The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Worldwide Veterinary Service

Registered charity 1100485 Registered since 2003

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, India, Malawi, Thailand, Zambia, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Cape Verde, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Tanzania

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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.

5 trustees on the board

4.8y median 3y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 5Education/training 5Overseas Aid/famine Relief 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 6Health and social care 2Arts and leisure 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£9.3m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.8 in 2020

47 from 24 in 2020
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.wvs.org.uk
Emailinfo@wvs.org.uk
Phone01725557225
Address4 Castle Street, Cranborne, Wimborne, BH21 5PZ

Finances

£9,278,219 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,487,593£1,936,910
2021£2,614,744£1,814,910
2022£1,939,810£2,121,762
2023£5,561,473£4,965,853
2024£9,278,219£8,903,584

What it does

What

Education/trainingOverseas Aid/famine ReliefAnimals

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

The charity's objects are: (a) throughout the world to protect and relieve dogs and other animals, in the directors discretion, from maltreatment, cruelty and suffering; and(b) to advance human health and animal welfare through: (i) veterinary training and veterinary advice and support; (ii) participating in initiatives for the global elimination of rabies; (iii) assisting with education projects relating to animal health, welfare and zoonotic diseases;(iv) assisting with the design and implementation of rabies vaccination, surveillance and education programmes; and(v) providing a global resource for use by organisations involved in the elimination of rabies and other diseases.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21 MAY 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 20 OCTOBER 2003 as amended on 06 Apr 2023 as amended on 26 Apr 2023

Trustees (5)

5trustees
53median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Worldwide Veterinary Service · 04773693 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 21/05/2003

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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