Registered charity 1129629

Hope Rescue

What it does

Provide a place of safety for animals, in particular dogs, in emergency or put to sleep situations regardless of breed or age. To relieve suffering amongst dogs in need of care and protection, regardless of breed, age or health, and to aid the advancement of education of the public in the proper care of animals and the prevention of cruelty and suffering.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

TO PROVIDE A PLACE OF SAFETY FOR ANIMALS, IN PARTICULAR DOGS, IN EMERGENCY OR PUT TO SLEEP SITUATIONS IRRESPECTIVE OF BREED OR AGE, TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AMONGST DOGS IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, NEGLECT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR OTHER SIMILAR CASES AND TO AID THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE NEEDS AND PROPER CARE OF ANIMALS AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Animals
Who it helps: Other charities and voluntary bodies
Other defined groups
How it works: Provides staff or volunteers
Provides services
Provides advocacy, advice or information

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

Elsewhere

Throughout England and Wales

Area of benefit in its governing document: Undefined. in Practice, Local.

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £2,257,328 and spent £2,441,698.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2025	£2,257,328	£2,441,698	52	120
31 March 2024	£2,023,364	£1,943,885	43	170
31 March 2023	£1,407,340	£1,608,528	36	250
31 March 2022	£1,166,103	£1,152,684	35	420
31 March 2021	£1,143,599	£749,584	27	300

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time: Up 97%, from £1,143,599 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £2,257,328 in the year to 31 March 2025.
Spending against income: It spent 108% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.
Money from government: 13% of its income in the year to 31 March 2024 came from government grants and contracts (£263,923).
Largest funder: National Lottery gave £136,607 in the year to 31 March 2025, 6% of that year's income.Read by AI from the charity's accounts.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: £239,928 from 4 contracts.

Income from government grants and contracts by financial year
Year ending	Government grants	Government contracts
31 March 2025	Not reported	£239,928 from 4 contracts
31 March 2024	£1,000 from 1 grant	£262,923 from 4 contracts
31 March 2023	£13,887 from 4 grants	£174,070 from 4 contracts
31 March 2022	£52,749 from 6 grants	£118,548 from 6 contracts
31 March 2021	£125,939 from 22 grants	£28,833 from 3 contracts

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Where its income came from in the year ending 31 March 2025

Donations and legacies£905,529
Charitable activities, including grants and contracts for its work£440,565
Trading and fundraising£911,234

From the charity's annual return. Only charities with income over £500,000 give this breakdown.

Who funds it, according to its accounts

In its accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025, the charity named 9 funders who gave £387,045 between them. £136,607 of that came from public bodies.

These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.

Money received from each named funder, by accounts year
Funder	Type	Mar 2025	Mar 2024
National Lottery	National Lottery	£136,607
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home	Trust, company or other	£130,151	£224,448
Dezna Robin Jones Foundation	Trust, company or other	£26,140
DB Bartlet	Trust, company or other	£22,331
Pets at Home	Trust, company or other	£21,859
Schnauzerfest	Trust, company or other	£17,000	£13,000
The Betty Phillips Charitable Trust	Trust, company or other	£15,000
Edith Mary Trust	Trust, company or other	£13,617
Wales Church Act	Trust, company or other	£4,340
The National Lottery Community Fund	National Lottery		£160,980
Welsh Church Act	Trust, company or other		£22,000
Pets at Home Foundation	Trust, company or other		£21,859
The Moon Dance Foundation	Trust, company or other		£15,000
The Rose Animal Welfare Trust	Trust, company or other		£10,000
Petplan Charitable Trust	Trust, company or other		£10,000
Wales Council for Voluntary Action	Other public body		£1,000

Only funding the accounts name with an amount is included. Most charities also have income from donations, fees and trading that is not listed by funder, so this is part of its income.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 6 grants to this charity since 2021, worth at least £403,315.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

By funder

The National Lottery Community Fund£401,065, 3 grants
Making A Difference Locally£1,250, 2 grants
Community Foundation in Wales£1,000, 1 grant

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
17 Jul 2025	Making A Difference LocallyGrant to Hope Rescue	£1,000
8 Apr 2025	The National Lottery Community FundWales COL - Hope In the Community	£19,820
14 Jun 2024	Making A Difference LocallyGrant to Hope Rescue	£250
30 Mar 2023	The National Lottery Community FundCommunity Facilities Overhaul	£371,245
26 Aug 2021	The National Lottery Community FundHope Rescue Volunteer Welfare Facility	£10,000
21 May 2021	Community Foundation in WalesGrant to Hope Rescue	£1,000

Payments from public bodies, from their spending data

Public bodies' published spending shows 42 payments to this charity worth £90,592 between 2 October 2023 and 2 January 2026.

