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Vetlife

Veterinary Benevolent Fund, Victoria Veterinary Benevolent Fund, Vetlife

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
224776
Status
Registered
Registered
Oct. 20, 1963
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Not Defined

Address

Address
Vetlife
7 Mansfield Street
London
W1G9NQ

Contact

Activities

Provides financial assistance to deserving veterinary surgeons, RVNs and their dependants; provides a helpline and website for veterinary surgeons, students and nurses; provides for the relief of mental and physical illness, associated with compulsive behaviour or stress or depression, which may or may not result from alcohol or drug addiction or other forms of dependence.

Objects: 4. The object for which the Fund is established is the relief of the charitable needs of veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses and their relatives or dependants in particular by:(a) providing financial and other assistance to deserving veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses resident in the UK, Channel Islands or Isle of Man who are in need and are or have been included on the Register of Veterinary Surgeons, or the Register of Veterinary Nurses held by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons;(b) providing financial and other assistance to the deserving relatives and dependants of deceased and retired veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses. In this sub-clause “relatives or dependants” will include such persons as the Directors shall from time to time determine;(c) providing a helpline for veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses and their relatives or dependants, and for undergraduate veterinary surgeons and student veterinary nurses enrolled on a UK veterinary degree programme, who seek help on health or other social problems;(d) providing for the relief of mental and physical illness, associated with compulsive behaviour or stress or depression, which may or may not result from alcohol or drug addiction or other forms of dependence, in order to allow veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses to continue with their professional duties and safeguard the public interest; (e) raising awareness of the problems in the veterinary professions associated with mental and depressive disease, drug and alcohol abuse and other forms of compulsive behaviour; and(f) carrying out or funding research in furtherance of the Fund’s charitable objects.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
Who
Other Defined Groups

Areas of operation

Country
Northern Ireland, Scotland
Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Dec. 31, 2024 £1,035,915 £1,039,928 £9,830,561 6
Dec. 31, 2023 £1,168,665 £977,053 £9,111,218 6
Dec. 31, 2022 £914,534 £927,037 £8,510,307 4
Dec. 31, 2021 £776,941 £724,992 £9,089,638 4
Dec. 31, 2020 £531,153 £690,530 £8,071,114 4

Trustees

Name Appointed
Dr Christopher Paul Freeman Nov. 11, 2020
Dr ELIZABETH ANNE BARTON Sept. 7, 2023
Dr John Rogers Chitty Nov. 11, 2020
Dr Kelly Blacklock Sept. 7, 2023
Dr Lynne Gaskarth Sept. 12, 2024
Dr Nichola Mandy Saunders Harris Nov. 11, 2020
Emma Margaret Callaghan Sept. 12, 2025
Hannah Jane Sampson Sept. 12, 2025
James Simon Russell Feb. 11, 2020
Josephine Ann Oakden Oct. 13, 2022
Paul Graham Horwood July 19, 2018
Robyn Jane Lowe Sept. 7, 2022