Registered charity · Bristol
Viva!
Viva! is a registered charity (number 1037486) based in Bristol, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £1.8m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as VVF (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £1.8m (2025)
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Who leads it
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Viva! Trustee Ltd.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Animals
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.viva.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1994
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.8m£1.9m
- 2024£2.5m£1.8m
- 2023£2.2m£1.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.2m£1.5m
- 2021£1.6m£1.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
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
Board analysis
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
- Justin Alexander Kerswell since 2020
- Louise Alison Rose Carter since 2020
- Rhiannon Amy Purnell since 2020
- Viva! Trustee Ltd since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Justin Alexander Kerswell since 2020
- Louise Alison Rose Carter since 2020
- Viva! Trustee Ltd since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Justin Alexander Kerswell since 2020
- Louise Alison Rose Carter since 2020
- Rhiannon Amy Purnell since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
10.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 16.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1037486
- Status
- Registered
- 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
- Contact on the register
- 01179441000 · info@viva.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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