The Jim Cronin Memorial Fund for Primate Welfare and Conservation

Analysis

The Jim Cronin Memorial Fund for Primate Welfare and Conservation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wareham. It was registered in November 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06695254). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Jim Cronin Memorial Fund for Primate Welfare and Conservation reported income of £528k and spending of £654k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £479k to £528k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Jim Cronin Memorial Fund for Primate Welfare and Conservation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spitalfields Farm Association Limited (£526k), All Dogs Matter (£532k) and Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals South East Somerset Branch (£525k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 75%, trading 24% and charitable activities 1.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £125k. Charitable activities took 38% of spending and raising funds 16%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1,892. Reserves of £5.3m would cover about 95 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.