SUPPORT DOGS LIMITED

Registered charity 1088281 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DISABILITY ASSISTANCE DOGS, SEIZURE ALERT DOGS

Support Dogs Ltd trains assistance dogs for people with physical disabilities, Epilepsy and families of children with Autism.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £444,149 in 2024, with total income increasing to £2,176,529. The trustees report that free reserves stood at £2,913,832, representing approximately 20 months of operating costs, which is above the stated policy target of 6 to 12 months. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Shorts. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Support Dogs Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £375k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~20.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 22.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (06/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (26/01/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David John Hobsonchair
• Amanda Royston
• Amy Goodson
• Dr Grainne O'Connor
• Imogen Parker
• Kelly Lycett
• Laura Winson
• Mary Jeanine Broadhead
• Maurice O'Brien

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DOGS FOR AUTISM.

• DOGS FOR AUTISM income £866k
• HELPFUL HOUNDS ASSISTANCE DOGS income £149k
• CANINE PARTNERS FOR INDEPENDENCE income £5.4m
• The Autism Assistance Dogs Charity income £1.0m
• DOG ASSISTANCE IN DISABILITY income £192k
• VETERANS WITH DOGS income £380k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.