ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR LIMITED

Registered charity 268494 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASAB · also registered in Scotland as SC037584 (OSCR)

Publication of an academic journal; research and travel grants; conferences; members newsletter; ethics; teaching animal behaviour; accreditation of animal behaviourists; media and policy; links with related European academic animal behavioural societies

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

Latest income

£675k

Latest spending

£758k

Registered

1974

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased by 4.7% to £3,847,998, driven by a net surplus for the year. The charity maintains a liquid cash reserve of approximately £400,000 alongside free reserves of £801,238, which the trustees consider sufficient to sustain operations for two years in the event of income cessation. The auditor confirmed that 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: Journal income (85% of income)

“The Charity's main source of income is journal income which decreased slightly to £571,836” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Subsidiary liquidation costs

“During the current and prior year, the charity paid the accountancy and tax compliance fees relating to the subsidiary company ASAB (Accreditation) Limited which has been put into voluntary liquidation during the year.” — page 26

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£675k

Total spending

£758k

Cost of raising funds

£146k

Reserves (reported)

£801k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~12.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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: 21.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Elisa Frasnelli
Prof Melissa Bateson
Professor Andrew Radford
Professor Michael Siva-Jothy

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£675k	£758k
31/12/2023	£689k	£756k
31/12/2022	£657k	£594k
31/12/2021	£632k	£599k
31/12/2020	£709k	£562k

Common questions

Is ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased by 4.7% to £3,847,998, driven by a net surplus for the year. The charity maintains a liquid cash reserve of approximately £400,000 alongside free reserves of £801,238, which the trustees consider sufficient to sustain operations for two years in the event of income cessation. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS	1	£110k
Wild Life Foundation	1	£10k
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST	1	£7k
Animal Welfare Japan	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LABORATORY ANIMALS LIMITED.

LABORATORY ANIMALS LIMITED income £250k
ANATOMICAL SOCIETY income £1.7m
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BURY OLDHAM AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £1.0m
THE PALAEONTOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION income £589k
WILD WELFARE income £283k
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals North Wiltshire and Newbury District Branch income £0

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR LIMITED	£675k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LABORATORY ANIMALS LIMITED FY2024	£250k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ANATOMICAL SOCIETY FY2025	£1.7m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BURY OLDHAM AND DISTRICT BRANCH FY2024	£1.0m	—	below	—	noted
THE PALAEONTOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION FY2024	£589k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WILD WELFARE FY2025	£283k	—	above	—	no doubt

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