THE ZEBRA FOUNDATION FOR VETERINARY ZOOLOGICAL EDUCATION

Registered charity 1000452 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grants are awarded to veterinary students and veterinary graduates, chiefly from the UK, for projects and courses that will further their education in zoological veterinary medicine.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF VETERINARY ZOOLOGICAL MEDICINE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £7,048 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in a total unrestricted fund balance of £23,114. The Council of Management confirmed the company's exemption from audit requirements under the Companies Act 2006. No specific reserves policy target or material financial risks were disclosed in the filing.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (31/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHAEL JAMES FIELDINGchair
• Dr STEPHANIE SANDERSON
• GHISLAINE SAYERS
• JOHN PAUL HOLMES
• PETER WALTER SCOTT
• PROFESSOR JOHN ERIC COOPER

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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