# WORLDWIDE VETERINARY SERVICE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1100485
- **Other names:** W.V.S., WVS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [04773693](https://opencompanies.uk/company/04773693)
- **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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1100485


## Contact

- **Address:** 4 Castle Street, Cranborne, Wimborne
- **Postcode:** BH21 5PZ
- **Phone:** 01725 557225
- **Email:** info@wvs.org.uk
- **Website:** www.wvs.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** The charity&#x27;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.




## 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



## Geography

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





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Owen Jonathan Sharp** | Chair | May 1, 2023 |
| Ian Andrew Battersby |  | May 1, 2023 |
| Joanne Louise Howard |  | May 1, 2023 |
| Philip Giles Daubeny |  | May 1, 2023 |
| Richard Mellanby |  | Nov. 11, 2014 |




