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Global Impact Report 2025

Compassion in World Farming is a global charity working to end factory farming and improve farmed animal welfare through corporate engagement, policy advocacy and public campaigning. In 2024–25, backed by 1.6 million supporters, it secured welfare commitments covering 3.1 billion animals annually, achieved a landmark ban on GB live exports after 50 years of campaigning, gathered 1 million END.IT petition signatures, and triggered a UK Parliamentary debate on banning cages for farmed animals.

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About

Corporate engagement securing higher-welfare pledges from global food businesses; ChickenTrack, EggTrack and PigTrack monitoring programmes; Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards (Paris, 49 companies, 15+ countries); End the Cage Age parliamentary campaign; live exports campaigning; COP29 engagement; Factory Farming and Muck mapping tools; FOOD FOR GOOD podcast; Better Chicken Business Network (160+ members, 17 countries)

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Over 3.1 billion animals set to benefit every year across 40 countries through corporate welfare commitments secured with global food companies
Key Metric 2 END.IT campaign reached more than one million petition signatures by August 2025; global media reach of 6.17 billion across the campaign
Key Metric 3 1.6 million supporters and 100,000 donors active in 2024/25; 18.9 billion estimated opportunities to read about CIWF's work generated through media coverage

Key Outcomes

  • Historic ban on live animal exports from Great Britain for slaughter or fattening achieved after 50 years of campaigning — ending harrowing long-distance journeys for millions of animals
  • Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards 2024 celebrated 49 leading companies across 15+ countries, collectively set to transform the lives of over 500 million farmed animals annually
  • UK Parliament petition to ban cages for farmed animals passed 100,000 signatures, triggering a Parliamentary debate with cross-party support in June 2025

Geography

International

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First known breeding success of spoonbills in the Norfolk Broads in around 400 years, recorded at Hickling Broads and Marshes
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Over 60 nature reserves managed across Norfolk, with land owned or managed for wildlife exceeding 5,000 hectares
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1,500 volunteers helped protect wildlife across the county during the year
New urban nature reserve co-designed with the local community, expanding accessible green space in Norfolk
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61,819 native oysters deployed across UK restoration projects in 2024/25
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15,064 people participated in the Beachwatch beach clean programme, submitting 1,256 litter surveys — the highest in the programme's 31-year history
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17,613 young people engaged through in-person or online youth programme sessions
£11.5 billion Ofwat investment package secured for storm overflow cuts in England and Wales following sustained MCS advocacy
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191,000 cats and kittens helped — 525 a day (2023: 184,000); 29,000 cats rehomed; 168,000 cats neutered including 13,000 feral cats; 93,000 cats microchipped
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£96.9 million total income (2023: £89.3 million); £108.5 million net assets; £50.1 million legacy income; 9,800 volunteers (2023: 9,200)
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430 cat owners helped to flee domestic abuse with 750 cats given temporary foster homes (Lifeline) — up from 229 in 2023; 5.9 million...
Mandatory microchipping for cats in England came into force June 2024 — direct result of years of Cats Protection campaigning; Pet Abduction Act came into force August 2024 making cat theft a specific criminal offence; Cat Manifesto sent to every election candidate with 111 newly elected MPs having responded
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32,000 people participated in learning activities; 65,000 volunteer hours contributed; 250,000 biodiversity-boosting plants and bulbs planted; 24,000 snowdrops planted by Royal Parks Half Marathon...
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94% of public rated their visit as good or excellent; 5 consecutive years all 8 parks awarded Green Flag; 160,000+ members making 300,000+ visits;...
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1,000 free plants donated to local charities, community groups and schools; 200 old noticeboards and maps replaced; 12,500 enquiries handled by visitor support team;...
Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Garden at Regent's Park received planning permission and is progressing — opening Spring 2026; Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Playground renewal received planning permission — opening Spring 2026; Greenwich Park flagship restoration project completed — new meadows, shrubs, community facilities