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VEGANUARY

Registered charity 1168566 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN VEGANISM;2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING AND DISSEMINATING RESEARCH INTO ANIMAL CRUELTY.

Causes: Animals · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.5m
Latest spending
£2.4m
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus for the period, with total income of £2,500,571 and total expenditure of £2,399,680. Free reserves stood at £870,138, which the Trustees consider to be within the acceptable range of their reserves policy. The going concern basis was adopted with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“In the band £80,001 - £90,000 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: four months’ core expenditure (held: £870k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds, which have not been designated for a specific use, should be maintained at a level of four months’ core expenditure. It is anticipated that four months’ core expenditure will be in the region of £510k.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants received from Veg Trust Incorporating the Matthew Eyton Animal Welfare Trust, which has a common Trustee with Veganuary.
“Veganuary received grants from Veg Trust Incorporating the Matthew Eyton Animal Welfare Trust, which has a common Trustee with Veganuary. The grants received totalled £120,000 (2024 - £120,000). Additional donations from connected parties of trustees totalling £1,530 were received during the year (2024 – nil)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Veganuary Trading Limited
“Veganuary Trading Limited was incorporated on 5 March 2021, number 12500936.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

VEGANUARY TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Creditors include £10,837 due to group undertaking (2024: £5,214).

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2025)

Total income
£2.5m
Total spending
£2.4m
Cost of raising funds
£80k
Reserves (reported)
£870k
Employees
38

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

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% 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: 3.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Argentina · Brazil · Chile · Germany · India · Spain · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£2.5m£2.4m
29/02/2024£2.5m£2.5m
28/02/2023£2.0m£2.0m
28/02/2022£1.6m£1.5m
28/02/2021£1.7m£1.3m

Common questions

Is VEGANUARY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus for the period, with total income of £2,500,571 and total expenditure of £2,399,680. Free reserves stood at £870,138, which the Trustees consider to be within the acceptable range of their reserves policy. The going concern basis was adopted with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of VEGANUARY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

Who funds VEGANUARY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name VEGANUARY as a grant recipient include VEG TRUST INCORPORATING THE MATTHEW EYTON ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
VEG TRUST INCORPORATING THE MATTHEW EYTON ANIMAL WELFARE TRUSTFY2025£155k
VEG TRUST INCORPORATING THE MATTHEW EYTON ANIMAL WELFARE TRUSTFY2024£150k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
PROJECT GIVING BACK1£324k
THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE (UK)1£206k
PHILIP BREEZE WILL TRUST1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE VEGAN SOCIETY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
VEGANUARY£2.5m£80,001 - £90,000—above—no doubt
THE VEGAN SOCIETY FY2024£4.9m——unclear—no doubt
JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE, GLOBAL FY2025£707k——unclear—no doubt
VEG TRUST INCORPORATING THE MATTHEW EYTON ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST FY2025£850k—0above—no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BURY OLDHAM AND DISTRICT BRANCH FY2024£1.0m—0below—noted
HUMANE EDUCATION SOCIETY FY2024£246k—0unclear—no doubt

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