Overall GiG Score: -8 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -9
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • No supporters identified

PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS (PETA) FOUNDATION 

1) Provide free humane education materials to primary and secondary school educators2) Make available the link between cruelty to animals and cruelty to humans for police, social care and prosecutors' offices3) Conduct research regarding a wide range of animal protection issues.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be very static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 28 years

020 7837 6327

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/22£6,054£5,754£301£912£4,205£3,7787.95340
31/07/21£5,533£4,850£682£860£4,023£3,9009.64240
31/07/20*£4,504£4,273£231£666£2,983£2,9118.242100
31/07/19£3,769£4,145£-376£738£2,723£2,7207.941100
31/07/18*£3,738£4,009£-271£710£2,989£2,8388.539100
31/07/17£4,572£4,201£371£819£3,260£3,2089.2350
31/07/16£3,824£3,406£418£719£2,889£2,7599.7310
31/07/15*£3,161£2,957£204£552£2,471£2,1658.8230
31/07/14£3,306£2,548£758£1,239£2,267£1,9449.2190
31/07/13£2,587£2,315£272£1,018£1,509£1,1245.8150
31/07/12£2,694£2,138£556£973£1,237£1,0265.8150
31/07/11*£2,675£2,192£483£907£681£4502.5150
31/07/10£2,313£2,320£-7£790£198£1981220
31/07/09£106£122£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/08*£160£155£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/07£114£158£-44£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/06*£198£192£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05£262£331£-69£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04£210£165£45£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 15.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 16.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
Reserves/Spending: 7.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 6.7
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Animals
Who works here?
  • 53 employees
  • 40 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 73-74
  • INGRID NEWKIRK Appointed: 1995, Occupation: Animal Welfare Administrator
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/06/1996, number: 1056453
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/12/1995, number: 03135903
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR20: 4 days late, AR18: 62 days late, AR15: 1 days late, AR11: 0 days late, AR08: 23 days late, AR06: 308 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE GUTHRIE ESSAME CHARITABLE TRUST on 14/05/2021
Main office

c/o Stone King LLP (ref HAK/SHR)
Boundary House
91 Charterhouse Street
LONDON
EC1M 6HR

Objectives

1) TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS AND TO PROMOTE THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF SUFFERING BY ANIMALS, IN RELATION TO AREAS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE USE OF ANIMALS FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMMERCE (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOOD AND CLOTHING), ENTERTAINMENT OR EXPERIMENTATION.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF ANIMALS; AND3) TO CONDUCT OR PROMOTE THE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH (AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH) INTOA) SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH THE USE AND TREATMENT OF ANIMALS FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMMERCE, ENTERTAINMENT OR EXPERIMENTATION;B) THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF ANIMALS;C) ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR; ANDD) THE PRODUCTION, UTILISATION, PREPARATION, PRESERVATION AND DIETETIC EFFECTS OF VEGETARIAN SUBSTANCES FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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