German Shepherd Dog Welfare Fund

Analysis

German Shepherd Dog Welfare Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in July 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2024, German Shepherd Dog Welfare Fund reported income of £156k and spending of £359k, spending 231% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income fell from £293k to £156k (-47%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 161% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, German Shepherd Dog Welfare Fund sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% 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 Woodfield Equine Sanctuary (£155k), Henley and District Agricultural Association Limited (£156k) and The Lower Moss Wood Educational Nature Reserve and Wild Life Hospital (£154k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.