# THE ANIMAL DEFENCE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 263095
- **Other names:** ADT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Oct. 26, 1971
- **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=263095


## Contact

- **Address:** 1A DOLPHIN COURT ROAD, PLYMSTOCK, PLYMOUTH, PLYMOUTH, DEVON
- **Postcode:** PL9 8RS
- **Phone:** 01752408238
- **Email:** r.t.stokes@blueyonder.co.uk
- **Website:** animaldefencetrust.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (A)TO PROTECT ANIMALS FROM CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AND TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TO ANIMALS SO AS TO REDUCE THE SUM TOTAL OF PAIN AND FEAR INFLICTED UPON ANIMALS BY MANKIND.(B)TO PROMOTE AND PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN WITH A VIEW TO DISCOVERING MEANS WHEREBY AS FAR AS POSSIBLE MEDICAL BIOLOGICAL PHARMACEUTICAL AND OTHER RESEARCH MAY BE CARRIED OUT WITHOUT THE USE OF ANIMALS AND WHEREBY AS FAR AS POSSIBLE ANY PAIN AND FEAR SUFFERED BY ANIMALS USED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH MAY BE ELIMINATED OR REDUCED.(C)TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN OR TO ASSIST IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A BODY OF INSPECTORS TO ENSURE THAT ANIMALS TRANSPORTED TO DOCKS AIRPORTS MARKETS AUCTION SALES EXHIBITIONS CIRCUSES SHOWS AND OTHER PLACES EVENTS AND MEETINGS ARE TRANSPORTED IN PROPER AND HUMANE CONDITIONS AND THAT ANIMALS ARE ACCOMODATED PROPERLY AND HUMANELY WHEREVER THEY MAY BE.

**Activities:** The charity is a grant giving charity making grants annually to other animal welfare charities throughout Great Britain and also abroad.The charity also makes representations to the European Union regarding the treatment of farm animals transported from the United Kingdom to Europe, and across European countries over often very hot long distances without adequate rest and watering.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Animals
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Afghanistan
- France
- Greece
- India
- Ireland
- Israel
- Jordan
- Malaysia
- Nepal
- Northern Ireland
- Peru
- Portugal
- Romania
- Scotland
- Spain
- Thailand
- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 30, 2024 | £90273 | £129171 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2023 | £135348 | £115308 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | £61968 | £103608 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2021 | £106811 | £92789 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2020 | £48053 | £109445 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **MARION Annette SAUNDERS** (Chair)
- ALAN ARTHUR MEYER — appointed Aug. 1, 2020
- CAROLE BOWLES MBE — appointed Sept. 4, 2012
- KARLA MCKECHNIE — appointed April 1, 2020
- RICHARD VINES — appointed Sept. 4, 2012