ANIMAL AID CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1152685 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ANIMAL AID (CAMPAIGN GROUP)

The charity's objective is the development of compassion and sensitivity in people of all ages, especially theyoung, through education about the needs of animals and ways in which they are exploited and made tosuffer.

Objects

THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPASSION AND SENSITIVITY IN PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, THROUGH EDUCATION ABOUT THE NEEDS OF ANIMALS AND WAYS IN WHICH THEY ARE EXPLOITED AND MADE TO SUFFER, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND SUPPORT TO ENABLE PEOPLE TO ADOPT A CRUELTY-FREE (VEGAN) LIFESTYLE THAT PROMOTES THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND BENEFITS OF HUMAN HEALTH.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tonbridge and Malling, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £1,951,257 to £1,848,271 due to expenditure exceeding income for the year. The trustees report adequate resources to continue in operational existence and maintain cash in hand of £1,247,327. The charity has no stated reserves policy target, noting that there is no necessity to hold money to cover future expenditure as it has no administrative overheads of substance.

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 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~94.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW MICHAEL WATTS BA HONS
• ANTHONY ROBERT JOHN KEEN BA HONS
• Mark Gold · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mary Shephard
• Natalia Doran

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CANINE CONCERN.

• CANINE CONCERN income £75k
• INTERNATIONAL AID FOR THE PROTECTION AND WELFARE OF ANIMALS income £340k
• ANIMALS IN DISTRESS income £536k
• THE OSTACCHINI FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £171k
• CATKIN PUSSYWILLOW CHARITABLE TRUST income £143k
• ROLDA UK income £82k

Side by side with its peers

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