Helpful Hounds Assistance Dogs

Analysis

Helpful Hounds Assistance Dogs is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in December 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Helpful Hounds Assistance Dogs reported income of £149k and spending of £288k, spending 193% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income fell from £298k to £149k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2024, when income rose by 147%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Helpful Hounds Assistance Dogs sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Home-Start Newcastle Borough (£149k), D.a.f.f.o.d.i.l.s. (£150k) and Inspire Nottingham (£149k).