Compassion In World Farming
Compassion In World Farming is a UK charity licensed by the UKGC to run a society lottery since August 2017, using lottery proceeds to fund animal welfare campaigning. It has no enforcement history, but its primary lottery domain currently carries an F SSL grade.
Positive Signals
- Continuously licensed since August 2017 with no revocations or suspensions
- No enforcement actions recorded in UKGC records
- Stability score of 100 reflecting over eight years of clean regulatory standing
Concerns
- F SSL grade on lottery.ciwf.org.uk with no TLS 1.3 support
- No corporate officer or director data publicly available through records linked to this licence
Overview
Operator Type: Charitable society lottery operator
Compassion In World Farming is a registered charity that has held a UKGC society lottery licence continuously since 30 August 2017, giving it over eight years in the regulated lottery market. It runs a fundraising lottery to support its animal welfare campaigning work, making it quite different from commercial gambling operators. Society lotteries of this type are specifically designed for non-commercial organisations raising money for good causes.
Its trust score of 67 out of 100 (Grade C) reflects standard standing for a single-licence charitable lottery operator. There's no enforcement history, and the stability score is a clean 100 across more than eight years of continuous licensing. The lower overall score comes from limited corporate data linked to the UKGC record, not from any compliance failure on the organisation's part.
One technical concern for participants is that lottery.ciwf.org.uk currently holds an F SSL grade and doesn't support TLS 1.3, which is below the standard expected of sites handling payments. Participants should be aware of this until the domain's SSL configuration is updated.
Where Is This Operator Based?
Understanding where an operator is based matters for regulatory accountability. UK-based operators are subject to UK courts and consumer protection laws.
This operator is headquartered in the UK and registered with Companies House. They are fully subject to UK courts, consumer protection laws, and regulatory oversight.
Licence Details
Compassion In World Farming holds one active UKGC licence: a Society Lottery licence (licence number 004736-A-326924-002), granted on 30 August 2017 with no recorded expiry date. A society lottery licence permits a non-commercial charitable organisation to run lotteries to raise funds for its stated good causes, subject to UKGC oversight and annual returns requirements.
| Licence Type | Status | Granted |
|---|---|---|
| Society Lottery | Active |
Enforcement & Compliance History
No regulatory actions recorded.
No enforcement actions recorded.
This operator has no public enforcement actions, financial penalties, or regulatory warnings on record with the UK Gambling Commission.
Corporate Structure
Compassion In World Farming is classified as an 'other' entity type in the UKGC records, not a standard Companies House-registered company. No formal incorporation date, registered address, or director data is available through the records linked to this operator listing. The company status is recorded as active.
Compassion In World Farming
Active- Company Number
- UKGC-3198
Associated Domains
Compassion In World Farming operates two UKGC-registered domains for its lottery. The primary domain, lottery.ciwf.org.uk, was created in August 2000 and is registered until August 2034, but it currently holds an F SSL grade and does not support TLS 1.3, which is a below-standard technical configuration for a payments-enabled site. A second domain, raffleplayer.com/ciwf, is also listed as active but has no SSL data recorded. No Trustpilot reviews are recorded for either domain.
| Domain | Brand | Status | Site Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| lottery.ciwf.org.uk | CIWF Lottery | Active | Lottery |