SCOTTISH TERRIER EMERGENCY CARE SCHEME

Registered charity 275666 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STECS · also registered in Scotland as SC041298 (OSCR)

To provide care in the form of temporary homes for Scottish Terriers & any other breed from the same household or kennel which have need of such care by reason of neglect or ill-treatment or where owners of such dogs are no longer able to care for them properly and to assist in the provision of new homes for these dogs where they may be properly cared for.

Objects

A CANINE WELFARE ORGANISATION PROVIDING SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CARE OF SCOTTISH TERRIERS IN NEED OF NEW HOMES OR OF SUCH OTHER ASSISTANCE AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE. IT SHALL ALSO BE PERMISSIBLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE DETERMINED ON A DISCRETIONARY BASIS, TO CANINES DEEMED TO BE OF SCOTTISH TERRIER TYPE IN CASES WHERE THAT BREED STATUS IS NOT IMMEDIATELY APPARENT.TO PROVIDE CARE AND ASSISTANCE TO OTHER CANINES FROM THE SAME HOME ENVIRONMENT AS ANY SCOTTISH TERRIER RECEIVING ASSISTANCE.

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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Registered contact address: Chorley, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£282k
Latest spending
£154k
Registered
1978
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £1,075,263, representing a significant surplus over the prior year's £939,016. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis. Total income exceeded total expenditure, resulting in a net income of £136,247 for the year.

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 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 35

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 40

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 31/12/2021 (received 04/11/2022, 4 days after the 31/10/2022 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £280k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£282k£154k
31/12/2024£215k£112k
31/12/2023£227k£153k
31/12/2022£54k£115k
31/12/2021£193k£65k

Common questions

Is SCOTTISH TERRIER EMERGENCY CARE SCHEME financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £1,075,263, representing a significant surplus over the prior year's £939,016. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis. Total income exceeded total expenditure, resulting in a net income of £136,247 for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SCOTTISH TERRIER EMERGENCY CARE SCHEME?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SCOTTISH TERRIER EMERGENCY CARE SCHEME as a grant recipient include THE KENNEL CLUB CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE KENNEL CLUB CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5kEducational and other grants

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SCOTTISH TERRIER EMERGENCY CARE SCHEME£282k—0unclear—no doubt
TERRIER SOS FY2025£34k—0unclear—no doubt
BORDER TERRIER WELFARE FY2025£223k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SHETLAND PONY WELFARE TRUST FY2025£109k—0unclear—no doubt
FELINE CARE FY2025£335k—0unclear—no doubt
DESTITUTE ANIMALS SHELTER FY2025£569k—0below—no doubt

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