British Humane Association

Analysis

British Humane Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Vale of Glamorgan. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00185577). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British Humane Association reported income of £120k and spending of £165k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £141k to £120k (-15%), an average of -4.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 153% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, British Humane Association sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bismillah Charity (£120k), New Greenwich District Scout Council (£120k) and Crabtree Farm Community Association CIO (£120k).

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.