THE BORN FREE FOUNDATION

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. THE BORN FREE FOUNDATION 2016-09-30 → present
2. THE BORN FREE FOUNDATION LIMITED 1998-07-20 → 2016-09-30

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Saffery LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the group's ability to continue as a going concern.”

Group structure

1. THE BORN FREE FOUNDATION · parent
   1. Born Free Trading Limited 100% · England & Wales · sale of Born Free merchandise and services
   2. Born Free Films Limited 83% · England & Wales · film development (dormant since 2021-22)

Significant events

• “Building of several new 'predator-proof bomas' in Kenya, bringing total to 415, helping thousands coexist with predators with minimal conflict.”
• “Launch of new Tank Free campaign urging holidaymakers not to visit dolphin shows.”
• “UK law made it illegal to sell ivory from hippos, narwhal, sperm whale and orca (Jan 2025).”
• “Clawing at the Cages appeal and report led to 7,408 people signing petition for a Roar-Free UK.”
• “Kenya is now home to 1,977 rhinos (1,004 black, 973 white), an 89% increase compared to 2014.”
• “Rescue of cheetah orphan, Blue, from life-threatening injuries in Ethiopia.”
• “South Lakes Zoo in Cumbria, UK, finally closed (Dec 2024).”
• “Drawn from the Heart art exhibition and auction by Gary Hodges at London's Mall Galleries.”
• “Identification of several breaches of staff management policies and procedures in Kenya, leading to dismissal of staff members.”
• “An attempted fraud perpetrated by an external third party to extract funds via a bogus donation of laptops was prevented (Nov 2024).”
• “Three separate cases of theft by Born Free staff in Kenya were uncovered, leading to disciplinary action and dismissals (incidents during 2024-25).”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

10

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +81.1%

  £297,000 → £538,000

• Cash

  +46.2%

  £1,336,000 → £1,953,000

• Net assets

  +6.9%

  £5,791,000 → £6,193,000

• Employees

  +2.2%

  138 → 141

• Profit before tax

  +1,175%

  £40,000 → £510,000

• Wages

  +6.8%

  £2,078,000 → £2,220,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers