Replacing Animal Research

Analysis

Replacing Animal Research is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in December 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and animals, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Replacing Animal Research reported income of £522k and spending of £496k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £480k to £522k (+8.8%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Replacing Animal Research sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% 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 The7stars Foundation (£521k), Light for Life Sefton Ltd (£523k) and Refugee Resource (£521k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 69%, charitable activities 26% and investments 4.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £330k. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 7.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £16k. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 32 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.