DOG ASSISTANCE IN DISABILITY

Registered charity 1178719 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DOG A.I.D., Independence Dogs

Dog A.I.D. (Assistance in Disability) empowers physically disabled people throughout the UK to train their own pet dogs, supported by professional dog trainers as volunteers, to qualify as Assistance Dogs. Our highly skilled volunteers develop the training to meet individual needs. Dog A.I.D. partnerships build independence, wellbeing and confidence, reduce isolation and need for constant care.

Objects

THE TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION OF DOGS TO ACT AS EFFICIENT AND SAFE COMPANIONS AND ASSISTANCE DOGS FOR PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES. TO TRAIN AND EDUCATE PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES IN THE PROPER SAFE USE OF THEIR OWN DOGS; AS ASSISTANTS AND COMPANIONS AND TO PROVIDE SUCH ADDITIONAL DOG TRAINING RELATED SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AS THE ORGANISATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DEEM FIT.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Shropshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a small overall surplus of £759, driven by a restricted fund surplus that offset a significant unrestricted deficit of £36,099. While free reserves stood at £99,555 at year-end, the trustees report that reserves have since fallen below the aspirational policy target of £85,000, prompting an emergency appeal to secure the charity's longer-term future.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dog Assistance in Disability (Dog A.I.D.) (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/12/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Binks
• Elizabeth Patricia Drury
• Fran Murtaugh
• Gillian Helen Kirkman
• Hazel Shields
• Isobel Michael · trustee of 1 other charity
• Louise Doran
• Rhiannon Moore

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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Side by side with its peers

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