LABRADOR WELFARE

Registered charity 1012192 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rehoming displaced labrador retrievers

Objects

TO ALLEVIATE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS CAUSED TO DOGS, AND IN PARTICULAR, TO THE BREED KNOWN AS LABRADOR RETRIEVERS, WHICH MAY BE ILL TREATED, ABANDONED OR NEGLECTED.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£80k
Latest spending
£79k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating loss of £13,312.68 for the year ended 30 April 2025, primarily due to high veterinary costs for foster and sponsored dogs. However, the charity holds total bank balances of approximately £191,807, which the trustees note are held in reserve accounts to ensure functionality should fundraising cease. The trustees are currently working towards developing a formal written reserves policy to manage these funds.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations - Non Gift Aid (25% of income)
“Donations - Non Gift Aid 15,331.57”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Labrador Welfare (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£80k£79k
30/04/2024£115k£115k
30/04/2023£70k£64k
30/04/2022£31k£32k
30/04/2021£58k£57k

Common questions

Is LABRADOR WELFARE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating loss of £13,312.68 for the year ended 30 April 2025, primarily due to high veterinary costs for foster and sponsored dogs. However, the charity holds total bank balances of approximately £191,807, which the trustees note are held in reserve accounts to ensure functionality should fundraising cease. The trustees are currently working towards developing a formal written reserves policy to manage these funds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.