THE BORN FREE FOUNDATION
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
Animal welfare and wildlife conservation and related education
Latest income
£7.7m
Expenditure
£7.1m
Financial year end
2025-03-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £5.9m | £6.8m | |
| 2022-03-31 | £6.1m | £5.4m | |
| 2023-03-31 | £5.7m | £6.3m | |
| 2024-03-31 | £6.1m | £6.1m | |
| 2025-03-31 | £7.7m | £7.1m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-03-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £7.0m |
| Charitable activities | £0 |
| Trading | £538k |
| Investment income | £85k |
| Total income | £7.7m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £5.1m |
| Raising funds | £2.1m |
| Grants to institutions | £550k |
| Governance | £88k |
| Total expenditure | £7.1m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £4.9m |
| Total funds | £6.2m |
| — restricted | £24k |
| — unrestricted | £6.2m |
| — endowment | £0 |
| Total assets | £6.2m |
| Cash | £2.0m |
People
| Employees | 141 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- Education/training
- Animals
- Environment/conservation/heritage
Who it helps
- Children/young People
- Other Defined Groups
- The General Public/mankind
How it works
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.