The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Compassion in World Farming (Athene) Trust

Registered charity 295126 Registered since 1986

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

3 trustees on the board

8y median 3y
average tenure
20y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

23.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (3)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 3Education/training 3Environment/conservation/heritage 2

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 16Business services 2Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.ciwf.org.uk
EmailSET@ciwf.org
Phone01483 521953
AddressCOMPASSION IN WORLD FARMING, RIVER COURT, MILL LANE, GODALMING, GU7 1EZ

Finances

£0 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£0£0
2022£0£0
2023£0£0
2024£0£0
2025£0£0

What it does

What

Education/trainingAnimals

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

(A) PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE SCIENCE OF ETHOLOGY AND PARTICULARLY AS TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF ANY GIVEN SPECIES AS IT RELATES TO MANKIND AND THE COMMON ENVIRONMENT. (B) TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE FIELD OF KNOWLEDGE KNOWN AS ECOLOGY INCLUDING THE STUDY OF MAN'S ACTIVITIES AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF THOSE ACTIVITIES TO THE BIOSPHERE OF THE EARTH. (C) TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH INTO ETHOLOGY AND ECOLOGY AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH. AS REGARDS PROPERTY ACQUIRED AFTER 9TH APRIL 1996, TO PROMOTE THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF AND TO PREVENT CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) TO FARMED ANIMALS.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 15TH AUGUST 1986 AS VARIED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEEDS DATED 24TH NOVEMBER 1992 AND 9TH APRIL 1996, 16TH JULY 2004

Trustees (3)

3trustees
80median age
2aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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