01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 19 June 2000
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 03685911
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £928,373
- Latest expenditure
- £436,489
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 16A CRANE GROVE, LONDON, N7 8NN
02 Activities
What the charity does
The Trust promotes animal welfare and the prevention of unnecessary suffering arising from animal experiments. It strives to educate the public in the moral and scientific arguments, for and against animal experiments; undertakes research into new techniques and alternatives to the use of animals in medical and other research; and regulatory compliance with the law in this field.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 24 October 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 24 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £928,373
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £436,489
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 22 January 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 22 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £572,863
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £426,591
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 12 January 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 12 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £396,096
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £442,017
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 7 October 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 7 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £869,458
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £442,622
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 26 November 2021
- Date Accounts Received
- 26 November 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £430,346
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £309,975
- Accounts Qualified
- Yes
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 24 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £928,373
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £436,489
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 22 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £572,863
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £426,591
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 12 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £396,096
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £442,017
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 7 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £869,458
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £442,622
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Commerical Participator
- Yes
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 26 November 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £430,346
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £309,975
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 24 October 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 902523
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 25850
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 928373
- Income Legacies
- 696259
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £130,179
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £306,310
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 436489
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 83381
- Expenditure Governance
- 21616
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 201313
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,635,623
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,660,857
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £11,091
- Assets Current Investment
- 640541
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,649,766
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 11091
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £3,685
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1635623
- Funds Restricted
- 14143
- Funds Total
- 1649766
- Count Employees
- 4
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 22 January 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 554421
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 18442
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 572863
- Income Legacies
- 390371
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £140,953
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £285,638
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 426591
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 123602
- Expenditure Governance
- 42825
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 119211
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 146272
- Reserves
- £110,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,167,608
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £9,726
- Assets Current Investment
- 401126
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,157,882
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 9726
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £274,682
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1157882
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 1157882
- Count Employees
- 3
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 7 October 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 868812
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 646
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 869458
- Income Legacies
- 743426
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £162,464
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £280,158
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 442622
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 175557
- Expenditure Governance
- 22280
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 271410
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,057,531
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,102,591
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £45,060
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,057,531
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 45060
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £318,558
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1057531
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 1057531
- Count Employees
- 5
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 117
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 111
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Animals
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- CRUELTY FREE INTERNATIONAL TRUST
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2000-06-19T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18/12/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/02/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/05/2000AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 20/09/2011NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 31/08/2011AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09/09/2011
- Charitable Objects
- 2.1 THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE MORAL, THEOLOGICAL, ECONOMIC,PRACTICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND OTHER ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION AND ITS ALTERNATIVES; AND2.2 THE PREVENTION OF UNNECESSARY SUFFERING OF ANIMALS BY:2.2.1 PROMOTING COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW IN THE FIELD OF ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; AND2.2.2 CARRYING OUT RESEARCH INTO THE PROVISION OF ACCEPTABLE NEW TECHNIQUES AND SUBSTITUTES FOR THE USE OF ANIMALS IN MEDICAL AND OTHER RESEARCH.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED.
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 485683
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- ANIMAL INSIGHT
- Charity Name Id
- 513546
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- BUAV CHARITABLE TRUST
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures