Animals · Reg 209642
Animal Health Trust
Charity rating & review
49/100 Clarity Score · 2 stars · Charity Commission filings · How we score
Clarity score
Poor
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Is Animal Health Trust a good charity?
Animal Health Trust scores 49/100 (2 stars, Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2018 (£16m total income, 94% of spending on charitable activities). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown.
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What does Animal Health Trust do?
Animal Health Trust is a registered charity (no. 209642) working in animals across the United Kingdom. Its latest Charity Commission filing directs 94% of spending to charitable activities, holding roughly 1 month of reserves, though accounts are currently overdue or missing. Reported income has been broadly stable over recent years. CharityCompare's Clarity Score rates the organisation only from public Charity Commission accounts — accountability, financial health, efficiency and community support — not the quality or impact of its programmes.
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In short: ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST scores 49 out of 100 (2 stars). 94% average program spend (3-year average). Review the pillar breakdown below.
What is Animal Health Trust?
Animal Health Trust has a Clarity Score of 49 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars, Poor). Charity Commission registration number 209642. Status: Registered. Primary cause area: Animals. Latest accounts year 2018: total income £16m, with 94% of expenditure on charitable activities. Accounts filing: missing. Reserves: approximately 1 month of operating costs. 1 filing concern(s) noted on this profile. Scores are independent and based on official filings — not a donation recommendation.
Data from Charity Commission register, last updated .
Overall score
49/100
2★ · Poor
Cause spend
94%
3-yr avg · charitable activities
Accountability
45/100
Finance beacon
Income
£16m
Latest year 2018
Reserves
1 mo
1 month of running costs
Accounts filing
Missing
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£17.2 raised per £1 fundraising (3-yr avg) · 7% overhead · Website on register · Confidence: low
How does ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST compare?
Clarity Score percentile against similar UK charities — the share of peers ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST scores higher than.
Scores higher than 3% of 943 charities in its income band · 49/100 vs 77 peer average (marker).
Scores higher than 4% of 370 charities in this cause · 49/100 vs 78 peer average (marker).
How reliable is Animal Health Trust's data?
- Source
- Charity Commission (England & Wales)
- Accounts year
- 2018
- Filing date
- Profile reviewed
Low confidence — key filing data unavailable
Scores reflect the latest annual accounts on the register. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. Open Government Licence v3.0 .
What is Animal Health Trust's Beacon report?
Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report.
Accountability & Transparency
Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies.
45/100
| Metric | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Filing history (5 years) 100% on-time over five years = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more = 0 pts. | 0% | 0/15 pts |
| Trustee oversight Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three). | 100% | 13 trustees · 15/15 pts |
| Declared policies Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return. | 30% | 3/10 pts |
Financial Health
Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts.
37/100
| Metric | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Reserves (months of cash) 3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years (hoarding) = 0 pts. | 33% | 1 month · 5/15 pts |
| Income stability / growth +20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between. | 50% | 5/10 pts · 3-year average |
| Liabilities to assets 0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt. | 20% | 42% · 1/5 pts |
Financial Efficiency
How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios.
100/100
| Metric | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Program expense ratio 90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below. | 100% | 94% · 10/10 pts (3-year average) |
| Fundraising efficiency ≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income). | 100% | 6p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (3-year average) |
Community Support
Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff.
0/100
| Metric | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Volunteer-to-staff ratio Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between. | 0% | 12 volunteers / 263 staff · 0/10 pts |
What is Animal Health Trust's Clarity Score?
49/100 total · Poor · 2 of 5 stars
Four pillars (40 + 30 + 20 + 10 points) from Charity Commission filings — see methodology for full weightings.
Accountability & Transparency
Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies.
45/100
Financial Health
Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts.
37/100
Financial Efficiency
How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios.
100/100
Community Support
Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff.
0/100
How much does Animal Health Trust raise and spend?
