GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG WELFARE FUND

Registered charity 274076 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GSD Welfare Fund, German Shepherd Welfare Fund

Rescue and rehome dogs, fund raising event,

Objects

THE CARE AND PROTECTION OF GERMAN SHEPHERD DOGS AND ALSATIONS WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT OR POOR CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO AND SUFFERING AMONGST SUCH ANIMALS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £203,412 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a loss of £254,883 in the previous year. The trustees report a positive financial position with funds available to cover work, holding unrestricted reserves of £649,818. The financial statements were prepared without an audit by Vortex Accountants Limited.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — GSD Welfare Fund (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DEBBIE HILLchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHRISTINE HART
• Cher Nicholson
• Joanne Sims
• Karen Harris
• Lorraine Smith
• MARY OSBORNE
• Tony Wiltshire · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Pro Dogs Direct.

• Pro Dogs Direct income £162k
• GREYHOUND GAP income £348k
• THE PUG DOG WELFARE & RESCUE ASSOCIATION income £204k
• ALMOST HOME DOG RESCUE income £172k
• MANCHESTER AND DISTRICT HOME FOR LOST DOGS LIMITED income £1.8m
• SHEFFIELD DOG RESCUE income £326k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.