British Small Animal Veterinary Association

Analysis

British Small Animal Veterinary Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in September 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02837793). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British Small Animal Veterinary Association reported income of £6.2m and spending of £7.2m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5.3m to £6.2m (+18%), an average of +4.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, British Small Animal Veterinary Association sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mare and Foal Sanctuary (£6.0m), RSPCA Assured Limited (£6.6m) and Dudley and West Midlands Zoological Society Limited (£5.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93%, donations and legacies 3.4% and investments 3.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £161k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £166k. Reserves of £11.5m would cover about 19 months of spending at that rate. It employed 49 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.