SOUTH WEST GSD RESCUE

Registered charity 1171842 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity was set up to relieve the suffering and distress of unwanted, stray or ill treated German Shepherd dogs primarily but not exclusively.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTIVES ARE TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF UNWANTED, STRAY OR ILL TREATED GERMAN SHEPHERD DOGS PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE SOUTH WEST WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO OLDER DOGS.

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: Torridge, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £6,553 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £8,945. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and note that reserves were above their stated policy target of £5,000, which represents three months of expenditure. The charity relies on voluntary donations and adoption fees to fund its charitable activities and has no fixed costs.

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 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2022 (received 01/07/2023, 1 day after the 30/06/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Ann Wharton
• Neil Burgess
• paula evans

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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• SOUTHERN COUNTIES GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE income £28k
• GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG RESCUE income £495k
• GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE SOUTH LTD income £92k
• SOUTHERN GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE income £43k
• GARBO'S GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG RESCUE income £228k
• WEST YORKSHIRE DOG RESCUE income £223k

Side by side with its peers

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