## **ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF ORANGUTAN VETERINARY AID (OVAID) FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 31/03/2025**
Achievements of the charity during the year 1/4/2024 to 31/3/2025
The charity received an income of £59,839 during this year. In addition the charity received a training grant of £15,415 from ARCUS Foundation in USA and £14,826 of this was utlised.
The charity has made actual donations of purchased equipment and medicines totaling £30,810. (With the charity receiving discounts on many purchases in addition to free donations of veterinary equipment from the veterinary commercial sector this figure of £30,810 equates to approximately £70,000 retail value of donations).
The charity also provided £2268.98 of funding direct to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) OVAID also still holds some reserve stock of veterinary equipment and consumables.
The charity continues to function with no salaries being paid and the Trustees are pleased to report that administrative costs excluding travel costs remain at less than 5% of the income.
During this financial year the charity has received no legacies but has received grants from ARCUS Foundation U.S.A. and from Humane Society International United Kingdom. The charity continues to function principally on funds generated by its supporters.
## DONATIONS.
The charity has made substantial donations throughout this financial year. Donations of funds and equipment have specifically been made to: Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) Nyaru Menteng Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) Samboja Lestari Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme - International Animal Rescue
## Project Borneo
## CAN Borneo
In addition the charity was able to attend the annual Orangutan Advisory Group Workshop & Conference in Yogjakarta taking approximately 158kg of medicines and equipment which was distributed to more than 15 orangutan and wildlife rescue / rehabilitation centres.
## EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
The charity continues to fund an equipment maintenance scheme for various orangutan rescue centres and in this financial year replaced : A designated laptop and software for BOSF Nyaru Menteng’s Digital X-ray system
An infusion pump for Project Borneo Telinject darts and needles for CAN Borneo Substantial equipment replacement for Sumatran Orangutan Conservation programme (SOCP) Sumatra.(see section below)
## TRAINING
Following on from the successful specialist training workshops funded by the charity in 2022 and 2023 OVAID has continued its efforts to assist with the training of the veterinary teams at the rescue centres and recognises this as an extremely valuable, efficient and increasingly important aspect of its work.
In collaboration with its resident specialist wildlife dental surgeon Gerhard Putter, the charity has negotiated a substantial grant from ARCUS Foundation in America over the next 3 years (2024 – 2027) to establish a complete and fully funded on-line learning programme in oral health and dentistry. It is hoped that this programme will be completed and ‘rolled out’ during 2026. This will provide an opportunity for all primate veterinarians in Indonesia and Malaysia to participate and
gain knowledge and certification in basic dentistry. Successful completion of the programme modules will enable the candidates to participate in a series of in-situ specialist practical workshops to be arranged at selected centres in the forthcoming two years. The charity is negotiating with the Indonesian Veterinary Association to attempt to register the programme for the collection of official Continuous Professional Development (CPD) accreditation for successful candidates.
Dentistry has been a somewhat overlooked discipline in the past and the Trustees are pleased to be able to offer this important opportunity for indigenous veterinarians to increase their knowledge and practical skills, enabling them to gain confidence and to improve the welfare of this critically endangered species.
## PUBLIC EDUCATION
The co-founders have continued their ongoing programme to deliver educational presentations during this financial year including universities (Bristol University, Glasgow University) colleges (Canterbury College, Wiltshire Agricultural College) numerous schools and public meetings. The charity is also negotiating a partnership with East Kent University.
## BRONWYN WATSON / OVAID SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME
The charity continued to supply funding for Indonesian veterinarians during this year and has retained significant funding in its secondary scholarship account to enable it to offer further scholarship opportunities in the future.
## FUNDRAISING
OVAID is extremely grateful to its supporters worldwide. Following a landslide disaster at the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) Batu Mbelin rescue and rehabilitation site in November 2024 the charity launched a fundraising campaign which to date has raised £17,204. See below.
In total the charity received £36,776.00 in donations in the last financial year and these have been sufficient for us to continue and expand our work as planned.
OVAID’S EFFORTS FOLLOWING SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN CONSERVATION PROGRAMME (SOCP) DISASTER. On November 27[th ] 2024 four serious landslides completely destroyed the SOCP veterinary clinic and all its contents leaving the vet team with no facility and no functioning equipment or medicines. OVAID received an urgent request for assistance and responded immediately with a team of three delivering approximately £36,000 (retail) of equipment direct to the vet team in Sumatra within 14 days. The extreme generosity of OVAID’s suppliers and contacts minimized the actual cost to the charity which also drew on its resources of stock equipment to meet the demand.
