SOUTHERN GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE

Registered charity 1098769 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Alleviate distress caused to the breed of dog known as Golden Retrievers which may be ill treated, abandoned or neglected. In cases where Golden Retrievers are abandoned or unwanted, or the dogs can no longer be cared for in their present homes, to re-home the Golden Retrievers to ensure their future well being.

Objects

1) TO ALLEVIATE DISTRESS CAUSED TO THE BREED OF DOGS KNOWN AS GOLDEN RETRIEVERS WHICH MAY BE ILL-TREATED ABANDONED OR NEGLECTED; 2) IN CASES WHERE GOLDEN RETRIEVERS ARE ABANDONED OR UNWANTED OR THE DOGS CAN NO LONGER BE CARED FOR AT THEIR PRESENT HOMES TO RE-HOME THE GOLDEN RETRIEVERS TO ENSURE THEIR FUTURE WELL BEING AND WHERE POSSIBLE TO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH THEM FOR THE DURATION OF THEIR LIVES; AND 3) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO OWN OR WHO WISH TO OWN A GOLDEN RETRIEVER IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE CARE AND WELL-BEING OF SUCH DOGS

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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Registered contact address: Medway, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £25,950 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to a significant drop in donation income and increased veterinary costs. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £106,523, which the trustees consider within their comfortable threshold of £80,000 to £150,000, though they note that expenditure currently exceeds income without bequests.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Southern Golden Retriever Rescue (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Battersea — “We would also like to thank Battersea for their support of our new website” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brian Tinham · trustee of 1 other charity
• JULIE HOAD
• NIGEL PORTER
• Rachel Clark
• SUE ASHLEY

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Hampshire · Kent · Surrey · Throughout London · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH WEST GSD RESCUE.

• SOUTH WEST GSD RESCUE income £36k
• LABRADOR RESCUE SOUTH EAST AND CENTRAL income £153k
• THE RESCUE TRUST OF NORTH WEST GOLDEN RETRIEVER CLUB income £27k
• SOUTHERN COUNTIES GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE income £28k
• IRISH RETRIEVER RESCUE income £72k
• HAPPY PAWS PUPPY RESCUE income £621k

Side by side with its peers

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