ACTASIA

Registered charity 1127625 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACTASIA FOR ANIMALS

ACTAsia's education programmes promote kindness and compassion for animals, people and the environment among Asian societies. This holistic approach initiates gradual and sustainable change and improvement in the treatment of animals. Our UN awarded education programmes work across three sectors of society including Children, Consumers and Professionals.

Objects

3.1 TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS HUMANS, ANIMAL AND THE ENVIRONMENT BY:3.1.1 PROVIDING EDUCATION PROGRAMMES FOR SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES AND COMMUNITIES RELEVANT TO HUMANS, ANIMALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT TO ENCOURAGE PRINCIPLES OF COMPASSION & EMPATHY; CARE AND RESPECT; ANIMAL SENTIENCE; CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY; AND3.1.2 PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL USAGE; AND3.1.3 EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON MATTERS PERTAINING TO HUMAN, ANIMAL AND ENVIRONMENT WELFARE, INCLUDING THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS; AND3.1.4 PROVIDING ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND/OR ORGANISATIONS WHO REQUIRE SUCH ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, TRAINING AND SUPPORT IN CONNECTION WITH HUMAN, ANIMAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL WELFARE AND/OR CRUELTY ISSUES AND;3.1.5 UNDERTAKING RESEARCH INTO MATTERS PERTAINING TO HUMAN, ANIMAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL WELFARE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, OVERSEAS

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £33,778 at the end of the year, which is above the zero balance carried forward from the previous period. The trustees report a policy to hold unrestricted reserves to ensure continued activities during times of reduced income, though no specific monetary target or months-of-expenditure benchmark is explicitly quantified in the text. The charity received an independent examination with no matters requiring attention, and total incoming resources were £265,314 against total expenses of £253,966.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06040775

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ACTAsia (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Silicon Valley Community Fund — “We could not achieve our many goals without the support of vital philanthropic organisations: Silicon Valley Community Fund” (source page)

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.

• LAKHANI, Mayuri — director, appointed 01/01/2022on trustee list
• LAU, Kwok Fung — director, appointed 01/01/2022on trustee list
• RYAN, Terence — director, appointed 01/01/2022on trustee list
• ROTHWELL, Lisa Ann — secretary, appointed 31/08/2026

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kwok Fung Lau
• Mayuri Lakhani
• Terence Ryan

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

Operates in: China · Pakistan · United States

Income and spending

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