# VSO

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 313757
- **Other names:** VOLUNTARY SERVICE OVERSEAS, VSO
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 14, 1962
- **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=313757


## Contact

- **Address:** RUSSELL COOKE SOLICITORS, 2 PUTNEY HILL, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW15 6AB
- **Phone:** 02087807500
- **Email:** company.secretary@vsoint.org
- **Website:** www.vsointernational.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO AID IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD;PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD;  PROMOTE THE EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES FOR THE PURPOSES OF ADVANCING EDUCATION OR RELIEVING POVERTY IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD; AND PROMOTE THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR; AND FOR THOSE PURPOSES ONLY: TO SEND VOLUNTEERS TO OTHER COUNTRIES TO SHARE AND DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING AND TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH OTHERS ON RETURN; TO UNDERTAKE OR ASSIST IN WORKS AND PROJECTS OF ALL KINDS; AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE NATURE, CAUSES, AND EFFECTS OF POVERTY AND THE VALUE OF VOLUNTEERING;TO CONDUCT AND PURSUE RESEARCH CONCERNING THESE MATTERS AND TO PUBLISH OR OTHERWISE MAKE THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

**Activities:** VSO IS THE WORLD'S LEADING INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY WORKING FOR CHANGE THROUGH VOLUNTEERS.  VSO BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER TO SHARE SKILLS, CREATIVITY AND LEARNING TO BUILD A FAIRER WORLD. VSO HAS PROGRAMMES IN OVER TWENTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FOCUSING ON DELIVERING SUSTAINABLE CHANGE IN THREE THEMATIC AREAS: EDUCATION, HEALTH AND SECURE LIVELIHOODS.

**Area of benefit:** IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Bangladesh
- Burma
- Cambodia
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- India
- Ireland
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £24673000 | £30613000 | £7879000 | 407 |
| March 31, 2024 | £32059000 | £34522000 | £16047000 | 473 |
| March 31, 2023 | £40397650 | £39180000 | £18510000 | 500 |
| March 31, 2022 | £33310000 | £38809000 | £17292000 | 518 |
| March 31, 2021 | £49434000 | £46951000 | £21637000 | 660 |



## Trustees

- Belay Addise Cheffik — appointed June 13, 2024
- CHRISTOPHER MUWANGUZI — appointed Sept. 19, 2019
- Geoffrey Skingsley — appointed Nov. 1, 2020
- Janet Marie Muir — appointed Feb. 1, 2023
- Julia Lalla-Maharajh — appointed July 14, 2020
- Mashaer Bashir-Ali — appointed July 23, 2024
- Susan Laura Hickey — appointed July 14, 2020