# Vetlife

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 224776
- **Other names:** VETERINARY BENEVOLENT FUND, VICTORIA VETERINARY BENEVOLENT FUND, VETLIFE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Oct. 20, 1963
- **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=224776


## Contact

- **Address:** Vetlife, 7 Mansfield Street, London
- **Postcode:** W1G9NQ
- **Phone:** 02079086385
- **Email:** info@vetlife.org.uk
- **Website:** www.vetlife.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## 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

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £1035915 | £1039928 | £9830561 | 6 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £1168665 | £977053 | £9111218 | 6 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £914534 | £927037 | £8510307 | 4 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £776941 | £724992 | £9089638 | 4 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £531153 | £690530 | £8071114 | 4 |



## Trustees

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