SHAK (SAFE HOMES AND KINDNESS)

Registered charity 1125159 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHAK

To relieve the suffering of large breeds of dogs in need of care and attention, and, in particular, to provide and maintain rescue homes or other facilities for the reception, care and treatment of such large dogs.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF DOGS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RESCUE HOMES OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH DOGS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.

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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Registered contact address: Northumberland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £8,661 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in net assets to £31,716. The trustees report that the charity operates three shops to generate income and monitors reserves to ensure sufficient funds for continued operation, despite having no formal reserves policy. The financial review notes a settled team and ongoing efforts to increase productivity and revenue from stores.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 09/02/2026, 9 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 01/02/2024, 1 day after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 16/02/2023, 16 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 08/07/2022, 158 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEPHEN PHILIP WYLIEchair
• Alexa Nisbet
• JOAN MARGARET BRITTLEBANK
• Sheila Christine Rankin

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

Operates in: Durham · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• ANIMAL RESCUE income £576k
• SOUTH HAMPSTEAD AND KILBURN COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP income £311k
• TAG PET RESCUE income £386k
• STOKENCHURCH DOG RESCUE income £584k
• SAINTS SLED DOG RESCUE income £258k
• SHAN-Charitable Trust income £34k

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