Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess liquidity: -1
Large legacies income: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs high: -3

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 2

DOGS TRUST LEGACY

Dogs Trust operates a network of rehoming centres across the UK; each provides dog accomodation, puppy houses, isolation blocks and treatment rooms.Dogs Trust provides financial assistance to allow owners in genuine need to have their dogs neutered through participating veterinary practices.Dogs Trust provides dog training and educational material on responsible dog ownership.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity uses a corporate trustee

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Fundraising costs are extremely 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	£136,045	£138,649	£-2,604	£38,163	£209,134	£207,584	18	1,896	1,000
31/12/22	£124,599	£117,522	£7,077	£33,871	£209,854	£207,089	21.1	1,612	1,000
31/12/21	£119,472	£102,502	£16,970	£28,181	£213,183	£211,011	24.7	1,381	3,400
31/12/20	£11,475	£97,411	£-85,936	£23,758	£187,830	£185,790	22.9	1,465	2,520
31/12/19	£109,543	£116,579	£-7,036	£28,042	£170,778	£168,678	17.4	1,427	3,000
31/12/18	£111,086	£108,597	£2,489	£28,008	£168,130	£165,672	18.3	1,339	0
31/12/17	£106,446	£99,524	£6,922	£27,888	£168,772	£167,169	20.2	1,110	0
31/12/16	£98,395	£86,080	£12,315	£24,860	£157,378	£156,784	21.9	961	0
31/12/15	£89,894	£85,052	£4,842	£26,047	£140,634	£140,392	19.8	838	0
31/12/14	£84,743	£83,665	£1,078	£26,289	£130,160	£129,918	18.6	743	0
31/12/13	£76,560	£71,244	£5,316	£23,778	£128,427	£128,059	21.6	728	0
31/12/12	£71,999	£65,226	£6,773	£23,501	£118,028	£117,468	21.6	664	0
31/12/11	£65,973	£59,559	£6,414	£22,344	£109,213	£107,877	21.7	604	0
31/12/10	£61,695	£54,870	£6,825	£19,834	£105,101	£103,865	22.7	572	0
31/12/09	£60,702	£49,582	£11,120	£21,284	£95,520	£94,278	22.8	530	0
31/12/08	£51,409	£42,072	£9,337	£14,852	£81,374	£80,858	23.1	517	0
31/12/07	£45,017	£42,461	£2,556	£15,227	£77,181	£76,870	21.7	520	0
31/12/06	£41,225	£39,918	£1,307	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05	£37,466	£29,542	£7,924	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04	£34,084	£25,967	£8,117	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 30.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 27.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 18 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.2

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 62 years

www.dogstrust.org.uk

ContactCentre@dogstrust.org.uk

02078370006

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Animals
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Environment conservation advocacy

How it operates

Makes grants to organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Bosnia And Herzegovina, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Postcode Animal Trust - Regular Grant 2023
£3,100,000	29/03/2023	Regular unrestricted award
Essex Community Foundation - Dogs Trust
£2,000	25/08/2022	To re-home lost, unwanted and abandoned dogs at Basildon Dogs Trust, and to educate people in responsible dog ownership and care
Postcode Animal Trust - Regular Grant 2022
£3,000,000	16/03/2022	Regular unrestricted award
Postcode Animal Trust - 2022 Pet Friendly Housing award
£300,000	12/01/2022	One-off award

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (1)

DOGS TRUST TRUSTEE LTD

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/06/1963, number: 227523

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

19/07/2016 - Asset transfer in from THE TAILWAGGERS CLUB TRUST
22/07/2020 - Asset transfer in from THE JUNE STEVENS FOUNDATION
09/09/2022 - Asset transfer in from BLOODHOUND LIFELINE LIMITED
02/03/2023 - Asset transfer in from MICHAEL MAUGHAN CHARITABLE TRUST
20/04/2023 - Asset transfer in from THE EDWARD SHARPLES CHARITABLE TRUST
06/03/2024 - Asset transfer in from SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD (E) TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD
13/11/2024 - Asset transfer in from WEST MERCIA ANIMAL REFUGE

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
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

20 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE JUNE STEVENS FOUNDATION on 22/07/2020
Asset transfer in from BLOODHOUND LIFELINE LIMITED on 09/09/2022
Asset transfer in from MICHAEL MAUGHAN CHARITABLE TRUST on 02/03/2023
Asset transfer in from THE EDWARD SHARPLES CHARITABLE TRUST on 20/04/2023

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Main office

17 WAKLEY STREET
LONDON
EC1V 7RQ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF DOGS TRUST SHALL BE (AND FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT WHETHER WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD) TO PROTECT DOGS AND SUCH OTHER ANIMALS IN THE TRUSTEE’S DISCRETION FROM MALTREATMENT, CRUELTY AND SUFFERING

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNRESTRICTED

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