DOGS IN NEED

Registered charity 1098870 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity cares for and rehomes dogs no longer wanted by their owners.

Objects

TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AMONGST DOGS AND OTHER SUCH ANIMALS (HEREAFTER CALLED THE ' ANIMALS' ) AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DECIDE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:-1. THE PROVISION OF CARE AND PROTECTION FOR ANIMALS WHICH HAVE BEEN ABANDONED, NEGLECTED, MALTREATED OR WHICH IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES ARE OTHERWISE IN NEED OF SUCH CARE AND PROTECTION;2. THE PROCUREMENT OF SUITABLE HOMES FOR THE ANIMALS IN NEED WHETHER BY REASON OF BEING ABANDONED, STRAY OR OTHERWISE HOMELESS, OR BECAUSE THEIR PRESENT OWNERS ARE UNABLE OR NO LONGER WISH TO KEEP THEM;3. THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE TO OWNERS OF THE ANIMALS RESIDENT WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO MEET VETERINARY FEES OR OTHER COSTS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE WELL-BEING OF SUCH ANIMALS WHERE SUCH OWNERS WOULD OTHERWISE (IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES) HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO MEET SUCH FEES WITHOUT SUFFERING UNDUE HARDSHIP;4. THE PREVENTION OF THE UNWANTED BREEDING OF THE ANIMALS; AND 5. THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE NEEDS AND PROPER CARE OF THE ANIMALS.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £9,025 and held unrestricted net assets of £165,458 at the year end. The trustees confirmed that these resources are sufficient to fund charitable activities for the foreseeable future. The charity operates without employees or a formal reserves policy, relying on volunteers and investment income.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dogs in Need (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD POWLESchair
• Deborah Ann Spear
• Frances Elizabeth Hampshire
• Isabel Saez Pujol
• Neil Edward Coode
• Rachael Alexandra Litton

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

Operates in: Ireland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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