Lion Aid Limited

Analysis

Lion Aid Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dover. It was registered in August 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06897772). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Lion Aid Limited reported income of £37k and spending of £41k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £49k to £37k (-26%), an average of -7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Lion Aid Limited sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include English Springer Spaniel Welfare (£37k), Wellcat Rescue (£37k) and Northumbrian Hedgehog Rescue Trust (£37k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.