WINSTON'S WHEELS CHARITY

Registered charity 1191322 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the benefit of the public to relieve the suffering of dogs in need of care and attention and in particular to provide dog wheelchairs, strollers and other accessories to people who cannot afford to purchase these items for the care, treatment and rehabilitation of their dogs suffering injury or illness throughout the United Kingdom.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF DOGS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE DOG WHEELCHAIRS, STROLLERS AND OTHER ACCESSORIES TO PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO PURCHASE THESE ITEMS FOR THE CARE, TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THEIR DOGS SUFFERING INJURY OR ILLNESS.

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 stood at £27,365.55 at the end of the period, with the trustees noting that no reserves are held as funds are concentrated on purchasing equipment. The trustees report no uncertainties regarding the charity continuing as a going concern, although they identify a risk in converting online followers into financial supporters.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Caldwell
• Elaine Hockey
• Melanie Mullane
• Rachel Wettner

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WHEELS FOR WELLBEING.

• WHEELS FOR WELLBEING income £456k
• WHEELS 2 WORK SOUTH WEST income £236k
• THE DEREK WILTON DOGS TRUST income £196k
• THE WHEELS PROJECT LIMITED income £351k
• WHEELS 2 WORK COUNTY DURHAM income £192k
• DENNIS WISE IN THE COMMUNITY income £282k

Side by side with its peers

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