Assistance Dogs (UK)

Analysis

Assistance Dogs (UK) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in June 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and animals, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06031536). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Assistance Dogs (UK) reported income of £357k and spending of £423k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £162k to £357k (+120%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 123%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Assistance Dogs (UK) sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Lighthouse Foundation (£357k), Kyffin Place Community Centre (£358k) and Lewisham Irish Community Centre (£357k).