RETIRED GREYHOUNDS CHARITY - WHITTINGHAM KENNELS GREYHOUND CARE

Registered charity 1196685 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WHITTINGHAM KENNELS

Relieving the distress of greyhounds and other sighthounds by providing:a centre and related services for the care and rehoming of retired racing greyhounds and other sighthounds. Providing a safe haven for the dogs until a loving home is found. Providing information to the public about understanding the needs of greyhounds and other sighthounds.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS THE GREYHOUND AND SIGHTHOUND BREED BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, REHOMING, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR THOSE BREEDS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL USAGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL 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: Epping Forest, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a stable financial position with unrestricted reserves of £145,243 against a policy target of six months' costs. The charity achieved a net income of £14,089 for the period, increasing total funds to £295,243. The trustees report that the charity remains financially stable despite challenges in the animal welfare sector.

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 5 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Retired Greyhounds Charity - Whittingham Kennels (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jacqueline Kyriakou
• Louise Elizabeth Clark BA, MA
• Philip Jeffrey
• Professor John Stokes PhD
• Timothy Fidgeon MSc

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 CLARKS FARM GREYHOUND RESCUE.

• CLARKS FARM GREYHOUND RESCUE income £284k
• GREYHOUND RESCUE income £70k
• RETIRED GREYHOUNDS CANTERBURY income £111k
• GREYHOUND RESCUE NORTH EAST income £61k
• GREYHOUND TRUST income £4.9m
• HOME RUN HOUNDS GREYHOUND CHARITY income £564k

Side by side with its peers

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