Payments from public bodies, from their spending data
Public body	Paid	Payments	Financial years
Monmouthshire County Councilits spending data	£90,592	42	2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26

Councils and Welsh Government publish what they pay suppliers and grant holders above a threshold, usually £500 for councils and £25,000 for Welsh Government, so smaller payments are missing. A payment is shown only when OpenEconomy matched it to this charity with certainty. These figures come from the payer's records. They are a separate measure from the charity's own accounts, 360Giving grants and its annual return, and are never added to them.

In council meetings

Council business that names this charity, from the records councils publish, gathered by OpenCouncil. Newest first.

21 May 2025, Rhondda Cynon Taf
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ELECTIONS & APPOINTMENTS
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27 November 2024, Rhondda Cynon Taf
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Announcements
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8 May 2024, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Named in a decision of Council
Elections & Appointments
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10 May 2023, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Named in a decision of Council
Elections & Appointments
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In the Senedd and Welsh Government

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6 November 2025
Named by Jackie Price in the Senedd
…they were GBGB affiliated, there is no data, not publicly available, on mortality rates or injuries or anything like that for the Valley track. Hope Rescue, as I said earlier, did do an assessment based on the number of dogs coming out of Valley that needed to be rehomed and the conditions that they…
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6 November 2025
Named by Jackie Price in the Senedd
…mean, prior to Valley being granted GBGB licence, and due to the perceived concerns over standards at their independent track, there has been—. Hope Rescue launched the Amazing Greys project in 2018, just to improve the conditions of the racing greyhounds. That's where Cut the Chase came in behind t…
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5 November 2025
Named by Huw Irranca-Davies in the Senedd
…rms of the way you approach responsible ownership and the behaviour of your animal as well.' And also there's the influential work conducted by Hope Rescue in the community and the support that they give to dog owners and also to mental health charities. And, of course, this is all backed up by what…
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23 October 2025
Named by Mark Bird in the Senedd
…t weren't there when the Valley was an unregulated track, ostensibly. So, I think that what you've got, especially with Greyhound Rescue Wales, Hope Rescue, all those types of charities that are citing much of the evidence that's been before the Senedd, is that it's outdated and outmoded. And I thin…
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15 October 2025
Named by Vanessa Waddon in the Senedd
…d out by the Animal Welfare Network for Wales, but in terms of why, as Members, you might not have heard much about it from the public, or from Hope Rescue, certainly, was because we didn't start our project till later. But, previously, concerns had been raised by Greyhound Rescue Wales, who were ta…
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15 October 2025
Named by Vanessa Waddon in the Senedd
So, at Hope Rescue, whilst we're concerned about cradle-to-grave welfare issues, including breeding, wastage of the pups that don't make the grade, kennelling, racing and rehoming, our main concern is the high number of injuries and deaths. The Greyhound Board of Great Britain’s own figures show tha…
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30 September 2025
Named by Huw Irranca-Davies in the Senedd
…hard on this, many of them across Wales, but also those individuals—Jane Dodds included—and, actually, many people who work with charities like Hope Rescue in my constituency, who step forward to actually rehome greyhounds themselves and be that loving family around them. In terms of the group, yes,…
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30 September 2025
Named by Huw Irranca-Davies in the Senedd
…ith many organisations outside? It is worth saying that those organisations include people like Blue Cross, Dogs Trust, Greyhound Rescue Wales, Hope Rescue in my own patch, the Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals and many, many others, and their focus wasn’t on illicit greyhound r…
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30 September 2025
Named by Huw Irranca-Davies in the Senedd
…blic feeling. And we can't ignore, of course, those campaigns that have been led by people like Blue Cross, Dogs Trust, Greyhound Rescue Wales, Hope Rescue, RSPCA. So, all of those factors, James, have brought us to the position that we're in today, where we are taking the step to ban greyhound raci…
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10 March 2025
Named by Carolyn Thomas in the Senedd
…petition debate. We've got two petitions here. The first one, item 3.10, is P-06-1253, 'Ban greyhound racing in Wales', which was submitted by Hope Rescue, with 35,101 signatures, which has been debated. And then also, item 3.11, which is petition P-06-1354, 'The Welsh Government should support gre…
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18 February 2025
Named by Carolyn Thomas in the Senedd
Following the debate in the Chamber last week and the petition submitted by Vanessa from Hope Rescue, I'd like to say that there are well over 35,000 people who are pleased and relieved to hear this statement today banning greyhound racing in Wales. I'd like to welcome the cross-party work we've bee…
