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The Animal Defence Trust

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £66k (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
Afghanistan, France, Greece, India and more
Website
animaldefencetrust.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1971

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£66k£109k
  • 2024£90k£129k
  • 2023£135k£115k
Earlier years
  • 2022£62k£104k
  • 2021£107k£93k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(A)TO PROTECT ANIMALS FROM CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AND TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TO ANIMALS SO AS TO REDUCE THE SUM TOTAL OF PAIN AND FEAR INFLICTED UPON ANIMALS BY MANKIND.(B)TO PROMOTE AND PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN WITH A VIEW TO DISCOVERING MEANS WHEREBY AS FAR AS POSSIBLE MEDICAL BIOLOGICAL PHARMACEUTICAL AND OTHER RESEARCH MAY BE CARRIED OUT WITHOUT THE USE OF ANIMALS AND WHEREBY AS FAR AS POSSIBLE ANY PAIN AND FEAR SUFFERED BY ANIMALS USED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH MAY BE ELIMINATED OR REDUCED.(C)TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN OR TO ASSIST IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A BODY OF INSPECTORS TO ENSURE THAT ANIMALS TRANSPORTED TO DOCKS AIRPORTS MARKETS AUCTION SALES EXHIBITIONS CIRCUSES SHOWS AND OTHER PLACES EVENTS AND MEETINGS ARE TRANSPORTED IN PROPER AND HUMANE CONDITIONS AND THAT ANIMALS ARE ACCOMODATED PROPERLY AND HUMANELY WHEREVER THEY MAY BE.

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

10y median 10y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (3)

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 5Education/training 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Other services 1

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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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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£90k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
263095
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 21ST SEPTEMBER 1971.
Contact on the register
01752408238 · r.t.stokes@blueyonder.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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