THE HUMANE RESEARCH TRUST CIO

Registered charity 1203103 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HUMANE RESEARCH TRUST (INCORPORATING THE LAWSON TAIT MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TRUST)

The promotion and encouragement of medical and scientific research and learning for the benefit of the public and, in particular, in fields which may lead to the elimination of the use of animals in research.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Animals · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased from £5,294,367 to £6,086,449 during the year, driven by a net income of £792,082 despite investment losses. The audit report confirms that the financial statements comply with applicable standards and anticipates an unqualified opinion, indicating no identified material misstatements or internal control failures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by none. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Humane Research Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~36.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Janet Tate-Smithchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alan Theodore Crozier
• Barry Topham
• Dr Eirini Epitropaki
• Kelly Ryan
• Mimmo Di Giacomo
• Natalie Bennett
• Paul Allan Gold · trustee of 1 other charity
• Prof. Julie Gough
• Sam Worthington

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Animal Free Research UK.

• Animal Free Research UK income £1.0m
• CRUELTY FREE INTERNATIONAL TRUST income £928k
• HUMANIMAL TRUST income £926k
• HUMANE EDUCATION SOCIETY income £246k
• THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE ANIMAL CARE TRUST income £1.3m
• PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH TRUST income £388k

Side by side with its peers

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