The Royal Veterinary College Animal Care Trust

Analysis

The Royal Veterinary College Animal Care Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hatfield. It was registered in December 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Royal Veterinary College Animal Care Trust reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.3m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £1.3m (-1.8%), an average of -0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Royal Veterinary College Animal Care Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust (£1.3m), Graduate Fashion Foundation (£1.3m) and Theatre Investment Fund Limited (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 88% and investments 12%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £377k. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 25%. Grants to other organisations totalled £882k. Reserves of £2.4m would cover about 22 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.