## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/01/2024 To 31/12/2024** **Charity name:** British College of Veterinary Specialists (BCVSp), trading as Veterinary Specialists Association (VSA) ## **Charity registration number:** 1158171 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the charity are to advance
the education and well-being of the public
by promoting the health and welfare of
animals through the development,
understanding and application of veterinary
specialist care| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Management of a website
https://yourvetspecialist.org/ to act as a
public facing information resource about the
availability and application of veterinary
specialist care
Interaction with veterinary colleges to
inform veterinary students about the
pathway to specialisation and promotion of
referral practices which promote animal
health
Interaction with veterinary governing bodies
(RCVS) and representative associations
(BVA & EBVS & others) with regard to the
role of specialist clinicians and facilities in
the provision of animal care
Interaction with RCVS with regard to the
use of “protected titles” to avoid public
confusion over status and qualifications.
Interaction with RCVS with regard to status
and requirements of specialist practices.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity Commission on public
benefit.| **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Not Applicable| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|Not Applicable| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Volunteers, mainly trustees, give up their
personal time to attend meetings on behalf
of the Charity| |Other||Not Applicable| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The charity has managed to achieve an
increased level of clarity over the use of the
title “Specialist”.
Liaisons with the RCVS over the use of the
title Specialist
Discussions with RCVS concerning
practice standards| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|Not Applicable| |---|---|---| |||Not Applicable| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|Not Applicable| |Other||Not Applicable| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The Charity is viable| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We maintain sufficient reserves to operate
for one year without income. Current
reserves meet this objective.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£ 7,875.31**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not Applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not Applicable| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Not Applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit
Para 1.24
Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern
Para 1.23|Details of fund materially in
deficit
Para 1.24
Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern
Para 1.23|Not Applicable
Not Applicable| |---|---|---| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Subscriptions and donations from members| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Not Applicable| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Reduction in subscription numbers| |Other||Not Applicable| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||Not Applicable| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated Association| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are elected to the positions by the
membership| |including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|
membership| |---|---|---| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|New Trustees are provided with relevant
information from the Charity Commission
website| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Not Applicable| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|Not Applicable| |Other||Not Applicable| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|British College of Veterinary Specialists| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|BCVSp, Veterinary Specialists Association, VSA| |Registered charity number|1158171| |Charity’s principal address|26 Trefoil Drive
Killinghall
Harrogate
HG3 2WB| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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9|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Dr DAVINA MARY
ANDERSON|Chair||| ||Dr Mayank Seth|||| ||Dr Caroline
Prymak|||| ||Dr Amanda Eloise
Helen Paul|||| ||Dr Sophie Victoria
Keyte|||| ||Mr Robert Duncan
Partridge|Treasurer||| ||Dr Renata
Stavinohova|||| ||Dr Richard
Lawrence Meeson|||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Not Applicable Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |Not Applicable||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets Not Applicable held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Not Applicable ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details Not Applicable ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s)** ~~HE oz~~ **Full name(s)** Robert Duncan Partridge Davina Mary Anderson **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** ~~ee~~[Treasurer ] President **Date** 7th August 2025 ~~PE~~ **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |||**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**||||||**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**British College of Veterinary Specialists**|||||||**1158171**||||| |||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||||**CC16a**|| ||**For the period**
**from**
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|Period start date
01/01/2024
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31/12/2024|||| ||**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||||| |||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|||**Restricted**
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**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|| |||**to the nearest**
**£**||**to the nearest**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**| ||**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||| ||MermbershipIncome|**5 022**|**5 022**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**5 022**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**5 022**|**5 022**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**5 022**||**-**|**-**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
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**_Total receipts_ 5 022**
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~~——————~~|||||||||||||| ||**A3 Payments**||||||||||||| ||Marketing|**3 404**|**3 404**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**3 404**||**-**|**-**| ||IT &payment fees|**813**|**813**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**813**||**-**|**-**| ||Accountancy&professional fees|**253**|**253**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**253**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| _**Sub total**_ **[ 4 470 ] - - 4 470 - A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **[ - ] - - - -** ~~—~~ _**Total payments**_ ~~——=—~~ **4 470 - - 4 470 -** _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **552 - - 552 - A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - -** _**Cash funds this year end**_ ~~SS~~ **552** ~~S55~~ **- 552 -** ~~=~~ CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Bank account
**Details**
**Details**
Accruals
**Details**
Trade creditors
Deferred Income
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**10 112**
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**10 112**
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Agreement Error
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**funds**
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**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**Amount due**
**(optional)**
Unrestricted
**602**
Unrestricted
**1 550**
Unrestricted
**85**
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Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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approval| ||||| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 2