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WORKING ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL
Profile
- Company number
- 00558085
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1955-12-01
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 75000
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- Sayer Vincent LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“SPANA has sufficient resources to continue its operations for the foreseeable future, and there is no indication that the organisation will not be able to meet its future financial obligations. The organisation has maintained a strong financial position, which has enabled it to generate a positive net income for the year resulting in reserves being significantly above its reserves policy. The reserves will provide security against unexpected events or costs and management remain confident in the charity's financial position. After consideration of the revised forecasts and the current level of available free reserves, the Trustees are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties around SPANA's ability to continue as a going concern and will continue to operate for the foreseeable future.”
Subsidiaries
- SPANA Trading Limited · 100% held · United Kingdom · Sells merchandise on behalf of SPANA
- The Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad (Australia) Limited · 100% held · Australia · Promotes the charity's fundraising programme
Significant events
- “486,746 working animals were successfully reached, delivering 735,397 veterinary treatments.”
- “Piloted our first working dogs project in Malawi.”
- “The African Union adopted an Africa-wide moratorium on the donkey skin trade.”
- “The United Nations recognised the important role of working animals in disaster relief.”
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People
12 active · 56 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALVEY, Philip Antony | Director | 2025-01-20 | Aug 1974 | British |
| BUNIS, Samantha | Director | 2025-01-20 | Jan 1977 | British |
| DAVIES, Marianne Stuart | Director | 2021-09-28 | May 1974 | British |
| FIRBY, Adam John Wilton | Director | 2021-12-15 | Nov 1981 | British |
| HALLOWELL, Gayle Davina, Dr | Director | 2025-01-20 | Mar 1978 | British |
| LANCE, Morgan Hurley | Director | 2023-02-01 | Feb 1971 | American |
| MBAKA, Bedford Mwenda, Dr | Director | 2025-01-20 | Feb 1960 | Kenyan |
| MOLE, David John, Dr | Director | 2025-01-20 | May 1983 | British |
| SHANKS, Sarah Louise | Director | 2019-12-11 | Jul 1984 | British |
| TOPHAM, Barry Edward | Director | 2025-01-20 | Jun 1975 | British |
| WANJIKU KIHARA, Leah | Director | 2025-01-20 | Sep 1985 | Kenyan |
| WELFORD, Kerin Lee | Director | 2025-09-16 | Sep 1968 | New Zealander |
Show 56 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAY, Geoffrey Gordon Scott | Secretary | 2004-04-01 | 2006-10-25 |
| PALMER, Christopher John Clephan | Secretary | 1997-07-10 | 2004-04-01 |
| PALMER, John Chance, Sir | Secretary | — | 1997-07-10 |
| REID, Michael John | Secretary | 2006-10-25 | 2017-07-24 |
| SYLVA, Paul | Secretary | 2017-07-24 | 2022-03-18 |
| AMORY, Jonathon Richard, Dr | Director | 2011-06-16 | 2018-09-17 |
| ARTHUR, Geoffrey Herbert, Professor | Director | — | 1994-12-08 |
| BLAGESCU, Elena Monica | Director | 2019-12-11 | 2022-09-06 |
| BOYD, Jacqueline, Dr | Director | 2015-06-17 | 2023-07-10 |
| BOYDE, Carl | Director | 2001-07-26 | 2012-04-20 |
| BROWNE, William Toby, Colonel | Director | 2015-12-16 | 2019-07-01 |
| CASTLE, John Mark | Director | 2011-06-16 | 2019-07-01 |
| CORNISH, Sally | Director | 2015-12-16 | 2016-03-22 |
| CURTIS, Roger, Dr | Director | 2007-09-20 | 2017-06-30 |
| DICKENS, Mark Anthony | Director | 2013-03-13 | 2015-06-10 |
| DOS SANTOS, Irene Daniella Pinto | Director | 2021-12-15 | 2024-03-04 |
| ETHERINGTON, Jeffery Warner | Director | — | 2000-07-26 |
