MEDICAL DETECTION DOGS

Registered charity 1124533 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CANCER AND BIO-DETECTION DOGS, CANCER DOGS · also registered in Scotland as SC044434 (OSCR)

1) Carries out research into the diagnosis of cancer and other medical conditions/health threats.2) Provides medical assistance dogs to people with life threatening medical conditions such as aggressive diabetes.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £506,332 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by fixed costs exceeding income amid high inflation and fundraising challenges. Despite this deficit, the charity holds freely available reserves of £1,564,725, which the trustees confirm is within their stated policy target of six to nine months' forecast expenditure. The trustees anticipate a further deficit in 2025/26 but plan to return to a breakeven position in 2026/27.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Medical Detection Dogs (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold); recorded price paid £315k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 22.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Whelan
• Dr Alan Rutherford Makepeace · trustee of 1 other charity
• Fiona Tsang-Wright
• Julia McKechnie-Burke
• Kelly Stafford
• Robert Wilson
• Siobhan Dennis

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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