Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Only 4 Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 9

HYPO HOUNDS

Hypo Hounds is an assistance dog provider - providing Diabetic Alert Assistance Dogs to predominantly children with Type 1 Diabetes, we are able to assist adults if there is a clinical need.

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Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
There are only 4 trustees
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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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	£147	£134	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	123
31/03/22	£86	£152	£-65	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	130
31/03/21	£323	£81	£242	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/20	£132	£84	£49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/19	£59	£57	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
31/03/18	£41	£37	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£66	£13	£53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.hypohounds.co.uk

info@hypohounds.co.uk

01233 756555

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Animals
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Throughout England,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
123 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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,000
DCMS	£8,100
Masonic Trust	£6,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	22/04/2022	Main Grants award
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,100	24/07/2020	"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."
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting disabled clients through the Covid 19 pandemic
£9,000	29/05/2020 6	The funding will be used for core costs so specialist trainers can train assistant dogs for children and young people with type 1 diabetes to recognise hypoglycemic and hyperglycemia attacks. The ....more The funding will be used for core costs so specialist trainers can train assistant dogs for children and young people with type 1 diabetes to recognise hypoglycemic and hyperglycemia attacks. The funding will also support families and carers with mental health sessions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£6,000	07/06/2019	Unrestricted core funding for small charities

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDY DAVIE Appointed: 2023

CLAIRE SPRINGALL Appointed: 2024

JOHN FREEMAN (Chair) Appointed: 2023

STEPHANIE PASQUILL Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/03/2016, number: 1165858

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

THE BARN
Lested Farm Offices
Plough Wents Road
Chart Sutton
Kent
ME17 3SA

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH IN CHILDREN AND RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH AND DISABILITY. ASSISTING THOSE WITH CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS OR ILLNESS (IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, TYPE 1 DIABETES) BY PROVIDING SPECIALIST ASSISTANCE DOGS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE CARE AND ASSISTANCE TO THEM.

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