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Registered charity · Exeter

Veterans With Dogs

Veterans With Dogs is a registered charity (number 1161554) based in Exeter, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Sally Williams since 2024. Latest income £380k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £380k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 2 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.veteranswithdogs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Veterans With Dogs
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£380k£233k
  • 2024£263k£190k
  • 2023£156k£171k
Earlier years
  • 2022£146k£166k
  • 2021£230k£127k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF CURRENT AND FORMER SERVICE PERSONNEL OF THE BRITISH ARMED FORCES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE WITH TRAUMA RELATED MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS RESULTING FROM MILITARY SERVICE BY:-A) THE TRAINING OF ASSISTANCE DOGS FOR CURRENT AND FORMER SERVICE PERSONNEL OF THE BRITISH ARMED FORCES WITH MENTAL HEALTH DISABILITIES; B) PROVIDING TRAINING, EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE RELIEF OF MENTAL HEALTH DISABILITIES WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OF DOGS; C) IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE AND ACHIEVING GREATER INDEPENDENCE BY INCREASING CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM, BRINGING COMPANIONSHIP, A SENSE OF SECURITY AND INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION;D) DEVELOPING LINKS AND FOSTERING PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHO SHARE THE AIMS OF SUPPORTING VETERANS AND THOSE PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE DOG OWNERSHIP; E) IMPLEMENT FUNDRAISING AND EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES IN SUPPORT OF VWD OBJECTIVES AND OPERATIONS; ANDF) UNDERTAKE ANY SUCH WORK THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY AGREE, FROM TIME TO TIME, CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERALL OBJECTIVES OF THE CHARITY.

Grants received

10 grants · £232,280 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Board analysis

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

0.5y median 0y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 8General Charitable Purposes 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Business services 6Professional services 3Health 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£380k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1161554
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24 SEP 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 31/03/2015
Companies House
Company number 08443724 · Active
Contact on the register
01626 798030 · info@veteranswithdogs.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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