Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 11

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess liquidity: -1
Large legacies income: +1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
Fundraising costs high: -3

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

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 15

CANINE PARTNERS FOR INDEPENDENCE

Training of assistance dogs to support and help people with severe disabilities enjoy greater independence and a better quality of life and, where possible, help them into education and employment. Also to support the partnership once graduated throughout the working life of the dog always being mindful of its wellbeing.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Established: 34 years

www.caninepartners.org.uk

info@caninepartners.org.uk

01730716003

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/12/22	£3,261	£3,734	£-473	£948	£8,223	£4,724	15.2	68	850
31/12/21	£3,103	£3,321	£-218	£583	£8,696	£5,005	18.1	68	1,000
31/12/20	£4,400	£3,285	£1,115	£570	£8,914	£5,102	18.6	73	800
31/12/19	£3,759	£3,499	£261	£625	£7,799	£4,140	14.2	71	1,000
31/12/18	£4,891	£3,208	£1,682	£575	£7,539	£4,112	15.4	68	900
31/12/17	£3,451	£3,292	£160	£655	£5,856	£2,554	9.3	71	0
31/12/16	£3,668	£3,216	£452	£623	£5,697	£2,472	9.2	68	0
31/12/15	£3,773	£3,122	£651	£780	£5,245	£2,254	8.7	60	0
31/12/14	£3,383	£2,990	£393	£777	£4,594	£1,709	6.9	54	0
31/12/13	£3,083	£2,467	£617	£678	£4,201	£1,613	7.8	52	0
31/12/12	£2,386	£2,258	£128	£668	£3,584	£1,622	8.6	45	0
31/12/11	£2,161	£2,059	£102	£574	£3,456	£1,569	9.1	41	0
31/12/10	£2,096	£1,712	£384	£480	£3,354	£1,428	10	35	0
31/12/09	£1,666	£1,454	£212	£414	£2,970	£1,018	8.4	31	0
31/12/08	£2,032	£1,395	£637	£418	£2,758	£853	7.3	28	0
31/12/07	£1,398	£1,291	£108	£428	£2,121	£628	5.8	23	0
31/12/06	£1,125	£1,120	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	£1,011	£995	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	£875	£851	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 29.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 25.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 57%
Reserves/Spending: 15.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 7.4

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Disability

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

68 employees
850 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

Wolfson Foundation	£60,000
Masonic Trust	£31,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£30,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£18,890

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - TASK to Canine Partners for Independence
£10,000	20/10/2023	TASK fund donation towards core costs
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Canine Partners
£250	26/04/2023	As requested by the donor towards trained assistance dogs for people who have physical disabilities
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000	16/01/2023	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Canine Partners
£2,879	23/10/2021	We'd like to train young dogs to become assistance dogs for people with physical disabilities.
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£30,000	24/02/2021	A grant to support assistance dogs for physically disabled older people across England and Wales.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting vulnerable physically disabled adults throughout Covid-19
£9,000	22/05/2020 5	The project will use funding to continue its programme of support to people during the coronavirus pandemic including a telephone advice service vet and fostering service and training for volunteers. ....more The project will use funding to continue its programme of support to people during the coronavirus pandemic including a telephone advice service vet and fostering service and training for volunteers. The project aims to provide those most at risk and needing assistance with support ensuring they can live safely while isolated.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting physically disabled adults in the North of England
£9,890	23/03/2020 12	The funding will be used to provide support to disabled people who have been partnered with an assistance dog. The project aims to enable more independence and confidence knowing that help is there ....more The funding will be used to provide support to disabled people who have been partnered with an assistance dog. The project aims to enable more independence and confidence knowing that help is there if needed to adapt to living with a service companion.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Canine Partners for Independence
£30,000	28/11/2019	extension to a Kennel and Welfare Centre for a charity which works with people with disabilities in the midlands
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Canine Partners
£60,000	13/06/2019	Construction of a new facility in Leicestershire to support training of assistance dogs for people with physical disabilities across the UK
National Lottery Community Fund - Kennels & Dog Welfare Centre
£10,000	25/10/2017 12	This project will create a welfare centre for trained assistance dogs, increasing their capacity to support people with disabilities.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Canine Partners for Independence
£100,000	05/12/2012	towards the construction of a new Training Centre near Loughborough to train assistance dogs for people with disabilities throughout the UK

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-66

DR CLIVE MARK ELWOOD MAVETMBMSC Appointed: 2013

GIDEON SCHULMAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director

GILLIAN WEBB Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

JAMES CHARLES WILLIAM HARKNESS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

JOANNA HILL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Volunteer

NICHOLAS JAMES SYDENHAM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/07/1990, number: 803680
Registered at Companies House on 27/06/1990, number: 02516146

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

22/07/2020 - Asset transfer in from THE JUNE STEVENS FOUNDATION
13/09/2022 - Asset transfer in from GEORGE AYRES BENEVOLENT TRUST
09/02/2023 - Asset transfer in from MARKET BOSWORTH AGRICULTURAL HORTICULTURAL AND EQUESTRIAN SOCIETY

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE JUNE STEVENS FOUNDATION on 22/07/2020
Asset transfer in from GEORGE AYRES BENEVOLENT TRUST on 13/09/2022
Asset transfer in from MARKET BOSWORTH AGRICULTURAL HORTICULTURAL AND EQUESTRIAN SOCIETY on 09/02/2023

Main office

Canine Partners
Midlands Training Centre
Ashby Road,Osgathorpe
LOUGHBOROUGH
Leicestershire
LE12 9SR

Objectives

TO PURCHASE BREED OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRE TO TRAIN AND EDUCATE DOGS TO ACT AND BE PROVDED TO GIVE EFFICIENT AND SAFE ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHO ARE DISABLED PHYSICALLY, TO TRAIN AND EDUCATE FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT DISABLED PERSONS IN THE PROPER AND SAFE USE OF SUCH DOGS AND TO PROVIDE SUCH ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR THE RELIEF OF DISABLED PERSONS AS THE ASSOCIATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DEEM FIT AND ALSO TO WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS OR IN INSTITUTIONS AS PART OF PET FACILITATED THERAPY PROGRAMMES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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