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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.

Objects

The promotion of physical and mental health by interactions and relationships with appropriately trained dogs, by such means as the trustees may decide, including but not limited to the provision of training, information, advice and research.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE THE UNITED KINGDOM

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

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

Registered contact address: West Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 700
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 3; £70,001–£80,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 700
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 3; £70,001–£80,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 650
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 3; £70,001–£80,000: 1)

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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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 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 15.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (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 THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE DEREK WILTON DOGS TRUST, THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION, HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE 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 FOUNDATIONFY2021Unverified read£1.1mGrant
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£406kThe prevention or relief of poverty
THE DEREK WILTON DOGS TRUSTFY2025£240kGrants to Institutions
THE DEREK WILTON DOGS TRUSTFY2021£189kDevelopment of Dog Supply Project and lifetime partnership costs
THE DEREK WILTON DOGS TRUSTFY2022Unverified read£148ktraining and partnering of an assistance dog, aftercare, lifetime partnership costs, and Dog Supply Project development
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATIONFY2024£101kGrant Programme - Pets
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£100k
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
MICHAEL AND SHIRLEY HUNT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£38kgrant to refurbish kennel shower
PAUL FOUNDATIONFY2021£35k
WOODEN SPOON SOCIETYFY2025£35kHealth and Wellbeing
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATIONFY2025£34kAnimal Assistance
E B M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£30k
THE SERTH AND GATES CHARITYFY2022£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 PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2025£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
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE A AND R WOOLF CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2023£5k
MRS D M FRANCE-HAYHURST FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
PETPLAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5kFlea and worm prevention for trainee assistance dogs
THE SUNRISE (SIDMOUTH) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE MARY HOMFRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
D L M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£4k
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATIONFY2025£4k
RJ AND AH DANIELS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£4k
BANBURY CHARITIESFY2023£4k
THE SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022Unverified read£4k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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 Brindle Foundation1£645k
JINGLE JAM1£248k
THE CHARTER 600 CHARITY1£30k
WATES FOUNDATION LIMITED1£19k
THE SAMWORTH FOUNDATION1£15k
THE MATHER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£14k
LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATION1£13k
THE HARAMEAD TRUST1£10k

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
Pro Dogs Direct FY2025£162k—0above—no doubt
THE DEREK WILTON DOGS TRUST FY2026£196k—0above—no doubt
DOGS IN NEED FY2025£136k—0unclear—no doubt
BEARDIES IN NEED FY2026£38k—0unclear—no doubt

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