College and Society for Clinical Vascular Science (CSVS)

What College and Society for Clinical Vascular Science (CSVS) does

The College and Society for Clinical Vascular Science (CSVS) is a UK-registered charity (number 1080367) and the national scientific and educational society for Clinical Vascular Scientists working in Great Britain and Ireland. Founded in 1992 (originally as The Society for Vascular Technology of Great Britain and Ireland) and renamed in late 2023, the organisation is headquartered at Margaret Powell House, Milton Keynes, and operates with approximately 10 employees. Its mission is to advance non-invasive vascular diagnostic services by promoting training and research in Vascular Science and disseminating results for public benefit.

CSVS's core product is the AVS (Accredited Vascular Scientist) accreditation scheme, comprising Theory Exams (Physics, Haemodynamics, Instrumentation, Technology) and a Practical Exam, with a public Register of AVS members. Education services include Fundamentals and Revision Study Days, a nine-part Research Series, Bitesize Research articles, CPD modules, and access to the VORTEX online training platform in partnership with surgical trainees. Research support consists of grants up to £4,000 plus £500 writing grants, and the Annual Scientific Meeting plus a quarterly newsletter serve as community-anchoring events and publications. The society also publishes Vascular Science, Service, Workforce and Professional Guidelines, and in 2025–2026 extended into Scope of Practice and banded Job Descriptions for the Vascular Science workforce.

Revenue is generated through annual membership subscriptions (£60 new / £50 renewing members effective July 2023), tiered event registration fees (£125 members / £215 non-members), and accreditation/exam transactional fees. The go-to-market is community-led: a long-tail of individual clinical scientist members engaged via the website, social media, newsletters, study days, and the Annual Scientific Meeting, with content partnerships extending reach through the Circulation Foundation and VORTEX platforms.

Name

College and Society for Clinical Vascular Science (CSVS)

Legal name

The College and Society for Vascular Science of Great Britain and Ireland

Website

https://svtgbi.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

UK-registered charity and national professional society for Clinical Vascular Scientists in Great Britain and Ireland, delivering AVS accreditation, theory/practical exams, CPD, study days, research grants, and the Annual Scientific Meeting to its individual membership base.

Ownership category

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Product category

Professional Society and Healthcare Accreditation Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (813920)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Medical Licensure Exam Prep (USMLE/COMLEX, NCLEX, Dentistry, Pharmacy, PA) (EDANAIAA)

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Continuing Education (CE/CPD) & Provider Accreditation Bodies (EDADACAF), Professional Certification & Training Content Publishing (Exam Prep, CE/CPD) (MPAJACAL)

Keywords

• Clinical vascular science
• Vascular ultrasound accreditation
• Professional society membership
• Healthcare professional development
• Vascular diagnostic education

Headquarters

HQ city

Milton Keynes

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Annual membership fees provide the primary revenue stream. New member fee is £60 and renewal fee is £50 (effective July 2023). Membership includes access to accreditation, CPD resources, newsletters, and member-only content.
2. Event Registration Fees: Fees charged for study days, workshops, and the Annual Scientific Meeting. Event fees are tiered by membership status: £125 for members and £215 for non-members for events like 'Beyond the probe: Leading in vascular science'.
3. Accreditation and Exam Fees: Revenue from AVS Theory and Practical exams, accreditation processing, and professional registration services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CSVS is the national scientific and educational membership society for Clinical Vascular Scientists in Great Britain and Ireland. It delivers the Accredited Vascular Scientist (AVS) accreditation scheme (theory and practical exams), education programmes (study days, research series), professional standards and guidelines, a register of accredited members, an Annual Scientific Meeting, research grants, and a quarterly newsletter.

Product overview

The College and Society for Clinical Vascular Science (CSVS) is a professional society offering a unified portfolio of accreditation, education, and professional standards services for Clinical Vascular Scientists. The core offering centers on the AVS (Accredited Vascular Scientist) accreditation process, which includes Theory Exams and Practical Exams. Education services comprise Fundamentals Study Days, Revision Study Days, the CSVS Research Series (a 9-part research methodology course), Bitesize Research publications, and access to the VORTEX online training platform. Research support includes CSVS Research Grants (up to £4,000 per award) and Writing Grants. The society also publishes a quarterly CSVS Newsletter, hosts an Annual Scientific Meeting with awards, maintains a public Register of AVS members, and provides Professional Standards & Guidelines. Members receive ScienceDirect access for journal literature.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Mandatory research module for AVS accreditation effective September 2026
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• The Circulation FoundationminorOthersThe Circulation Foundation is referenced as 'The Vascular Charity' partner on the CSVS website. The CSVS links to the Circulation Foundation and promotes their newsletter to members.
• VORTEX (Vascular Online Resource for Training and EXperience)minorOthersVORTEX is a pioneering digital platform providing online teaching resources for UK and Ireland-based vascular surgery trainees. CSVS members have been invited to access this platform. This is the first surgical subspecialty to allow allied societies to join. Uses PGVLE platform from West Midlands Deanery.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR): UK society representing interventional radiologists, with adjacent vascular-diagnostic remit. Operates a similar society model (membership, annual meeting, education) but addresses an overlapping rather than identical clinical community.
• European Society of Radiology (ESR): Continental-scale society for radiologists and related imaging disciplines, including vascular imaging. Useful as a scaled comparator for an imaging-adjacent professional society with education, congresses, and standards-setting functions.
• The Society of Radiographers (SoR): UK professional body and trade union for the diagnostic radiography workforce, many of whom perform vascular ultrasound. Overlaps with CSVS's practitioner base but operates as a much larger, broader remit organisation with collective bargaining functions.
• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh: Hosts the vascular surgery intercollegiate specialty and the FRCS(Vasc) examination referenced by the CSVS-linked VORTEX platform. A larger, broader medical royal college with overlapping interest in vascular specialty training and credentialing.

Direct peers

• European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS): Pan-European society for vascular specialists offering annual meetings, guidelines, and educational programmes. Mirrors CSVS's continental role and provides a benchmark for an expanded geographic footprint.
• Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS): The US national professional society for vascular specialists, operating a parallel model of membership, annual meetings, clinical guidelines, and credentialing. Useful as a scaled analog for what a national vascular professional society can become.
• Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS): UK umbrella body for healthcare science professions; CSVS explicitly references the AHCS Clinical Physiologists Register on its site. Comparable role as a standards-setting, register-maintaining body for allied health-science professions in the UK.
• The Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland (VSGBI): The medical-side counterpart to CSVS in the same GB&I geography, representing vascular surgeons rather than vascular scientists. Operates as a parallel professional society with comparable mission (training, standards, annual meetings) and is the closest comparable membership body in the same clinical domain.
• British Medical Ultrasound Society (BMUS): UK professional society for ultrasound practitioners, with substantially overlapping community and technology focus (vascular ultrasound is a core BMUS specialty). Comparable mission around education, accreditation, study days, and an annual scientific meeting.

Others

• The Circulation Foundation: Vascular charity formally linked to CSVS as 'The Vascular Charity' partner and promoted to the CSVS membership. A complementary not-for-profit focused on patient-facing vascular health rather than professional standards.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/svtgbi
• Facebookfacebook.com/The-Society-for-Vascular-Technology-of-Great-Britain-and-Ireland-242487485929239
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/society-for-vascular-technology-of-great-britain-ireland
• Instagraminstagram.com/csvs_____

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

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