Registered charity · Devon
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
- Marion Annette Saunders Chair
- Alan Arthur Meyer since 2020
- Carole Bowles MBE since 2012
- Karla Mckechnie since 2020
- Richard Vines since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Alan Arthur Meyer since 2020
- Carole Bowles MBE since 2012
- Karla Mckechnie since 2020
- Richard Vines since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Karla Mckechnie since 2020
- Richard Vines since 2012
Portfolio (3)
- Marion Annette Saunders Chair
- Alan Arthur Meyer since 2020
- Carole Bowles MBE since 2012
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
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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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
- 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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