Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 7

Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

All female board: -3

Large volunteer base +5
Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 2

CAREDOGS

CareDogs tackles loneliness and social isolation one dog walk at a time via our befriending service which gets older people outdoors and benefitting from both human and dog companionship. We provide local volunteering opportunities for dog owners and also host community dog-walking events in partnership with neighbouring charities and organisations to get more people out walking and talking.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why is the Board completely female?

Financial issues to consider:

Income was lower than spending in the latest year
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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/12/23	£6	£7	£-1	n/a
31/12/22	£12	£2	£10	n/a
31/12/21	£1	£1	£0	n/a
31/12/20	£1	£0	£1	n/a
31/12/19	£1	£0	£1	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

http://caredogs.org.uk/

hello@caredogs.org.uk

07545832912

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Animals
Disability
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£3,160	12/09/2022	Covid response

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

ALEX SCOTLAND Appointed: 2019

DELPHINE CHUI (Chair) Appointed: 2018

DEBORAH WARREN Appointed: 2021

FELICITY WINKLEY Appointed: 2020

MELANIE ASTBURY Appointed: 2019

PALOMA ROBINSON Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/12/2018, number: 1181339

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

CareDogs Charity
CVA Resource Centre
82 London Road
Croydon
Greater London
CR0 2TB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO, AS A RESULT OF THEIR AGE, MENTAL HEALTH OR CIRCUMSTANCES, ARE LONELY OR SOCIALLY ISOLATED, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A BEFRIENDING SERVICE DESIGNED TO ENABLE SUCH PEOPLE TO ENJOY THE COMPANY OF VOLUNTEERS AND THEIR DOGS OR A SERVICE DESIGNED TO ENABLE SUCH PEOPLE TO ADOPT A COMPANION DOG, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING: A) A VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROVIDING BEFRIENDING AND OPPORTUNITIES TO GO ON DOG WALKS; ORB) WHERE APPROPRIATE, A MATCHING SERVICE TO IDENTIFY A SUITABLE DOG.

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