Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

THE LABRADOR RESCUE TRUST 

To alleviate suffering and distress caused to dogs and in particular Labradors which may be ill-treated, abandoned, rejected or neglected. The area covered by the trust is mainly in South West England. The trust has over one hundred helpers who are all unpaid volunteers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/09/22£184£163£21n/an/an/an/an/a107
30/09/21£199£106£93n/an/an/an/an/a110
30/09/20£178£112£66n/an/an/an/an/a112
30/09/19£219£108£111n/an/an/an/an/a110
30/09/18£213£97£116£0£0£0n/a0110
30/09/17£208£115£93£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£192£170£22£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£196£236£-40£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£302£256£47£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£232£258£-26£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£310£247£63£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£245£232£13£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10£199£238£-39£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09?£337£314£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£276£168£108£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£169£163£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£152£149£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£198£165£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£159£141£18£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 23 years

www.labrador-rescue.org

jen.richardson@labrador-rescue.com

07791519084

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Animals
GiG Classification
  • Animal welfare
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 107 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-69
  • FIONA HIXON (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/08/2001, number: 1088198
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/01/2001, number: 04145991
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR06: 2 days late,
Main office

32 Award Road
Wimborne
BH21 7NT

Objectives

TO ALLEVIATE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS CAUSED TO DOGS AND IN PARTICULAR THE BREED KNOWN AS LABRADORS WHICH MAY BE ILL-TREATED ABANDONED REJECTED OR NEGLECTED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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