The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Trust

Registered charity 230886 Registered since 1964

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland

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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.

3.2y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (5)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10Animals 9Accommodation/housing 1Economic/community Development/employment 1General Charitable Purposes 1Other Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1

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 14Health and social care 2Other services 2

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£1.3m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

12.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 14.2 in 2020

22 from 15 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.rcvsknowledge.org
Emailinfo@rcvsknowledge.org
Phone020 7202 0721
AddressRCVS Trust, 1 Hardwick Street, LONDON, EC1R 4RB

Finances

£1,313,664 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£973,591£1,350,115
2021£1,400,314£1,771,978
2022£1,607,903£2,068,336
2023£1,574,121£2,043,524
2024£1,313,664£1,996,700

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

1) TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND ADVANCE THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF VETERINARY SURGERY AND MEDICINE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE SAID ART AND SCIENCE IN ANY MANNER THE TRUSTEES MAY THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY THE AWARD OF FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS AND MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES TO ENABLE VETERINARY GRADUATES FROM ANY VETERINARY SCHOOL IN GREAT BRITAIN TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION EITHER IN GREAT BRITAIN OR BY TRAVELLING ABROAD.3) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE SAID ART AND SCIENCE BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A LIBRARY OR LIBRARIES.4) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO ANY FIELD OF VETERINARY SURGERY AND MEDICINE AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF ('THE OBJECT

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/02/1958AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/02/1998AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 31/03/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/06/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/03/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/09/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 NOV 2017 as amended on 28 Sep 2018

Trustees (12)

12trustees
54median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Trust · 00598443 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 05/02/1958

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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