DUNRUNNIN HOUNDS

Registered charity 1190049 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Care and re homing of retired racing Greyhounds

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS, IN PARTICULAR, GREYHOUNDS, IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RESCUE HOMES OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE, TREATMENT AND REHOMING OF SUCH ANIMAL

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

Causes: Animals · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£60k

Latest spending

£44k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £165,722, which exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £16,726 and remains economically viable, with the trustees confirming adequate resources for future operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six month’s expenditure (reserves figure: £166k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 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
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)

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 35

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 30

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Gordon Ian Elms
Ian Barclay
Kathleen Theresa Roffe

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£60k	£44k
31/12/2024	£71k	£38k
31/12/2023	£30k	£41k
31/12/2022	£57k	£24k
31/12/2021	£35k	£20k

Common questions

Is DUNRUNNIN HOUNDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £165,722, which exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £16,726 and remains economically viable, with the trustees confirming adequate resources for future operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION	2	£51k
JOHN PEARCE FOUNDATION	1	£161k
The Trevor Hemmings Foundation	1	£25k
PETPLAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£18k
THE BLYTH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
MRS D M FRANCE-HAYHURST FOUNDATION	1	£5k
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST	1	£3k
MICHAEL AND SHIRLEY HUNT CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

GREYHOUND TRUST income £4.9m
FEN BANK GREYHOUND SANCTUARY income £233k
GREYHOUND GAP income £348k
GREYHOUND RESCUE income £70k
RETRAINING OF RACE HORSES income £2.5m
GREYHOUND RESCUE WALES income £751k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DUNRUNNIN HOUNDS	£60k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GREYHOUND TRUST FY2025	£4.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FEN BANK GREYHOUND SANCTUARY FY2025	£233k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GREYHOUND GAP FY2025	£348k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GREYHOUND RESCUE FY2025	£70k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RETRAINING OF RACE HORSES FY2025	£2.5m	£120,001 - £130,000	2	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.