T
he
governi
ng
documents
of
t
he
RCVS
are
the
Veter
inary
S
u
rgeon
s
Act
1966
and
a
Royal
Charter
.
The
Charter
estab
l
is
hes
the
College
as
an
incorporated
body
a
ble
t
o
ow
n
it
s
own
property,
sue
and
be
sued,
affix
a
seal,
et
c.
I
t
pr
ovid
es
for
the
management
of
the
College
through
gen
eral
meeti
ngs,
Council
and
Committees
and
enables
th
e
Col
lege
to
employ
staff
.
The
Act
deals
with
the
c
om
po
si
tion
of
Council
and
election
of
Officers.
Investment
an
d
fi
nanci
al
resp
ons
i
bilities
are
set
out
in
the
Charte
r
alt
h
ough
t
he
mai
n
source
of
income,
the
statutory
l
evy
(regi
str
ation
and
ret
ent
ion
fees)
is
provided
for
in
t
he
Act.
C
ou
nci
l
has
est
ablished
a
framework
within
which
C
ommi
ttees,
Su
bcommittees,
B
oar
ds
and
Working
Part
ies
d
eal
wi
th
detai
l
,
r
eferring
strategic
and
important
d
ecisi
on
s
t
o
Council.
A
udit
ors
stat
em
ent
to
the
members
of
the
R
oyal
C
oll
ege
of
V
eter
inary
Surgeons
We
h
av
e
ex
ami
ned
the
s
um
marised
accounts
set
out
on
p
ages
20
to
21.
R
especti
ve
responsibilities
of
the
Treasur
er
and
Auditors
T
he
T
reasurer
i
s
r
esponsible
f
or
the
preparation
of
the
su
mmar
i
sed
accounts.
We
hav
e
agreed
to
report
our
op
in
i
on
on
the
su
mmarised
accounts8217
consistency
with
the
fu
ll
a
c
co
un
ts,
on
which
w
e
report
ed
t
o
you
on
5
June
2008.
B
asis
of
opi
nion
We
h
av
e
car
ri
ed
out
the
procedures
we
consider
necessary
to
as
certai
n
whet
h
er
the
summarised
accounts
are
con
sis
tent
wi
th
the
full
accounts
fr
om
which
they
have
b
een
p
repared.
O
pini
on
In
ou
r
o
pin
io
n
the
summ
ari
sed
accou
nts
are
con
sistent
wit
h
th
e
fu
l
l
account
s
for
t
he
year
ended
31
December
20
07.
Hor
wat
h
Clar
k
Whitehill
LLP
C
h
artered
Accountants
and
Registered
Auditors
5
Ju
n
e
2008
R
eport
by
Counci
l
on
the
f
inancial
inf
or
mation
on
page
22
T
h
e
fi
nanci
al
i
nformation
on
page
22
is
ext
racted
from
th
e
fu
l
l
fi
nanci
al
statements
which
were
approved
by
Cou
n
ci
l
and
si
gned
on
its
behalf
on
5
June
2008.
The
a
u
d
i
tors
H
orwath
Clark
Whitehi
ll
LLP
gave
an
unqualified
a
ud
i
t
r
ep
o
rt
o
n
t
h
e
f
u
ll
f
in
a
n
c
i
a
l
st
at
em
e
nt
s
o
n
5
Ju
ne
2
0
0
8
.
T
h
e
au
di
tors
confi
rmed
to
Council
that
the
financial
i
n
formati
on
on
page
22
is
consistent
with
the
full
f
in
a
nc
i
al
s
t
a
t
em
e
nt
s
f
o
r
t
he
y
e
a
r
e
n
d
e
d
3
1
De
c
em
b
er
2
0
0
7
.
T
h
e
fi
nanci
al
i
nformation
on
page
22
may
not
contain
su
ffi
ci
en
t
infor
mation
to
gain
a
complete
understanding
of
th
e
fi
n
an
cial
affai
rs
of
the
College.
The
full
financial
statemen
ts
and
auditors8217
report
may
be
obtained
from
Mrs
C
M
cCann,
Royal
College
of
Vet
erinary
Surgeons,
B
el
g
ra
vi
a
H
o
us
e
,
6
2
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4
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rs
e
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rr
y
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ad
,
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n
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n
SW
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