DOG KENNEL HILL AP LIMITED

Registered charity 1123221 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Object 1:The objects of the Charity are to provide facilities for recreation & other leisure occupations for children & young people resident in East Dulwich of which such children & young people have need by reason of their youth or social economic circumstances. Object 2: To impose the conditions of life for such young people promoting physical, social, mental and spiritual well-being.

Objects

TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE RESIDENT IN CHAMPION HILL AND ADJACENT WARDS OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN AND SUCH YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH OR SOCIAL ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHICH WILL IMPOSE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH CHILDREN AND SUCH YOUNG PEOPLE PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING.

Area of benefit: EAST DULWICH

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£216k
Latest spending
£182k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased significantly to £169,451, driven largely by a £100,000 legacy, resulting in a net income of £98,815. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £139,954, which exceeds its stated policy target of six months' expenditure (£33,428). However, the trustees note that income covering running costs remains a concern and that negotiations for a new building grant are ongoing with no funds received to date.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dog Kennel Hill AP ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£216k£182k
31/03/2025£169k£71k
31/03/2024£58k£54k
31/03/2023£74k£66k
31/03/2022£55k£66k

Common questions

Is DOG KENNEL HILL AP LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased significantly to £169,451, driven largely by a £100,000 legacy, resulting in a net income of £98,815. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £139,954, which exceeds its stated policy target of six months' expenditure (£33,428). However, the trustees note that income covering running costs remains a concern and that negotiations for a new building grant are ongoing with no funds received to date. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£30kGrant to Dog Kennel Hill Adventure Playground
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2020£4kGrant to Dog Kennel Hill Adventure Playground
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2020£31kGrant to Dog Kennel Hill Adventure Playground
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2019£4kGrant to Dog Kennel Hill Adventure Playground
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2017£20kGrant to Dog Kennel Hill Adventure Playground
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2016£40kGrant to Dog Kennel Hill Adventure Playground
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2016£1kGrant to Dog Kennel Hill Adventure Playground
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2016£8kGrant to Dog Kennel Hill Adventure Playground
The National Lottery Community Fund14/07/2011£8kMagical Garden Adventure in the Community (MAGIC)

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CITY KIDS PLAYCENTRE CIO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DOG KENNEL HILL AP LIMITED£216k—0unclear—no doubt
CITY KIDS PLAYCENTRE CIO FY2025£156k—0above—no doubt
VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY FY2025£7.2m——above—no doubt
HAPPY HILL ESSEX CIO FY2026£379k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHILDREN'S AID COMMITTEE CHARITABLE FUND FY2024£169k—0unclear—no doubt
DARLINGTON AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£100k—0above—no doubt

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