Animal Free Research UK

Analysis

Animal Free Research UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08015625). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Animal Free Research UK reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.5m, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.5m to £1.0m (-31%), an average of -8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Animal Free Research UK sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Molly Rose Foundation (£1.0m), St David's Diocesan Council for Social Responsibility (£1.0m) and Dementia Concern (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96%, investments 2.2% and trading 2.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £532k. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 23%. Grants to other organisations totalled £174k. Reserves of £540k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.