POODLE NETWORK UK

Registered charity 1163333 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a UK-wide rescue, rehabilitation & rehoming charity for Poodles of any size. We are committed to the welfare of Poodles by offering owners and potential owners advice about the breed and working for the prevention of cruelty and suffering in poodles. We care for abandoned, mistreated and lost Poodles and Poodles in need of a new home, providing veterinary treatment and behavioral training.

Objects

A NATIONAL UK NETWORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF POODLES WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RESCUE AND FOSTER HOMES OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF UNWANTED POODLES AND THE TREATMENT OF POODLES.

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: Bolton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£81k

Latest spending

£87k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, with total income of £81,146 against expenditure of £87,382. Despite this deficit, unrestricted reserves increased to £63,900, which exceeds the stated policy target of £30,000 held for unforeseen veterinary costs. The primary financial risk identified is the continuing rise in veterinary treatment costs and ongoing medication needs for rescued poodles.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £30,000 in the main bank account (reserves figure: £64k)

“The Charity seeks to hold a reserve of £30,000 in the main bank account to cover unforeseen or exceptional veterinary bills and the long-term medication costs of any poodle needing lifelong treatment under our care.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Stitch & Burn who embroider items for the Charity like clothing, bags and dog items is a company connected to a Trustee Hannah Aldcroft. Cost prices for the items are checked regularly to ensure they cannot be purchased at a lower cost elsewhere.

“Stitch & Burn who embroider items for the Charity like clothing, bags and dog items is a company connected to a Trustee Hannah Aldcroft. Cost prices for the items are checked regularly to ensure they cannot be purchased at a lower cost elsewhere.”

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

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: 132

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

Volunteers: 187

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

Volunteers: 231

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Ethel Mills
Hannah Tamsin Aldcroft
Hilary Preece · trustee of 1 other charity
JULIE PATRICIA ALDCROFT
Lisa Samantha Shepherd
Nicola Saunders

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£81k	£87k
31/12/2024	£130k	£111k
31/12/2023	£111k	£95k
31/12/2022	£55k	£62k
31/12/2021	£60k	£41k

Common questions

Is POODLE NETWORK UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, with total income of £81,146 against expenditure of £87,382. Despite this deficit, unrestricted reserves increased to £63,900, which exceeds the stated policy target of £30,000 held for unforeseen veterinary costs. The primary financial risk identified is the continuing rise in veterinary treatment costs and ongoing medication needs for rescued poodles. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds POODLE NETWORK UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name POODLE NETWORK UK as a grant recipient include THE KENNEL CLUB CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE KENNEL CLUB CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k	Educational and other grants

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
MRS D M FRANCE-HAYHURST FOUNDATION	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

DOODLEAID income £40k
HOMES FOR HOUNDS income £32k
LOVE UNDERDOGS income £390k
FELINE CARE income £335k
ANIMAL RESCUE income £576k
DOGGY DENS UK RESCUE income £137k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
POODLE NETWORK UK	£81k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DOODLEAID FY2025	£40k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HOMES FOR HOUNDS FY2025	£32k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LOVE UNDERDOGS FY2025	£390k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FELINE CARE FY2025	£335k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ANIMAL RESCUE FY2026	£576k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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