Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • but now stabilising: +1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

THE WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR VETERINARY DERMATOLOGY 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 17 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/05/17 31/05/18 30/06/19 30/06/20 30/06/21 30/06/22 30/06/23
Total income £118,954 £128,658 £97,425 £226,658 £892,698 £75,726 -£18,841
Total spending £18,999 £241,150 £104,176 £20,670 £669,023 £117,344 £26,281
Surplus/deficit £99,955 -£112,492 -£6,751 £205,988 £223,675 -£41,618 -£45,122
Established: 24 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Education support services
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of animal welfare
Where it operates
  • UK and overseas, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (17)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 15/17 persons

Age Range of Directors: 42-73
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 07/08/2000, number: SC030424
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/08/2000, number: SC209743
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR21: 65 days late,
Main office

, EH3 6NL

Objectives

To advance education about veterinary dermatology

Data Sources

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