Medical and Scientific Aid for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia

Analysis

Medical and Scientific Aid for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheltenham. It was registered in October 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Medical and Scientific Aid for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia reported income of £79k and spending of £63k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £60k to £79k (+31%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 139% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Medical and Scientific Aid for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trinity Community Project (£79k), The Community of the Presentation Trust (£79k) and Leominster District Community Association (£79k).