HAPPY PAWS PUPPY RESCUE

Registered charity 1158323 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAPPY PAWS

Rescue, Rehabilitate and Rehome Golden Retrievers who have suffered cruelty and neglect

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR ANIMALS, AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG DOGS, 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 ANIMALS.

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

Causes: Animals · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Eastbourne, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £427,496 are maintained at a level equivalent to three months of expenditure, satisfying the charity's own reserves policy. The charity reported a net surplus of £2,263 for the year, with total income of £621,409 and total resources expended of £619,146. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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 6 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Happy Paws Puppy Rescue (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% 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: 8.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• LISA ELIZABETH SMARTchair
• Dominque Douglas
• Meghan Behiel
• Melanie Browne

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Turkey

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• HAMPSHIRE PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE income £44k
• PROTECTED PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE income £416k
• LITTLE PAWS RESCUE income £197k
• PAWS HELP income £213k
• PAWZ FOR THOUGHT income £276k
• CATS PAWS SANCTUARY income £179k

Side by side with its peers

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