STOKENCHURCH DOG RESCUE

Registered charity 274589 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DOG RESCUE, DOG RESCUE AND WELFARE SOCIETY (HIGH WYCOMBE), DOG RESCUE STOKENCHURCH

To rescue, board and place stray and unwanted dogs in good homes. To continue to care for and protect dogs in need. In line with our non-destruct policy, we endeavour to save abandoned dogs from being put to sleep in the specified areas.

Objects

For the benefit of the public to relieve the suffering of stray and unwanted dogs in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire and surrounding areas in particular by:- providing and maintaining facilities for rescue, boarding and rehoming services for the reception, care and treatment of such animals.- promoting humane behaviour by providing appropriate, protection, treatment and security for such animals in need of care and attention due to sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances, or ill-usage.- educating the public on matters about animal welfare in general and the prevention of cruelty and suffering among such animals.

Area of benefit: HIGH WYCOMBE AND DISTRICT

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: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a net surplus of £168,283, resulting in total net assets of approximately £1.92 million. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were £974,000, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy of maintaining six months of unfunded expenditure. The charity reports adequate resources to continue charitable activities over the coming years despite rising costs.

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
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/01/2022 (received 08/02/2023, 70 days after the 30/11/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Stokenchurch Dog Rescue (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~24.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lesley Peelchair
• Claire Peggs
• Clare Joanne Facey
• Jo LLoyd
• Raymond Edward Hipkin
• Robin Gates
• Simon Fletcher
• Tina Trythall

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Oxfordshire · West Berkshire

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 RUSHTON DOG RESCUE.

• RUSHTON DOG RESCUE income £244k
• LEICESTER ANIMAL RESCUE income £239k
• STRAY DOGS SANCTUARY income £55k
• HOPE RESCUE income £2.3m
• YORKSHIRE ROSE DOG RESCUE income £108k
• TAG PET RESCUE income £386k

Side by side with its peers

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