LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1164804 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LASA

1. TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE FOR THEBENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE:2. TO PROMOTE THE INTERCHANGE OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION AMONG PERSONSINTERESTED IN LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE BY MEANS OF MEETINGS,LECTURES, DEMONSTRATIONS, DISCUSSIONS AND PUBLICATIONS ASAPPROPRIATE. 3. TO ENCOURAGE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN LABORATORY

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE BY FURTHERING SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE USE, CARE AND WELFARE OF LABORATORY ANIMALS AND PROMOTE REFINEMENT, REDUCTION AND REPLACEMENT.

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 · Accommodation/housing · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £30,365 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in an unrestricted fund balance of £258,052. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves stood at £85,766, which is below the medium-term policy target of one year's operating expenditure. The charity relies entirely on voluntary efforts for its activities and has no employees.

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.

• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Elizabeth Anne Hurd
• Dr Sallyann Robinson
• Dr Sara Wells

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions