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LABORATORY ANIMALS LIMITED

Registered charity 261047 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Publication of Peer review journal and granting of bursaries for animal welfare

Causes: Education/training · Animals · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£250k
Latest spending
£248k
Registered
1970
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £150,556 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £1,617,371. The trustees maintain a reserves policy requiring holdings of at least double the total resources expended in any one year to underwrite journal production costs and support charitable projects. The independent auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Subscriptions (45% of income)
“Subscriptions 111,581” — page 17
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: at least double the total resources expended in any one year (held: £1.6m)
“The company has a policy of holding reserves which are at least double the total resources expended in any one year” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hartley Fowler LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31 December 2025)

    Company officers (Companies House)

    Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

    Official officers record.

    Trustees · trustee networks

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

    Operates in: Argentina · Colombia · Ethiopia · Germany · Greece · Hong Kong · Ireland · Israel · Mexico · Portugal · South Africa · Spain

    Income and spending

    Financial year endIncomeSpending
    31/12/2024£250k£248k
    31/12/2023£234k£251k
    31/12/2022£243k£269k
    31/12/2021£216k£192k
    31/12/2020£294k£220k

    Common questions

    Is LABORATORY ANIMALS LIMITED financially healthy?

    Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £150,556 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £1,617,371. The trustees maintain a reserves policy requiring holdings of at least double the total resources expended in any one year to underwrite journal production costs and support charitable projects. The independent auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Hartley Fowler LLP.

    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
    THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST1£21k

    Charities like this

    Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BURY OLDHAM AND DISTRICT BRANCH.

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    LABORATORY ANIMALS LIMITED£250k—0unclear—no doubt
    ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BURY OLDHAM AND DISTRICT BRANCH FY2024£1.0m—0below—noted
    Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals North Wiltshire and Newbury District Branch FY2024£0——unclear—no doubt
    ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR LIMITED FY2024£675k—0unclear—no doubt
    ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS COVENTRY AND DISTRICT BRANCH CIO FY2025£1.3m—0above—no doubt
    Carla Lane Animals In Need FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt

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