Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: -20
Support Score: 0
  • Dormant: -10
  • No PartB
  • Submission defaults: -10
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -30 ?

ANIMAL FRIENDS 

1) To provide legal advice and assistance to members of the public and/or organisations who require such advice and assistance in connection with animal welfare and/or cruelty issues. 2) To investigate cases of alleged animal cruelty and to bring prosecutions in appropriate cases. 3) To assist individuals and organisation with foreign legal and legislative issues where those individuals or organis
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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There have been multiple defaults for filing returns
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 2 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • This charity appears to be dormant

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/12/20£0£0£00
31/12/19£0£0£00
31/12/18£0£0£00
31/12/17*£0£0£00
31/12/16£0£0£00
31/12/15*£0£0£00
31/12/14£0£0£00
31/12/13£0£0£00
31/12/12£0£0£00
31/12/11£0£0£00
31/12/10£0£0£00
31/12/09?£0£0£00
30/09/08£0£0£00
30/09/07£0£0£00
30/09/06£0£0£00
30/09/05£0£0£00
30/09/04£0£0£00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 27 years

03445570300

Charity Commission for England and Wales
This Charity appears to be dormant
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Animals
GiG Classification
  • Animal welfare
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/09/1997, number: 1064468
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR17: 57 days late, AR15: 1 days late,
Main office

Animal Friends Insurance Services L
Ltd
1 The Crescent
Sun Rise Way, Amesbury
SALISBURY
SP4 7QA

Objectives

1) TO PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND/OR ORGANISATIONS WHO REQUIRE SUCH ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE IN CONNECTION WITH ANIMAL WELFARE AND/OR CRUELTY ISSUES2) TO INVESTIGATE CASES OF ALLEGED ANIMAL CRUELTY AND TO BRING PROSECUTIONS IN APPROPRIATE CASES3) TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATION WITH FOREIGN LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE ISSUES WHERE THOSE INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANISATIONS ARE ENDEAVOURING TO RESCUE ANIMALS FROM CRUELTY OR TO RESCUE AND PROTECT BY LAWFUL MEANS INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS OR SPECIES WITHIN THEIR COUNTRY OF DOMICILE4) TO PROVIDE EDUCATION WHERE APPROPRIATE BOTH IN THIS COUNTRY AND ABROAD UPON ANIMAL WELFARE ISSUES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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