The Animal Law Foundation

Registered charity 1200108 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ANIMAL LAW FOUNDATION

The Animal Law Foundation is a legal research charity that looks into neglected areas and where appropriate will bring legal challenges to enforce the law.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO ANIMAL PROTECTION LAW, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:(A) PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL FORUMS, SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES ON ANIMAL RIGHTS LAW IN THE COMMUNITY; AND(B) CARRYING OUT AND PROMOTING ACADEMIC RESEARCH ON ANIMAL RIGHTS LAW.2) TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF ANIMALS BY PROVIDING INFORMATION AND EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC AS TO THE LEGAL FRAMEWORKS IN PLACE TO PROTECT ANIMALS AND PROMOTE THEIR WELFARE.3) TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS BY PROMOTING LEGAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW THROUGH FACILITATING THE ENFORCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF ANIMAL PROTECTION LAW.

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

Causes: Education/training · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £391,575 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £652,776. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are held to support operations for up to 9 months, a target calculated at £130,000, which is well above the actual unrestricted balance of £342,271. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the financial statements were materially non-compliant.

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 5 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
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Camille Labchuk
• Lauren Mee

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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

• THE LAWS FOUNDATION income £240k
• BRITISH VETERINARY ASSOCIATION ANIMAL WELFARE FOUNDATION income £139k
• ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION LIMITED income £237k
• THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £6.3m
• LABORATORY ANIMALS LIMITED income £205k
• FRIENDS OF ANIMALS LEAGUE income £2.0m

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