OAKWOOD DOG RESCUE

Registered charity 1165221 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Working Locally in the East Riding area to help unwanted and abandoned dogs by taking them in, feeding, providing shelter, healthcare and any other needs. Finding new homes, assessing new homes, adopting out the dogs.Provides a Community Facility for Dog Owners to go to get education and advice on dog ownership.

Objects

1) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF DOGS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION IN PARTICULAR BY MAINTAINING A RESCUE CENTRE OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE AND TREATMENT OF THE DOGS AND SEEKING TO SUITABLY RE-HOME THEM, AND TO TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO ENSURE THEY REMAIN IN THEIR NEW HOME BY OFFERING SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE THE NEW OWNERS;2) TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS DOGS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR 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 DOG WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG DOGS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Animals · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £110,370, up from £88,078 in the previous year, following a net income of £22,292. The charity reports no financial liabilities other than rental costs once the bounce back loan is cleared, and the trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern. However, the trustees note that rising costs have prevented an increase in savings and necessitated the return of a rental unit.

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 4 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
• Paying staff
• 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)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Oakwood Dog Rescue (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gillian Williamschair
• Jayne Watson
• Lisa Hardy

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OAKWOOD ANIMAL SANCTUARY.

• OAKWOOD ANIMAL SANCTUARY income £45k
• WEST YORKSHIRE DOG RESCUE income £223k
• RUSHTON DOG RESCUE income £244k
• DOGS IN NEED income £136k
• SHEFFIELD DOG RESCUE income £326k
• DASH DOGS income £199k

Side by side with its peers

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