Dogs Trust Annual Report and Accounts 2014

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Dogs Trust
Annual Report and Accounts
2014
From the Chairman
2014 was a good year for Dogs
Trust, with the charity finding
homes for 12,419 dogs. A strong
year in terms of fundraising and
legacies meant we were able to
extend our canine welfare activities
further than ever before.
As part of this, 2014 saw us opening two brand new
rehoming centres in Basildon and Manchester, both of
which are running smoothly since they opened in July
and October, respectively. Besides our rehoming work,
the charity was also able to provide neutering operations
for 73,549 dogs around the UK and Ireland, and provide
free microchips for a further 264,240 dogs in the UK. Our
training and behaviour work was extended to include the
introduction of affordable dog training programmes in
South Wales.
This year also saw a restructure in the way Dogs Trust is
governed, with existing Trustees becoming Directors of
a new company, ‘Dogs Trust Trustee Limited’, which is
now the Charity’s sole Trustee. This brings us into line
with other major charities in terms of our organisational
structure.
I will not be standing for re-election at the forthcoming
AGM in June, however I am pleased to say I will serve as
Vice Chairman for the coming year and, subsequently, as
a Council Member. Finally, to the staff, my fellow Council
Members, and to you, the supporters – I would like to say
a most heartfelt thank you for your steadfast support over
the years.
Philip Daubeny
Chairman
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Dogs Trust is the UK’s biggest rehomer of stray and abandoned dogs.
Our Mission
Dogs Trust is working towards the day when all dogs can
enjoy a happy life, free from the threat of unnecessary
destruction.
We are absolutely determined to STOP healthy dogs being put to sleep
in the UK and beyond. We never destroy a healthy dog in our care.
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Dogs Trust Basildon, very early days...
Welcome to Dogs Trust Manchester
In and around our Manchester centre
The Village Green at Dogs Trust Manchester
Getting a check-up in the veterinary room, Dogs Trust Basildon
Our Successes
Our mission is what drives us forward. 1999 was a year of massive change for
Dogs Trust. We had a complete rethink about our approach to tackling the
stray dog problem in the UK. The problem was enormous, with approximately
133,500 stray dogs being taken in by local authorities, of which 21,360 dogs
were destroyed (by local authorities).
We knew that simply providing rescue and rehoming services was like applying a sticking plaster to a gaping wound. We
knew that we had to do much, much more to stop this needless waste of life. So we did.
In 1999, we began our neutering, microchipping and responsible dog ownership education campaigns. Since then we have
invested millions in ensuring as many dogs as possible are neutered and microchipped, and invested heavily in promoting
responsible dog ownership among current and potential owners.
As a result, despite the UK dog population increasing by over 34% (6.7 million in 1999, to an estimated 9 million in 2014*),
the number of stray dogs being destroyed by local authorities has decreased by over 33%**.
However, thousands more dogs still need saving, so we need to be there for as many as possible. Over recent years the
charity has witnessed amazing growth; in January 1999, we owned 13 rehoming centres in the UK; today we own 21
rehoming centres in the UK and Ireland.
During the past 16 years
we have undertaken
17 major
construction
projects
Extensive
rebuilding of
8 centres
7 brand
new centres
2 centres
relocated and
built from scratch
In 1999 we cared for 11,252 dogs, and in 2014 we cared for 16,731***. In the years to come, more centres will be built, and
many more dogs’ lives will be saved. We are confident that we will one day see the day when no healthy dog is destroyed.
Until then, here’s what we’re doing...
*source: Pet Food Manufacturers Association 2013; www.pfma.org.uk
**Dogs Trust analysis
***includes dogs returned by their owner
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Operational Review
PREVENTION AND CURE
The best remedy
Some years ago we decided that
prevention was far better than
cure when it comes to solving
the problem of healthy dogs
being put to sleep in pounds.
This holistic approach informs
all aspects of our work. Thus,
our lifesaving rehoming work,
while forming the largest area
of our day to day activities, runs
in tandem with programmes
designed to prevent dogs
landing in rehoming centres,
through tackling the causes of
the problem.
We will continue to educate dog
owners about responsible ownership,
and we will continue to help owners
who want advice on training their dog,
and we will attempt to influence the
country’s law makers into providing
just and sensible laws which improve
dog welfare.
Throughout 2014 we increased our
investment in a range of preventative
measures, including mass neutering,
microchipping, education, advising
government and public sector officials,
and academic behavioural research, as
longer term solutions.
The scale of the stray and abandoned
dog problem in the UK is a significant
one. Between 1 April 2013 and
31 March 2014, there were 110,675
stray and abandoned dogs collected
by local authorities in the UK. Of
these, 7,058 were destroyed by the
local authority animal wardens. In
the Republic of Ireland the picture
is similar, with councils collecting
15,481 stray dogs, and 3,516 of these
being destroyed (from 1 January to 31
December 2013).
Dogs Trust is committed to stopping
the stray and unwanted dog problem,
and as such annually publishes the
most authoritative data concerning the
number of stray dogs collected by local
authorities in the UK. Our statistics are
the only ones used by the government
and public sector bodies when
discussing stray dogs and their welfare.
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GOALS IN 2014
Build and open two new rehoming centres in Basildon
and Manchester
Achieved
Launch a national free microchipping service in association
with vets across the UK, in advance of the introduction of
compulsory microchipping for all dogs resident in England
in April 2015
Achieved
Set up a centralised contact centre to handle all public
calls to the rehoming centres, freeing up centre staff
from administrative tasks to focus on dog care, while also
improving our customer service.
Achieved
Examine the effects of the recent changes to the Pet
Passport Scheme with regard to puppies being brought
illegally in to the UK
Ongoing
Create Dogs Trust Worldwide as a separate company
Achieved
Set up a pilot scheme for affordable dog training courses,
using Dogs Trust approved trainers, for owners living in
south Wales
Achieved
Extend the reach of our youth education work
Achieved
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE – OUR GOALS FOR 2015
Rehome even more dogs than 2014
Extend our affordable training and behaviour lessons for dog owners into other
areas of the UK
Rebuild older rehoming centres at Evesham and Newbury. Both centres are in
need of extensive repair to external and internal structures
Expand the existing Home From Home scheme, for dogs which can benefit from
living with foster carers away from a rehoming centre. This year we aim to extend
the Home From Home scheme to a further five centres so that even more nervous
dogs can find their new owner without having to experience kennel life
Identify potential sites for new rehoming centres in the UK and Republic of Ireland
Expand the youth education programme to include secondary schools
Urge the government (and Defra) to bring in tighter legislative controls to the Pet
Travel Scheme in order to curb the puppy smuggling trade
Persuade the government to review the regulations governing the Greyhound
racing industry, and extend their scope to include safeguarding the welfare of the
dogs away from the track
Open new Dogs Trust charity shops in the UK
Increase the number of volunteers helping in our shops, fundraising efforts and at
the rehoming centres
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Curative Work
REHOMING
THE DOGS
Unfortunately, the number of dogs we rehomed in 2014
was down by 2.5% on 2013.
We believe the main reason for this is the ease and speed
with which people can now buy a puppy online. With
hundreds of websites selling a huge variety of puppies, it
is now extremely easy for prospective owners to get what
they believe will be their dream dog with a click of the
mouse and their credit card handy.
People have seen that buying a puppy online is often far
cheaper than buying a puppy from a reputable breeder.
The low prices are a result of many of these puppies having
been bred overseas, and then smuggled in by illegal traders.
Unfortunately not all of the pups are raised or transported
in adequate welfare conditions.
One of the clearest examples of this trend is the fact
that over Christmas 2014 and New Year 2015 period our
rehoming centres saw double the number of dogs handed
over or abandoned than they would normally expect. Over
the festive period we took in 174 dogs, many of which had
been received as Christmas gifts.
In order to put a figure on just how many people are
looking for puppies to give as Christmas presents we used
Google analytics, and created a fake ‘puppies for sale’
advert of our own, which was placed online in November.
The software analysis revealed that 211,000 people
searched for a dog for Christmas online, via Google. Our
fake ‘puppies for sale’ advert showed that nearly 20,000
people specifically clicked onto the advert looking to buy a
pup in the run up to Christmas.
This combination of factors has resulted in fewer people
coming to a rescue centre – not just Dogs Trust but other
animal welfare groups too - as their first or even second
port of call. Unfortunately it has also meant that we now
are being given even more dogs at around six months to
one year old, once their owner has tired of them or their
novelty value has worn off. We have seen that pups bought
on a whim are often given up fairly speedily.
12,419
dogs rehome
d
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Performance
2014
THE TOTAL COST OF OUR
REHOMING WORK IS
IN 2015, WE PLAN TO CARE
FOR AROUND
17,400
DOGS
IN 2014 WE CARED
FOR 16,731* DOGS
THIS IS 1%
LESS THAN IN 2013
*
includes dogs rehomed and then
returned by owner
OF THE 15,108 DOGS WE TOOK IN:
203 WERE REUNITED WITH THEIR OWNERS
12,419
24 DIED
190 WERE PUT TO SLEEP OF THESE, 131 WERE EUTHANASED FOR HEALTH REASONS,
59 WERE EUTHANASED BECAUSE THEY WERE DEEMED
TO HAVE POOR QUALITY OF LIFE, RESULTING
FROM MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
WERE REHOMED
TO NEW OWNERS
1,794 WERE IN OUR REHOMING CENTRES ON 31 DECEMBER 2014 WE NEVER DESTROY A HEALTHY DOG
DOGS COME IN TO DOGS TRUST VIA A NUMBER OF ROUTES
IN 2014...
6,593
8,184
DOGS WERE GIVEN AS
HAND OVERS FROM THE
PUBLIC
DOGS WERE STRAYS
GIVEN TO US BY
LOCAL
AUTHORITIES
OR TRANSFERRED
FROM OTHER
ORGANISATIONS
331
WERE BORN IN OUR
REHOMING CENTRES
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In 2014, the most common dogs in our
care were:
Generic crossbreed 15.3%
Terrier cross type
9.8%
Border Collie type
9.6%
Labrador type
8.6%
Jack Russell terrier
8.0%
Staffordshire bull
terrier type
7.1%
Lurcher
5.4%
Springer Spaniel type
3.5%
German shepherd type
3.0%
Greyhound
1.5%
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THE PEOPLE
HOME FROM HOME SCHEME
We’re proud of our rehoming staff.
