Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 0

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
All male board: -3

Large volunteers +5

Overall GiG Score: 0

LOWLAND SEARCH DOGS (SUSSEX)

LS Dogs (SX) was formed in March 2003 to support the Police in the Search of missing, vulnerable people throughout both East & West Sussex, and 24 hours a day all year round.The team has now taken part in searches throughout Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Dorset, Surrey, Norfolk & Buckinghamshire, being called out on average 30-40 times a year.

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Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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
31/03/23		£19	£6	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	32
31/03/22		£5	£7	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21	*	£6	£5	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20	*	£8	£8	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19	*	£11	£3	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	19
31/03/18		£14	£6	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£19	£11	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£8	£15	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£17	£10	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£8	£4	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£1	£3	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£4	£4	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£4	£2	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/03/10?	*	£1	£2	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/09		£14	£8	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/08		£3	£3	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/07?		£5	£4	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
08/07/06		£1	£1	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 19 years

www.searchdogssussex.com

treasurer@searchdogssussex.com

01243697202

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

East Sussex, West Sussex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
32 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Lowland Search Dogs Sussex
£2,500	20/03/2023 4	Funding was provided for volunteer PPE equipment.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Gender Split

DARREN YEATES Appointed: 2016

JEFF SASSE

MR STEVE BALL (Chair)

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/08/2005, number: 1110700

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR21: 2 days late, AR20: 24 days late, AR19: 7 days late, AR10: 3 days late,

Main office

The Dog Barn
Park Lane
Aldingbourne
CHICHESTER
PO20 3TL

Objectives

I) TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH AND LIFE BY THE PROVISION OF VOLUNTEER SEARCH AND RESCUE DOGS TO ASSIST ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN THE SEARCH OF MISSING PERSONS.II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN AL MATTERS RELATING TO GENERAL DOG WELFARE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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