CAREDOGS

Charity Number: 1181339
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

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.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £6,281
Total expenditure: £7,181

People

6 Trustee(s)

30 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

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
  • Disability
  • Animals
Who the charity helps:
  • Elderly/old People
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England

Governance

Registration history:
  • 21 December 2018: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • CARE DOGS CHARITY (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease 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

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
DELPHINE CHUI Chair 01 December 2018
None on record
Deborah Warren Trustee 05 July 2021
None on record
Felicity Winkley Trustee 04 May 2020
None on record
Paloma Robinson Trustee 29 July 2019
None on record
Melanie Astbury Trustee 09 June 2019
None on record
Alex Scotland Trustee 09 May 2019
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 £815 £1.35k £1.27k £12.19k £6.28k
Total expenditure £303 £293 £1.12k £1.91k £7.18k
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

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 25 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 25 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 27 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 27 October 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 05 July 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 05 July 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 05 June 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 03 November 2020 3 days late Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 21 DEC 2018 AMENDED ON 15 JUN 2020 as amended on 12 Apr 2022 as amended on 18 Jan 2025

Charitable objects

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, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING: A) A VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROVIDING INDIVIDUAL BEFRIENDING AND OPPORTUNITIES TO GO ON DOG WALKS B) A VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROVIDING GROUP OPPORTUNITIES TO GO ON DOG WALKS C) A VOLUNTEER SERVICE WHICH PARTNERS WITH OTHER LOCAL CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS TO BRING OUR DOG WALKING EXPERIENCE TO PARTICIPANTS OVER THE AGE OF 18 IN PARTNER ORGANISATION'S GROUNDS OR NEARBY GREEN SPACES

Contact information

Address:
CareDogs Charity
CVA Resource Centre
82 London Road
Croydon
Greater London
CR0 2TB
Phone:
07545832912
Email:
hello@caredogs.org.uk
Website:

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