In 2014 we employed 708 staff at our
rehoming centres.
The Home From Home scheme springs
from our aim to find all dogs in our
care good homes – a direct result of
our non-destruction policy (see below).
This is a volunteer foster scheme to
help us rehome dogs which aren’t
suited to life in kennels. This may
be because they are older and not
accustomed to being surrounded by
other dogs, or that they came to us
from a working home and need that
kind of environment to thrive.
With the opening of two new
rehoming centres, in Basildon, Essex
and latterly Denton, Manchester, we
employed extra staff to help love and
care for our dogs, 365 days of the year.
All of our centres employ a mix of
canine carers, vet nurses, maintenance
technicians, managers, training and
behaviour advisors, receptionists,
but at Dogs Trust Manchester we
are piloting a new role within the
rehoming team, that of visitor host.
The visitor host enables each visitor to
learn even more about our resident
dogs, and enhances the visitor’s
experience of what could well be their
first trip to a rescue centre.
Our rehoming staff are supported
in their daily tasks by around 2,500
volunteers. Between them the
volunteers walked hundreds of miles
with our dogs, and gave us countless
hours of invaluable help, including
anything from puppy socialisation,
to washing bedding, to plenty of
walking. Because our volunteers are
such an important part of rehoming
centre life we have plans to increase
the numbers of volunteers in 2015.
THE CONTACT CENTRE
Finding more homes for even more
dogs is the focus for 2015. To this
end, in 2014 a public contact centre
was established in October within the
new Dogs Trust Manchester premises,
in order to free up our rehoming
centre staff from time-consuming
administrative tasks, so they can focus
firmly on caring for our dogs – and
save even more dogs’ lives.
Since it opened in late September
2014, until 31 January 2015, the centre
took over 66,000 phone calls from
members of the public, and is currently
handling an average of 6,000 calls per
week.
Currently, our foster care scheme
operates with an encouraging success
rate at our centres in Leeds, Darlington
and Evesham. Our goal for 2015 is
to expand the scheme into a further
five centres around our national
network. We estimate that this will
cost £120,000.
PERFORMANCE
2014
BEHAVIOURAL WORK Ensuring all our dogs are happy
while they are in our care is a
central part of our ethos. The
behavioural team is responsible
for all behaviour assessment
and behavioural modification
programmes carried out at the
rehoming centres, as well as
running dog training classes for
recent rehomers at many of the
centres.
We have 24 training and behaviour
advisors (TBAs) based at the rehoming
centres, and four senior behaviourists
who travel from centre to centre.
Additionally, we have the two Special
Training and Rehabilitation (STAR)
units operating at Evesham and
Loughborough, and the two special
facilities for long-term care dogs at
Salisbury and Loughborough. At
Loughborough, the two behavioural
facilities are known collectively as
Stepping Stones, as we believe some
of the resident dogs are suitable for
rehoming, and need not necessarily
remain at the rehoming centre for
the rest of their lives. In 2014 the
two long-term dog care facilities
provided safe homes for around 35
dogs who prefer to keep canine-only
company, while the specialist staff at
the Stepping Stones units were able to
look after 51 long-term dogs.
In 2014 the senior behaviour team
provided behavioural workshops and
a training film for the Royal Mail’s
postal workers. Additionally, the
senior team gave behavioural advice
on request to 18 local authorities and
several police forces. Members of the
team also shared their knowledge with
international animal rescue groups in
India and Malta.
At the University of Bristol, nine
students graduated in 2014 with a
Certificate of Higher Education in
Companion Animal Welfare and
Behavioural Rehabilitation. This is
the second cohort of students to
have completed their course, which
was instigated and funded by Dogs
Trust. We provide funding for the
lectureship, and for eight places for
Dogs Trust staff members to study
on the two year course. There are a
further eight places available for nonDogs Trust students.
VETERINARY
Our Shared Adoption Scheme, created
to assist people in rehoming dogs with
medical conditions, continues to prove
popular with the public.
Under the scheme, anybody rehoming
a dog with certain medical conditions
may have the veterinary costs covered
for the treatment of that particular
ailment, for the rest of the dog’s life.
The Shared Adoption Scheme currently
covers almost 6,000 dogs, at a total
cost of just under £1.3 million in 2014.
Dogs Trust has a non-destruction
policy and never puts a healthy
dog down. It is very rare for a dog
to be put to sleep in our care: the
percentage of dogs ‘put to sleep or
died’ at our centres in 2014 was 1.25%.
All decisions regarding euthanasia are
overseen by the veterinary director.
Away from the centres, the
veterinary director, working
together with other members
of the Canine Welfare Grants
Committee approved funding
for five different research
projects (all non-invasive)
by under graduate and post
graduate students. Among
the projects we chose to fund
were ‘Investigation of a novel
non-invasive method to
detect hypersensitivity of
the neck skin’ to Mr Nicolas
Granger of the University of
Bristol, and ‘Identification
of gene(s) predisposing
to syringomyelia
associated with Chiari-like
malformation in the CKCS’
to Dr Clare Rusbridge of
the University of Surrey.
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PROPERTY
Over the past 16 years we have completed 17 major
construction projects, and 2014 was our biggest year
yet for ambitious building work, with two brand new
rehoming centres built and fully operational by the close of
December.
In July we opened Dogs Trust Basildon, our new Essex
rehoming centre. The 69 kennel centre was constructed on
the site of a former farm and includes 13 acres of land. The
centre was completed at a cost of £7.3 million, on schedule
and within allocated budget.
In October we opened Dogs Trust Manchester in Denton,
east Manchester. This represented a departure from the
more usual rehoming centre design, and was built in an
existing building within a retail park. The centre was built
at a cost of £4.6 million and was completed on schedule.
In the spring a new dedicated puppy care wing was added
to our Dublin rehoming centre. With a high intake of
puppies, and a large number of pups being born on site,
Dublin urgently needed to extend its puppy care facilities.
At any one time our puppy screening and isolation area
cares for around 30 puppies, the puppy room cares for
around 20 puppies and our whelping unit cares for
approximately 30 puppies and their mothers. The Clarissa
Baldwin Puppy Block cost €1.4 million to construct.
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Additionally, 2014 saw us buying more land adjoining the
Shoreham centre, and rebuilding works to extend and
modernise the reception block of our Merseyside centre.
In 2015, we hope to completely rebuild our Evesham
rehoming centre, which is one of our older sites, having
first been purchased in the 1970s. The full rebuild is
scheduled to start in summer 2015, with an estimated
cost of £9.6 million. Our Newbury rehoming centre is
scheduled for redevelopment in the latter half of 2015.
Planning permission is currently pending, but with approval
we aim to improve one of our oldest rehoming centres,
concentrating on modernising the kennelling facilities, at a
cost of around £4.8 million. Furthermore, we plan to build
more centres in the years ahead.
Preventative Work
CAMPAIGNS AND EDUCATION
Our campaigns and education
department forms an essential part
of our ‘preventative’ approach to the
unwanted dog problem. Since we
began our campaigns and education
work in 1999, the team has undergone
huge growth, in terms of range of
activity and staff numbers. We focus
on areas of greatest need, namely: the
north east of England, the north west
of England, Northern Ireland, Wales and
Greater London.
By the end of 2014 we employed 55
staff in this department, including 26
youth education officers. We calculate
we will need £12 million to be able to
continue our essential work in 2015.
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MICROCHIPPING
Through our campaigns team we have
microchipped 264,240 dogs in 2014.
We believe that microchipping is the
very best way of identifying a dog. A
tiny chip implanted into the loose skin
at the back of the dog’s neck contains
his unique number, which is linked
to a national database, containing
his name and address. Should a
microchipped dog become lost or be
stolen, he stands the best chance of
being returned to his owner. Of the
110,675 strays who were collected by
local authorities (1 April 2013 to 31
March 2014), 10,084 were returned
to their owners – thanks to their
microchip.
Our unique ChipMyDog website, in
support of the new law introducing
compulsory microchipping for all dogs
in England, was officially launched at
the House of Commons in September.
Our site lets people know where
their nearest free microchipping
event will take place, or their nearest
participating vet, so that their dog
can get his free chip. It also reminds
people to let their chip provider know
their new address should they move
house, and explains exactly how they
can do so.
We worked together with over 1,500
vets across England and Wales to
provide free microchips, starting in
April 2014 and due to cease in April
2015. Additionally, our roaming
chipping teams in the North of
England, South East, and Greater
London completed their year on the
road very successfully.
NEUTERING
In 2014 we neutered 73,549 dogs,
thus preventing thousands of
unwanted litters being born, at a
cost of approximately £5 million. We
would like to thanks all 1,257 vets in
the UK who have become part of the
neutering scheme.
Since our neutering campaign began
in 1999 we have funded neutering
operations for over half a million dogs.
Plans for 2015 include an analysis of
the dogs we’ve neutered over the
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last 12 months (through our means
tested programme and the vouchers
given out in the community) to ensure
we continue to neuter those dogs
which are most at risk of producing
unwanted litters.
COMMUNITIES
Through our regional campaign
teams, over 900 ‘Responsible Dog
Ownership’ events were held in key
target communities across the country.
We work closely with social housing
providers, council officers, probation
workers and the police to ensure that
we reach as many dogs - and owners as possible.
Over 300 (of a potential 1,700) social
housing providers (combined housing
associations and local authorities) have
benefitted through our ‘Dogs in the
Community’ package of offers which
aims to help spread responsible dog
ownership messages to their tenants.
As well as microchipping training,
free microchips, neutering operation
vouchers and information literature,
we also offer the services of our dog
law expert, Trevor Cooper, to give
free legal advice to housing providers
regarding tenancy agreements.
