THE LEAGUE AGAINST CRUEL SPORTS
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Cash
£1.3m
-0.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.8m
+1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
43
+4.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £2,943,830 | £3,746,571 | £3,142,858 | -16.1% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £467,046 | £670,950 | £49,999 | -92.5% | |
| Cash | £121,337 | £1,311,160 | £1,303,161 | -0.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,096,812 | £4,767,762 | £4,817,761 | +1% | |
| Net assets | £4,096,812 | £4,767,762 | £4,817,761 | +1% | |
| Equity | £4,096,812 | £4,767,762 | £4,817,761 | +1% | |
| Average employees | 42 | 41 | 43 | +4.9% | |
| Wages | £1,408,118 | £1,522,024 | £1,621,258 | +6.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 15.9% | 17.9% | 1.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.6% | 3.5% | 2.6% | |
| Current ratio | 23.37x | 19.34x | 26.61x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- THE LEAGUE AGAINST CRUEL SPORTS 2008-05-13 → present
- THE LEAGUE TRUST 2005-05-19 → 2008-05-13
- WORKING FOR WILDLIFE 2000-07-20 → 2005-05-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the level of reserves held at the year end and the latest five year financial plans the Trustees are confident that The League Against Cruel Sports is financially secure in its immediate future for the next 12 months and that on this basis the Charity is a going concern.”
Group structure
- THE LEAGUE AGAINST CRUEL SPORTS · parent
- League Against Cruel Sports (UK) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 48 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HACK, Kelly Amanda | Secretary | 2026-04-29 | — | — |
| ALLEN, Robert Charles Kinkead | Director | 2026-03-24 | Mar 1978 | English |
| CARTER, Hannah Louise | Director | 2025-03-19 | Nov 1981 | British |
| CICEK, Firat Caleb | Director | 2026-03-24 | Aug 1992 | Turkish |
| FIELDING, David John | Director | 2025-10-21 | Oct 1967 | British |
| HAGON, Marcia Elaine | Director | 2026-03-24 | Aug 1967 | British |
| MOULDING, Neil | Director | 2025-03-19 | Aug 1970 | British |
| OSBORNE, David | Director | 2026-03-24 | May 1969 | British |
Show 48 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATCHELOR, Douglas Macmillan | Secretary | 2000-07-20 | 2011-07-03 |
| DUCKWORTH, John Alan | Secretary | 2011-07-03 | 2015-04-25 |
| GONÇALVES, Eduardo | Secretary | 2016-01-18 | 2018-04-30 |
| KNOTT, Andrew | Secretary | 2018-05-15 | 2024-03-22 |
| NEWMAN, Rachel | Secretary | 2015-04-25 | 2016-01-18 |
| SOLEIL, Neal | Secretary | 2024-04-04 | 2026-04-29 |
| ANDERSON, Peter | Director | 2000-07-20 | 2019-07-20 |
| ANNETTS, Ivor Stanley | Director | 2008-04-05 | 2011-07-02 |
| ANNETTS, Ivor Stanley | Director | 2000-07-20 | 2005-04-23 |
| BEECHEY, Eric | Director | 2005-04-23 | 2013-02-13 |
| BERRY, Michelle | Director | 2022-04-11 | 2023-09-18 |
| BLAKE-LAWSON, Iain | Director | 2005-04-23 | 2018-07-14 |
| BROWN, Ashleigh Fiona | Director | 2020-06-22 | 2026-06-25 |
| CLIFFORD, Astrid Babette | Director | 2018-12-01 | 2026-02-01 |
| COOPER, John Gordon | Director | 2005-04-23 | 2012-07-07 |
| CRACKNELL, Laina Shelly | Director | 2000-07-20 | 2008-11-25 |
| CRAWFORD, Paula Lynn | Director | 2009-09-19 | 2013-02-18 |
| DE CENT, Nicholas Richard | Director | 2001-03-31 | 2005-02-17 |
| DEL MESE, Francesca Margherita | Director | 2018-07-14 | 2018-09-14 |
| DENBIGH, Sally Louise | Director | 2017-04-11 | 2018-07-18 |
| DICKSON-HOPE, Daniel | Director | 2025-04-22 | 2026-03-26 |
| HARRIS, Patricia Amanda, Dr | Director | 2018-07-14 | 2018-08-28 |
| HAWKINS, Caroline Sarah Lindsay | Director | 2018-12-01 | 2022-05-31 |
| HOLMES, Timothy Quentin | Director | 2018-07-14 | 2022-05-03 |
| HOWELL, Claire | Director | 2013-06-15 | 2015-07-04 |
| HUGHES, John Warner | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2024-04-10 |
| KING, Donna Gabrielle | Director | 2005-04-23 | 2009-01-06 |
| MILLER, Sarah Louise | Director | 2017-06-17 | 2018-07-17 |
| MOORES, Charles Anthony | Director | 2013-06-15 | 2017-07-15 |
| NANCARROW, Clive | Director | 2015-06-20 | 2018-07-14 |
| NANCARROW, Clive | Director | 2001-03-31 | 2013-09-10 |
| NIGHTINGALE, Andrew Michael | Director | 2009-09-19 | 2014-06-21 |
| NORRIS, Dan | Director | 2024-07-22 | 2025-04-05 |
| NORRIS, Dan | Director | 2022-04-11 | 2024-05-29 |
| PAYNE, Lawrence | Director | 2005-04-23 | 2012-11-27 |
| PETROVA, Viktoria Emilova | Director | 2022-04-11 | 2025-06-17 |
| PHIPPS, Lawrence Edwin | Director | 2008-08-13 | 2008-08-13 |
| PHIPPS, Lawrence Edwin | Director | 2006-04-22 | 2016-09-17 |
| PLATT, Lorraine Teresa | Director | 2011-04-16 | 2018-04-21 |
| PRINCE, Simon John | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2019-01-17 |
| RUSSELL, Simon | Director | 2018-07-14 | 2018-10-04 |
| STEAD, Sandrijn James | Director | 2011-04-16 | 2015-05-20 |
| STRATTON, Mark John | Director | 2009-09-19 | 2015-07-04 |
| TAPP, Alan | Director | 2015-09-19 | 2024-04-10 |
| WAGHORN, Peter Douglas | Director | 2018-12-01 | 2019-05-12 |
| WILLIAMS, Angela | Director | 2024-02-22 | 2024-05-21 |
| WILLIAMSON, Christopher | Director | 2008-06-14 | 2018-09-22 |
| WOOD, Andrew Charles | Director | 2015-12-05 | 2018-08-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 187 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 6
- Officers resigned
- 4
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.