INTERNATIONAL AID FOR THE PROTECTION AND WELFARE OF ANIMALS

Registered charity 1137532 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IAPWA

Our aim is to provide protection and improve the welfare of animals in need both through our own projects and in partnership with other charities who share our vision and values

Objects

TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASONS OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL USAGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE MALAYSIA.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Animals · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£340k
Latest spending
£313k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves are £2,097, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three months' expenditure. The trustees report confidence in the charity's ability to remain operational and improve financial strength, noting that gross income exceeded £250,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £2k)
“The trustees are aiming to work towards a target of three month’s expenditure” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: International Aid for Animals Borneo Sdn. Bhd.
“Subsidiary name: International Aid for Animals Borneo Sdn. Bhd. (IAAB)” — page 48
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 30/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — International Aid for the Protection & Welfare of Animals (IAPWA) (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Malaysia · Maldives · Morocco · Romania · Tanzania · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£340k£313k
30/04/2024£323k£332k
30/04/2023£431k£448k
30/04/2022£247k£251k
30/04/2021£216k£217k

Common questions

Is INTERNATIONAL AID FOR THE PROTECTION AND WELFARE OF ANIMALS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves are £2,097, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three months' expenditure. The trustees report confidence in the charity's ability to remain operational and improve financial strength, noting that gross income exceeded £250,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ANIMAL AID CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INTERNATIONAL AID FOR THE PROTECTION AND WELFARE OF ANIMALS£340k—0unclear—no doubt
ANIMAL AID CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£200k—0unclear—no doubt
WORKING ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL FY2025£8.5m——above—no doubt
CENTRE FOR ANIMALS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE FY2025£162k—0above—no doubt
TAILS ANIMAL RESCUE FY2024£24k—0above15000.0%no doubt
ANIMALS IN DISTRESS FY2025£536k—0unclear—no doubt

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