CLARKS FARM GREYHOUND RESCUE

Registered charity 1113924 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides safe kennels for ex-racing greyhounds, promotes them as pets and pro-actively seeks to find homes for them

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF GREYHOUNDS AND PROTECT SUCH DOGS FROM CRUELTY PARTICULARLY BY PROVIDING TEMPORARY SHELTER AND PLACING GREYHOUNDS IN SUITABLE PERMANENT HOMES. FOR THOSE GREYHOUNDS THAT HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES OWING TO AGE, ABANDONMENT, INJURY OR OTHER SUFFICIENT REASON WHICH HAS TERMINATED THEIR SPORTING LIFE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICEESSEX, SUFFOLK, KENT, HERTFORDSHIRE AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE

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 operated at a net expenditure of £12,145 for the year, reducing unrestricted funds from £985,635 to £973,490. The trustees report that the charity is financially sound and holds sufficient reserves to cover at least six months of running costs. The organization relies on diverse income streams including donations, legacies, and industry assistance to meet its ongoing veterinary and operational needs.

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

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £865k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~65.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Naomi Ward
• STEPHEN PHILIP COBB
• edward patmore

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Dorset · Essex · Hertfordshire · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MAKANTS GREYHOUND RESCUE NW.

• MAKANTS GREYHOUND RESCUE NW income £124k
• TIA GREYHOUND & LURCHER RESCUE income £482k
• HECTOR'S GREYHOUND RESCUE income £182k
• BRIGHTON GREYHOUND OWNERS ASSOCIATION TRUST FOR RETIRED RACING GREYHOUNDS income £136k
• GREYHOUND GAP income £348k
• FOREVER HOUNDS TRUST income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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