharon Nunez Gough since 2016. Latest income £849k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £849k (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
- Animals
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- animalequality.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£849k£589k
- 2024£503k£434k
- 2023£508k£503k
Earlier years
- 2022£422k£433k
- 2021£403k£330k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE KINDNESS TO ANIMALS AND TO PREVENT OR SUPPRESS ANIMAL SUFFERING.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Sharon Nunez Gough Chair since 2016
- Francisco Javier Moreno Belmonte since 2016
- Jose Antonio Valle Blanco since 2016
- Matteo Cupi since 2016
- Vanessa Rucian Ruiz de Almeida since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Sharon Nunez Gough Chair since 2016
- Francisco Javier Moreno Belmonte since 2016
- Jose Antonio Valle Blanco since 2016
- Matteo Cupi since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Sharon Nunez Gough Chair since 2016
- Francisco Javier Moreno Belmonte since 2016
- Jose Antonio Valle Blanco since 2016
- Matteo Cupi since 2016
- Vanessa Rucian Ruiz de Almeida since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
16.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 12.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1168309
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 20 Jul 2016
- Contact on the register
- 02079 935 348 · info@animalequality.org.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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