WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND WELFARE

Registered charity 1142777 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 'HERSHAM HOUNDS' AND 'WGW'

Wimbledon Greyhound Welfare exists to care for and find homes for former racing greyhounds.

Objects

4.1 THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF RETIRED AND UNWANTED GREYHOUNDS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:A) PROVIDING MEDICAL ATTENTION AND TREATMENT FOR THOSE GREYHOUNDS THAT REQUIRE IT;B) PROVIDING SANCTUARY FOR THOSE GREYHOUNDS WITH MEDICAL OR BEHAVIOURAL ISSUES;C) ARRANGING CAREFUL AND RESPONSIBLE RE-HOMING OF GREYHOUNDS.4.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATING TO GREYHOUNDS AND BY THIS MEANS TO PREVENT CRUELTY AND SUFFERING.

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: Elmbridge, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£225k

Latest spending

£268k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net outgoing of resources for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £1,016,481 to £973,646. The filing notes that the charity is entitled to exemption from audit under the Companies Act 2006 and that an independent examiner's fee was £0. The trustees report that the year was beneficial to operational and financial aspects, with improvements made to kennel amenities.

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 3 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
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Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 50
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 100

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 100
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

Carol Marshall
Gaynor Elizabeth Renwick
KEITH ROBBINS
Philomena Mary Harrison
Robert Stephen Ball
Simon Jordan
Thomas O Donoghue

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£225k	£268k
31/12/2024	£225k	£269k
31/12/2023	£264k	£255k
31/12/2022	£292k	£196k
31/12/2021	£193k	£197k

Common questions

Is WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND WELFARE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net outgoing of resources for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £1,016,481 to £973,646. The filing notes that the charity is entitled to exemption from audit under the Companies Act 2006 and that an independent examiner's fee was £0. The trustees report that the year was beneficial to operational and financial aspects, with improvements made to kennel amenities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND WELFARE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND WELFARE as a grant recipient include WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUST	FY2022	£500	100 for 500
WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUST	FY2021	£500	100 for 500

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
PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£59k
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION	1	£22k
PETPLAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£18k
THE GENERATIONS FOUNDATION	1	£15k
MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL	1	£13k
THE DOUGHTY FAMILY FOUNDATION	1	£5k
MRS D M FRANCE-HAYHURST FOUNDATION	1	£5k
MICHAEL AND SHIRLEY HUNT CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

GREYHOUND RESCUE income £70k
WIMBLEDON GUILD OF SOCIAL WELFARE (INCORPORATED) income £2.4m
RETIRED GREYHOUNDS CANTERBURY income £111k
RETIRED GREYHOUNDS CHARITY - WHITTINGHAM KENNELS GREYHOUND CARE income £178k
WOMBLETON VILLAGE HALL LIMITED income £28k
NORTHUMBERLAND GREYHOUND RESCUE income £98k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND WELFARE	£225k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GREYHOUND RESCUE FY2025	£70k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WIMBLEDON GUILD OF SOCIAL WELFARE (INCORPORATED) FY2025	£2.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RETIRED GREYHOUNDS CANTERBURY FY2026	£111k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RETIRED GREYHOUNDS CHARITY - WHITTINGHAM KENNELS GREYHOUND CARE FY2025	£178k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WOMBLETON VILLAGE HALL LIMITED FY2025	£28k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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