Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

SUPPORT DOGS LIMITED

Support Dogs Ltd trains assistance dogs for people with physical disabilities, Epilepsy and families of children with Autism.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£1,817£1,453£365£454£2,802£2,6622238200
31/12/22£1,494£1,239£256£399£2,438£2,25421.834200
31/12/21£1,025£1,115£-90£340£2,182£1,9472132200
31/12/20£1,122£1,025£97£320£2,272£1,93322.628200
31/12/19£1,841£975£866£343£2,175£1,75121.528100
31/12/18£1,383£939£444£325£1,309£1,06913.7280
31/12/17£918£751£168£264£865£78712.6260
31/12/16£780£606£175£225£698£62012.3220
31/12/15£708£492£216£179£523£46711.4180
31/12/14£445£413£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£464£434£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£459£423£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£359£368£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£367£353£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£374£339£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£190£303£-114n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07*£451£322£129n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06*£193£192£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05*£136£204£-68n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£194£189£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 25.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 31.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 22 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 21 months
Quick Ratio: 31.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 23 years

www.supportdogs.org.uk

info@supportdogs.org.uk

01142617800

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£30,304
BBC Children in Need£3,000
DCMS£3,000
Masonic Trust£1,750
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Bereavement After Care
£10,000 11/11/2022
The funding will be used to train staff and volunteers to provide bereavement after-care support for people who are living with autism epilepsy and other disabilities whose assistance dog has reached the end of its working and natural life. It will ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500 18/01/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Masonic Trust - MCF Festival
£1,250 02/02/2021
A grant towards two support partnerships in East Kent.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 Support dogs proposal
£20,304 08/07/2020
6
The funding will provide continued digital training and support for people who have specially assigned support dogs to help them with their respective disabilities or health conditions. The aim is to continue training as close to as normal as before ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Support Dogs Limited
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund staff time, a laptop and safeguarding training in order to support autistic young people who are feeling anxious and isolated due to Covid-19. This will result in reduced anxiety.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000 22/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Support Dogs
£4,753 15/11/2019
We want to provide 24/7 support for working autism assistance dog partnerships in the Sheffield area.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Support Dogs Limited
£10,000 10/08/2017
12
This project will train a dog in order to meet the specific requirements of a child, assisting with day to day tasks such as helping the child dress and undress, pick up dropped items open and close doors and raise an alert.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Support Dogs Limited
£102,704 11/10/2016
36
This project will facilitate and develop relationships and training between young children with Autism and their support dogs. The young people will all be living with a sibling under 18 years of age and will also feature a heavy focus on their ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-69
  • AMANDA ROYSTON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Marketing Director
  • AMY GOODSON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Director
  • DAVID JOHN HOBSON (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant
  • DR GRAINNE O'CONNOR Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Doctoral Candidate
  • KATIE REED Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Associate At Walker Morris Sports Group
  • KATIE STEVENS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Primary Care Trust Chair
  • KEITH WILLIAMS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Regional Manager
  • KELLY LYCETT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Area Council Manager
  • LAURA WINSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Company Director
  • MARY JEANINE BROADHEAD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • MAURICE O'BRIEN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/08/2001, number: 1088281
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/03/2001, number: 04190624
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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; AR07: 123 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 8 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from ROTARY CLUB OF BATLEY CHARITABLE TRUST on 26/01/2022
  • Asset transfer in from OPEN DOORS on 20/06/2022
  • Asset transfer in from F.A.B.L.E (FOR A BETTER LIFE WITH EPILEPSY) on 09/08/2022
  • Asset transfer in from THE JOHN WALKE TRUST on 06/10/2022
  • Asset transfer in from THE H J CHARITABLE TRUST on 06/07/2023
Main office

Support Dogs
Unit 21
Jessops Riverside
800 Brightside Lane
SHEFFIELD

Objectives

1. TO TRAIN AND EDUCATE DOGS TO ACT AS EFFICIENT AND SAFE ASSISTANTS FOR DISABLED PERSONS;2. TO TRAIN AND EDUCATE DISABLED PERSONS IN THE PROPER SAFE USE 0F SUCH DOGS AND IN THE ESSENTIALS OF CANINE CARE AND MANAGEMENT;3. TO PROVIDE SUCH ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR THE RELIEF OF DISABLED PERSONS AS THE ASSOCIATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DEEM APPROPRIATE;

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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