Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

LABRADOR RESCUE KENT AND BORDERS 

Labrador rescue kent aims to recover, rehabilitate and re-home any Labrador Retriever who has been ill-treated, neglected or whose owners can no longer keep it.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

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
31/10/23£21£14£7n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/10/22£15£15£-1n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/10/21£11£11£0n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/10/20£16£11£5n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/10/19£13£10£3n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/10/18£18£13£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/17£13£10£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/16£11£6£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/15£17£12£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/14£18£13£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/13£12£8£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/12£23£14£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/11£16£17£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/10£25£26£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/09£35£24£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/08£26£32£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/07£26£25£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/06£34£31£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/05£27£26£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/04£20£20£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 26 years

www.labrescuekent.co.uk

labrescuekent@aol.com

01580720408

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Animals
GiG Classification
  • Animal welfare
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 12 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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Freedom Foundation
£3,220 24/10/2020
We plan to deliver our Safe Selfie campaign in the local area to educate children about how to stay safe online.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/01/1998, number: 1067495
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

1 WHEATFIELD CLOSE
CRANBROOK
TN17 3NA

Objectives

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM TO ALLEVIATE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING CAUSED TO DOGS AND IN PARTICULAR THE BREED KNOWN AS LABRADORS WHICH MAY BE ABANDONED, ILL-TREATED, NEGLECTED OR UNWANTED IN THE COUNTY OF KENT AND THOSE OF ADJOINING AND NEIGHBOURING LOCAL AUTHORITY DISTRICTS AND AREAS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COUNTY OF KENT AND SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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