Registered charity · Guildford
Olsen Animal Trust
- 3 trustees
- Income £1.0m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
- Where
- China, Malawi, South Africa, Vietnam and more
- Website
- www.olsenanimaltrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Olsen Animal Trust
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£1.0m£1.4m
- 2023£254k£1.5m
- 2022£599k£1.2m
Earlier years
- 2021£156k£998k
- 2020£228k£738k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE:1. TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL USAGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS;2. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT3. SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO DETERMINE
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Susan Jayne Olsen Chair since 2016
- David Higgs since 2016
- Jonathan Robert Lunau Olsen since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Susan Jayne Olsen Chair since 2016
- David Higgs since 2016
- Jonathan Robert Lunau Olsen since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- David Higgs since 2016
Portfolio (2)
- Susan Jayne Olsen Chair since 2016
- Jonathan Robert Lunau Olsen since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
13.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 29.8 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1169982
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25 SEP 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 SEP 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 09795018 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01483202861
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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