LOVE UNDERDOGS

Registered charity 1152792 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROMANIAN UNDERDOGS

To relieve the suffering of dogs and other animals in the UK and abroad to provide, maintain and support rescue homes for the reception, care and treatment of such animalsTo provide protection, treatment and security for the animals which are in need of care and attention by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or ill usageTo educate the public in animal welfare generally

Objects

4.1 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF DOGS AND OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS IN THE UK AND ABROAD IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE, MAINTAIN AND SUPPORT RESCUE HOMES OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION,CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH ANIMALS.4.2 TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS DOMESTIC ANIMALS IN PARTICULAR DOGS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR THE ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL USAGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG DOMESTIC ANIMALS, PARTICULARLY DOGS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £88,136 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £244,134 to £155,998. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, maintaining a going concern basis. The primary funding sources identified are donations from trustees, monthly donations, adoption fees, and Gift Aid.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Love Underdogs (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~11.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANNE-LAURE HAUSER
• KARINE HAUSER
• MARTIN STEVEN JOHN GOODYER

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

Operates in: Essex · Romania · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

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