The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Dogs Trust

Registered charity 1167663 Registered since 2016

Operates: Afghanistan, Chile, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Mexico, Nepal, Russia, South Africa

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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.

11 trustees on the board

1.5y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

10
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 11Animals 10Disability 1General 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.

Health and social care 10Professional services 8Finance 6

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£143.1m 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.

5.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 0.6 in 2020

1943
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.dogstrust.org.uk
EmailContactCentre@dogstrust.org.uk
Phone02078370006
AddressDogs Trust House, 2 Wakley Street, LONDON, EC1V 7LT

Finances

£143,067,945 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£3,849,840£3,906,609
2021£4,326,911£4,316,217
2022£6,437,689£6,399,788
2023£6,938,525£6,854,340
2024£143,067,945£150,595,495

What it does

What

Education/trainingAnimals

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE (AND FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT WHETHER WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD) TO PROTECT DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS IN THE DIRECTORS DISCRETION FROM MALTREATMENT, CRUELTY AND SUFFERING

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23 DEC 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 OCT 2023AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14 NOV 2023AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 MAY 2024

Trustees (11)

11trustees
54median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Dogs Trust · 09365971 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 23/12/2014

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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