ANIMAL EQUALITY

Registered charity 1168309 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Animal Equality works with society, governments and companies to end cruelty to farmed animals. Through investigations, corporate outreach, legal advocacy and education, we aim to spare the most amount of animal suffering. Although we focus on animals raised & killed for food, who suffer the most and die in the largest number, our vision is a world in which all animals are respected and protected.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE KINDNESS TO ANIMALS AND TO PREVENT OR SUPPRESS ANIMAL SUFFERING.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £802,886 at the end of the reporting period, representing a significant increase from the previous year. The trustees report that these reserves are held in accordance with the charity’s Reserves Policy to ensure sustainability during a period of substantial recruitment and output growth. The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000, leading to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~16.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• SHARON NUNEZ GOUGHchair
• FRANCISCO JAVIER MORENO BELMONTE
• JOSE ANTONIO VALLE BLANCO
• MATTEO CUPI
• Vanessa Rucian Ruiz de Almeida

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• FOUR PAWS income £4.5m
• CRUELTY FREE INTERNATIONAL TRUST income £928k
• WORKING ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL income £10.0m

Side by side with its peers

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