LONDON RETIRED POLICE DOGS TRUST

Registered charity 1188072 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LRPD

To promote humane behaviour towards retired police dogs by providing financial assistance to owners of retired police dogs who have charge of animals that are in need of appropriate care and attention by reason of sickness, poor circumstances or welfare.

Objects

To promote humane behaviour towards retired police dogs and other service dogs by financial assistance to owners of retired police dogs and other service dogs who have charge of animals that are in need of appropriate care and attention by reason of sickness, poor circumstances or welfare

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: Wandsworth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash funds stood at £142,586 at the end of the period, despite an excess of expenditure over income of £16,221. The trustees note that the charity has increased its revenue streams through fundraising and merchandise sales to meet rising application awards. They confirm that the asset base remains strong enough to approve successful applications at 100% of the claim amount.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2022 (received 13/05/2023, 13 days after the 30/04/2023 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — London Retired Police Dogs Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• PHILIP WELLSchair
• Emma DIGNAM
• Kristian LEIGHTON

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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