The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Humane Research Trust CIO

Registered charity 1203103 CIO Registered since 2023

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

10 trustees on the board

2.2y median 3y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 10Education/training 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9Other Charitable Purposes 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.

Arts and leisure 1Health and social care 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 2 years.
2024
2025
incomespending£1.9m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

36.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 92.4 in 2024

4 from 3 in 2024
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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://humaneresearch.org.uk/
Emailinfo@humaneresearch.org.uk
Phone01614398041
AddressTHE HUMANE RESEARCH TRUST CIO, BROOK HOUSE, 29 BRAMHALL LANE SOUTH, BRAMHALL, STOCKPORT, SK7 2DN

Finances

£1,898,151 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2024£1,758,542£687,569
2025£1,898,151£1,018,542

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesAnimals

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO SHALL BE THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND LEARNING AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) IN FIELDS THAT MAY LEAD TO THE ELIMINATION OF THE USE OF ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS IN MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND IN ALL KINDS OF TESTING.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 17 May 2023

Trustees (10)

10trustees
67median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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