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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 5
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Overall weighted support: +0
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

DORSET SEARCH DOGS

Dorset Search Dogs uses dogs to help the police and other statutory bodies search for missing people in the UK.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly male
  • 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
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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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
31/03/24£16£12£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£22£27£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£2£5£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£29£13£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£5£12£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£18£7£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£11£12£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£6£4£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£5£5£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£4£4£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£7£3£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

www.dorsetsearchdogs.org.uk

info@dorsetsearchdogs.org.uk

01202 222222

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Professional associations
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bournemouth, Dorset, Hampshire, Isle Of Wight, Poole, Somerset, Surrey, Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Dorset Search Dogs
£7,466 19/11/2018
We want to buy specialist medical kits for our qualified first responders to improve the chance of survival when a missing person is found.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • MATTHEW COOKE Appointed: 2011
  • RICHARD WELLER Appointed: 2024
  • SERENA FIELD Appointed: 2024
  • WAYNE SMITH Appointed: 2023
  • ANDREW EDWARDS Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/01/2012, number: 1145479
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

C/O DORSET POLICE
BOURNEMOUTH POLICE STATION
5 MADEIRA ROAD
BOURNEMOUTH
BH1 1QQ

Objectives

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH AND LIFE BY THE PROVISION OF VOLUNTEER SEARCH AND RESCUE DOGS TO ASSIST IN THE SEARCH AND RESCUE OF MISSING PERSONS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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