Medical Detection Dogs

Analysis

Medical Detection Dogs is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in June 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06399500). It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Medical Detection Dogs reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.5m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £2.6m to £2.4m (-6.0%), an average of -1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Medical Detection Dogs sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Children of Adam (£2.4m), College of St Barnabas (£2.4m) and Aid 4 Ummah (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 95%, trading 2.8% and investments 2.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £497k. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 15%. Reserves of £1.6m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 52 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.