Border Collie Trust Great Britain

Registered charity 1053585 Registered since 1996

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

8 trustees on the board

7.8y median 3y

average tenure

26y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Bennett Wilkes since 2000
Ronald James Huggett since 2019

19.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

company-linked trustees

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

Animals 8General Charitable Purposes 8

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 8Retail and trade 8Arts and leisure 4

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

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incomespending£826k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.

103.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 113.1 in 2021

14 from 13 in 2023

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.

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

Hull Animal Welfare Trust Similar size; both Animals
Deen City Farm Limited Similar size; both Animals
Thames Estuary Partnership Similar size; both Animals
Waggy Tails Rescue Limited Similar size; both Animals
Greatwood Charity Limited Similar size; both Animals
Panthera Wildlife Trust Limited Similar size; both Animals

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.bordercollietrustgb.org.uk
Email	info@bordercollietrustgb.org.uk
Phone	01889577058
Address	B C T - G B RESCUE CENTRE, NARROW LANE, HEATHWAY, COLTON, RUGELEY STAFFS, WS15 3LY

Finances

£826,337 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£381,869	£280,458
2022	£427,930	£295,805
2023	£707,563	£328,260
2024	£1,662,935	£455,999
2025	£826,337	£472,918

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesAnimals

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO RESCUE AND PROVIDE CARE AND SHELTER TO LOST,ABANDONED,NEGLECTED AND ILL TREATED DOGS, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO DOGS OF THE BORDER COLLIE BREED

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15 FEBRUARY 1996 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 27 SEPTEMBER 2009

Trustees (8)

8trustees

70median age

4aged 70+

Kenneth Alan Holdenage band 75-79 Chair
Bennett Wilkesage band 70-74 since 2000
Dr Sarah Louise Rowellage band 60-64 since 2024
Margaret Helen Goslingage band 75-79 since 2023
Rachel Frances Cordenage band 55-59
Rebecca Jane Colesage band 50-54 since 2025
Ronald James Huggettage band 75-79 since 2019
Susan ANN Wilkesage band 65-69

Linked company (Companies House)

Border Collie Trust (Great Britain) · 03159703 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 15/02/1996

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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