SUPPORT DOGS LIMITED

Charity number: 1088281
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Support Dogs Ltd trains assistance dogs for people with physical disabilities, Epilepsy and families of children with Autism.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

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Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • Animals
Who the charity helps:
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 30 August 2001: Standard registration
  • 26 January 2022: Funds received from 226996 ROTARY CLUB OF BATLEY CHARITABLE TRUST
  • 20 June 2022: Funds received from 1006623 OPEN DOORS
  • 09 August 2022: Funds received from 1058958 F.A.B.L.E (FOR A BETTER LIFE WITH EPILEPSY)
  • 06 October 2022: Funds received from 517892 THE JOHN WALKE TRUST
  • 06 July 2023: Funds received from 261179 THE H J CHARITABLE TRUST
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • DISABILITY ASSISTANCE DOGS (Working name)
  • SEIZURE ALERT DOGS (Working name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

12 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
David John Hobson Chair 14 January 2021
None on record
Imogen Parker Trustee 25 April 2025
None on record
Katie Stevens Trustee 01 August 2024
BRITISH EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION
Received: On time
SCOPE
Received: On time
THE ORPHEUS CENTRE TRUST
Received: On time
Laura Winson Trustee 01 August 2024
None on record
Kelly Lycett Trustee 01 August 2024
None on record
Amanda Royston Trustee 14 January 2021
None on record
Maurice O'Brien Trustee 14 January 2021
None on record
Mary Jeanine Broadhead Trustee 01 August 2018
None on record
Dr Grainne O'Connor Trustee 07 June 2018
None on record
Keith Williams Trustee 14 April 2016
None on record
Amy Goodson Trustee 17 September 2015
None on record
Katie Reed Trustee 17 September 2015
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £1.84m £1.12m £1.02m £1.49m £1.82m
Total expenditure £975.16k £1.02m £1.12m £1.24m £1.45m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £1.79m £1.09m £1.00m £1.47m £1.75m
Income - Other trading activities £45.17k £36.50k £23.88k £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £1.84k £222 £79 £367 £31.39k
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 £26.09k £33.64k
Income - Legacies £928.64k £258.55k £87.54k £365.98k £751.27k
Expenditure - Charitable activities £632.12k £704.55k £775.52k £839.78k £998.43k
Expenditure - Raising funds £343.03k £320.32k £339.75k £398.97k £454.39k
Expenditure - Governance £12.15k £19.26k £15.65k £14.85k £21.22k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Own use assets £275.36k £265.69k £255.72k £247.45k £262.95k
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Other assets £2.06m £2.16m £2.06m £2.26m £2.60m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £160.91k £149.13k £132.04k £67.02k £64.51k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 03 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 03 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 21 September 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 21 September 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 02 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 02 September 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 13 September 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 13 September 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 08 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 08 October 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Contact information

Address:
Support Dogs
Unit 21
Jessops Riverside
800 Brightside Lane
SHEFFIELD
Phone:
01142617800