Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Trust

Analysis

Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00598443). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Trust reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.9m, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.4m (+1.9%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dementia Research UK (£1.4m), Orthopaedic Research UK (£1.4m) and Lordswood Leisure Centre Limited (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 79%, charitable activities 11% and investments 9.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £211k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 2.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2,250. Reserves of £2.1m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 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.