THE VEGAN SOCIETY

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. THE VEGAN SOCIETY 1994-04-20 → present
2. VEGAN SOCIETY LIMITED(THE) 1979-12-27 → 1994-04-20

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Abridged

Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)

Auditor

Locke Williams Associates LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. THE VEGAN SOCIETY · parent
   1. The Vegan Society Trading International Ltd 100% · England · Trading subsidiary

Significant events

• “A new campaign, The Future is Vegan launched in 2024 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the society.”
• “The Campaigns Team launched a brand-new campaign in May, Conscious Choices aiming to empower people to make more compassionate choices in all areas of their lives, beginning with cosmetics.”
• “In January, the Campaigns Team launched billboards in central London locations to promote our Vegan and Thriving campaign.”
• “The Campaigns Team relaunched our Vegan Towns campaign to help members, followers and supporters to make their local areas more vegan-friendly.”
• “The Policy Team launched a new policy manifesto ahead of the General Election in 2024.”
• “In 2024, Dr Jeanette Rowley processed over 250 complaints from vegans on a range of issues across both the public and private sectors, and helped vegans achieve fair outcomes to their complaints and changes to policy and practices.”
• “In 2024, Jeanette added more solicitors and barristers to our International Rights Network, including from Peru, Barbados, Vienna and the Netherlands.”
• “In 2024, Jeanette was consulted to provide content for the new national prison catering policy and appointed to provide consultancy to a PhD supervisory panel at the University of Surrey.”
• “In January, the research team launched a new piece of original research about the savings to the NHS presented by plant-based diets with the Office of Health Economics.”
• “The Research Team launched the Empathy Index in August to coincide with World Anti-Speciesism Day.”
• “In 2024 The Vegan Society received a ruling from HMRC stating that our membership fees were subject to VAT. The Vegan Society subsequently raised an appeal for tribunal which concluded with TVS membership fees not being liable for VAT.”
• “In 2024, the Vegan Trademark teams alongside our sales agents exhibited and attended 20 events to reach individuals and businesses within the food, drink, and cosmetics industries.”
• “The Supporter Services Team attended eight events during 2024, including our first international event, recruiting 158 new members.”
• “In response to concerns raised through our confidential reporting channels, an internal investigation was launched to examine allegations of unethical conduct and workplace misconduct. The investigation uncovered several critical issues, including instances of unethical behaviour in certain departments, such as favouritism and inappropriate use of organisational resources. Additionally, multiple cases of workplace harassment and discrimination were identified.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

13

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.