The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Viva!

Registered charity 1037486 Registered since 1994

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

3 trustees on the board

6y median 6y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Animals 3Education/training 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.8m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

10.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 16.4 in 2021

27 from 23 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.viva.org.uk
Emailinfo@viva.org.uk
Phone01179441000
AddressViva!, 8 York Court, Wilder Street, BRISTOL, BS2 8QH

Finances

£1,806,137 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,573,229£1,155,057
2022£1,202,019£1,485,999
2023£2,152,364£1,550,502
2024£2,507,001£1,827,540
2025£1,806,137£1,914,159

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesAnimals

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF VEGETARIANISM AND VEGANISM AND VEGETARIAN AND VEGAN DIETS.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING AND DISSEMINATING RESEARCH INTO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.3) TO PREVENT OR SUPPRESS CRUELTY TO ANIMALSI

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 27/04/1994AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 20/11/2001AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 16/04/2012 as amended on 07 Sep 2020

Trustees (4)

3trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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