RETIRED GREYHOUNDS CANTERBURY

Registered charity 1190386 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the public benefit to promote humane behaviour towards animals by providing appropriate care, protection, treatment and security for greyhounds which are in need of care and attention by reason of retirement from the racing industry, sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances and ill usage, rehoming such greyhounds where possible and educating the public in matters pertaining to responsible do

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR GREYHOUNDS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF RETIREMENT FROM THE RACING INDUSTRY, SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES AND ILL USAGE,REHOMING SUCH GREYHOUNDS WHERE POSSIBLE AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO RESPONSIBLE DOG OWNERSHIP AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG DOGS, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON RETIRED 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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Registered contact address: Dover, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £88,662 and cash funds of £116,028 at the year end, with a net surplus of £14,613 for the period. The trustees report that the charity maintains a contingency reserve fund of £23,243 to ensure it can meet obligations and handle contingencies such as the loss of a major supporter. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts or accounting records.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert Keith Ticechair
• David James Almond
• Graham Hadaway
• John Whittaker
• Michael Holmans

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RETIRED GREYHOUNDS CHARITY - WHITTINGHAM KENNELS GREYHOUND CARE.

• RETIRED GREYHOUNDS CHARITY - WHITTINGHAM KENNELS GREYHOUND CARE income £178k
• GREYHOUND RESCUE income £70k
• GREYHOUND TRUST income £4.9m
• DURHAM DISTRICT RETIRED GREYHOUNDS income £60k
• LONDON RETIRED POLICE DOGS TRUST income £146k
• ITALIAN GREYHOUND RESCUE income £29k

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