CROSSING COTTAGE GREYHOUND SANCTUARY

Registered charity 1184529 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RGT EAST MIDLANDS

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC WE PROMOTE THE CARE AND SUPPORT OF GREYHOUNDS WHO HAVE RETIRED FROM RACING FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. BY OFFERING SUCH FACILITIES OF CARE, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION, AND SOCIALISATION. WE PROMOTE THE TRANSITION FROM KENNEL LIFE TO LIFE IN A HOME BY SUPPORTING THE REHOMING OF THE GREYHOUNDS IN OUR CARE AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN THE HUSBANDY

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF GREYHOUNDS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION WHO HAVE RETIRED FROM THE RACING INDUSTRY DUE TO AGE, INJURY OR UNSUITABILITY BY PROVIDING SUCH FACILITIES, CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT, REHABILITATION AND RE-HOMING FOR THEM AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE HUSBANDRY AND CARE OF FORMER RACING GREYHOUNDS.

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 accounts state that unrestricted reserves (cash funds) increased to £37,105, supported by a 15% rise in total income to £157,275. Expenditure rose by 30% to £149,985, driven largely by a 46% increase in wages. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Crossing Cottage Greyhound Sanctuary (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christine Elizabeth Miles-Hammond
• David John Morton
• Matthew Charles Sullivan
• Paul David Griffiths

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · North East Lincolnshire · North Lincolnshire · Northamptonshire · Nottinghamshire · Staffordshire

Income and spending

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