TRANSPARENCY

Who we are, on paper.

Registration, tax status, governance and how we handle money and data. If something you need is not here, ask us for it.

Registration

The legal facts.

Registered name
Hammy-Needy Animals' Hope Foundation
Legal form
Section 8 company limited by guarantee, incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013
Date of incorporation
25 September 2024
CIN
U75000PN2024NPL234501
PAN
AAHCH5550L
TAN
PNEH14996C
Registered office
Solitaire Tree, Flat 601, Sr. No. 6/1/1, Plot 16, Baner Gaon, Haveli, Pune 411045, Maharashtra
Registrar
Central Registration Centre, Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Status verifiable at mca.gov.in

Section 8, not a trade

A Section 8 company applies its income solely to its objects. No profit, dividend or bonus may be paid to any member, at any time. That is not our policy — it is the constitution we were incorporated under.

Tax relief

80G, and what it means for your donation.

Hammy's Hope holds provisional approval under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Donations are eligible for tax relief and receipts are issued for every gift.

Approval under
Sub-clause (A) of clause (iv) of the first proviso to sub-section (5) of Section 80G
Unique Registration Number
AAHCH5550LF20251
Document Identification Number
AAHCH5550LF2025101
Date of approval
23 January 2025
Valid for
Assessment years 2025–26 to 2027–28
Nature of activities
Charitable

This is provisional approval. We are required to apply for regular approval within six months of commencing activities, or six months before this expires, whichever is earlier. We will update this page when that is granted.

Documents

We are happy to send any of the following to a donor, a partner clinic or a company doing due diligence.

  • Certificate of Incorporation
  • Memorandum of Association (INC-13)
  • Articles of Association
  • Form 10AC — 80G provisional approval

Request the documents

What we were set up to do

Our objects, in our own words.

Summarised from the Memorandum of Association. The full document is available on request.

Healthcare for animals in need

To assist and fund the healthcare of needy, abandoned, injured and sick animals across India — domestic, stray and wild — and to work with authorised veterinary clinics by subsidising treatment so care is not delayed.

Awareness and advocacy

To promote animal welfare and protection through education and advocacy that raises public understanding of animal healthcare and encourages the ethical treatment of all animals.

Funds, handled properly

To raise funds through campaigns and partnerships, and to run structured financial-aid programmes with transparency and accountability in how money for treatment is disbursed.

How we handle money

Where a donation actually goes.

Money does not pass through owners

Treatment funding is settled with the clinic, against an itemised invoice. We do not hand cash to owners or reimburse after the fact.

Estimates come before treatment

A partner clinic sends an itemised estimate, which we approve before work begins. Anything beyond it needs fresh approval.

Receipts for every donation

Every gift gets an 80G receipt. If yours has not arrived, message Hammy and we will re-issue it.

Annual accounts

As a Section 8 company we file annual financial statements and returns with the Registrar of Companies. We publish our audited accounts here each year.

Still to confirm. We have not been sent audited accounts or a financial breakdown. Once the first year's accounts are filed, this section should carry the figures and a downloadable PDF — it is the single strongest thing a transparency page can show.

Privacy

How we handle your data.

Short version: we keep what we need to help your animal and to meet our legal obligations, and nothing else. We do not sell it, we do not profile you, and this site runs no analytics, advertising or tracking.

  • Most of what we hold is what you sent us on WhatsApp
  • Shared only with the treating clinic, our service providers, and the Income Tax Department where 80G requires it
  • You can ask what we hold, correct it, erase it, withdraw consent, or nominate someone to do that for you

The full notice, written against the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, sets out every category of data, the lawful basis for each purpose, how long we keep things and how to exercise your rights.

Ask Hammy