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18 February 2025
Named by Huw Irranca-Davies in the Senedd
…00 signatures. This sits alongside campaign work by the Cut the Chase coalition, which includes Blue Cross, Dogs Trust, Greyhound Rescue Wales, Hope Rescue and the RSPCA. We also note what is happening in other countries across the world that are taking steps to ban this activity. As a result, Dirpr…
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12 February 2025
Named by Carolyn Thomas in the Senedd
…ion. The future of greyhound racing in Wales has been high on the agenda in the Senedd now since 2022. This journey was started by Vanessa from Hope Rescue when she submitted her petition calling for a ban on greyhound racing at the beginning of the Senedd term. It received an incredible 35,000 sign…
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29 January 2025
Named by Huw Irranca-Davies in the Senedd
…k with them to actually develop responsible ownership approaches. There's the influential work that is done by an organisation many of us know, Hope Rescue, in my own patch, in fact, near to Llanharan, in the community, and the support they give as well to mental health charities but also to dog own…
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4 June 2024
Named by Rhianon Passmore in the Senedd
…ds that are fallen in races remains unknown. The Cut the Chase coalition, which consists of the highly respected RSPCA, Dogs Trust, Blue Cross, Hope Rescue and Greyhound Rescue Wales, have well documented the truly shocking lack of welfare shown in the greyhound racing industry for the welfare of th…
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17 April 2024
Named by Huw Irranca-Davies in the Senedd
…, including those animal sanctuaries that I know he has in his own patch, and also across mine and my colleague Sarah Murphy as well, including Hope Rescue. We are committed to maintaining the highest standards of welfare for all animals kept in Wales in all the situations, Mike, that you just ran a…
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28 February 2024
Named by Jack Sargeant in the Senedd
…the Senedd Petitions Committee, I was proud of the report we produced on greyhound racing in Wales, and I'd like to thank the lead petitioner, Hope Rescue, who initiated the petition and the subsequent inquiry for the committee. A majority of committee members supported a phased ban on greyhound ra…
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15 January 2024
Named by Jack Sargeant in the Senedd
…greyhound racing in Wales', and also 3.3, P-06-1354, 'The Welsh Government should support greyhound racing in Wales'. No. 3.2 was submitted by Hope Rescue, with a total of 35,101 signatures, and 3.3 was submitted by David Tams, with 10,601 signatures in total. As they both relate to the same matter…
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11 October 2023
Named by Lesley Griffiths in the Senedd
…m happy to continue to promote local and national initiatives aimed at improving animal welfare. Supporting the likes of the RSPCA, Dogs Trust, Hope Rescue and national campaigns aimed at improving welfare and sharing best practice is something very close to my heart. I also want to see greater unde…
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3 October 2023
Named by Lesley Griffiths in the Senedd
…vent at lunchtime. Tomorrow is World Animal Day, and it was great that Luke sponsored the event in the Pierhead building, along with the RSPCA, Hope Rescue and Naturewatch Foundation. Diolch. Fel y mae'r Aelod ac Aelodau eraill yn gwybod, rwyf i wedi ymrwymo i ymgynghori ar drwyddedu gweithgareddau…
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19 September 2023
Named by Huw Irranca-Davies in the Senedd
…eagues Hefin David, and Sam, I think it was as well, raising the issue of the XL bullies. As the Minister will know, I was with Mick Antoniw at Hope Rescue when the announcement came through that XL bullies will be added to the banned list. It raises some significant issues in terms of the animal we…
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13 March 2023
Named by Jack Sargeant in the Senedd
…the petition and the work that we've done to date on that petition. Item 3.2, P-06-1253, 'Ban greyhound racing in Wales'. This was submitted by Hope Rescue with 35,101 signatures in total, with 18,707 of those coming from Wales. This, obviously, was a piece of work we've done an inquiry on, and we d…
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8 March 2023
Named by Jack Sargeant in the Senedd
…the Valley racetrack in Wales, and we heard from the chair and an independent member of the board of GBGB. And on the other side, we heard from Hope Rescue—the petitioner—Greyhound Rescue Wales and Almost Home Dog Rescue. The evidence in front of the committee at that time was enough to persuade the…
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8 March 2023
Named by Hefin David in the Senedd
…nt the ingress of water onto the track. So, there is some form of flood prevention happening there. I've been to visit the track, I've met with Hope Rescue and I've met with the Dogs Trust and have had these conversations. I think it's really important that any Member voting on this at any point in…
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8 March 2023
Named by Sarah Murphy in the Senedd
…, I've supported this petition and the work of Blue Cross, Dogs Trust—which I've visited in my constituency of Bridgend—Greyhound Rescue Wales, Hope Rescue in Ogmore and the RSPCA in raising awareness of the current conditions many greyhounds currently endure. I also just really want to thank, as we…
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Trustees

