EUROPEAN GUIDE DOG FEDERATION

Registered charity 1120553 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE EUROPEAN GUIDE DOG FEDERATION (EGDF) IS A EUROPEAN LEVEL DISABILITY UMBRELLA BODY OF ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTING GUIDE DOG USERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.OUR VISION IS THAT GUIDE DOG USERS, WHEREVER THEY LIVE IN EUROPE, ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL HUMAN RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY THEIR RIGHT TO INDEPENDENT MOBILITY AND ACCESS TO TRANSPORT, THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY.

Objects

A. TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH, EQUALITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF ALL BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE RESIDENT IN EUROPE WHO ARE, OR WISH TO BECOME, GUIDE DOG OWNERS ('EUROPEAN GUIDE DOG OWNERS') BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO, AND REPRESENTATION FOR, EUROPEAN GUIDE DOG OWNERS AND SUCH ADDITIONAL SERVICES, FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES INCLUDING TRAINING FOR THE RELIEF, PREVENTION AND CURE OF VISION IMPAIRMENT AS THE FEDERATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DEEM FIT;B. TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF EUROPEAN GUIDE DOGS OWNERS AND THE PUBLIC BY ADVANCING THE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF EUROPEAN GUIDE DOG OWNERS, WITHOUT REGARD TO NATIONALITY, RACE OR CREED;C. TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTING EUROPEAN GUIDE DOG OWNERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY LIASING WITH, AND ACTING AS A FORUM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS WORKING FOR THE BENEFIT OR EUROPEAN GUIDE DOG OWNERS IN ORDER TO MAXIMISE THE RANGE OF CHARITABLE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO EUROPEAN GUIDE DOG OWNERS; AND D. TO ADVANCE ANIMAL WELFARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF EUROPEAN GUIDE DOGS OWNERS AND THE PUBLIC IMPLEMENTING STANDARDS REGARDING THE HUMANE CARE, TRAINING AND TREATMENT OF GUIDE DOGS

Area of benefit: EUROPE

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintains financial stability through member subscriptions despite having no substantial reserves. The trustees report a reasonable expectation of adequate resources for the foreseeable future, confirming the going concern basis. The financial statements were independently examined rather than audited.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Andrew Lambchair
• Ana Luzia Andrade Bacelo
• Camelia Vasilica Platt
• Darinka LECNIK-URBANCL
• Jan Herrmann Attila Rossmann
• Karina Gregory
• Karine Garnier
• Pauline Eilers
• Serhan Kaleli
• Susanna Kovasin

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

Operates in: Albania · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cape Verde · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Germany · Greece

Income and spending

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