Furthermore, our behaviourists are
on hand to give practical dog-safety
tips to those council staff who come
into contact with dogs through
their work. Unsurprisingly, this free
package has proven highly popular
among local authorities, with over 100
social housing providers now taking
advantage of our expertise.
As part of our commitment to tackling
irresponsible dog ownership, we also
target those young people who may
see dogs as weapons; or use them
as status symbols; or could become
irresponsible owners in the future,
if they don’t receive the correct
guidance. We also know that young
people are more likely to influence
their peer group than adults are,
which is why we believe sharing our
dog-care knowledge, as well as respect
and empathy for dogs, with youths is
so important.
Our unique ‘Taking The Lead’ young
offenders’ education programme
was extended to include 15 prisons,
young offenders institutes and secure
units, and also to more than 23 Youth
Offending Teams nationwide. This
programme is now endorsed by the
Youth Justice Board and promoted by
the Magistrates Association.
We plan to extend ‘Taking the Lead’
to cover all secure children’s homes,
secure training centres and young
offender institutions, as well as the
juvenile section of a number of prisons
across the UK in 2015 and beyond. We
hope to recruit more youth trainers to
achieve this.
In 2015 the team will focus on areas
around the country with high levels
of crime, poverty, unemployment
and deprivation; educating the
communities that need it most and
supporting the dogs that are most
at risk of abandonment and/or
euthanasia.
PREVENTATIVE
WORK
EDUCATION
2014 saw us employing six new youth education officers,
bringing us up to a total of 26 in the UK and Ireland.
Between them, over 6,000 educational workshops were run,
getting our messages of responsible dog ownership and
safety around dogs to 180,000 children and young people.
Dogs Trust has produced a full range of educational
resources for teachers at each primary school stage of the
National Curriculum.
Furthermore, the team produced a new leaflet ‘Be Dog
Smart’, which aims to help anyone who owns a dog and
who comes into contact with children, whether their own,
their grandchildren, in public life or through their work, to
keep children safe when coming into contact with dogs.
We wish to thank players of People’s Postcode Lottery who
generously supported our educational activities again in
2014.
With such a high number of primary age children already
reached by our education team, for 2015 we plan to extend
our educational work into secondary schools. We wish to
launch free workshops for secondary schools in key areas of
Birmingham, Manchester, Yorkshire and Greater London.
DOG TRAINING
One of the most common reasons given by owners
when they hand over a dog is that their dog won’t
do what he’s told, or that they find training him
very difficult or frustrating. We believe that
helping owners to understand their dog will
play a huge part in keeping dogs and owners
together.
In 2014 we piloted a low-cost dog
training scheme, aimed at making dog
training classes easily affordable
for most people. Using the
skills of our Bridgend centre’s
training and behaviour
advisor, Rachel Kitson,
we were able to bring
affordable lessons to dog
owners in Swansea and Cardiff.
Dogs Trust staff use only positive
reinforcement methods to train
dogs. The classes proved highly
popular, and we plan to bring
even more affordable dog training
courses into England and
Scotland later this year.
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PUBLIC AFFAIRS
In 2014 our campaign to support
the government’s introduction
of compulsory microchipping and
the investigation into the puppy
smuggling business were highlights of
the campaigns department.
We conducted an undercover
investigation into the puppy
smuggling trade, and used the
resulting report to urge Defra to
change the laws concerning bringing
dogs into the UK under the Pet Travel
Scheme. The team is continuing to
urge the government to implement
the report’s recommendations, and
put a halt to this criminal activity,
which has potential risks for both
animal welfare and public health. We
also urged our supporters to write
to their MPs regarding the
laws, and by the end of
2014 over 6,000 people
had written to their MPs
about their concerns.
The Pet Advertising Advisory
Group (or PAAG), which Dogs
Trust chairs, recruited a pool
of 80 - 100 volunteers who
moderated a number of the
UK’s leading classified websites
for compliance with PAAG’s
minimum standards. Over 100,000
‘inappropriate’ pet adverts were
removed from the sites during this
six month process.
We continue to work with both Defra
and the Greyhound racing industry
to try and improve the welfare of
Greyhounds, at all stages of their lives,
before, during and after they’re on the
track. We are particularly frustrated
with the lack of transparency from the
industry with regard to the number of
dogs born and retiring each year.
As part of our support for the new
law making the microchipping of
dogs compulsory in England, we
worked closely with the
publishers of The
Beano comic.
In October,
the comic
published a
strip showing
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Dennis the Menace having his
infamous dog, Gnasher, microchipped
by one of our canine carers at Dogs
Trust Beanotown.
Additionally, in support of the new
microchipping law, we have been
meeting with MPs in the House
of Commons, and held a Scottish
Parliamentary reception for MSPs too,
together with special guests Dennis
the Menace and Gnasher. We have
also advised Welsh Assembly members
on the proposed content of their
forthcoming microchipping legislation,
which we expect will be introduced in
spring 2016. Furthermore, throughout
the year we have invited politicians
from across the UK to join us at our
public microchipping events, so they
can see the benefits with their
own eyes.
OUTREACH PROJECTS
We run three key outreach
programmes, aimed at helping
dog owners experiencing
housing crisis. We recognise
that there are many dog owners
who wish to be responsible and
do the right thing by their dog,
but their housing and financial
problems can make this very
difficult; we’re here to help.
Freedom Project
The Freedom Project is a unique pet
fostering service for families fleeing
domestic violence. Operating in
Greater London, Hertfordshire and
Yorkshire, the service provided
temporary foster care for 111 dogs last
year.
Families escaping domestic violence
are often unable to take their dogs
with them into a refuge, and in many
cases they are reluctant to leave their
home, and therefore the abuser, until
they know there is somewhere safe for
their pet to live. Dogs Trust provides
this, through placing dogs in the
homes of volunteer foster carers until
their owner is in a position to take
them back. All of the dog’s food and
any veterinary expenses are covered by
Dogs Trust, until they can be returned
to their owner.
In 2014 we provided foster care for
111 dogs, of which 61 had been
reunited with their families by the end
of the year, and 24 which we rehomed
to new owners as their owner was not
able to take them back. In London
only, we found foster care for 52 cats,
of which 27 were reunited with their
families and 19 had to be rehomed via
Cats Protection. (The rest were still in
our care at the end of the year).
July 2014 marked the tenth
anniversary of the Freedom Project;
since then we’ve been able to provide
temporary care for 923 dogs belonging
to people fleeing domestic violence.
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Dogs Trust Hope Project
Our project bringing free veterinary
treatment for dogs belonging to
owners who are homeless, or in
housing crisis, has been operating for
20 years. Since 1996 we‘ve provided
veterinary care for thousands of dogs.
Thanks to the help of vets across the
country we now run this scheme in 105
towns and cities in the UK.
In 2014 we signed up 547 dogs onto
the programme, offering them free
preventative treatments as well as
emergency care. We funded 1048
preventative treatments, including
neutering operations, vaccination and
worming, and we paid for a further
696 courses of non-preventative and
emergency veterinary procedures.
Additionally, we worked closely
with 315 hostels and homelessness
organisations in order to help
encourage pet friendly policies,
offering free advice and a consultation
service. Currently, just 8% - 123 of
1395 - of hostels accept dogs, and so
many homeless dog owners are denied
a bed. The Hope Project aims to
rectify this.
Hope Project client, Tia, with her owner, David
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PREVENTATIVE
WORK
Last year a registered veterinary nurse
joined the Hope team, her remit being
to promote better canine welfare to
dog owners within hostels. Last year
she gave six welfare talks and visited
29 homelessness organisations.
In December, thanks to the generosity
of the Charity’s supporters, we sent
gift parcels and warm coats to 1,200
dogs whose owners were homeless
over the Christmas period. We
forecast it will cost us £500,000 to
continue the Hope Project in 2015.
Lets With Pets
Lets With Pets is the most recent of our
outreach programmes. Instigated in
2009, the programme was prompted
by the increasing trend for dogs
to be handed into our centres for
rehoming when their owner had to
move from privately owned into rental
accommodation – and the refusal
of many landlords to allow dogs
into their properties. Many of these
owners were heartbroken at having to
give up their dog.
We encourage landlords and lettings
agencies to join our ‘best practice’
scheme so that pet owners who are
looking for a new home can find
details of their nearest pet friendly
agency on our Lets With Pets website.
In autumn we were pleased to sign
up Chestertons to the scheme; with
28 branches, they now offer London’s
largest selection of rental properties
where pets are accepted.
By the end of the year we had 250
lettings agencies and rental landlords
signed up to the scheme. The
redesigned website now allows people
to search for pet friendly lettings
agencies, and provides free advice
and resources to lettings agencies,
landlords and tenants.
International
Dogs Trust Worldwide was established as a separate company at the very end of 2014, as we
knew that many of our supporters were keen that their generous donations be invested in
improving canine welfare overseas, while others prefer to support our work in the UK. We
work closely with canine welfare projects around the world, working closely together with local
experts and volunteers. We also run long-term projects, employing local staff, such as those in
Malta and Bosnia. Around three per cent of our total income is spent on international work.
Mission Rabies, India
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DOGS TRUST MALTA
DOGS TRUST BOSNIA
This five year project on the island
of Malta is due to end in April 2015,
and has proven a big success in terms
of achieving its goals. To date, this
dog neutering and youth education
programme has seen our team of local
staff neuter 13,800 dogs (stray and
owned), and engage in dog welfare
educational workshops with over
52,000 children.
We are in the third year of a long
term project in the canton of Sarajevo
in Bosnia Herzegovina to bring dog
neutering, youth education and build
veterinary training programmes.
Sarajevo canton currently has a stray
population of around 9,000 dogs;
it was around 12,000 when we first
started working there in 2012.
As a result of our efforts, there has
been a four-fold increase in the
number of owners who have had their
dogs neutered, and according to our
recent survey, 92% of people recognise
that this has made a reduction to the
number of stray dogs people see on
the streets. We are currently working
on a handover procedure for staff and
assets to the Malta SPCA to ensure the
long term benefits accrued over five
years are not lost.
