PSYCHIATRIC ASSISTANCE DOGS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1173512 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PADS FOUNDATION

We are committed to improving the quality of life and independence of people with psychiatric disabilities, by having a psychiatric assistance dog.1 To reduce the pressures on the National & Mental Health Service by helping members gain independence through the use of their Psychiatric Assistance Dogs and2 To reduce the need for a carer which increases self-esteem and reduces care costs.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED AS RESULT OF HAVING A PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITY BY:A) EDUCATING OR TRAINING PERSONS WITH A PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITY IN THE PROPER AND SAFE USE OF THEIR PSYCHIATRIC ASSISTANCE DOG;B) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES AND THE BENEFITS OF ASSISTANCE DOGS TO PERSONS WITH SUCH A DISABILITY;C) OTHERWISE SUPPORTING PERSONS WITH A PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR WITH THEIR OWNERSHIP AND USE OF AN ASSISTANCE DOG WITH A VIEW TO PROMOTING THEIR INDEPENDENCE IN SOCIETY.

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

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Policies the charity declares

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• Complaints policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 01/04/2022 (received 04/04/2023, 62 days after the 01/02/2023 due date); year ending 01/04/2021 (received 19/03/2022, 46 days after the 01/02/2022 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

• MALCOLM SEWARDchair
• Kim Thompson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Matthew Peter Sampson
• ZOE NORQUOY

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England

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