Two trustees of a dog rescue charity have been disqualified while an investigation into the organisation continues.
The Charity Commission removed UK German Shepherd Rescue Angels from its register in December after the organisation repeatedly failed to file its accounts.
It has blocked trustees Suzanne and Kevin Syers from holding any senior roles at any charity for four years.
The regulator has also written to Suzanne and Kevin Syers about a perceived lack of distinction between the dissolved charity and a newly established not-for-profit organisation.
It warned the pair that continuing to use the removed charity’s branding may constitute fraud and urged them to remove all references to the former organisation from public platforms.
A spokesperson for the commission said: “We can confirm that Kevin Syers and Suzanne Syers have been disqualified as trustees or holding a senior position in a charity for a period of four years.
“The disqualifications took effect on 18 November 2025. Our compliance case into UK German Shepherd Rescue Angels remains open.”
Overdue accounts
The commission issued an official warning to UK German Shepherd Rescue Angels in 2023 after the charity failed to file its financial information on time for five years in a row.
According to the commission’s website at the time, the charity’s reporting for the 2019, 2020 and 2021 calendar years were all more than 1,000 days overdue.
The regulator also warned the charity that it did not have the required number of unconnected trustees, with two listed on the commission’s website, both sharing the same surname.
It told the trustees to file the charity’s outstanding annual returns and appoint additional trustees.
In September last year, the regulator announced plans to dissolve the charity after its “trustees informed us that the charity has ceased to operate”.
Civil Society has contacted the charity for comment.
