VEG TRUST INCORPORATING THE MATTHEW EYTON ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST

Registered charity 1195550 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VEG TRUST LTD

Veg Trust empowers animal advocates through grant funding. The organisation financially supports effective outreach that reduces animal suffering and educates the public in veganism.

Causes: Education/training · Animals · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £3,862,166 at the end of the financial year, representing a surplus from the previous year's position. The trustees report that the charity has no staff members and that the chair administers activities on a pro bono basis, with all trustees giving their time voluntarily. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Third Sector Accountancy Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 12958054

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.

• LAND, Jane — director, appointed 04/01/2021on trustee list
• SHAH, Nimesh — director, appointed 04/01/2021not on trustee list
• GLOVER, Matthew David — director, appointed 16/10/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~43.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% 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: 2.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JANE LOUISE LAND · trustee of 1 other charity
• MATTHEW DAVID GLOVER
• Nimeshkumar Sunilbhai Shah

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE VEGAN SOCIETY.

• THE VEGAN SOCIETY income £4.9m
• THE MARCHIG ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST income £556k
• WHITLEY ANIMAL PROTECTION TRUST income £385k
• THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO income £247k
• Anima Advocacy Ltd income £479k
• VEGANUARY income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

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