| FIELD, Samuel | Director | 1997-07-10 | 2008-01-04 |
| FRASER, Donald Henri Maclean | Director | 2015-09-10 | 2016-01-11 |
| FRASER, Donald Henri Maclean | Director | 2012-04-20 | 2015-06-10 |
| FRAZER, Ian William | Director | 2000-07-13 | 2012-04-20 |
| FULLERTON, William Hugh | Director | 2000-07-13 | 2015-02-10 |
| GALE, Roger James | Director | 2009-06-23 | 2016-12-01 |
| GETHEN SMITH, Robert Edward | Director | 2017-03-22 | 2022-07-05 |
| GIRAUDEAU, Pierre Guy De Kersaint | Director | — | 1994-07-14 |
| GIRLING, Sarah Louise | Director | 1993-12-02 | 1997-07-10 |
| GREENHALGH, Richard Cecil | Director | 2019-12-11 | 2021-02-19 |
| GREET, Timothy Robert Charles, Professor | Director | 2012-03-15 | 2020-06-23 |
| HEATH, John Stanley | Director | 1995-07-13 | 2001-07-26 |
| HELMER, Gavin Romald Helmerow | Director | 2014-06-18 | 2023-07-10 |
| HIGGINS, Andrew James, Dr | Director | 1995-07-13 | 1997-12-31 |
| HIGGINS, Andrew James, Dr | Director | — | 1994-07-14 |
| HUGHES, Mary-Lorraine, Dr | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2024-04-05 |
| HUNTER, Janet Ann | Director | 2023-02-01 | 2024-10-04 |
| JEPSON, Paul George Henry, Brigadier | Director | — | 2001-07-26 |
| JOHNSON, Olga | Director | 2011-06-16 | 2020-06-23 |
| KENNARD, Harry Alan | Director | 2002-07-18 | 2016-12-31 |
| KNOTTENBELT, Derek Charles, Professor | Director | 2004-07-15 | 2009-12-31 |
| LISZEWSKI KAAR, Melissa Ann | Director | 2019-12-11 | 2025-07-02 |
| MARSHALL, Rosemary | Director | 1995-07-13 | 2008-06-30 |
| MILLER, Barbara Blanche | Director | 1997-07-10 | 2010-08-31 |
| OGILVIE GRAHAM, Tom, Brigadier | Director | 2004-07-15 | 2011-11-17 |
| PALMER, John Chance, Sir | Director | — | 1997-07-10 |
| PARKER, Gavin | Director | 2018-09-17 | 2022-09-05 |
| REES, William Howard Guest | Director | — | 1995-07-13 |
| ROBINSON, Howard Charles | Director | 1998-07-16 | 2004-07-15 |
| ROGERS, Shirley | Director | — | 1995-07-13 |
| SAGHBINI, Marilise | Director | 2019-12-11 | 2021-07-13 |
| SIMMONS, Spencer Mark | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2025-04-23 |
| SKIPPER, David John | Director | 1993-12-02 | 1997-07-10 |
| SLYNN, Odile Marie Henriette, Lady | Director | — | 2019-07-01 |
| SOULSBY, Ernest Jackson Lawson, Lord | Director | 1998-07-16 | 2004-07-15 |
| STIRLING, Alexander John Dickson, Sir | Director | 1994-07-14 | 2000-07-13 |
| STIRLING, Alexander John Dickson, Sir | Director | — | 1993-07-15 |
| TEASDALE, William Bilton | Director | 1993-07-15 | 2003-09-04 |
| WINTER, Hannah Esme | Director | 2018-09-17 | 2020-09-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
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Filing timeline
Last 20 of 226 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | CERTNM | change-of-name | certificate change of name company |
| 2026-04-09 | CERTNM | change-of-name | certificate change of name company |
| 2025-10-10 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-07-08 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-06-18 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-06-02 | MA | incorporation | memorandum articles |
| 2025-05-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2025-04-28 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-02-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-02-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-02-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-02-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-02-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-02-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-02-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-11-11 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-10-10 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-08-19 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
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