Subsequently the charity has funded : Replacement X-ray Generator Replacement X-ray Generator stand Replacemnt X-ray dedicated laptop and software. Custom built replacement surgery table.
Essential components for haematology and biochemistry analysers .
The co-founders and two trustees will also be travelling to the centre in November 2025 with more requested items. The charity has completely utilised the £17,000 raised in the aforementioned fundraiser to cover the costs of this humanitarian exercise together with drawing on its financial resources. The grant received from Humane Society International UK and included in these accounts, will be utilised to fund a replacement air driven dental machine.
The charity has sufficient reserves for the forthcoming financial year.
The Trustees are pleased to report a healthy income this financial year but also a very positive increase in the charity’s core activities and widened influence during the last financial year and look forward with confidence to guiding the charity in the forthcoming 12 months.
Signed:
Dr N.C.Hicks BVSc MRCVS Trustee & CEO 15[th ] December 2025
## **ORANGUTAN VETERINARY AID**
## **YEAR ENDED 31[ST] MARCH 2025**
**Registered Number 1167620**
**DAWE, HAWKEN & DODD** Chartered Certified Accountants Callington, Cornwall.
**1.**
## **ORANGUTAN VETERINARY AID**
## Registered number 1167620
## **RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] MARCH 2025**
|
**RECEIPTS**
Donations
Shop Sales
Deposit Account Interest
**TOTAL RECEIPTS**
**PAYMENTS**
Bank Charges
Shop Purchases
Postage, Stationery &
Advertising
Expenses
Equipment
Travel Costs
Insurance
Training
Donations
Accountancy Fees
Medical Supplies
**TOTAL PAYMENTS**
**EXCESS OF PAYMENTS**
**OVER RECEIPTS**
**CASH FUNDS**
**BROUGHT FORWARD**
**CASH FUNDS**
**THIS YEAR END**|**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment**
**Total**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
57052
15415
72467
51134
1889
1889
1267
898
898
311|**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment**
**Total**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
57052
15415
72467
51134
1889
1889
1267
898
898
311|
|---|---|---|
|||59839
15415
75254
52712|
|||216
216
216
718
718
1244
1983
1983
2215
4633
4633
496
25876
25876
16793
16138
226
16364
26683
903
903
205
14600
14600
-
-
3936
264
264
252
4934
4934
4883|
|||55665
14826
70491
56923|
|||4174
589
4763
(4211)
49837
-
49837
54048|
|||54011
589
54600
49837|
RAN
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STATEIIIENT OF ASSETS LND LIABILITIF.S AT
1°14IAR
20
2025
Total
Funds
2024
Total
Funds
Unrestricted Restricted
Funds
Fund
Endowment
Funds
Curreni Accouni
Scholarship Account
95 Day Tr4Oticc Account
32 Day Notice Account
ARCUS Account
Totgl
ash Fun
18399
18399
13
15268
20331
589
54600
3512.1
14714
15268
20331
589
589
54011
49837
OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
Fund
Stock (in¢1 Donated stock)
Unrestricted
Fund
LIABILITIES
Expen%es
Independent Examiner's Fee
Unrestric*d
Unrestric*d
276
Slgned by two Iru$lees on behalf of all the trustees
Signature
Print Name
Date of Approval
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INDEPENDEliT EXAMINER'S REPORT Oli THE ACCOUNTS
Report to the Trustees of
., ORANGUTAN VEfERINA
On Accounts for the period ended
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I ryrt to the trSlee$ on my examination of the accounts of Orangutan Veterllwy Aid (the Trust) for
the year ended 31 March. 2025.
Responslbilltles and basls of report
A5 thc charity trustccs of thc Trust you are resrym$ible for the preparatson of the accounts in
accordanc¢ WAth thc r¢quw¢m¢nls of thc Charitics Act 2011 ('the Act,).
I in resp¢¢t of my of the Trust's a¢Unts carried out undcr Scclion 145 of the 2011
Act and in carrying Out my examinlon I have followcd all the applicable Direckn'ons given by the
Charity Commission under Section l45(5Xb) of thc ACL
Independent Eiamlner's Statement
I have completed my examination. J confm that no material matters have comc to my attention in
connection with the examination "Ving me cause to belIe,c that in any materia] respect:
(i)
accountin8 records were not kept in respect of the Trust as requed by scction 130 of the
ACL or
{2)
the accounts do not accord with those rccords.
I havc no Lonccrns and have come Kross no other matter8. in cornKYtion with the examinatiOD to
which attention should bc drawn in thill report in order to enable a proper und¢rstanding of thc
accounts to bc rcache