ASSOCIATION OF DOGS AND CATS HOMES

Registered charity 1180574 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ADCH

The Association of Dogs and Cats Homes comprises dog and cat rescue and rehoming organisations across the British Isles.The Association works to promote best practice and high welfare and operational standards across the sector, engage effectively with a range of external stakeholders, including Governments, and bring rescue organisations together to share experiences, learning and networking.

Objects

1. THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR CONCERNING ANIMAL WELFARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR RELATING TO DOGS AND CATS BY: (A) THE DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF GOOD PRACTICE IN ANIMAL WELFARE; (B) PROVIDING TRAINING, CONFERENCES AND RESOURCES ON SUBJECTS RELEVANT TO THE EFFICIENCY OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR; (C) PROVIDING VOLUNTARY LIAISON BETWEEN THE SECTOR, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER GROUPS ON ANIMAL WELFARE ISSUES. THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS. CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.2. TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH GRANT AID, TO NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION’S AND REGISTERED CHARITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANIMALS IN THEIR CARE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £53,384 on unrestricted funds for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income rising to £460,283 from £375,979 in the prior year. Unrestricted reserves stood at £130,507, which the trustees consider to be within their stated appropriate range of £100,000–£140,000. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, with trustees concluding there is a reasonable expectation of continued operational existence.

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
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Association of Dogs and Cats Homes (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (87% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Beth Alexandra Verrechia
• Catherine Louvain Lee · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Peter Bray
• DAVID BOWLES
• Emma Harrison
• GILES EDWARD WEBBER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Linda Cantle
• Michael James Webb
• PETER DAVID HEPBURN
• Vanessa Elizabeth Waddon
• Victoria Anne McDerby

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Ireland · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION.

• THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION income £6.6m
• STRAY AID LTD income £714k
• PAWS HELP income £213k
• BARNSLEY AND DISTRICT ANIMAL RESCUE CHARITY income £542k
• BATTERSEA DOGS' AND CATS' HOME income £68.4m
• BULLDOG RESCUE & RE-HOMING TRUST income £216k

Side by side with its peers

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