ASSISTANCE DOGS (UK)

Registered charity 1119538 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

ADUK seeks to advance the education of the public and service providers about assistance dogs, and the rights of people who rely on them. The charity does this by bringing internationally accredited assistance dog organisations together so that they might share their knowledge and expertise to create information, guidance and best practice.

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Latest income

£160k

Latest spending

£193k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £32,621 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £758,459 to £725,838. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due and identified no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £714,847, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of covering approximately three years of core running costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three years of core running costs (held: £715k)

“In line with our reserves policy, ADUK maintains sufficient reserves to cover approximately three years of core running costs.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Patrcia Stafford MBEchair
CLAIRE MARIE GUEST
Edward Bracher
GARRY BOTTERILL · trustee of 1 other charity
Liam John Flynn
Lucy Eldred
Rita Howson

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£160k	£193k
31/12/2023	£286k	£103k
31/12/2022	£144k	£115k
31/12/2021	£162k	£88k
31/12/2020	£125k	£381k

Common questions

Is ASSISTANCE DOGS (UK) financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £32,621 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £758,459 to £725,838. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due and identified no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £714,847, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of covering approximately three years of core running costs. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ASSISTANCE DOGS (UK)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ASSISTANCE DOGS (UK) as a grant recipient include THE DEREK WILTON DOGS TRUST, DOGS FOR AUTISM, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BISLEY SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST AND WEST END HOLY TRINITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DEREK WILTON DOGS TRUST	FY2024	£46k	Training / care of dogs
DOGS FOR AUTISM	FY2025	£20k	Restricted fund transfer/expenditure
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BISLEY SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST AND WEST END HOLY TRINITY	FY2025	£0	Payments to Charities - Secular Charities / General

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION	5	£258k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION	3	£37k
THE DE BRYE CHARITABLE TRUST	3	£5k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£193k
THE SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£94k
THE HAREBELL CENTENARY FUND	2	£50k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	2	£38k
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£35k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DOG ASSISTANCE IN DISABILITY.

DOG ASSISTANCE IN DISABILITY income £192k
The Autism Assistance Dogs Charity income £1.0m
HELPFUL HOUNDS ASSISTANCE DOGS income £149k
CANINE PARTNERS FOR INDEPENDENCE income £5.4m
DOGS FOR AUTISM income £866k
ADHD UK income £176k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ASSISTANCE DOGS (UK)	£160k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DOG ASSISTANCE IN DISABILITY FY2025	£192k	—	0	below	—	noted
The Autism Assistance Dogs Charity FY2025	£1.0m	—	0	unclear	7.2%	no doubt
HELPFUL HOUNDS ASSISTANCE DOGS FY2025	£149k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
CANINE PARTNERS FOR INDEPENDENCE FY2025	£5.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DOGS FOR AUTISM FY2025	£866k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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