Search and Rescue Dog Association (Wales)

Analysis

Search and Rescue Dog Association (Wales) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Caernarfon. It was registered in March 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Search and Rescue Dog Association (Wales) reported income of £10k and spending of £22k, spending 212% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £14k to £10k (-24%), an average of -6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Search and Rescue Dog Association (Wales) sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Cheltenham Community Centre (£10k), The Farrington Hopkins Trust (£10k) and Eccleshall Community First Response Team (£10k).

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.