5 trustees run the charity.

Carl HeardChairAppointed 14 August 2024
Ann RowleyAppointed 21 May 2026
Nick BushAppointed 21 May 2026
Sarah Lousie PassmoreAppointed 2 April 2023
Thomas James CandyAppointed 2 April 2023

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2025	31 January 2026	Received 30 January 2026, 1 day early	Received 30 January 2026
31 March 2024	31 January 2025	Received 30 January 2025, 1 day early	Received 30 January 2025
31 March 2023	31 January 2024	Received 31 January 2024	Received 31 January 2024
31 March 2022	31 January 2023	Received 31 January 2023	Received 31 January 2023
31 March 2021	31 January 2022	Received 31 January 2022	Received 31 January 2022

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1129629
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 14 May 2009
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 MARCH 2009
Company number: 06833205This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
Website: www.hoperescue.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Rhondda Cynon Taf

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 1 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.
In council meetings: councils' published meeting records, gathered by OpenCouncil and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 4 November 2026.
In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 March 2025

£2,257,328

£2,441,698

120

31 March 2024

£2,023,364

£1,943,885

170

31 March 2023

£1,407,340

£1,608,528

250

31 March 2022

£1,166,103

£1,152,684

420

31 March 2021

£1,143,599

£749,584

300

Year ending

Government grants

Government contracts

31 March 2025

Not reported

£239,928 from 4 contracts

31 March 2024

£1,000 from 1 grant

£262,923 from 4 contracts

31 March 2023

£13,887 from 4 grants

£174,070 from 4 contracts

31 March 2022

£52,749 from 6 grants

£118,548 from 6 contracts

31 March 2021

£125,939 from 22 grants

£28,833 from 3 contracts

Funder

Type

Mar 2025

Mar 2024

National Lottery

£136,607

Battersea Dogs and Cats Home

Trust, company or other

£130,151

£224,448

Dezna Robin Jones Foundation

Trust, company or other

£26,140

DB Bartlet

Trust, company or other

£22,331

Pets at Home

Trust, company or other

£21,859

Schnauzerfest

Trust, company or other

£17,000

£13,000

The Betty Phillips Charitable Trust

Trust, company or other

£15,000

Edith Mary Trust

Trust, company or other

£13,617

Wales Church Act

Trust, company or other

£4,340

The National Lottery Community Fund

National Lottery

£160,980

Welsh Church Act

Trust, company or other

£22,000

Pets at Home Foundation

Trust, company or other

£21,859

The Moon Dance Foundation

Trust, company or other

£15,000

The Rose Animal Welfare Trust

Trust, company or other

£10,000

Petplan Charitable Trust

Trust, company or other

£10,000

Wales Council for Voluntary Action

Other public body

£1,000

Awarded

Grant

Amount

17 Jul 2025

Making A Difference LocallyGrant to Hope Rescue

£1,000

8 Apr 2025

The National Lottery Community FundWales COL - Hope In the Community

£19,820

14 Jun 2024

Making A Difference LocallyGrant to Hope Rescue

£250

30 Mar 2023

The National Lottery Community FundCommunity Facilities Overhaul

£371,245

26 Aug 2021

The National Lottery Community FundHope Rescue Volunteer Welfare Facility

£10,000

21 May 2021

Community Foundation in WalesGrant to Hope Rescue

£1,000

Public body

Paid

Payments

Financial years

Monmouthshire County Councilits spending data

£90,592

2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 30 January 2026, 1 day early

Received 30 January 2026

31 March 2024

31 January 2025

Received 30 January 2025, 1 day early

Received 30 January 2025

31 March 2023

31 January 2024

Received 31 January 2024

31 March 2022

31 January 2023

Received 31 January 2023

31 March 2021

31 January 2022

Received 31 January 2022