THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE STUDENTS' UNION

Registered charity 1153002 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting the welfare and interests of the Students of the Royal Veterinary College; Representing the student body to external bodies and to the management and Council of the Royal Veterinary CollegeEncouraging the personal development of the Students of the Royal Veterinary College through providing social, cultural, educational and recreational activities organised in clubs and societies

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE UNION ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY:(A) PROMOTING THE WELFARE AND INTERESTS OF THE STUDENTS OF THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE;(B) REPRESENTING THE STUDENT BODY OF THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE TO EXTERNAL BODIES AND TO THE MANAGEMENT, COMMITTEES AND COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE; AND (C) ENCOURAGING THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDENTS OF THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE THROUGH PROVIDING SOCIAL, CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED IN CLUBS, SOCIETIES AND DISCUSSION GROUPS AND THROUGH DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING APPROPRIATE FACILITIES TO ACCOMMODATE SUCH ACTIVITIES.THE UNION WILL SEEK AT ALL TIMES TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT DIVERSITY IN THE STUDENT BODY THROUGH ENSURING THE UNION?S DECISION MAKING AND SERVICE PROVISION ARE SOLELY TO ADVANCE THE ABOVE OBJECTS, AND ARE MADE INDEPENDENTLY AND WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION WITH REGARD TO AGE, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, DISABILITY, MEDICAL CONDITIONS, OR POLITICAL BELIEFS.

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 achieved a net surplus of £6,277 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £72,719. The Trustees confirm that sufficient resources exist to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future, supported by cash reserves and ongoing grant funding from the College. The charity is not dependent on external creditor support or uncertain future funding streams to maintain its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (71% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rebecca Gendreau Hobbschair
• Ceri Marie Chick
• Diva Parashar
• Elisabeth Annabelle Evelyn Wolf
• Evie Lloyd-Tunstall
• Matthew Aaron Wilkinson
• Prof Imelda Mary McGonnell
• Thalia Tollemache Dufour

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

Operates in: Camden · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE ANIMAL CARE TRUST.

• THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE ANIMAL CARE TRUST income £1.3m
• STUDENTS' UNION ROYAL HOLLOWAY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON income £6.9m
• FALMOUTH & EXETER STUDENTS' UNION income £941k
• WARWICK STUDENTS' UNION income £9.2m
• ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND income £43.7m
• ASTON STUDENTS' UNION income £3.7m

Side by side with its peers

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