Veg Trust Incorporating the Matthew Eyton Animal Welfare Trust

Analysis

Veg Trust Incorporating the Matthew Eyton Animal Welfare Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in August 2021, 5 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 12958054). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Veg Trust Incorporating the Matthew Eyton Animal Welfare Trust reported income of £850k and spending of £1.1m, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from October 2022 to October 2025, income grew from £15k to £850k (+5451%), an average of +282% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 31798%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Veg Trust Incorporating the Matthew Eyton Animal Welfare Trust sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Animal Equality (£849k), Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Blackpool and North Lancashire Branch (£852k) and South Essex Wildlife Hospital (£848k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 92% and investments 8.1%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £995k. Reserves of £3.9m would cover about 43 months of spending at that rate.