Anima Advocacy Ltd

Registered charity 1190484 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Anima, OPEN CAGES ADVOCACY LTD, OPEN CAGES UK

Open Cages campaigns to create a world free from animal suffering. We educate the public and decision makers on how animals are treated in factory farms, and work with society to push for change. We operate primarily in the UK, but work with groups all over the world in raising awareness of animal cruelty.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS AND THE WELFARE OF FARMED ANIMALS;(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL, AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THE REARING, HUSBANDRY AND GENERAL FARMING PRACTICES RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF FARM ANIMALS; AND(C) THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS.

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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Registered contact address: Waverley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £254,953 at the end of the financial year, an increase from the previous year's £220,697. The trustees report no fixed reserves policy target, retaining funds based on operational needs rather than a specific monetary goal. The charity generated a net income surplus of £34,256, indicating that incoming resources exceeded expenditures for the period.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2023 (received 16/06/2024, 47 days after the 30/04/2024 due date); year ending 30/06/2021 (received 11/05/2022, 11 days after the 30/04/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Connor Jackson
• JAKUB STANISLAW STENCEL
• Kirsty Henderson
• Max Harris

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• ANIMAL EQUALITY income £849k
• THE CAPTIVE ANIMALS PROTECTION SOCIETY income £63k
• THE PET CHARITY income £27k
• WORKING ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL income £8.5m
• ANIMAL KRACKERS LIMITED income £57k
• TAILS ANIMAL RESCUE income £24k

Side by side with its peers

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