Registered charity (CIO) · Bournemouth
Helpful Hounds Assistance Dogs
- 7 trustees
- Income £149k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.helpfulhounds.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£149k£288k
- 2024£376k£254k
- 2023£152k£177k
Earlier years
- 2022£91k£145k
- 2021£298k£58k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 15%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROVIDE RELIEF AND AN IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN NEED, BY REASON OF SUFFERING ILL HEALTH OR DISABILITY. THIS IS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE TRAINING AND PROVISION OF OUR ASSISTANCE DOGS THAT WILL LET THEM LEAD MORE INDEPENDENT LIVES BOTH AT HOME AND IN THE COMMUNITY. BY BRINGING TRAINED DOGS AND YOUNG PEOPLE (TOGETHER WITH THEIR FAMILY, CARERS OR MEDICAL ADVISORS) HELPFUL HOUNDS CAN HELP THEM OVERCOME SPECIFIC CHALLENGES, IN ORDER TO ENRICH LIVES.
Grants received
8 grants · £100,715 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- BBC Children in Need · £30,500 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £27,485 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £25,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £7,890
- Community Foundation for Surrey · £5,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Tina Worthing Chair since 2023
- Hannah Jayne Fielding since 2022
- Joanne Louise Spring since 2025
- Nagendra Mishra since 2025
- Peter John Rufus since 2018
- Sally Barbara Rufus since 2018
- Simon Tucker since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Peter John Rufus since 2018
- Sally Barbara Rufus since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Tina Worthing Chair since 2023
- Hannah Jayne Fielding since 2022
- Joanne Louise Spring since 2025
- Nagendra Mishra since 2025
- Peter John Rufus since 2018
- Sally Barbara Rufus since 2018
- Simon Tucker since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1181017
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 06 Dec 2018
- Contact on the register
- 07967147492 · trustees@helpfulhounds.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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