THE HUMANE LEAGUE UK

Registered charity 1177926 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HUMANE LEAGUE UNITED KINGDOM, THL UK

We work relentlessly to end the abuse of animals raised for food. With a dedicated team of volunteers, activists, donors, and organisers by our side, we influence companies to create and implement animal welfare policies that reduce the suffering of billions of animals. We empower people to leave animals off their plates in exchange for compassionate, plant-based food choices.

Objects

(1) THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG FARM ANIMALS THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF UNDERSTANDING IN RELATION TO MORE COMPASSIONATE AND HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECTS OF:(A) THE REARING, HUSBANDRY AND GENERAL FARMING PRACTICES RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS AND(B) THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING OF ANIMALS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FARM ANIMALS(3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECTS OF VEGETARIANISM AND VEGANISM IN THE CONTEXT OF IMPROVING PUBLIC HEALTH

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

Causes: Animals · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £1.74m against total expenditure of £1.68m, resulting in a surplus. Unrestricted reserves increased to £1,309,751, which the Board considers sufficient to meet operational needs according to its reserves policy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Williams & Co Epsom LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (FY2024) → 0 (FY2025).

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

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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 — The Humane League UK (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~9.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 10.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Benjamin Wickhamchair
• Emma Stevenson
• Nicola Green
• Samantha Batey

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

Operates in: Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

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

• HUMANE EDUCATION SOCIETY income £246k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS income £152.5m
• THE LEAGUE AGAINST CRUEL SPORTS income £3.7m
• Humane World for Animals United Kingdom income £3.9m
• COMPASSION IN WORLD FARMING INTERNATIONAL income £14.0m
• 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.