BRIGHTON GREYHOUND OWNERS ASSOCIATION TRUST FOR RETIRED RACING GREYHOUNDS

Registered charity 275378 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity founded in 1978 to care for retired racing Greyhounds and supervise their placement into happy permanent retirement pet homes. The charity supports a dedicated rehoming kennels to care for Greyhounds awaiting rehoming.

Objects

TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY KENNELLING AND SHELTER IN THE DISTRICT OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE AND TO ENDEAVOUR TO FIND GOOD HOMES FOR RACING GREYHOUNDS WHICH HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES OWING TO THEIR AGE INFIRMITY, INJURY, DISEASE OR OTHER SUFFICIENT REASON WHICH TERMINATED OR MIGHT TERMINATE THEIR RACING LIFE.

Area of benefit: BRIGHTON AND HOVE

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 net funds increased by £4,879 to £144,039, with cash at bank rising by £14,956 to £145,950. The trustees report a continuing fall in revenue from rehoming activities due to industry-wide difficulties and rising costs, but note that the charity maintains positive liquidity.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
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• Internal risk management policy and procedures
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• Risk management
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• 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 — Brighton RGT (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• GAYNOR KENDALL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Holly Thornton
• Michael Cosby
• Michael Harrod
• Susan Elizabeth Lancaster

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · Croydon · East Sussex · Hampshire · Kent · Surrey · Sutton · West Sussex

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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
• THE SHEFFIELD RETIRED GREYHOUNDS income £246k
• GREYHOUND TRUST income £4.9m
• MAKANTS GREYHOUND RESCUE NW income £124k
• LINCOLNSHIRE GREYHOUND TRUST income £392k
• HECTOR'S GREYHOUND RESCUE income £182k

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