MURPHY'S ARMY

Registered charity 1167823 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Celebrating and supporting the invaluable contributions of service animals, past, present, and future. We provide vital support to service animals both active and retired, ensuring they receive care, welfare, training, protection, and support tailored to their needs. We commemorate their sacrifices and achievements while promoting their welfare and legacy for generations to come.

Objects

The objects of the CIO are:For the benefit of the public, to promote the humane treatment and welfare of service animals by:a) Providing financial assistance to ensure the care, welfare, training, and wellbeing of service animals, both active and retired, in need due to age, illness, injury, adverse circumstances, mistreatment, or other welfare challenges;b) Raising public awareness about the vital contributions of service animals, both past and present, through education, outreach initiatives and lasting memorials.

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: Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a small surplus of £266 for the year, with total income of £59,812 and payments of £59,546. It holds unrestricted reserves of £22,454.65, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of £3,000. The trustees consider the financial position adequate to meet ongoing commitments, noting only general economic uncertainty regarding future fundraising income.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Julie Anne McDonnell
• KAREN PRITCHARD
• PUILING MA

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• MIDLANDS ANIMAL RESCUE TEAM income £124k
• MONARCH'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE income £74k

Side by side with its peers

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