GREYHOUND GAP

Registered charity 1158499 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE RESCUE, REHABILITATION AND RE-HOMING OF GREYHOUNDS AND LURCHERS AND ANY OTHER ANIMAL IN NEED.

Objects

TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS , IN PARTICULAR GREYHOUNDS AND LURCHERS, BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR GREYHOUNDS AND LURCHERS 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.

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Registered contact address: Newcastle-under-Lyme, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£348k
Latest spending
£348k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £623,177, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of £70,000. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £22,359 for the year, with total income of £347,724 against total expenditure of £352,313.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £70,000 (reserves figure: £623k)
“The trustees have set a policy to hold general reserves of £70,000 in order to fund six months of operating costs”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: L Cartwright received remuneration of £36,747.
“L Cartright (Founder) received remuneration of £36,747 (2024: £36,469).” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 30/09/2025

  • Volunteers: 80

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

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

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Greyhound Gap (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£348k£348k
30/09/2024£362k£340k
30/09/2023£348k£348k
30/09/2022£406k£307k
30/09/2021£320k£303k

Common questions

Is GREYHOUND GAP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £623,177, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of £70,000. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £22,359 for the year, with total income of £347,724 against total expenditure of £352,313. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GREYHOUND GAP£348k—0unclear—no doubt
GREYHOUND RESCUE WALES FY2025£751k—0unclear—no doubt
PAWZ FOR THOUGHT FY2025£276k—0unclear—no doubt
FEN BANK GREYHOUND SANCTUARY FY2025£233k—0above—no doubt
GREYHOUND RESCUE FY2025£70k—0unclear—no doubt
BRISTOL DOG ACTION WELFARE GROUP FY2025£167k—0above—no doubt

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