An education workshop, Dogs Trust Bosnia
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The most ambitious of our
international projects to date, Dogs
Trust Bosnia sees us working closely
with both the veterinary faculty of
Sarajevo University and the Ministry
of Education. Our achievements to
date include: 8,500 dogs neutered;
61 veterinary professionals trained in
surgical techniques; and educational
workshops on care and respect for
dogs delivered to 30,300 children.
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
In addition to long term projects
using local Dogs Trust staff,
we also support a wide range
of overseas projects, carrying
out due diligence studies on all
applications for grants – and
overseeing progress wherever
a grant is given. A total of
£950,772 was spent in 2014.
INTERNATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL TRAINING
CENTRE, OOTY, TAMIL NADU
Currently in year four of a five year
project, the International Training
Centre has run surgical skills courses
for 260 vets, 83 veterinary assistants,
animal handlers and trap/neuter/
release project managers in 2014.
The centre is run by the Charity,
Worldwide Veterinary Services (WVS),
in partnership with by Dogs Trust.
Sadly, the fear of rabies among the
local population has led to dogs
being shot or poisoned as a means of
population control. The International
Training Centre provides an alternative
humane system for controlling stray
dogs, and we believe it is imperative
that the local vets get hands-on
experience of surgical neutering, plus
education on the importance and
efficacy of a well-run mass neutering
campaign.
As well as the training centre they also
operate a mobile clinic, from which
staff have trained a further 34 vets,
and neutered and vaccinated 1,021
dogs. Last year they provided surgical
training for 23 vet students in Nepal;
they have trained over 1,000 vets since
the project began. We will continue
to work with WVS in order to carry out
this work through 2015.
MISSION RABIES, INDIA
Launched in September 2013, Mission
Rabies (run by Worldwide Veterinary
Services) aims to save dogs’ lives by
eradicating rabies, through a programme
of mass vaccination. Since then, in India,
109,794 dogs have been vaccinated
against rabies, 26,133 dogs have been
neutered and 130,668 children have been
educated about rabies and dog safety
through our workshops.
Mission Rabies focussed efforts on Goa
from March to October 2014. In seven
months, 20,414 dogs were neutered and
vaccinated, staff dealt with 77 positive
rabies cases and responded to 111 reports
of rabid dogs, and 75,000 people were
made rabies-aware.
ANIMAL KINGDOM
FOUNDATION, PHILIPPINES
In 2014 we continued to work with
the Animal Kingdom Foundation
(AKF) on their campaign to enforce
those laws which make the eating of
dog meat illegal. To date, they have
held six training seminars for over 270
police officers. With our support, AKF
also have helped the police conduct
14 raids, resulting in 32 dogs being
rescued, and 13 people being arrested.
L to R: Nigel Otter (IPAN), Paula Boyden (veterinary director, Dogs Trust), John Gaye (vice chairman, Dogs Trust), James Florence (WVS) during an evaluation visit to the International Training Centre
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SOI DOGS FOUNDATION,
THAILAND
GLOBAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMME (GAP)
We assist the Soi Dogs Foundation in
their programme of neutering the
stray and owned dogs on the island
of Phuket. To date, over 22,668
dogs have been neutered, and the
foundation is 25% above target,
making a significant reduction to the
size of the stray dog population and a
marked improvement in the welfare of
the remaining dogs. The project is due
for completion in April 2015.
Throughout the year we send selected
canine carers from our UK rehoming
centres to help out at partner projects
in other countries. In 2014, two canine
carers from our Loughborough and
Ilfracombe centres worked for two
weeks at the Soi Dog Foundation
shelter in Phuket, Thailand. Our staff
were able to recommend new ideas
for environmental enrichment and
daily training programmes for the
kennelled dogs, as well as practical
advice for increasing adoptions among
the local population.
SPA POMURJE, SLOVENIA
With our support, the SPA Pomurje
works to improve general dog welfare,
and stop puppy abandonment, among
the Roma communities of the region.
The SPA has improved living conditions
for 310 dogs in their homes, as well
as neutering 250 dogs belonging to
Roma families. The Charity has made
considerable progress in educating
owners about responsible dog
ownership, reporting that the number
of dogs in the Pomurje shelter has
fallen from 229 in 2009 to just 25 in
2014.
CARE FOR DOGS FOUNDATION,
CHIANG MAI, THAILAND
We enabled the Care for Dogs
foundation to buy a gaseous
anaesthesia machine and adjustable
operating table for their operating
theatre, in order to start a dog
neutering and education project.
Since October 2014, they have
neutered and vaccinated 175 dogs,
and are aiming to neuter 500 by the
end of the year.
INTERNATIONAL TRAINING
PROGRAMME
We run regular, free training sessions
at our West London (Harefield)
rehoming centre for animal shelter
workers from around the world. In
2014 we ran two four-day training
courses, sharing our expertise with 29
delegates from countries including
Romania, Russia, Nigeria, Hungary and
Japan.
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We also sent three members of staff
to work on projects in the Philippines,
and another four to work in India.
Additionally, we ran dog behaviour
workshops for shelter workers in
Mexico, Romania, India, Turkey and
Poland.
INTERNATIONAL COMPANION
ANIMAL WELFARE
CONFERENCE (ICAWC)
The 16th ICAWC was held in Istanbul in
October, with 241 delegates attending
from 41 countries. The speakers
covered subject as diverse as how to
build a dog playground out of street
rubbish, disease control, motivating
volunteers, and a shelter-building
workshop. The next ICAWC will take
place in Portugal in October 2015.
COMMUNICATIONS
FUNDRAISING
None of the work detailed in this
report would have been possible
without the generosity of our donors.
We remain extremely grateful to
all of the kind-hearted people who
remembered Dogs Trust in their wills.
We would also like to thank all of the
dedicated volunteers who raise money
for our dogs through all manner of
fundraising activities and events.
COMMUNICATIONS
All aspects of the day to day work
of the Charity are supported by the
work of the communications team.
Furthermore, the team also plays a
vital role in promoting the Charity’s
key messages of responsible dog
ownership.
2014 saw a standout year for the
communications department, showing
a marked increase in the number of TV
and national newspaper items about
the work of Dogs Trust or providing
comments on dog issues in the news.
The key stories of the year were our
undercover report into the puppy
smuggling trade, our pre-Christmas
advice, the launch of the free
microchipping service and link up with
the Beano comic, and our annual stray
dog survey results. Last year Dogs
Trust achieved over 8,500 individual
items of coverage in print and
broadcast media, and a considerable
amount via social media.
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Financial Review
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
EXPENDITURE
The Charity had a successful year despite the difficult
economic climate. The continued generosity and support
of our members, donors and partners has enabled us to
carry on our work and spend more on our main purpose of
rehoming dogs.
INCOME
Income breakdown
2014
2013
% change
£000s
Donations
53,227
49,182
+8
Legacies
24,165
20,090
+20
Sale of goods
2,997
2,753
+9
Investment income
1,357
1,652
-18
Adoption fees
1,137
1,130
+1
Raffles
1,066
1,023
+4
794
730
+9
84,743
76,560
+11
Other income
Total income
2014
2013
% change
23,365
21,215
+10
2,511
2,225
+13
191
178
+7
Rehoming centres
40,017
29,955
+34
Preventative work
12,459
11,448
+9
Publicity
2,455
2,972
-17
International
2,254
2,913
-23
413
338
+22
83,665
71,244
+17
Cost of generating
funds £000s
Cost of generating
voluntary income
Activities for
generating funds
Investment
management fees
Cost of charitable
activities £000s
Governance
Total expenditure
In 2014 the increase in income enabled us to spend
more on rehoming and preventative work. Compared
with 2013 the charity spent 34% (£10 million) more on
rehoming, and 9% (£1 million) more on preventative
work.
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
New centres in Manchester and Basildon were opened
in the year, costing £6.5 million in 2014. We have
a budget of £33 million for redeveloping existing
rehoming centres over the next 5 years.
FINANCIAL POSITION AT YEAR END
Net assets are now £130 million compared to £128 million
in 2013 due to the operating surplus and an increase in
investment values.
Donations
Legacies
Sale of goods
Investment income
Adoption fees
Raffles
Other income
Total income was up by 11% (£8.2 million) on 2013, mainly
due to an increase of 20% in legacies and 8% in donations. In
2014 we added 9 shops to the 10 at the start of the year. Retail
income increased in the year and will continue to do so as more
shops are opened.
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FINANCIAL
REVIEW
INVESTMENT POLICY
D Special Project Fund
The Council has the power to retain any money or
investments belonging to the Charity, or to sell them
and re-invest the proceeds as it thinks fit, subject to the
approval of the Charity commissioners if required by
law. Council has the power to appoint and delegate its
investment powers to an investment manager legally
authorised to carry on investment business under the
Financial Services Act 2012.
This fund is earmarked by the Charity for large special
projects. We have provided £1.1 million for our
microchipping campaign.
The Charity’s investment policy is to achieve a balance
between income and capital growth. The management
of our investment portfolio has been delegated to a
professional fund manager. Council requires the fund
manager to ensure that it does not invest in any companies
which undertake or contract out any experiments, or
other scientific procedures on dogs, which may cause pain,
suffering, distress or lasting harm. This restriction also
extends to research that is contracted out.
RESERVES POLICY
It is the duty of Council to ensure that funds are available
at all times to pay for these activities at the rehoming
centres together with the Charity’s related administration
costs. This equates to 17 months running costs, and it is
essential we maintain this level, given the number of dogs
in our care and the need to find them new homes should
the Charity be wound up. The Charity’s reserves policy is to
maintain the following funds:
A The Rehoming Centre Base Fund
The majority of the Charity’s income comes from legacies
and fundraising, which being uncertain sources of revenue
may not always provide the funds to cover these essential
costs. The Charity’s policy is to set aside funds (“the free
reserves”) to cover up to a maximum of the next two years’
planned running costs. As at 31 December 2014 the Charity
set aside £44 million representing the next 17 months
planned running costs of rehoming centres.
B Rehoming Centre Development Fund
This is set aside for future capital expenditure on the
Charity’s operations as approved by the Council for the next
five years. This stood at £33 million at 31 December 2014,
inclusive of the capital commitments noted below and in
note 12 of the Accounts.
