## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 01/01/2024 **Period start date To** 31/12/2024 **Period end date** ## **Charity name: CAREDOGS** ## **Charity registration number: 1181339** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The purpose of CareDogs is threefold:
1. To tackle loneliness and social isolation
among older people through our 1:1
befriending service, where a local
trained and DBS-checked volunteer
and their dog go for regular walks and
talks outdoors with an older person.
2. To provide local volunteering
opportunities for people aged 18 and
above to engage in meaningful
community service with their dogs.
3. To host community dog-walking events
in partnership with neighbouring
charities and organisations to
encourage outdoor activity, connection,
and wellbeing.
Our mission is to bring canine companionship
to older people in our local communities,
recognising that being around dogs increases
emotional wellbeing and reduces health risks.
Our vision is a future where loneliness and
social isolation in older people are solved
through community connections, dog
companionship, and time spent outdoors.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|CareDogs delivers its charitable purposes for
public benefit through a range of community-
based initiatives and services.
Our core activity is the 1:1 befriending service,
which pairs trained volunteers and their dogs
with older people for regular walks and social
interaction.This service reduces loneliness,
promotes mental and physical wellbeing, and
fosters lasting community connections.
We also provide a variety of volunteering
opportunities for locals aged 16-and-over who
wish to make a positive difference,
strengthening community ties and encouraging
social responsibility.
In addition, we organise community dog-
walking events in partnership with other
charities and local organisations, bringing our
service to people of all ages, particularly for
those who may face barriers to participating in
community activities. These inclusive walks
help ensure that everyone, regardless of
circumstance, can benefit from companionship,
nature, and social connection.
Through these activities, CareDogs advances
its charitable aims of improving wellbeing,
combating isolation, and building stronger,
more connected communities - all contributing
to public benefit.
One of CareDogs' clients, MS, said:
““It has given me the confidence to go out again
after being ill in hospital and unable to leave the
house. I feel a lot healthier and more confident
talking to other people.
Meeting the volunteer and her dog has made
such a difference. You are all doing a good job
and I would recommend you to anyone who has
been in hospital and feels lonely.”| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|In planning our activities for the year, we kept in
mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on
public benefit at our trustee meetings.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Not applicable.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|Not applicable.| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|We are grateful for the many hours volunteers,
including trustees, have given in delivering the
objectives of the charity. We are still volunteer-
led and rely significantly on dedicated and
committed operational volunteers to run our
service.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|At the date of this report, the charity has
expanded, seeing more than 60 befriending
pairings and having since delivered~~o~~ver 60
community group walks.
Through the hard work of its volunteers, we
have identified a number of beneficiaries of the
charity’s services and continue to plan and
achieve our charitable objectives.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|Not applicable| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Not applicable| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|Not applicable| |Other||Not applicable| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Income received from donations and Grants
£21,654 (2023: £6,281).
Expenditure in running the charity, including
delivering the services and fundraising were
£26,950 (2023: £7,181).| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are held for the purpose of future use
in achieving the charitable objectives of the
Charity.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£5,799 as at December 2024
(2023: £11,095)| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|No such concerns| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Not applicable| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Not applicable| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Not applicable| |Other||Not applicable| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|CIO Charitable Objectives| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are selected based upon consensus
of the existing trustees.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|Not applicable| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Not applicable| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|Not applicable| |Other||Not applicable| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|CAREDOGS| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|n/a| |Registered charity number|1181339| |Charity’s principal address|CareDogs Charity, CVA Resource Centre, 82 London Road,
Croydon, CR0 2TB| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** ||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| |1|Delphine Chui|Trustee
(Founder)
Chair|Whole period|Not applicable| |2|Paloma Robinson|Trustee
Compliance,
Governance and
Legal|Whole period|Not applicable| |3|Deborah Warren|Trustee
Fundraising|Whole period|Not applicable| |4|Alex Scotland|Trustee
Treasurer|Whole period|Not applicable| |5|Felicity Winkley|Trustee
HR and Volunteer
Engagement|Whole period|Not applicable| |6|Melanie Astbury|Trustee
Communications
and Marketing|Whole period|Not applicable| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Not applicable Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |Not applicable||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets Not applicable held in this capacity Name and objects of the Not applicable charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for Not applicable safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** Not applicable **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Not applicable ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details Not applicable ## **Other optional information** Not applicable ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Delphine Chui Alex Scotland **Position** Trustee and Chair Trustee and Treasurer **Date** 24 October 2025 24 October 2025 CHARITY COMMISSIO FOR ENGLAND AND WALE CAREDOGS 1181339 Recei For the p•rlod from tsand ments accounts 3111212023 CC16a 0110112023 To Section A Recei ts and ments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endovwnent funds Total funds Lastyear tothe nearest to Ihe ￿arest £ to the neaiest£ to the nearest £ tot￿ nearest £ A1 Ro¢01 ts 05 17?49 05 17?49 81 5JJOO Sub *>tal{Gn)ss income for AR) 21￿54 21￿54 6281 P2 As$¢t and Inv•8tm•nt sales see table . Sub total 21,654 21fj54 6,281 P3Pa nts e cosis Volunteer thecks 22 75 377 2,771 1326 22 75 377 2,771 1326 168 3289 3,724 Adminisliatson Sub total 26950 26950 7,181 PA Asset and investment urchases see table Sub total 26,9 26?50 7,181 Nét01re￿lItslf￿JrnntsJ P5 Transfers be￿en funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash ￿n(ts Ihis yearend 8,298 5,296 5,296 5,296 )0 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestri¢ted funds to Marest & Restricted funds tTrngwgst£ Endowment funds to rKarp5t & Categorlès Detalls B1 Cash funds 5,7 Total cash funds 5,799 lawee L￿lanceS ¥¥th receipts andpayments accounl(sll Unrèstrl