BEVA LIMITED

Registered charity 1138672 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEVA

To promote the veterinary and allied sciences for the welfare of the horse, and foster the cultural, scientific and professional activities of veterinary surgeons interested in equine practice, teaching and research. To provide education and training, on the health and welfare of the horse through the CharityÔÇÖs meetings, AGM and education programme and to encourage research into equine problems.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Animals · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£2.7m

Latest spending

£2.6m

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity delivered a total surplus of £221k for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total turnover of £2,702k. The trustees consider the level of free reserves held to be in line with their target threshold, noting that the charity remains financially stable and well positioned to continue delivering its charitable objectives.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months of forecasted operational costs (held: £1.4m)

“The charity has adopted a policy that aims to maintain free reserves equivalent to 12 months of forecasted operational costs (total costs minus direct costs).” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from subsidiary

“During 2025, the charity received donations from Equine Veterinary Journal Limited of £425,192 (2024 - £434,970).” — page 47

“During 2025, BEVA Limited recognised expenditure of £nil (2024 - £10,547) payable to Hampleton Equine Clinic, an organisation whose Chief Executive is also a Trustee of BEVA Limited. Of this, £nil (2024 - £6,089) was included in creditors at the year-end.” — page 47

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Payments to trustee-connected business

“During 2025, the charity received donations from Equine Veterinary Journal Limited of £425,192 (2024 - £434,970).” — page 47

“During 2025, BEVA Limited recognised expenditure of £nil (2024 - £10,547) payable to Hampleton Equine Clinic, an organisation whose Chief Executive is also a Trustee of BEVA Limited. Of this, £nil (2024 - £6,089) was included in creditors at the year-end.” — page 47

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PEM Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07164745

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Imogen Burrows — President (source)
Kate Blakeman — President Elect (source)
James Crabtree — Junior Vice President (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Altano — “Altano supports Congress accommodation competition and bursaries” (source page)
VetPartners — “VetPartners hosts free networking evening.” (source page)
RCVS — “RCVS Mind Matters funds research into mental health and trauma support after severe occupational injury” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

CRABTREE, James Robert — director, appointed 12/09/2025not on trustee list
BEAMISH, Ian Charles — director, appointed 12/09/2025on trustee list
CRAMP, Philip Andrew — director, appointed 13/09/2024on trustee list
HARDY, Katherine — director, appointed 13/09/2024on trustee list
BURROWS, Imogen — director, appointed 01/12/2023on trustee list
BLADON, Bruce Murray — director, appointed 08/09/2022on trustee list
OWERS, Roland Alan — director, appointed 12/10/2011on trustee list
WOOD, James Lionel Norman, Prof — director, appointed 22/03/2011on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£2.7m

Total spending

£2.6m

Cost of raising funds

£1.0m

Reserves (reported)

£2.1m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~9.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (53% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 38.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Bruce Bladon
Dr James Robert Crabtree FRCVS · trustee of 1 other charity
Ian Beamish
Imogen Burrows
JAMES WOOD
Katherine Hardy
Philip Cramp
ROLAND OWERS

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£2.7m	£2.6m
31/12/2024	£2.5m	£2.4m
31/12/2023	£2.3m	£2.3m
31/12/2022	£2.1m	£2.0m
31/12/2021	£1.7m	£1.8m

Common questions

Is BEVA LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity delivered a total surplus of £221k for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total turnover of £2,702k. The trustees consider the level of free reserves held to be in line with their target threshold, noting that the charity remains financially stable and well positioned to continue delivering its charitable objectives. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PEM Audit Limited.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
PETPLAN CHARITABLE TRUST	3	£15k
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION	2	£140k
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO	2	£125k
SIR PETER O'SULLEVAN CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£35k
THE BERYL EVETTS AND ROBERT LUFF ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST LIMITED	2	£10k
MRS D M FRANCE-HAYHURST FOUNDATION	2	£10k
THE SERTH AND GATES CHARITY	1	£258k
RETRAINING OF RACE HORSES	1	£177k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BEAUFORT COTTAGE EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

BEAUFORT COTTAGE EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £215k
BRITISH VETERINARY ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION income £270k
THE HORSE TRUST income £2.7m
NEW BEGINNINGS HORSES income £414k
BRITISH SMALL ANIMAL VETERINARY ASSOCIATION income £6.2m
THE MARE AND FOAL SANCTUARY income £6.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BEVA LIMITED	£2.7m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
BEAUFORT COTTAGE EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£215k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH VETERINARY ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION FY2024	£270k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HORSE TRUST FY2024	£2.7m	£120,001 - £130,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEW BEGINNINGS HORSES FY2025	£414k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH SMALL ANIMAL VETERINARY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£6.2m	£110,947	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.