RISK MANAGEMENT
Council has assessed the identified major risks to which the
Charity is exposed, in particular:
Governance
Financial sustainability
Reputation and brand
Dog welfare
Health, safety and the welfare of staff and volunteers
Organisational change
Service continuity
The corporate risk register is presented to the Finance
and General Purposes Committee. They are satisfied that
adequate systems are in place to manage the adverse
effects of any such exposure. The key controls used by the
Charity include:
Detailed annual budget and five year business plan.
Monthly comparison of actual results with budget,
previous years and forecasts
Review of financial systems
Business continuity planning
A formal agenda for Council meetings, with professional
advice on significant issues
Established organisational structure and lines of
reporting
Authorisation and approval levels
It is recognised that systems can only provide reasonable
but not absolute assurance that major risks have been
adequately managed.
Scotland
Dogs Trust is registered with the Office of the Scottish
Charity Regulator (SC037843). We operate rehoming
centres in Glasgow and West Calder, a central rehoming
‘hub’ in south west Scotland and also receive income from
Scottish supporters.
The Charity’s constitution allows the acquisition of a site
and the construction on it of a new rehoming centre only
if a full and balanced report recommending the acquisition
has first been submitted to the council by the Finance and
General Purposes Committee.
C Funds for Tangible Fixed Assets
This represents the land, buildings, motor vehicles and
equipment owned and used by the Charity to run its
Centres and administer the organisation. At 31 December
2014 their net book value stood at £51 million.
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PUBLIC BENEFIT
Dogs Trust provides public benefit, as required by the
Charities Commission, in the following ways:
We believe that dog ownership gives mental and physical
health benefits for humans.
Help dog owners to afford essentials such as neutering
operations and microchips for their dog.
Give children and teens the knowledge and confidence
to know what to do when an unknown dog approaches
them, through our safety workshops in schools, and
our Be Dog Smart programme for parents (launching in
2015).
Ensure that those dog owners who come into contact
with children have all the advice they need to ensure
their dog’s good behaviour around them.
Help people who wish to buy a puppy to be confident
that they are not buying a dog from a puppy farm or
from a breeder with inadequate welfare standards.
Reassure owners that in the event of their death, if they
carry our Canine Care Card, their dog will be cared for at
one of our centres until we can find them a new owner.
Help new owners to feel more confident in living with
and understanding their dog by offering affordable
training classes at most of our rehoming centres. All new
owners can get free one-to-one behavioural advice when
they rehome a dog from Dogs Trust.
Help people experiencing domestic violence to flee their
tormentor by placing their dog with a temporary foster
carer until they are able to take their dog back.
Provide free legal advice to social housing tenants who
are looking for pet friendly housing or experiencing
difficulty with landlords.
Give homeless dog owners, or those experiencing
housing crisis, peace of mind that they will be able to
access free veterinary care for their dog.
Provide motivation and opportunity for people to take
regular, gentle exercise when they volunteer as dog
walkers at our rehoming centres.
Help pet owners to hold on to their dogs by
encouraging lettings agencies and landlords to have
pet friendly policies, and to help them find pet friendly
accommodation in their area via our Lets With Pets
website.
Whilst our work to eliminate rabies is focussed on dogs,
we are also saving human lives, through our funding of
the Mission Rabies project.
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GOVERNANCE
AND STRUCTURE
Governance and Structure
LEGAL STRUCTURE
These consolidated accounts incorporate the entities shown within the dotted lines.
Dogs Trust Trustee Limited
Company
Dogs Trust
Charity
Dogs Trust Promotions Limited
Company
Dogs Trust Limited
Company and Charity
(registered in Ireland)
Dogs Trust Worldwide
Company
Dormant during 2014
The Charity also has three other dormant subsidiaries (Dogs Trust Limited, NCDL Limited and Sponsor a Dog Limited).
The Charity is an unincorporated charitable association governed by a constitution embodying its rules and principles. In
2014 the Charity set up a Corporate Trustee, Dogs Trust Trustee Limited, to act as sole Trustee. The previous trustees of the
Charity became directors of Dogs Trust Trustee Limited.
GOVERNANCE
The Charity is an unincorporated charitable association governed by a constitution embodying its rules and principles.
Dogs Trust Trustee Limited has a board of eighteen unpaid directors who are either elected by the Council or nominated to
the board. All directors are also Council members.
The Council meets four times a year and acts as agent of the Charity in the management of its affairs and have powers to
delegate management to officers of the Charity. Eligibility for membership of the Council is open to any duly nominated
member of the Charity. Prospective Council members must be paid-up members of the Charity nominated and seconded
by other Charity members and sponsored by a member of the Council. New Council members receive an induction course
covering all the operations and activities of Dogs Trust and may attend seminars and training courses on relevant subjects.
The Finance and General Purposes Committee, which meets twice a year, and the Canine Welfare Grants Committee, which
meets twice a year, have terms of reference which are provided by the Council.
In 2014 the Dog Trust constitution was changed, in order to modernise and simplify the Charity’s procedures. The changes
to the constitution and its implications were communicated in detail to all members ahead of the Annual General Meeting
on 11 June 2014.
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Management
DIRECTORS OF DOGS TRUST TRUSTEE LIMITED
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Mrs B Woodall (vice president)
Miss R McIlrath BA MVB MRCVS# (vice president)
Mr P Daubeny#* (chairman)
Mr J Gaye* (vice chairman)
Mr S Langton FCA* (honorary treasurer and chairman of the
FGPC)
Mrs C Baldwin OBE (Secretary, until 11 June 2014, and CEO,
retired 31 October 2014, co-opted as a director and council
member on 1 Nov 2014)
Prof D Argyle BVMA PhD DECVIM-CA MRCVS# (chairman of
the CWGC)
Mr J Beveridge QC
Mr K Butt MA VetMB MRCVS#
Mrs V Carbone
Mr E Chandler BVetMB MRCVS #
Mr R Colvill *
Ms E Gill
Ms R Mahapatra LLB (resigned 17 September 2014)
Mr T Pearey MA ACMA*
Mr M Radford LLB OBE
Mr G Robertson
Mr I Rose LLB*
Mrs S Murphy BVM&S MSc DECVIM-CA MRCVS (Co-opted on
16 December 2014)
The charity is managed day to day by the Chief Executive,
Adrian Burder, supported by eight directors:
*member of the Finance and General Purposes Committee
(FGPC)
#member of the Canine Welfare Grants Committee (CWGC)
Eligibility for membership of the council is open to any
duly nominated member of the Charity. Prospective
council members must be paid up members of the Charity,
nominated and seconded by other Charity members and
sponsored by a member of council. Mr K Butt, Mr I Rose,
Mr T Pearey and Professor D Argyle are due to retire by
rotation and are eligible to stand for re-election at the
Annual General Meeting to be held on 11 June 2015.
Mrs C Baldwin OBE and Mrs S Murphy BVM&S MSc DECVIMCA MRCVS were co-opted and are eligible to stand for
election at the Annual General Meeting to be held on 11
June 2015.
In October 2014 the incumbent Secretary and Chief
Executive, Mrs Clarissa Baldwin, retired, following 40 years
of service. The Council appointed Mr Adrian Burder as the
new Chief Executive, beginning on 1 November 2014. Mr
Burder was formerly the Charity’s director of marketing.
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Executive director of Dogs Trust Ireland - responsible for all
rehoming activity, campaigns, public affairs and marketing
activity in the Republic of Ireland. Dogs Trust Ireland is a
subsidiary of Dogs Trust, employing 55 members of staff.
Veterinary director - responsible for the veterinary care
of all dogs at the rehoming centres, all dogs on the
outreach projects, and for deciding veterinary policy in our
campaigns and public affairs work.
Director of marketing - responsible for all fundraising and
advertising activity.
Director of campaigns - responsible for the implementation
of national and regional canine welfare programmes
beyond the rehoming centres, and for promoting dog
welfare in the legislative process through supporter and
politician engagement.
Director of finances (and deputy Chief Executive) responsible for the financial management of the charity,
including accounting, IT and human resources.
Director of communications - responsible for generating
all publicity for Dogs Trust, promoting the Charity’s key
messages, promoting responsible dog ownership to the
public, and advising on all dog-related matters in the news.
Director of property - responsible for finding and
acquiring sites for new rehoming centres, and the physical
maintenance of the existing centres.
Director of operations - responsible for the management of
our 20 UK rehoming centres.
management
EXTERNAL ADVISORS
Auditors
BDO LLP
55 Baker Street, London W1U 7EU
Bankers
Barclays Bank PLC
Level 28, 1 Churchill Place, London E14 5HP
Investment Advisors
Sarasin & Partners LLP
Juxon House, 100 St Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8BU
Solicitors
Druces LLP
Salisbury House, London Wall, London EC2M 5PS
Registered address
Clarissa Baldwin House, 17 Wakley Street, London EC1V 7RQ
Telephone: 020 7837 0006
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.dogstrust.org.uk
Twitter: @Dogstrust
Registered charity no. 227523 (England and Wales),
SC037843 (Scotland), 20057978 (Ireland)
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LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
OUR GOALS FOR 2015
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FINANCIAL
REVIEW
Rehome even more dogs than 2014
Reduce the number of dogs we have to turn away due to lack of space
Extend the affordable training and behaviour lessons for dog owners into other areas of the UK
Rebuild older rehoming centres at Evesham and Newbury. Both centres are in need of extensive repair
to external and internal structures
Expand the existing Home From Home scheme, for dogs which can benefit from living with foster
carers away from a rehoming centre. This year we aim to extend the Home From Home scheme to
a further five centres so that even more nervous dogs can find their new owner without having to
experience kennel life
Identify potential sites for new rehoming centres in the UK and the Republic of Ireland
Expand the youth education programme to include secondary schools
Urge the government (and Defra) to bring in tighter legislative controls to the Pet Travel Scheme in
order to curb the puppy smuggling trade
Persuade the government to impose more extensive statutory regulations on the Greyhound racing industry
Open new Dogs Trust charity shops in the UK
Increase the number of volunteers helping in our shops, fundraising efforts and at the rehoming
centres
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The Trustee’s responsibilities
regarding the accounts
The Trustee is responsible for preparing the annual report
and the financial statements in accordance with applicable
law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United
Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The law
applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the
Trustee to prepare financial statements for each financial
year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs
of the charity and group and of the incoming resources and
application of resources of the charity and group for that
period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustee
is required to:
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•
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them
consistently;
observe the methods and principles in the Charities
SORP;
make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent;
state whether applicable accounting standards have
been followed, subject to any material departures
disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
prepare the financial statements on the going concern
basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the
charity and group will continue in business.
