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[1948] AC 31 (HL). The National Anti-vivisection Society failed to establish that its activities could be funded by acharitable trust. Bearing in mind that, in law, animals cannot be the recipients of charity, they expressed their objectives in terms of the education benefits that would accrue to society in general. Clearly informing the public about issues surrounding animal experimentation is education, but the House decided that the Society was not charitable because the cost of its activities to society at large outweighed the benefits to its supporters. It is debatable whether a court should ever have to make such an assessment. See charitable trust for more details.