WAG AND COMPANY NORTH EAST FRIENDSHIP DOGS

Registered charity 1165847 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WAG AND COMPANY

WAG & COMPANY ENABLES VOLUNTEERS AND THEIR DOGS TO VISIT AND BEFRIEND OLDER DOG LOVERS IN THEIR OWN HOMES OR IN CARE AND MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENTS ACROSS THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND.

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Latest income
£323k
Latest spending
£249k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £73,835 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £322,831. Per the trustees' report, available unrestricted reserves were £104,803, which is slightly below the stated policy target of four months' operational expenditure (£118,098). The trustees consider this a technical breach and expect compliance to be restored by the end of the first quarter of the new financial year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £105k; policy: four months operational expenditure)
“As available Reserves are £104,803, the Charity was slightly non-compliant (£13,295) with the Reserves Policy at year end.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wag & Company North East Friendship Dogs (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£323k£249k
31/03/2024£207k£220k
31/03/2023£170k£169k
31/03/2022£135k£208k
31/03/2021£300k£261k

Common questions

Is WAG AND COMPANY NORTH EAST FRIENDSHIP DOGS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £73,835 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £322,831. Per the trustees' report, available unrestricted reserves were £104,803, which is slightly below the stated policy target of four months' operational expenditure (£118,098). The trustees consider this a technical breach and expect compliance to be restored by the end of the first quarter of the new financial year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WAG AND COMPANY NORTH EAST FRIENDSHIP DOGS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WAG AND COMPANY NORTH EAST FRIENDSHIP DOGS as a grant recipient include THE MCCARTHY & STONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, JOSEPH LEVY FOUNDATION, SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST, SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MCCARTHY & STONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£7kDementia Action Week
JOSEPH LEVY FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
THE MCCARTHY & STONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kVolunteer Recruitment and Training
THE MCCARTHY & STONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kVolunteer Recruitment and Training
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUSTFY2024£4k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£4kAnn Rylands Small Donations Programme
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kOther Charities/Voluntary Bodies
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE JOICEY TRUSTFY2025£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East09/10/2025£20kGrant to Wag and Company North East Friendship Dogs
Community Foundation North East24/07/2025£500Grant to Wag and Company North East Friendship Dogs
Community Foundation North East30/01/2025£5kGrant to Wag and Company North East Friendship Dogs
Community Foundation North East05/12/2024£10kGrant to Wag and Company North East Friendship Dogs
Community Foundation North East09/05/2024£10kGrant to Wag and Company North East Friendship Dogs
The National Lottery Community Fund12/01/2024£20kReducing Loneliness and Isolation
Postcode Lottery01/11/2023£25kUnrestricted Funding
Community Foundation North East15/12/2022£5kGrant to Wag and Company North East Friendship Dogs
Community Foundation North East24/11/2022£8kGrant to Wag and Company North East Friendship Dogs
Community Foundation North East20/01/2022£7kA grant to Wag & Company North East Friendship Dogs
The National Lottery Community Fund16/05/2019£215kWag & Company
The National Lottery Community Fund10/05/2019£354kDigital Transformation Project : Enabling Growth & Sustainability
Community Foundation North East20/02/2019£500Core Cost Contribution
Community Foundation North East16/01/2019£10kGeneral donation
Community Foundation North East09/05/2018£3kDevelop a Wag & Company visiting service in Bedlingtonshire

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALL DOGS MATTER.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WAG AND COMPANY NORTH EAST FRIENDSHIP DOGS£323k—0below—no doubt
ALL DOGS MATTER FY2025£532k——unclear—no doubt
MAKANTS GREYHOUND RESCUE NW FY2025£124k—0above—no doubt
THE PUG DOG WELFARE & RESCUE ASSOCIATION FY2025£204k—0unclear—no doubt
PAWPRINTS TO FREEDOM LIMITED FY2025£1.2m—0below—no doubt
FOREVER HOUNDS TRUST FY2025£1.5mmore than £60,0001above—no doubt

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