# ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR TRAINING COUNCIL

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1164009
- **Other names:** ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR TRAINING COUNCIL LTD, ABTC
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Oct. 16, 2015
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1164009


## Contact

- **Address:** Milsted Langdon Llp, Winchester House, Deane Gate Avenue, TAUNTON
- **Postcode:** TA1 2UH
- **Phone:** 07503 99289
- **Email:** admin@abtc.org.uk
- **Website:** http://abtcouncil.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE HUMANE PRACTICE IN THE TRAINING AND BEHAVIOUR THERAPY OF ANIMALS TO LOBBY FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN ANIMAL WELFARE RELATED TO BEHAVIOUR AND TRAINING OF SAID ANIMALS.

**Activities:** Setting and maintaining standards of knowledge and skills needed to be an animal trainer, training instructor or behaviour therapist, and it maintains the national registers of appropriately qualified animal trainers and animal behaviourists.Promoting the welfare of animals in their interactions with humans, lobbying for humane methods in training and behaviour modification.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Animals
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £32457 | £41498 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £37661 | £33330 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £20965 | £19725 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £15801 | £15326 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £6638 | £11580 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dr Fiona Rachel Cooke BSc MS PhD** (Chair) — appointed July 17, 2020
- David John Montgomery — appointed July 11, 2024
- Jane Williams BSc — appointed May 3, 2018
- Lauren Elizabeth Johnson — appointed June 8, 2023
- Nicola Jane McLeod BSc RVN — appointed June 8, 2023
- Parnita Senjit — appointed July 23, 2025
- Poonam Arora — appointed July 23, 2025
- Sally Willis BA Hons — appointed July 11, 2024
- Sian Jones BSc — appointed June 8, 2023
- Tom Candy — appointed July 23, 2025