The Trustee is responsible for keeping proper accounting
records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time
the financial position of the charity and group and to
enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply
with the Charities Act 2011, the Charities and Trustee
Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charity (Accounts
and Reports) Regulations 2008. It is also responsible for
safeguarding the assets of the charity and group and
hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and
detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The current Trustee has taken all the steps that it ought to
have taken to make itself aware of any information needed
by the Charity’s auditors for the purposes of their audit and
to establish that the auditors are aware of that information.
The Trustee is not aware of any relevant audit information
of which the auditors are unaware.
Signed on behalf of the Trustee by:
Chairman of the Council
Date: 8 April 2015
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P.G. Daubeny AUDITORS’
REPORT
Independent Auditors’ Report
to the Trustee of Dogs Trust
We have audited the financial statements of Dogs Trust for
the year ended 31 December 2014 which comprise the Group
Statement of Financial Activities, the Group and Parent
Charity Balance Sheets, the Group Cash Flow Statement and
the related notes. The financial reporting framework that
has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and
United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom
Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
This report is made solely to the Charity’s Trustee, as a body,
in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and the Charities
and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005. Our audit
work has been undertaken so that we might state to the
Charity’s Trustee those matters we are required to state to
them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To
the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or
assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and
the Charity’s Trustee as a body, for our audit work, for this
report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Respective responsibilities of Trustee and auditor
Opinion on financial statements
In our opinion the financial statements:
• give a true and fair view of the state of the group’s and
the parent Charity’s affairs as at 31 December 2014
and of the group’s incoming resources and application of
resources for the year then ended;
• have been properly prepared in accordance with United
Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
• have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act
2011, the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland)
Act 2005 and regulations 6 and 8 of the Charities
(Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended).
Matters on which we are required to report by
exception
We have nothing to report in respect of the following
matters where the Charities Act 2011 and the Charities
Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended) require
us to report to you if, in our opinion:
As explained more fully in the Trustee’s Responsibilities
Statement (set out on pages 32), the Trustee is responsible
for the preparation of the financial statements and for
being satisfied that they give a true and fair view.
•
We have been appointed as auditor under section 44 of
the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005
and under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report
in accordance with regulations made under those Acts.
Our responsibility is to audit and express an opinion on
the financial statements in accordance with applicable law
and International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland).
Those standards require us to comply with the Financial
Reporting Council’s (FRC’s) Ethical Standards for Auditors.
•
Scope of the audit of the financial statements
A description of the scope of an audit of financial
statements is provided on the FRC’s website at www.frc.org.
uk/apb/scope/private.cfm.
•
•
the information given in the Trustee’s Annual Report is
inconsistent in any material respect with the financial
statements; or
proper and sufficient accounting records have not been
kept; or
the parent Charity’s financial statements are not in
agreement with the accounting records or returns; or
we have not received all the information and
explanations we require for our audit.
BDO LLP, Statutory Auditor,
55 Baker Street,
London W1U 7EU,
United Kingdom
Date: 8 April 2015
BDO LLP is eligible to act as an auditor in terms of section
1212 of the Companies Act 2006. BDO LLP is a limited
liability partnership registered in England and Wales (with
registered number OC305127).
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Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities
for the year ended 31 December 2014
Permanent
Notes
Unrestricted
Restricted
Endowment
2014
2013
Funds
Funds
Funds
Total
Total
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
Incoming Resources
From generated funds:
Voluntary income
2
74,782
3,211
-
77,993
69,814
Activities for generating funds
3
4,224
-
-
4,224
3,945
Investment income
4
1,357
-
-
1,357
1,652
1,137
-
-
1,137
1,130
Other incoming resources
32
-
-
32
19
Total Incoming Resources
81,532
3,211
-
84,743
76,560
-
-
23,365
21,215
From charitable activities:
Adoption fees
Resources Expended
Cost of generating funds:
Voluntary income
6
23,365
6
2,511
-
-
2,511
2,225
Investment management fees
6
191
-
-
191
178
26,067
-
-
26,067
23,618
Costs of charitable activities:
Rehoming centres
6
36,680
3,254
83
40,017
29,955
Preventative work
6
12,459
-
-
12,459
11,448
International
6
2,254
-
-
2,254
2,913
Publicity and information
6
2,455
-
-
2,455
2,972
53,848
3,254
83
57,185
47,288
Governance costs
6
413
-
-
413
338
Total Resources Expended
6
80,328
3,254
83
83,665
71,244
1,204
(43)
(83)
1,078
5,316
-
-
-
-
-
1,204
(43)
(83)
1,078
5,316
64
-
-
64
11
591
-
-
591
5,072
1,859
(43)
(83)
1,733
10,399
Net incoming resources before transfers
Transfers between funds
Net incoming resources
Net gain on currency
Net gains on investments
Net Movement in Funds
Funds brought forward 1 January
10
128,059
43
325
128,427
118,028
Funds carried forward 31 December
10
129,918
-
242
130,160
128,427
All amounts relate to continuing activities.
The notes on pages 37 to 50 form part of the financial statements.
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FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
Balance Sheets
as at 31 December 2014
Group
Charity
2014
2013
2014
2013
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
Notes
Fixed Assets
Tangible fixed assets
8
51,438
49,986
45,457
44,123
Investments
9
71,575
70,901
71,575
70,901
123,013
120,887
117,032
115,024
102
134
97
130
Current Assets
Stock
Debtors
13
7,989
7,238
13,448
13,137
Cash at bank and in hand
16
6,322
6,501
5,654
6,042
14,413
13,873
19,199
19,309
(7,266)
(6,333)
(6,663)
(6,172)
7,147
7,540
12,536
13,137
130,160
128,427
129,568
128,161
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year
14
Net Current Assets
Net Assets
The Funds of the Charity
Endowment funds
10
242
325
242
325
Restricted income funds
10
-
43
-
43
Rehoming centre base fund
10
44,157
49,818
43,565
49,552
Rehoming centre development fund
10
33,223
22,540
33,223
22,540
Fund for fixed assets
10
51,438
49,986
51,438
49,986
Special project fund
10
Total Charity Funds
1,100
5,715
1,100
5,715
130,160
128,427
129,568
128,161
The financial statements were approved by the Council members and authorised for issue on 8 April 2015:
P.G. Daubeny
Chairman of the Council
S. Langton
Honorary Treasurer
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Consolidated Cashflow Statement
Notes
2014
£000’s
Net incoming resources for the year
2013
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
1,078
5,316
64
11
Interest received
(397)
(745)
Dividends received
(960)
(907)
(215)
3,675
Depreciation charge
6,160
5,519
Impairment charge
2,204
-
(22)
(19)
32
(25)
Exchange gain
Gain on disposal of fixed assets
Decrease/(increase) in stock
(Increase)/decrease in debtors
Increase in creditors
Net cash inflow from operating activities
(751)
191
933
1,885
8,341
11,226
Returns on investments
Interest received
397
745
Dividends received
960
907
Cash inflow from returns on investments
1,357
1,652
Capital expenditure and financial investment
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets
Purchase of investments
Proceeds from sale of investments
(Decrease)/increase in cash
All amounts relate to continuing activities.
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15 & 16
(10,196)
(11,318)
22
19
(10,456)
(14,350)
10,753
14,353
(9,877)
(11,296)
(179)
1,582
ACCOUNTING
POLICIES
Dogs Trust Accounting Policies
Accounting basis
The financial statements have been prepared under
the historical cost convention, with the exception of
investments which are included at market value. The
financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP),
‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities’ published in March
2005, the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act
2005, the Charities Act 2011 and applicable accounting
standards.
Group financial statements
The statement of financial activities (SOFA) and balance
sheet and cashflow statement consolidate the financial
statements of the Charity and its subsidiaries, Dogs Trust
Promotions Limited and Dogs Trust Limited. The results of
the subsidiaries are consolidated on a line by line basis. The
Charity’s gross income was £81 million (2013: £73 million)
and net incoming resources were £1.4 million (2013: £10
million).
Dogs Trust Limited is treated as a subsidiary company of the
Charity as all the members are Council members or senior
managers of Dogs Trust and therefore the Charity retains a
dominant influence.
Foreign Currency
Foreign currency transactions of individual companies are
translated at the rates ruling when they occurred. Foreign
currency monetary assets and liabilities are translated at
the rate of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. All
differences are taken to the SOFA.
The results of overseas operations are translated at the
average rates of exchange during the year and the balance
sheet translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling
on the balance sheet date. Exchange differences which arise
from translation of the opening net assets and results of
foreign subsidiary undertakings are taken to reserves.
Pension costs
Pension costs comprise the costs of the Charity’s
contribution to its employees’ pension schemes. It provides
a money purchase scheme which is available to all
employees and, alternatively, it also contributes to certain
employees’ personal pension plans.
Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost, net of depreciation.
The Charity adopted the carrying valuation of freehold
land and buildings, as at 31 December 2000, at historical
cost under the transitional provisions of Financial Reporting
Standard 15. The Charity regularly reviews the net book
value of its fixed assets and writes their values down to
their depreciated replacement cost if net book values are
higher.
All additions to fixed assets purchased for more than £5,000
are included at cost and depreciated on the basis outlined
below. Those that cost less than £5,000 are written off in
the year of acquisition.
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
Freehold land
Freehold buildings
Motor vehicles
Equipment & fittings
- Nil - Over fifteen years straight line
- Over three years straight line
- Over four years straight line
An impairment charge represents additional depreciation
to write down the value of some rehoming centres to their
depreciated replacement cost.
