The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Medical Detection Dogs

Registered charity 1124533 Registered since 2008

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

7 trustees on the board

3.3y median 3y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7General Charitable Purposes 1

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 8Construction 1Health and social care 1

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
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.1m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

7.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 13.2 in 2021

57 from 43 in 2021
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.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.medicaldetectiondogs.org.uk
Emailoperations@medicaldetectiondogs.org.uk
Phone01296655888
AddressMedical Detection Dogs, 3 Millfield, Greenway Business Park Winslow Road, Great Horwood, Milton Keynes, MK17 0NP

Finances

£2,064,349 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,951,584£2,057,873
2022£2,552,055£2,283,996
2023£1,889,035£2,494,991
2024£2,080,224£2,380,959
2025£2,064,349£2,599,524

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ( THE OBJECTS ) ARE;A) TO CONDUCT RESEARCH INTO THE DETECTION, RECOGNITION AND DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES AND MEDICAL CONDITIONS BY THE USE OF DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS TRAINED IN THE RECOGNITION OF RELEVANT STIMULI, AND THE PUBLICATION OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; ANDB) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY THE DETECTION, RECOGNITION AND DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES AND MEDICAL CONDITIONS, BY THE USE OF DOGS TRAINED IN THE RECOGNITION OF RELEVANT STIMULI.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15/10/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/06/2008AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 30/08/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/10/2013

Trustees (7)

7trustees
59median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Medical Detection Dogs · 06399500 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 15/10/2007

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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