FRIENDS OF BIRKENHEAD COUNCIL KENNELS

Registered charity 1143967 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOBCK

Operational running of stray dog kennels facility for the Wirral area. The charity also fundraises and raises awareness of dog welfare issues in the local area.

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 KENNELS OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION,CARE AND TREATMENT OF THESE DOGS IN THE WIRRAL AND LIVERPOOL CITY.2) TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS BY PROVIDING 'APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION,TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT,POOR CIRCUMSTANCES ORILL USAGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £35,979 for the year, resulting in unrestricted funds decreasing to £80,932. The trustees' reserves policy is to maintain a minimum of three months of working capital, and the current unrestricted funds are below the previous year's total of £116,910. The charity relies on contractual income from the local authority and voluntary fundraising to support its operations.

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 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lisa Stafford
• Martine Catton
• PHIL SIMPSON
• Philippa Humphreys
• SAM SIMPSON

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

Operates in: Wirral

Income and spending

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