01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC046720
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G63 9QB
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Vets with Horsepower is a group of consultant level, UK based equine veterinary surgeons who undertake endurance motorcycle trips to deliver Continuing Professional Development lectures to other veterinary surgeons and lay people. The money raised by these endeavours is donated to equine and child charities in developing countries, most commonly in Africa. The money is used by the recipient charities to fund education for owners of horses and donkeys in developing countries to improve equine health welfare and increase the productivity of the families who own the equines.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
- the advancement of animal welfare
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- People with disabilities or health problems
- Other defined groups
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objectives of the Club shall be to raise money for defined deserving charities for targeted objectives: (a) the advancement of education in equine welfare and equine clinical medicine (b) the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage (c) the advancement of animal welfare in working equids (horses, donkeys, mules and asses)
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | £68,319 | £72,376 | 0 | 11 November 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £81,406 | £82,266 | 0 | 30 October 2024 |
| 31 December 2021 | £110,152 | £102,775 | 0 | 25 August 2023 |
| 31 December 2020 | £13,163 | £62 | 0 | 25 August 2023 |
| 31 December 2019 | £49,823 | £108,001 | 0 | 25 August 2023 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Gardener's Cottage, Carbeth Estate, Killearn, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- vetswithhorsepower.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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