POINTERS IN NEED

Registered charity 1196922 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. To find new homes for Pointers that have had a detrimental change in circumstances here in the UK.2. To achieve new lives and re-home ex hunting, abused or neglected Pointer dogs from abroad.3. To enable the treatment, rehabilitation and care of Pointers before they are rehomed.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:• FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF POINTERS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO PROVIDE REHOMING SERVICES TO SECURE NEW PERMANENT HOMES IN WHICH THE POINTERS CAN THRIVE.• TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS POINTERS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR POINTERS 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 THE WELFARE OF DOGS IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008]

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 the charity generated total income of £116,550 and incurred total expenses of £113,873, resulting in a net income of £2,677 for the year. Unrestricted funds increased from £62,936 to £65,613, reflecting a positive financial position with cash balances held at PayPal and Lloyds Bank. The trustees report strong supporter engagement and operational sustainability despite challenges in Greece.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mathew Jeffordchair
• Karin Emma Ringrose
• Lynsey Phipps

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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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.