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INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE (IFAW)

Registered charity 1024806 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IFAW CHARITABLE TRUST, INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE

INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE (IFAW) RESCUES AND PROTECTS ANIMALS AROUND THE WORLD. WE RESCUE INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS, CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT ANIMAL CRUELTY AND ADVOCATE FOR THE PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE AND HABITATS. IFAW PROMOTES ANIMAL WELFARE AND CONSERVATION POLICIES THAT ADVANCE THE WELL-BEING OF BOTH ANIMALS AND PEOPLE.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE WELFARE AND CONSERVATION OF ANIMALS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY REDUCING COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION OF ANIMALS, HELPING ANIMALS IN CRISIS OR DISTRESS AND WORKING TO PREVENT CRUELTY AND SUFFERING TO WILD ANIMALS AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS; TO PROTECT, CONSERVE AND PRESERVE TERRESTRIAL AND MARINE WILDLIFE HABITATS AND TO EDUCATE POLICY MAKERS AND THE PUBLIC IN RESPECT OF THE FOREGOING.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£17.4m
Latest spending
£18.6m
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net resource outgoing of £1.1 million for the year ended 30 June 2025, a slight improvement from the previous year's deficit. Unrestricted reserves stood at £15.2 million, while the charity maintains global operating and strategic reserves to mitigate financial risks. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months of operating expenditures and global strategic reserves sufficient to generate approximately 1-2% of annual budgeted expenditures (reserves figure: £15.2m)
“IFAW aims to maintain global operating reserves of approximately two months of operating expenditures and global strategic reserves sufficient to generate approximately 1-2% of annual budgeted expenditures.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Shared support costs reimbursed to IFAW US
“The Charity reimburses IFAW US for these expenses at cost. The reimbursed amounts are reported within institutional shared costs and totalled £4,301,387 (2024: £5,266,963).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: IFAW Commerce Limited
“Dormant Trading subsidiary: IFAW Commerce Limited (Company Registered Number 07572366) IFAW Commerce Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Charity.” — page 44
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 9 (£60,001–£70,000: 3; £70,001–£80,000: 3; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 8 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 4; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 8 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £70,001–£80,000: 3; £90,001–£100,000: 2; £140,001–£150,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Corporate structure

IFAW COMMERCE LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

    Company officers (Companies House)

    Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

    Official officers record.

    Property (HM Land Registry)

    2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

    Electoral Commission register entries

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    Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (835,023 followers) · instagram (207K followers)

    Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

    Total income
    £17.4m
    Total spending
    £18.6m
    Cost of raising funds
    £3.3m
    Reserves (reported)
    £15.7m
    Employees
    27

    Reported reserves equal ~10.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

    Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 18.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.7%) (benchmarks).

    Register events

    Trustees · trustee networks

    Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

    Operates in: Barbados · Canada · China · Iceland · India · Indonesia · Ivory Coast · Japan · Kenya · Malawi · Sierra Leone · South Africa

    Income and spending

    Financial year endIncomeSpending
    30/06/2025£17.4m£18.6m
    30/06/2024£17.9m£19.3m
    30/06/2023£16.6m£18.7m
    30/06/2022£18.4m£15.2m
    30/06/2021£18.1m£14.2m

    Common questions

    Is INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE (IFAW) financially healthy?

    Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net resource outgoing of £1.1 million for the year ended 30 June 2025, a slight improvement from the previous year's deficit. Unrestricted reserves stood at £15.2 million, while the charity maintains global operating and strategic reserves to mitigate financial risks. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RSM UK Audit LLP.

    Who funds INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE (IFAW)?

    Funders whose own accounts filings name INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE (IFAW) as a grant recipient include OCEAN FAMILY FOUNDATION, THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUST.

    Known funders

    Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

    FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
    OCEAN FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2025£25k
    THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£9k
    THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£9k
    THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£8k
    THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£7k
    THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k

    Funders of similar charities

    Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

    FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
    MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST2£21k
    THE CATHERINE AND ANGUS WOOD CHARITABLE TRUST2£4k
    THE A AND R WOOLF CHARITABLE TRUST2£2k
    THE MICHAEL UREN FOUNDATION1£2.5m
    MOONDANCE FOUNDATION1£193k
    RUTH SMART FOUNDATION1£13k
    THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST1£10k
    R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST1£6k

    Charities like this

    Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Science for Animal Welfare.

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE (IFAW)£17.4m——unclear—no doubt
    Science for Animal Welfare FY2025£401k£80,000 - £90,0003unclear—no doubt
    INTERNATIONAL AID FOR THE PROTECTION AND WELFARE OF ANIMALS FY2025£340k—0unclear—no doubt
    INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE FY2025£3.9m£70,001 - £80,0001below—no doubt
    ANIMAL WELFARE (FURNESS) FY2025£173k—0below—no doubt
    WORKING ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL FY2025£8.5m——above—no doubt

    Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.