Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 7

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess liquidity: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 13

MEDICAL DETECTION DOGS

1) Carries out research into the diagnosis of cancer and other medical conditions/health threats.2) Provides medical assistance dogs to people with life threatening medical conditions such as aggressive diabetes.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 16 years

www.medicaldetectiondogs.org.uk

operations@medicaldetectiondogs.org.uk

01296655888

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£1,889	£2,495	£-606	£214	£4,207	£3,623	17.4	54	715
31/03/22	£2,552	£2,284	£268	£150	£4,813	£4,218	22.2	44	678
31/03/21	£2,952	£2,058	£894	£150	£4,545	£4,052	23.6	43	700
31/03/20	£1,657	£2,036	£-379	£119	£3,501	£3,199	18.9	53	560
31/03/19	£2,378	£1,892	£486	£232	£3,880	£3,498	22.2	47	452
31/03/18	£1,917	£1,851	£66	£206	£3,164	£2,488	16.1	47	0
31/03/17	£1,862	£1,385	£477	£184	£3,098	£2,207	19.1	36	0
31/03/16	£1,474	£1,041	£434	£151	£2,621	£2,027	23.4	23	0
31/03/15	£1,441	£784	£657	£181	£2,188	£1,380	21.1	15	0
31/03/14	£1,502	£501	£1,001	£76	£1,531	£573	13.7	18	0
31/03/13	£542	£356	£186	£53	£530	£436	14.7	7	0
31/03/12	£375	£231	£145	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£285	£187	£98	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£138	£129	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£204	£111	£93	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 17.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
Quick Ratio: 13.8

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Disability
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

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

Who works here?

54 employees
715 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£90,605
Masonic Trust	£3,500
Co-Operative Group	£1,565

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Medical Detection Dogs
£1,565	23/10/2021	Our project will support our network of volunteers across England, who raise valuable funds for our community of Medical Alert Assistance Dog Partnerships and specially trained Bio Detection Dogs.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£3,500	26/01/2021	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£90,605	29/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-74

CLIVE EVEREST MA FCA (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: BLUE CROSS,

DR ALAN RUTHERFORD MAKEPEACE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Consultant Oncologist, Other trusteeship: LASTING LIFE THE SIMON MACCORKINDALE LEGACY,

DR MEGHANA JAIDEEP PANDIT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Doctor / Ceo Of A Hospital

JULIA MCKECHNIE-BURKE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

KELLY STAFFORD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Hr Director

SIOBHAN DENNIS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/06/2008, number: 1124533
Registered at Companies House on 15/10/2007, number: 06399500

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
Investment
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

15 returns made; all on time

Main office

Medical Detection Dogs
3 Millfield
Greenway Business Park Winslow Road
Great Horwood
Milton Keynes
MK17 0NP

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ( THE OBJECTS ) ARE;A) TO CONDUCT RESEARCH INTO THE DETECTION, RECOGNITION AND DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES AND MEDICAL CONDITIONS BY THE USE OF DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS TRAINED IN THE RECOGNITION OF RELEVANT STIMULI, AND THE PUBLICATION OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; ANDB) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY THE DETECTION, RECOGNITION AND DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES AND MEDICAL CONDITIONS, BY THE USE OF DOGS TRAINED IN THE RECOGNITION OF RELEVANT STIMULI.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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