Latest filed year 2018 · Source: Charity Commission filings
| Category | Amount | % of spend |
|---|---|---|
| Total income | £16m | — |
| Total expenditure | £17m | — |
| Charitable activities | £16m | 94% |
| Fundraising | £848k | 5% |
| Governance & admin | £515k | 3% |
Where does the money go?
Latest accounts (2018) · £17m spent
- Charitable activities94% · £16m
- Fundraising5% · £848k
- Governance3% · £515k
What trust indicators does Animal Health Trust have?
Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported.
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Accounts filed on time
Filing status: missing
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Trustee board size (3–12)
13 trustees on the Charity Commission register
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Workforce on register
263 employees · 12 volunteers (0:1 volunteer-to-staff)
Fundraising Regulator
Status not yet checked
Separate from our financial scores — shows whether the charity follows the Code of Fundraising Practice.
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Reg 209642
Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission.
View on Charity Commission →Trustees & officers
- THE LORD KIRKHAM CVO
- SIR JOHN DAMIAN SPURLING KCVO OBE
- HRH THE PRINCESS ROYAL Chair
- Humphrey Salwey CBE TD DL since 2015
- Rachel Flynn since 2015
- Professor Kevin Thomas Morley since 2015
- RONNIE IRVING B.COM C.A since 2016
- STEVE SHORE since 2016
- JEFF WHALLEY since 2017
- PETER HARVEY LOCKE since 2017
- Professor David Haig since 2017
- James Crowhurst since 2018
How we score charities +
The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically.
Accountability & Transparency
Scored from filings
40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10).
Financial Health
Scored from filings
30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises).
Financial Efficiency
Scored from filings
20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below).
Community Support
Scored from filings
10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio.
Overall score
Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated.
How have Animal Health Trust's finances changed over five years?
- Income
- Spending
- Cause spend
Values in £ thousands · Cause spend plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission accounts
What are the key facts about Animal Health Trust?
- Overall score
- 49/100 (2★)
- Income
- £16m
- Cause spend
- 94% of expenditure
- Reg number
- 209642
- Scope
- UK-wide
- Reserves
- 1 month
- Trustees
- 13
- Accounts year
- 2018
- Filing
- missing
How does ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST compare, and where else can you look?
Where ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST sits
The causes this charity is classified under, and other charities working nearby.
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What red flags does Animal Health Trust have?
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Animal Health Trust's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Animal Health Trust a good charity? +
Animal Health Trust scores 49 out of 100 (2 stars — Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 94% of its spending goes to charitable activities and its accounts are missing. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Animal Health Trust a legitimate charity? +
Yes — Animal Health Trust is a legitimate registered charity (charity number 209642). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/209642. Registration proves status; Clarity Score then summarises filing transparency on paper, not programme impact.
What is Animal Health Trust's charity number? +
Animal Health Trust's charity number is 209642. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Animal Health Trust's charity rating? +
Animal Health Trust scores 49 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars — Poor). The Clarity Score V1 sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Animal Health Trust have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Animal Health Trust. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (1 filing concern(s) noted on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Animal Health Trust? +
According to its 2018 regulator filing, 94% of Animal Health Trust's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Animal Health Trust's overheads? +
According to its 2018 regulator filing, fundraising costs were about 5% of total expenditure and combined overheads (fundraising plus governance) were about 7% of total expenditure at Animal Health Trust. The filings CharityCompare uses do not publish CEO or senior-staff pay, so we cannot say what Animal Health Trust's chief executive is paid — where disclosure rules apply, senior pay appears in the trustees' annual report on the Charity Commission register.
How much income does Animal Health Trust receive? +
Animal Health Trust reported £16m total income in its 2018 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are Animal Health Trust's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: missing (last filing 2026-06-24). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Animal Health Trust based? +
Animal Health Trust is listed at Manchester · UK-wide · M1 4PB and operates UK-wide, focused on animals.
How does CharityCompare score Animal Health Trust? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Animal Health Trust's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 17 July 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Animal Health Trust's most recent accounts cover 2018. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.