# UNIVERSITIES FEDERATION FOR ANIMAL WELFARE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 207996
- **Other names:** THE UNIVERSITIES FEDERATION FOR ANIMAL WELFARE, U F A W
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 1962
- **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=207996


## Contact

- **Address:** Universities Federation for Animal, WELFARE, The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead
- **Postcode:** ST. ALBA
- **Phone:** 01582831818
- **Email:** ufaw@ufaw.org.uk
- **Website:** http://www.ufaw.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (1). TO PREVENT CRUELTY AND PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ALL ANIMALS WHETHER DOMESTIC OR WILD, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ABROAD, SO AS TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE PAIN, FEAR, SUFFERING, DISTRESS OR LASTING HARM INFLICTED UPON THEM BY HUMANS, AND IN PURSUANCE OF THIS AIM TO ENLIST THE ENERGIES OF MEMBERS OF UNIVERSITIES, PROFESSIONAL MEN AND WOMEN AND ALL OTHERS WHO WORK WITH, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR, OR THE CARE OF ANIMALS.(2).  TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE, THROUGH THE PROCESS OF EDUCATION, GOOD MANAGEMENT AND HUSBANDRY PRACTICES WHEREBY THE NEEDS OF ANIMALS ARE PROPERLY UNDERSTOOD AND MET, AND, IN ADVANCEMENT THEREOF, TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE STORE OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE BY FUNDING AND ENGAGING IN ANIMAL WELFARE RESEARCH AND BY PUBLISHING THE RESULTS THEREOF.

**Activities:** UFAW IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED, INDEPENDENT, SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL ANIMAL WELFARE CHARITY. THE ORGANISATION IS CONCERNED WITH PROMOTING HIGH STANDARDS OF WELFARE FOR FARM, COMPANION, LABORATORY AND CAPTIVE WILD ANIMALS, AND FOR THOSE ANIMALS WITH WHICH WE INTERACT IN THE WILD.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Animals
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- India
- Israel
- Italy
- Kenya
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Portugal
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Uganda
- United States
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £401149 | £727848 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £525017 | £658683 | £8349986 | 8 |
| March 31, 2023 | £422524 | £638088 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £383332 | £642933 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £426985 | £566308 | — | — |



## Trustees

- CORRIE LYNDIS MCCANN — appointed Oct. 27, 2011
- DAVID GEORGE PRITCHARD
- DR DAVID RICHARD SARGAN MA — appointed Dec. 20, 2012
- Dr Dorothy Elizabeth Fairlie McKeegan — appointed Nov. 16, 2022
- Dr Emily Craven — appointed Nov. 16, 2022
- Dr Siobhan Abeyesinghe — appointed Oct. 17, 2018
- Emma-Louise Singh — appointed Nov. 16, 2022
- Jane Downes — appointed Nov. 7, 2022
- MICHAEL JOHN RADFORD OBE LLB
- PROFESSOR RICHARD MARK BENNETT
- Paula Junqueira — appointed Nov. 16, 2022