The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Manchester and District Home for Lost Dogs Limited

Registered charity 1001346 Registered since 1990

Operates: Manchester City, Cheshire East, Lancashire, Cheshire West & Chester

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

4.6y median 3y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Animals 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 6

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.8m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

14.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 35.8 in 2020

59 from 49 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
60 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.dogshome.net
Emailappeals@dogshome.net
Phone01925269500
Address225 Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, WARRINGTON, WA4 3JZ

Finances

£1,794,140 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£2,231,447£1,571,329
2021£1,191,122£1,496,350
2022£1,418,131£1,657,937
2023£2,119,594£2,012,940
2024£1,794,140£2,807,670

What it does

What

Animals

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

4.1 TO TAKE OVER ALL, OR SUCH PART AS CAN BE LEGALLY VESTED IN THE CHARITY OF THE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE UNINCORPORATED CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION KNOWN AS MANCHESTER & DISTRICT HOME FOR LOST DOGS;4.2 THE CARE OF AND COLLECTION OF STRAY AND UNWANTED DOGS INCLUDING THE CARE OF INJURED DOGS AND HUMANE DESTRUCTION;4.3 TO ENCOURAGE, FACILITATE AND PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF RESPONSIBLE DOG OWNERSHIP AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES ANCILLARY THERETO AND TO CARRY OUT THE SAID CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9TH SEPTEMBER 1966 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 26TH MARCH 1990, 15 APRIL 1997, 11 SEPTEMBER 2000, 23 APRIL 2001, 22 APRIL 2002, 30 MAY 2007 AND 24 JUN 2010.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 JUL 2016

Trustees (6)

6trustees
71median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Manchester and District Home for Lost Dogs Limited · 00887353 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 09/09/1966

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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