HECTOR'S GREYHOUND RESCUE

Registered charity 1202146 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To rescue dogs, particularly ex-racing greyhounds or sighthounds that are no longer wanted by their owners or have been abandoned across England and Wales.

Objects

TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS RESCUE DOGS, IN PARTICULAR EX-RACING GREYHOUNDS AND/OR SIGHTHOUNDS THAT ARE NO LONGER WANTED BY THEIR OWNERS AND/OR WHO HAVE BEEN ABANDONED, BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR SUCH DOGS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG SUCH DOGS.

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: Shropshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £37,081 for the year, increasing its unrestricted funds to £110,881. The trustees noted that the cost of living crisis has slowed adoptions, leading to higher kennelling costs and reduced adoption income. Reserves held at the reporting date were £45,000, which the trustees state are held to secure the future of the rescue.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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 — Hector's Greyhound Rescue (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Animal Defence Trust — “Thank you To The Animal Defence Trust for £1000 Donation” (source page)
• Jean Sainsburys Animal Welfare Trust — “Thank you Jean Sainsburys Animal Welfare Trust £7000 Donation” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• HAYLEY JANINE DONATA BRADLEYchair
• Alison Jones
• Craig Brown
• Fred Brown

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HECTOR'S HOUSE CAT RESCUE.

• HECTOR'S HOUSE CAT RESCUE income £402k
• GREYHOUND RESCUE income £70k
• GREYHOUND RESCUE WALES income £751k
• GREYHOUND RESCUE NORTH EAST income £61k
• THE HEATONS ANIMAL RESCUE GROUP income £87k
• HARLEY'S HOUNDS ANIMAL RESCUE income £61k

Side by side with its peers

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