Investments
Listed investments are included in the balance sheet at
market value. Realised gains and losses on disposals in the
year and unrealised gains and losses on investments at
the balance sheet date are included in the statement of
financial activities for the relevant underlying funds. The
historical cost of investments is shown in note 9 to the
financial statements.
Stocks
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable
value. Cost is based on the cost of purchase on a first in, first
out basis. Net realisable value is based on estimated selling
price net of all costs to be incurred in marketing, selling and
distributing directly related to the items in question.
Incoming resources
All incoming resources are included in the SOFA when the
Charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount
can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. For legacies,
entitlement is the earlier of the Charity being notified of
an impending distribution or the legacy being received.
In accordance with this policy, legacies are included when
the Charity is advised by the personal representative of an
estate that payment will be made or assets transferred and
the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy,
provided 6 months has elapsed since the date of probate.
The valuation method reflects the inherent uncertainty in
that a substantial portion of legacy income is represented
by property and other investments whose value is subject
to market fluctuations until realised. Residuary legacies are
valued in line with these considerations. Pecuniary legacies
are value at the amount notified to the Charity.
Gifts in kind are included at estimated market value.
No amounts are included in the financial statements for
services donated by volunteers.
Resources expended
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and
has been classified under headings that aggregate all
costs related to any given category. Where costs cannot be
directly attributed to an activity or function they have been
allocated on a usage basis or on the basis of head count.
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Dogs Trust Accounting Policies (continued)
Grants
Grants payable are accounted for as expenditure in the
year in which an irreversible binding commitment to make
payment is entered into.
Governance costs
Governance costs include the costs of the general running
of the charity, costs of public accountability and costs of
strategic planning.
Operating leases
Rentals applicable to operating leases are charged to the
SOFA over the period in which the cost is incurred.
Taxation
Dogs Trust is a charity within the meaning of Para 1
Schedule 6 Finance Act 2010. Accordingly the charity is
potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income
or capital gains within categories covered by Chapter 3
of Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section
256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the
extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to
charitable purposes. No tax charge arose in the period. The
trading subsidiaries do not generally pay UK corporation
tax because their policy is to pay qualifying donations out
of taxable profits to the Charity. Foreign tax incurred by
overseas subsidiaries is charged as it is incurred.
Irrecoverable VAT
Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to
which it relates.
Funds Policy
Endowment funds
These funds represent those assets which must be
permanently held by the charity, principally investments.
Income arising from the endowment funds can be used in
accordance with the objects of the charity and is included as
unrestricted income. Any capital gains or losses arising on
the investments form part of the fund.
Restricted funds
Where expenditure on projects, funded from restricted
income, exceeds income the balance is applied out
of general funds. Transfers between funds represent
expenditure on particular projects being applied to
restricted income.
Designated funds
Rehoming Centre Base Fund: The majority of the Charity’s
income comes from legacies and fundraising, which being
uncertain sources of revenue, may not always provide the
funds to cover these essential costs. The Charity’s policy is to
set aside funds to cover up to the next two years’ planned
running costs.
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Rehoming Centre Development Fund: This is set aside
for future capital expenditure on the Charity’s rehoming
centres as approved by Council in the five year plan.
Tangible Fixed Assets Fund: This represents the land,
buildings, motor vehicles and equipment owned and used by
the Charity to run its Centres and administer the organisation.
Special Project Fund: This fund is earmarked by the Charity
for large special projects. We have provided for our
microchipping campaign.
NOTES TO THE
CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS
Notes to the Consolidated Accounts
NOTE 1
Results from Trading Activities of the Subsidiaries
The Charity has three subsidiary companies. Dogs Trust Promotions Limited is incorporated in the UK and its primary activity is
to sell gifts and Christmas cards. Dogs Trust Limited is a charity incorporated in Ireland and its primary activity is to reduce and,
ultimately, see the end of homeless dogs in Ireland. A summary of their trading results is shown below (the figures include
intercompany trading). Dogs Trust Worldwide was incorporated in 2014 and was dormant in the year.
Dogs Trust
Dogs Trust
Limited
Promotions Limited
2014
2013
2014
2013
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
2,104
1,963
-
-
Legacies
16
14
-
-
Merchandising
10
17
1,347
1,451
2,888
2,936
-
-
925
156
-
-
15
-
-
-
5,958
5,086
1,347
1,451
(5,958)
(5,086)
(1,001)
(1,156)
-
-
346
295
Incoming resources
Donations
Grant from Dogs Trust
Sale of dogs and neuter income
Interest received
Total incoming resources
Total costs
Net movement for the year
Gift Aid payment
-
-
(346)
(307)
Retained profit/(loss) for the year
-
-
-
(12)
Funds brought forward 1 January
262
257
1
13
Exchange (loss)/gain on opening net assets
(17)
5
-
-
Funds carried forward 31 December
245
262
1
1
6,280
6,136
442
376
(6,035)
(5,874)
(441)
(375)
245
262
1
1
Total assets
Total liabilities
Total funds
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(continued)
NOTE 2
Voluntary income
2014
2013
£000’s
£000’s
Donations
53,227
49,182
Legacies
24,165
20,090
601
542
77,993
69,814
Membership fees
NOTE 3
2014
2013
£000’s
£000’s
2,997
2,753
161
169
1,066
1,023
4,224
3,945
2014
2013
£000’s
£000’s
Interest received
397
745
Dividends received
960
907
1,357
1,652
Sale of goods
Fundraising events
Raffles
NOTE 4
Investment income
NOTE 5
Council members’ remuneration and expenses
None of the Trustees, Council members or any person connected with them (other than the Secretary until 12 June 2014
& Chief Executive, who is a Trustee ex officio, whose earnings are disclosed in the highest band in Note 7) received any
remuneration during the year. Nine Trustees and Council members were reimbursed for expenses totalling £11,118 (2013
£7,217) covering travel, subsistence and accommodation incurred in connection with their duties as members of the Council
of Dogs Trust. No allowances were paid to trustees and Council members, no direct payments to third parties were made
on their behalf.
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NOTES TO THE
(continued)
NOTE 6
Analysis of Total Resources Expended
Grants
Activities
Support
2014
2013
undertaken
costs
Total
Total
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
directly
£000’s
£000’s
Costs of generating funds:
Voluntary income
-
23,047
318
23,365
21,215
-
2,351
160
2,511
2,225
Investment management fees
-
191
-
191
178
-
25,589
478
26,067
23,618
Rehoming centres
1,884
35,099
3,034
40,017
29,955
Preventative work
-
12,128
331
12,459
11,448
Costs of activities in furtherance of the Charity’s
objects:
International
Publicity
Governance costs
Total resources expended
951
1,291
12
2,254
2,913
-
2,396
59
2,455
2,972
2,835
50,914
3,436
57,185
47,288
-
101
312
413
338
2,835
76,604
4,226
83,665
71,244
Voluntary income is mainly generated by donors who sponsor dogs.
Support costs totalling £4,226,000 (2013: £3,015,000) have been allocated across the activities. These include costs associated with
IT, HR, finance, property and other central services to the Charity’s staff and rehoming centres across the group. The costs have
been allocated based on time spent by departments supporting the various activities.
Governance costs include audit fees of £46,950 (2013: £44,350). Our auditors received £12,521 (2013: £3,600) in respect of nonaudit services.
Total irrecoverable VAT was £3,306,074 (2013: £3,549,000).
A grant of £2,888,000 was made to Dogs Trust Limited (2013 :£2,936,000) for its loss for 2014.
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(continued)
NOTE 6 (continued)
Grants are detailed below: International projects:
Organisation/Project
2014
2013
£000’s
£000’s
Delivery country
(Unless UK)
WVS - Mission Rabies
India
561
963
WVS - International Training Centre
India
100
100
Soi Dog Foundation
Thailand
50
50
Animal Refuge Kansai
Japan
44
-
Animal Kingdom Foundation
Philippines
39
50
Pomujre SPA
Slovenia
26
49
Animais de Rua
Portugal
20
-
Care for Dogs Foundation
Thailand
19
-
Pan-Hellenic Animal Welfare Federation
Greece
16
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Dick White Charitable Foundation
Cuba
13
-
Association Centar Project
Kosovo
13
-
Animal Aid Unlimited
India
12
-
Animal Rescue Sofia
Bulgaria
11
-
Bahrain SPCA
Bahrain
-
25
Mdzananda Animal Clinic
South Africa
-
25
Other International grants
27
21
951
1,330
Research grants:
Grants were made to individuals at the following institutions to support research work:
University of Edinburgh
217
103
University of Nottingham
183
-
University of Surrey
139
-
University of Bristol
16
134
Open University
15
-
University of Glasgow
2
-
Royal Veterinary College
-
178
University of Lincoln
-
11
University of Cambridge
-
11
Animal Health Trust
-
12
572
449
1,276
1,181
36
38
1,312
1,219
2,835
2,998
Other grants:
Shared adoption scheme grants
Emergency help grants
Total grants
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NOTES TO THE
(continued)
NOTE 6 (continued)
Under the shared adoption scheme, dogs rehomed with certain medical conditions will have the veterinary costs covered
for the treatment of that particular ailment, for the rest of the dog’s life.
Emergency help grants provide a contribution towards the veterinary costs of emergencies for dogs belonging to people in
financial difficulty.
