--- title: "Pug Life Rescue — charity rating & review | CharityCompare" description: "Is Pug Life Rescue a legitimate UK charity? Clarity Score 36/100. Accounts 2024: income £164k · cause-spend split not disclosed. Reg 1164018." source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/pug-life-rescue retrieved: 2026-08-18T01:26:23.823Z license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Quick answer ## Is Pug Life Rescue a good charity? Pug Life Rescue scores 36/100 (2 stars, Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2024 (£164k total income, cause-spend split not disclosed). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown. Shrewsbury · UK-wide · SY23 9DJ | Reg [1164018](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/pug-life-rescue) | Registered charity | [Official website](https://www.pugliferescue.co.uk/) | [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1164018) Donate ## How can you give to Pug Life Rescue? You leave CharityCompare to complete a donation on the official Pug Life Rescue form. We do not process payments or take commission. Opens their official online donation form. [Donate](https://www.pugliferescue.co.uk/?utm_source=charitycompare&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=donate&utm_content=1164018) ## What does Pug Life Rescue do? Pug Life Rescue is a registered charity (no. 1164018) working in animals across the United Kingdom. Its latest Charity Commission filing does not disclose a charitable-activities spend split in recent filings, though its recent accounts were filed late. Reported income has been declining (≈22% a year). CharityCompare's Clarity Score rates the organisation only from public Charity Commission accounts — accountability, financial health, efficiency and community support — not the quality or impact of its programmes. Summarised from public filings — Pug Life Rescue hasn't added its own description yet. [Work here? Add it free →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=pug-life-rescue) **In short:** Pug Life Rescue scores 36 out of 100 (2 stars). Cause-spend split not disclosed in recent filings. Review the pillar breakdown below. ## What is Pug Life Rescue? Pug Life Rescue has a Clarity Score of 36 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars, Poor). Charity Commission registration number 1164018. Status: Registered. Primary cause area: Animals. Latest accounts year 2024: total income £164k, cause-spend split not disclosed in that filing. Accounts filing: late. 2 filing concern(s) noted on this profile. Scores are independent and based on official filings — not a donation recommendation. Data from [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), last updated 17 July 2026. Overall score 36/100 2★ · Poor Cause spend N/D Not disclosed in filings Accountability 53/100 Finance beacon Income £164k Latest year 2024 Reserves — Months of running costs Accounts filing Late Check register Fundraising efficiency not stated · Overhead not disclosed · Website on register · Confidence: medium ## How does Pug Life Rescue compare? Clarity Score percentile against similar UK charities — the share of peers Pug Life Rescue scores higher than. Income band (£100k–£500k)1stpercentile **Scores higher than 1% of 972 charities in its income band** · 36/100 vs 70 peer average (marker). Animals charities1stpercentile **Scores higher than 1% of 370 charities in this cause** · 36/100 vs 78 peer average (marker). ## How reliable is Pug Life Rescue's data? Source Charity Commission (England & Wales) Accounts year 2024 Filing date 24 June 2026 Profile reviewed 17 July 2026 Medium confidence — some data missing or late Scores reflect the latest annual accounts on the register. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: [Charity Commission for England and Wales](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), [Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator](https://www.oscr.org.uk/) and [Charity Commission for Northern Ireland](https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/). [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). ## What is Pug Life Rescue's Beacon report? Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report. ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 53/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Filing history (5 years) 100% on-time over five years = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more = 0 pts. | 0% | 0/15 pts | | Trustee oversight Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three). | 100% | 4 trustees · 15/15 pts | | Declared policies Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return. | 60% | 6/10 pts | ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 0/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Reserves (months of cash) 3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years (hoarding) = 0 pts. | 0% | Not stated · 0/15 pts | | Income stability / growth +20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between. | 0% | 0/10 pts · 3-year average | | Liabilities to assets 0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt. | 0% | 103% · 0/5 pts | ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 50/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Program expense ratio 90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below. | 0% | Not stated · 0/10 pts | | Fundraising efficiency ≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income). | 100% | 0p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (3-year average) | ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 50/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Volunteer-to-staff ratio Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between. | 50% | 55 volunteers · 5/10 pts | [How we calculate beacon scores →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ## What is Pug Life Rescue's Clarity Score? 36/100 total · Poor · 2 of 5 stars Four pillars (40 + 30 + 20 + 10 points) from Charity Commission filings — see methodology for full weightings. 53/100 Accountability & Transparency 0/100 Financial Health 50/100 Financial Efficiency 50/100 Community Support ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 53/100 Filing history (5 years)0/15 pts Trustee oversight4 trustees · 15/15 pts Declared policies6/10 pts ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 0/100 Reserves (months of cash)Not stated · 0/15 pts Income stability / growth0/10 pts · 3-year average Liabilities to assets103% · 0/5 pts ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 50/100 Program expense ratioNot stated · 0/10 pts Fundraising efficiency0p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (3-year average) ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 50/100 Volunteer-to-staff ratio55 volunteers · 5/10 pts ## How much does Pug Life Rescue raise and spend? Latest filed year 2024 · Source: Charity Commission filings | Category | Amount | % of spend | | --- | --- | --- | | Total income | £164k | — | | Total expenditure | £141k | — | | Charitable activities | Not disclosed | — | ## Where does the money go? Latest accounts (2024) · £141k spent. Not disclosed in this filing — the Charity Commission return omits the charitable-activities split. ## What trust indicators does Pug Life Rescue have? Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported. - — Accounts filed on time Filing status: late - ✓ Trustee board size (3–12) 4 trustees on the Charity Commission register Fundraising Regulator Status not yet checked Separate from our financial scores — shows whether the charity follows the Code of Fundraising Practice. [Check Fundraising Regulator →](https://www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk/members/) Official register Reg 1164018 Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission. [View on Charity Commission →](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1164018) ### Trustees & officers - Jacqueline Anne Fullerton since 2022 - Victoria Louise Conway since 2022 - Alyson Elizabeth Chandler since 2022 - Jane Fox since 2024 100 How we score charities +The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically. [Full methodology →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) Accountability & Transparency Scored from filings 40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10). Financial Health Scored from filings 30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises). Financial Efficiency Scored from filings 20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below). Community Support Scored from filings 10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio. Overall score Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated. ## How have Pug Life Rescue's finances changed over five years? - Income - Spending - Cause spend Values in £ thousands · Cause spend plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission accounts ## What are the key facts about Pug Life Rescue? Overall score 36/100 (2★) Income £164k Cause spend Not disclosed Reg number 1164018 Scope UK-wide Reserves — Trustees 4 Accounts year 2024 Filing late ## How does Pug Life Rescue compare, and where else can you look? [Compare Pug Life Rescue with others](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/compare-charities?ids=pug-life-rescue) [More animals charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/animals) [How we score charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ### Where Pug Life Rescue sits The causes this charity is classified under, and other charities working nearby. - [animals charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/animals) - [education charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/education) - [Charities in Shrewsbury](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/cities/shrewsbury) ### Similar animals charities Top-rated peers by CharityCompare score - [TEES RIVERS CHARITABLE TRUST](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/tees-rivers-charitable-trust) 100/100 · £2.0m - [THE RSPCA DANAHER ANIMAL HOME](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/the-rspca-danaher-animal-home) 100/100 · £1.4m - [GREENACRES RESCUE LIMITED](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/greenacres-rescue-limited) 100/100 · £884k - [GREATWOOD CHARITY LIMITED](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/greatwood-charity-limited) 100/100 · £851k ## How can you share Pug Life Rescue's rating? 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Free to use — a lightweight HTML badge or an embeddable score widget, each linking back to this independent profile and our [methodology](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology). BadgeScore widget [♥ CharityCompare Clarity Score 36/100 ★★★★★](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/pug-life-rescue) Lightweight HTML badge (no iframe) — paste anywhere ♥ CharityCompare Clarity Score 36/100 ★★★★★ Copy code ## What red flags does Pug Life Rescue have? ## Frequently asked questions Common questions about Pug Life Rescue's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status. Is Pug Life Rescue a good charity? + Pug Life Rescue scores 36 out of 100 (2 stars — Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Its recent filings do not disclose a charitable-activities spend split and its accounts are late. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate. Is Pug Life Rescue a legitimate charity? + Yes — Pug Life Rescue is a legitimate registered charity (charity number 1164018). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1164018. Registration proves status; Clarity Score then summarises filing transparency on paper, not programme impact. What is Pug Life Rescue's charity number? + Pug Life Rescue's charity number is 1164018. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals. What is Pug Life Rescue's charity rating? + Pug Life Rescue scores 36 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars — Poor). The Clarity Score V1 sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking. Does Pug Life Rescue have reviews and complaints? + CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Pug Life Rescue. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (2 filing concern(s) noted on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate. How much of my donation reaches Pug Life Rescue? + Pug Life Rescue does not disclose a charitable-activities spend split in its recent UK regulator filings, so there is no official figure for how much of a donation reaches the cause. CharityCompare reports this as "not disclosed" rather than assuming a number. What are Pug Life Rescue's overheads? + Pug Life Rescue's recent UK regulator filings do not disclose a fundraising or governance cost split, so no official overhead percentage is available. The filings CharityCompare uses do not publish CEO or senior-staff pay, so we cannot say what Pug Life Rescue's chief executive is paid — where disclosure rules apply, senior pay appears in the trustees' annual report on the Charity Commission register. How much income does Pug Life Rescue receive? + Pug Life Rescue reported £164k total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: declining. Are Pug Life Rescue's accounts up to date? + Filing status: late (last filing 2026-06-24). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score. Where is Pug Life Rescue based? + Pug Life Rescue is listed at Shrewsbury · UK-wide · SY23 9DJ and operates UK-wide, focused on animals. How does CharityCompare score Pug Life Rescue? + We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Pug Life Rescue's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought. How often is this page updated? + This profile was last updated on 17 July 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Pug Life Rescue's most recent accounts cover 2024. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.