CANINE CONCERN

Registered charity 1177334 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the charity is to relieve people who are in need by reason of their age, disability, health or social circumstances, particularly, but not exclusively by the provision of therapy dogs to visits schools, care homes, hospital, hospices, libraries, courts and other similar institutions.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, DISABILITY, HEALTH OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF THERAPY DOGS TO VISIT SCHOOLS, NURSING HOMES, HOSPITALS, HOSPICES AND OTHER SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS;TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS.

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

Causes: Disability · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wealden, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £15,955 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds to £534,903. The trustees consider the current level of unrestricted reserves, which represents nearly three years' expenditure, to be appropriate given the uncertainty over future income. The charity remains committed to its objectives and notes that the majority of its work is undertaken by unpaid volunteers to keep recurring costs low.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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 — Canine Concern UK (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery Community fund — “We would like to thank the National Lottery Community fund for supporting our work. It acknowledges the work that we achieve, which is ever…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTOPHER LOVEGROVEchair
• Colin Scott
• Elizabeth Laura Permaul
• Steven John White

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ANIMAL AID CHARITABLE TRUST.

• ANIMAL AID CHARITABLE TRUST income £200k
• ANIMALS IN DISTRESS income £536k
• NEWCASTLE DOG AND CAT SHELTER income £2.4m
• ABILITY DOGS 4 YOUNG PEOPLE IOW income £481k
• LOVE UNDERDOGS income £390k
• DASH DOGS income £199k

Side by side with its peers

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