NOTE 7
Staff Numbers and Emoluments
2014
2013
number
number
Rehoming centres
554
496
Fundraising, campaigns and publicity
143
125
Management and administration
The average monthly number of employees (full time equivalent)
46
42
743
663
2014
2013
£000’s
£000’s
Wages and salaries
18,870
15,876
Social security costs
1,614
1,371
Their aggregate emoluments were as follows:
Pension costs
1,437
1,142
21,921
18,389
5
3
Number of employees of the group who earned from:
£60,001 to £70,000
£70,001 to £80,000
1
3
£80,001 to £90,000
2
1
£90,001 to £100,000
4
1
£100,001 to £110,000
-
1
£110,001 to £120,000
-
2
£120,001 to £130,000
2
-
£130,001 to £140,000
1
-
£140,001 to £150,000
-
1
15
12
£000’s
£000’s
165
221
All the employees above received pension contributions
Employer pension contributions for all above employees
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(continued)
NOTE 8
Tangible Fixed Assets
Group
Freehold Land
Motor
Equipment
Total
& Buildings
Vehicles
& Fittings
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
83,891
2,615
6,275
92,781
8,856
672
668
10,196
Cost
Balance at 1 January 2014
Additions
-
(229)
(2,262)
(2,491)
Foreign exchange movement
Disposals
(629)
(13)
(4)
(646)
Balance at 31 December 2014
92,118
3,045
4,677
99,840
Accumulated depreciation
34,863
2,191
5,741
42,795
Depreciation charge for year
5,212
511
437
6,160
Impairment charge for year
2,204
-
-
2,204
Disposals
-
(229)
(2,262)
(2,491)
(253)
(10)
(3)
(266)
42,026
2,463
3,913
48,402
Net book value at 31 December 2014
50,092
582
764
51,438
49,028
424
534
49,986
Foreign exchange rate movement
Freehold land and buildings includes the cost of freehold land of £13.4 million (2013: £13.4 million) which has been valued
at £10.5 million and is not depreciated. A difference of £1.1 million arose in prior years and was shown as an impairment
cost in the Statement of Financial Activities in prior years. The additional impairment charge arises from a review of the
values of our Basildon rehoming centre in the year. The valuation was performed by independent chartered surveyors
(Pooks). The valuation was based on depreciated replacement cost.
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NOTES TO THE
(continued)
NOTE 8 (continued)
Tangible Fixed Assets
Charity
Freehold Land
Motor
Equipment
Total
& Buildings
Vehicles
& Fittings
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
74,267
2,409
6,107
82,783
7,879
629
642
9,150
Cost
Additions
Disposals
-
(176)
(2,262)
(2,438)
82,146
2,862
4,487
89,495
30,993
2,028
5,639
38,660
Depreciation charge for year
4,749
463
399
5,611
Impairment charge for year
2,204
-
-
2,204
-
(176)
(2,261)
(2,437)
37,946
2,315
3,777
44,038
44,200
547
710
45,457
43,274
381
468
44,123
Accumulated depreciation
Disposals
Freehold land and buildings includes freehold land of £8.7 million (2013: £10.8 million) that is not depreciated.
The impairment charge arises from a review of the values of our Basildon rehoming centre. The valuation was performed by
independent chartered surveyors (Pooks). The valuation was based on depreciated replacement cost.
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(continued)
NOTE 9
Fixed Asset Investments
2014
2013
£000’s
£000’s
Market value at 1 January
34,182
28,399
Investment cash at 1 January
36,719
37,683
70,901
66,082
(10,753)
(14,353)
Add: acquisitions at cost
11,707
15,154
: investment cash
(1,000)
(1,054)
720
5,072
71,575
70,901
2014
2013
£000’s
£000’s
4,892
4,100
Less: disposals at market value
Net realised and unrealised gains
Market value at 31 December
Investments at market value comprised:
UK fixed interest securities
UK equities
11,939
12,970
Non UK equities
16,247
14,419
-
215
Property
Total commitment foreign exchange transactions
Other investments
Cash
The historical cost of investments held at 31 December was
-
108
2,983
2,370
35,514
36,719
71,575
70,901
67,129
66,473
No investment (other than cash) represented more than 5% of the portfolio valuation at 31 December 2014 or 2013.
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NOTES TO THE
(continued)
NOTE 10
Total Funds
Balance
Movement in Funds
1 January
Incoming
2014
Resources
Expenditure
Balance
Gains,
31 December
Revaluations
2014
& Transfers
Permanent endowment funds
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
The Sanborn & Ellanor Doe Memorial
Fund
18
-
(18)
-
-
The Hamilton Fellows Trust Fund
19
-
(19)
-
-
Sussex Home for Lost & Stray Cats &
Dogs
46
-
(46)
-
-
Gertrude R Clarke
242
-
-
-
242
Total permanent endowment funds
325
-
(83)
-
242
47
(continued)
NOTE 10 (continued)
Total Funds
Balance
Movement in Funds
1 January
Incoming
2014
Resources
Expenditure
Balance
Gains,
31 December
Revaluations
2014
& Transfers
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
Other restricted funds
Ballymena
Basildon
Bridgend
-
29
(29)
-
-
43
87
(130)
-
-
-
284
(284)
-
-
Canterbury
-
264
(264)
-
-
Darlington
-
26
(26)
-
-
Evesham
-
234
(234)
-
-
Glasgow
-
176
(176)
-
-
Harefield (London)
-
1
(1)
-
-
Ilfracombe
-
166
(166)
-
-
Kenilworth
-
224
(224)
-
-
Leeds
-
360
(360)
-
-
Loughborough
-
9
(9)
-
-
Manchester
-
18
(18)
-
-
Merseyside
-
137
(137)
-
-
Newbury
-
464
(464)
-
-
Salisbury
-
-
-
-
-
Shoreham
-
449
(449)
-
-
Shrewsbury
-
31
(31)
-
-
Snetterton
-
61
(61)
-
-
West Calder
-
73
(73)
-
-
Leeds Education Officer
-
100
(100)
-
-
Other
Total other restricted funds
-
18
(18)
-
-
43
3,211
(3,254)
-
-
Gains,
31 December
Revaluations
2014
Balance
Unrestricted funds
Movement in Funds
1 January
Incoming
2014
Resources
Expenditure
Balance
& Transfers
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
Rehoming Centre Base Fund
49,818
81,532
(80,328)
(6,865)
44,157
Rehoming Centre Development Fund
22,540
-
-
10,683
33,223
Fund for Fixed Assets
49,986
-
-
1,452
51,438
Special Project Fund
5,715
-
-
(4,615)
1,100
Total designated funds
128,059
81,532
(80,328)
655
129,918
Total Funds
128,427
84,743
(83,665)
655
130,160
Designated funds
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NOTES TO THE
(continued)
NOTE 10 (continued)
Total Funds
Transfers from restricted funds are for expenditure on rehoming centres. Details of funds are included in the Report of the
Trustees. The Charity’s Fund for Fixed Assets includes the amount owed by Dogs Trust Limited which is represented by our
Dublin Centre. The Charity’s Rehoming Centre Base Fund is less than the Group’s fund because the difference is the fund
held in Dogs Trust Limited.
NOTE 11
Analysis of Group Net Assets between Funds
Designated
Restricted
Permanent
Total
endowment
Represented by:
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
Tangible fixed assets
51,438
-
-
51,438
Investments
71,575
-
-
71,575
Current assets
14,171
-
242
14,413
Current liabilities
Total Net assets
(7,266)
-
-
(7,266)
129,918
-
242
130,160
NOTE 12
Capital Commitments
Council have authorised the following capital expenditure over next 5 years:
Redevelopment
Total
Evesham
Canterbury
Newbury
Other
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
Authorised and contracted
-
-
-
500
500
Authorised not contracted
9,600
2,033
4,858
16,231
32,722
9,600
2,033
4,858
16,731
33,222
NOTE 13
Debtors’ analysis
Group
Charity
2014
2013
2014
2013
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
Trade debtors
90
123
16
18
Other debtors
953
1,052
953
1,052
VAT Claim
703
925
745
925
-
-
5,769
6,026
Prepayments & accrued income
6,243
5,138
5,965
5,116
Total
7,989
7,238
13,448
13,137
Amount owed by subsidiary companies
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(continued)
NOTE 14
Creditors’ analysis
Group
Trade creditors
Charity
2014
2013
2014
2013
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
5,847
5,621
5,537
5,515
Other creditors
858
405
634
359
Accruals & deferred income
561
307
492
298
7,266
6,333
6,663
6,172
Total
Movement in deferred income
Balance at 1 January
Utilised in the year
Group
Charity
2014
2013
2014
2013
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
264
239
264
239
(264)
(239)
(264)
(239)
Deferred income in the year
274
264
274
264
Balance at 31 December
274
264
274
264
Deferred income is income received during this year but in respect of next year.
NOTE 15
Reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in net funds for the group
2014
2013
£000’s
£000’s
(Decrease)/increase in cash in the period
(179)
1,582
Net funds at 1 January
6,501
4,919
Net funds at 31 December
6,322
6,501
1 January
31 December
NOTE 16
Analysis of net funds for the group
Cash at bank and in hand
2014
Cashflow
2014
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
6,501
(179)
6,322
NOTE 17
Forward currency contracts
The Charity had outstanding forward currency commitments of €4m at average rate of €1.20 to £1 as at 31 December 2014
(2013: €5.3 million).
NOTE 18
Related party transaction
There were no related party transactions other than those disclosed in Note 13. Advantage has been taken of the
exemption permitted by FRS 8 not to disclose transactions with group entities.
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We are very grateful to the following organisations for their
generous support in 2014:
Players of People’s Postcode Lottery
Petplan Insurance
Welcome Cottages
HSBC
We wish to thank Pets At Home for generously donating their
Wainwright’s dog food for use at all of our rehoming centres, for
the second year running.
We are very grateful to all the
who remembered Dogs Trust
Thank you too to all of the
grant-making trusts and
generous gifts have helped
possible this year.
kind-hearted people
in their wills in 2014.
private donors and
foundations whose
to make our work
Editor: Deana Selby
Design: Anna Mackee www.annamackee.com
Front cover: Barrett of Dogs Trust West London Back cover: Zuca of Dogs Trust West London Photographer: Gerrard Gethings
Images throughout report by: Martin Phelps, Clive Tagg, Justin Paget, Colin Bennett, Christopher Kemp
Copyright © Dogs Trust 2015
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Dogs Trust
17 Wakley Street, London, EC1V 7RQ
020 7837 0006
www.dogstrust.org.uk
[email protected]
Registered Charity Numbers:
227523 (England & Wales)
SC037843 (Scotland)
20057978 (Ireland)
BDO LLP registered number is OC305127

Dogs Trust Annual Report and Accounts 2014

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