# WORLDWIDE VETERINARY SERVICE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1100485
- **Other names:** W.V.S., WVS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 3, 2003
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1100485


## Contact

- **Address:** 4 Castle Street, Cranborne, Wimborne
- **Postcode:** BH21 5PZ
- **Phone:** 01725557225
- **Email:** info@wvs.org.uk
- **Website:** www.wvs.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF ANIMALS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD - THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL AND FINANCIAL AID TO ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANISATIONS AND CHARITIES - THE PROVISION AND CO-ORDINATION OF VOLUNTEERS TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANISATIONS OVERSEAS - THE PROVISION OF VETERINARY ADVICE AND SUPPORT - TO PROMOTE AND CONDUCT RESEARCH IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO ANIMAL WELFARE.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Animals
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

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



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £9278219 | £8903584 | £1944577 | 47 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £5561473 | £4965853 | £1569942 | 32 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £1939810 | £2121762 | £974322 | 23 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £2614744 | £1814910 | £1156274 | 25 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1487593 | £1936910 | £356440 | 24 |



## Trustees

- **Owen Jonathan Sharp** (Chair) — appointed May 1, 2023
- Ian Andrew Battersby — appointed May 1, 2023
- Joanne Louise Howard — appointed May 1, 2023
- Philip Giles Daubeny — appointed May 1, 2023
- Richard Mellanby — appointed Nov. 11, 2014