LION AID LIMITED

Registered charity 1137606 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIONAID

LionAid is committed to securing the future of the African lion, Panthera leo. This will be achieved by supporting scientifically relevant research on disease threats, genetic analyses, and population viability assessments. LionAid is dedicated to forming collaborative partnerships with research institutions, universities and other charities to ensure significant conservation outcomes.

Objects

THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF PREDATORS (INCLUDING LIONS) UNDER THE THREAT OF BECOMING AN ENDANGERED SPECIES OR AN EXTINCT SPECIES BY RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE THREAT TO SURVIVAL OF PREDATORS AND TO PROMOTE THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF PROTECTED AREAS AND HABITATS CRUCIAL TO THE SURVIVAL IN THE WILD, TOGETHER WITH THE PROMOTION OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY AND RESEARCH (INCLUDING THE PUBLICATION OF THE LAWFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH) INTO THE FAMILIAL BEHAVIOUR, MUTUAL INTERDEPENDENCE AND HEALTH OF SUCH PREDATORS AND TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION REGARDING WAYS IN WHICH PREDATORS, THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES CAN BEST ACHIEVE A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO , THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTAINANCE OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PROGRAMMES WITHIN THE REGIONS INHABITED BY PREDATORS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED

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 the charity's unrestricted funds have decreased to a deficit of £3,765 as of 31 May 2025, following a net expenditure of £40,659 against income of £36,683. The trustees report that the charity continues to receive financial support from its trustees to maintain going concern status, with assurances given that amounts owed to trustees will not be called in. The charity is planning initiatives to boost donations and legacies to eliminate the deficit in the future.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTINE MACSWEENchair
• Benjamin William Ford
• Dr Bertrand Yves Chardonnet
• Dr Mike Chase
• Dr PIETER KAT
• Dr William Keith Lindsay
• Katrina Bianca Cattani
• Melody Sylvia Laura Lee-Gattenby
• Nicholas Peter Barrett

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

Operates in: Belgium · Cameroon · Ethiopia · Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · Nigeria · Senegal · South Africa · Throughout England And Wales · United States · Zambia

Income and spending

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