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DOGS FOR GOOD

Registered charity 1092960 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DOGS FOR THE DISABLED · also registered in Scotland as SC039828 (OSCR)

A world in which everyone and every community is able to benefit from the help of a trained dog.We bring trained dogs and people together to help them overcome specific challenges and enrich and improve the lives of both.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£5.6m
Latest spending
£4.6m
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free unrestricted reserves of £5,892,303, which the trustees calculated as representing 12 months of projected gross revenue expenditure. This position meets the charity's stated policy target of holding between 9 to 12 months of expenditure, indicating that reserves are at the upper end of the required range.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 9 to 12 months of gross predicted annual revenue expenditure (held: £5.9m)
“the trustees believe that free reserves should be between 9 to 12 months of the gross predicted annual revenue expenditure”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dogs For Good (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£5.6m
Total spending
£4.6m
Cost of raising funds
£854k
Reserves (reported)
£5.9m
Employees
78

Reported reserves equal ~15.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 15.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£5.6m£4.6m
31/12/2024£4.8m£3.9m
31/12/2023£3.7m£3.6m
31/12/2022£3.2m£3.7m
31/12/2021£4.6m£3.3m

Common questions

Is DOGS FOR GOOD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held free unrestricted reserves of £5,892,303, which the trustees calculated as representing 12 months of projected gross revenue expenditure. This position meets the charity's stated policy target of holding between 9 to 12 months of expenditure, indicating that reserves are at the upper end of the required range. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Who funds DOGS FOR GOOD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DOGS FOR GOOD as a grant recipient include HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE DEREK WILTON DOGS TRUST, THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION, THE KENNEL CLUB CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2021£1.1mGrant
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£406kThe prevention or relief of poverty
THE DEREK WILTON DOGS TRUSTFY2025£240kGrants to Institutions
THE DEREK WILTON DOGS TRUSTFY2022£148ktraining and partnering of an assistance dog, aftercare, lifetime partnership costs, and Dog Supply Project development
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATIONFY2024£101kGrant Programme - Pets
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATIONFY2023£98k
THE DEREK WILTON DOGS TRUSTFY2024£97kTraining / care of dogs
THE DEREK WILTON DOGS TRUSTFY2023£70kWorking in the Community project, lifetime partnership costs, and third of three donations for Dog Supply Project
THE KENNEL CLUB CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£65kEducation and other grants
BRUCE WAKE CHARITYFY2025£50k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£50kGrant paid to institution
E B M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£50k
THE KENNEL CLUB CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£41kEducation and other grants
WOODEN SPOON SOCIETYFY2025£35kHealth and Wellbeing
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATIONFY2025£34kAnimal Assistance
THE SERTH AND GATES CHARITYFY2022£30k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£30k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£25k
THE DEREK WILTON DOGS TRUSTFY2026£23kExpansion of their Bristol Service Delivery Hub
THE SERTH AND GATES CHARITYFY2023£20kDonations paid during the year
THE SERTH AND GATES CHARITYFY2025£15k
THE T U U T CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£14kNot specified in list, but listed in Note 4
THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATIONFY2025£12k
THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATIONFY2024£11k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2025£10k
THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£9k
RJ AND AH DANIELS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£8k
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£6k
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
PETPLAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5kFlea and worm prevention for trainee assistance dogs
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2023£5k
THE A AND R WOOLF CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
THE SUNRISE (SIDMOUTH) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
MRS D M FRANCE-HAYHURST FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
THE MARY HOMFRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£4k
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATIONFY2025£4k
D L M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£4k
BANBURY CHARITIESFY2023£4k
RJ AND AH DANIELS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£4k
BANBURY CHARITIESFY2022£3kGrant to institutions
D L M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/10/2025£100kDogs for Good Lothian Practitioner
The National Lottery Community Fund20/10/2009£372kPet Dogs for Children with Autism Research Project

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION2£30k
The Keith Howard Foundation1£450k
JINGLE JAM1£248k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST1£91k
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO1£65k
SCOULOUDI FOUNDATION1£34k
THE OFENHEIM CHARITABLE TRUST1£32k
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUST1£30k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DOGS FOR GOOD£5.6m——unclear—no doubt
DOGS FOR AUTISM FY2025£866k—0unclear—no doubt
GOOD LIFE DOG RESCUE FY2025£121k—0above—no doubt
THE DEREK WILTON DOGS TRUST FY2026£196k—0above—no doubt
ALL DOGS MATTER FY2025£532k——unclear—no doubt
CANINE PARTNERS FOR INDEPENDENCE FY2025£5.4m——unclear—no doubt

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