Animal Free Research UK

Registered charity 1146896 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DHT, THE DR HADWEN TRUST · also registered in Scotland as SC045327 (OSCR)

Previously known as Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research (261096) and now operating as Animal Free Research UK (1146896) following incorporation on 1 Oct 2013.The Objects of the Charity are the prevention of the suffering of animals and the advancement of human health, by the promotion of and funding of human-relevant replacements to the use of animals in scientific and medical experimentation.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a deficit of £495,564 for the year, driven by total expenditure exceeding income, largely due to a decrease in legacy receipts. Despite this deficit, the charity maintains free reserves of £1.56 million, which the trustees state provides a sufficient safety net and ensures the organization remains financially resilient and a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2024) to £80,001 - £90,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08015625

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Animal Free Research UK (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• EUSTICE, George, Rt Hon — director, appointed 09/08/2025on trustee list
• FIRTH, Anna — director, appointed 09/08/2025on trustee list
• WILKINSON, John Malcolm, Dr — director, appointed 10/11/2023on trustee list
• PILKINGTON, Geoffrey John, Professor — director, appointed 23/04/2022on trustee list
• CHAN, Michelle — director, appointed 24/07/2021on trustee list
• CAMERON, Daniel Stephen — director, appointed 09/03/2019on trustee list
• LUTHER, Sally Jane — secretary, appointed 01/01/2020

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 33.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam Haswell Dr
• Anna Firth
• Daniel Stephen Cameron
• Dr JOHN MALCOLM WILKINSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Katherine Elizabeth Clough
• Michelle chan
• Professor Geoffrey John Pilkington
• Rt Hon George Eustice

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CRUELTY FREE INTERNATIONAL TRUST.

• CRUELTY FREE INTERNATIONAL TRUST income £928k
• Replacing Animal Research income £522k
• THE MARCHIG ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST income £556k
• THE HUMANE RESEARCH TRUST CIO income £1.9m
• ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION income £430k
• FOUR PAWS income £4.5m

Side by side with its peers

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