ANIMAL AID & ADVICE NORTH LONDON Reg. Charity No. 1039640 Working to promote responsible pet ownership - Principal Address: 48 High Road East Finchley London N2 9PJ **Page One** Annual Review 1[st] January – 31[st] December 2020 Trustees: Chair: Clara Colvin Deputy Chair: Marilyn Dyson & Hon. Treasurer Hon. Secretary: Sally Sampaio Committee Members: No others ## All of our Trustees served throughout 2020 Animal Aid & Advice North London is a registered Charity, Number 1039640, founded in 1971. The Charity’s Aims and Objectives are the provision of care and shelter of stray, neglected and unwanted animals of all kinds. Most of our work currently involves rescuing stray, abandoned cats with some re-homing of unwanted ones. Some small mammals occasionally come into our care but 99% of our work involves cats. We also promote how to be a responsible pet owner and the importance of neutering which gives a better quality of life to pets. The Charity has a non-destruction policy. To achieve these aims the Charity encourages and helps people to have their animals neutered and disseminates information on responsible pet ownership among the public. The Management Committee comprises the Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer and up to four other Committee Members. All are Trustees of the Charity. The Charity’s bankers are: Barclays Bank PLC, PO Box 6549, Muswell Hill, London N10 NatWest Bank PLC, 190 Muswell Hill Broadway, London N10 3TF There are no paid officials or staff and the group owns no premises. Elections of officers and committee members take place annually at the Annual General Meeting. Eligible outgoing members may stand for re-election. The Annual General Meeting is held within three months of the end of the financial year. ## Election of Officers and Committee Members for 2020 All our Trustees agreed to carry on again to cause no disruption to the charity at these most trying times. Clara Colvin Chairman, Marilyn Dyson Deputy Chair, Sally Sampaio Hon. Secretary, Marilyn Dyson Hon. Treasurer AGM Due to the Pandemic we were not able to hold an AGM. This review reflects the income and expenditure throughout 2020. Our thanks are also extended to Accountants Amir Associates Ltd of 39 Braemar Avenue, Wood Green, London N22 7BY for their work in examining the accounts. The Trustees continue an on-going review of the systems of financial and administrative control and continued to introduce new procedures in respect of both income and expenditure, which the Trustees believe will ensure that the charity continues to operate in accordance with best practice. **Page Two** Finance: The accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2020 are part of this review. Donations: The income from last years’ donations is up by £4,367 bringing our total donations to £11,849. This shows that during the Pandemic we have been extremely fortunate by being well supported by the public. Legacies: We are extremely grateful also to be have been remembered by our members in their wills and received a very welcome amount of £91,258. These couldn’t have come at a more opportune time for the charity. Grant: We were also grateful to have received from Barnet Council £10,000 for support to local business. Membership: Membership renewals remain roughly the same but we are extending our contacts through email. We still have 50 life members and about 34 yearly ones. Our Lend-a-Paw scheme still generates regular income and raised £2,432 this year. Charity Shop. The Charity Shop Located at 48 High Road, East Finchley has been shut for ten months of the year so the income from the shop has been vastly reduced. This has affected the High street in general so we are forever grateful that we have been supported so generously by members and the public. Our thanks to our volunteers who offered help and advice to promote the charity throughout a difficult year. Receipts from Assets exceedingly low, a sign of the times. Veterinary fees: Were slightly higher. This shows a that we were still able to rescue cats even with the restrictions in place. Inevitably, we treated poor old battered strays that have led a tough life and we maintained our support of ‘vet- assisted cats’ that have been rehomed but have on-going health problems. Fostering Costs: Were slightly reduced as our intake of cats were lower. Some cats do spend longer times with us before being re-homed or moved on but we have tried, where possible, to reduce the time that animals spend with us and this has been reflected in our overall costs. Foster homes remained the same as the previous year. C4 The impact of the C4’s free neutering scheme continued to have a beneficial effect in reducing numbers of unwanted kittens and un-neutered adults which affects cats passing through our hands, particularly domestic ones. We made a contribution of £3,00 again to the scheme that has now neutered **156,653** cats since it began in 1999. Shop and Rent Costs have marginally reduced. Van Costs are roughly the same. Overheads are still kept as low as possible Repairs & Maintenance Regular servicing of the Fire Extinguishers is carried out each year and other minor expenses. Page Three Fieldwork: Cats being homed are almost the same as previous year. Economic pressures on households still affect the uptake of new pets and people have specific criteria for cats they wish to give homes to. Cats neutered slightly lower and cats being returned back on site where safe to do so. Cats in long and short terms foster care remained constant. Our intake of FIV+ cats is roughly the same. If anyone would be interested in giving a home to one of our rescue cats, please speak to us after the meeting. |Fieldwork|2020|2019| |---|---|---| |CatsHomed|51|52| |Cats Neutered|57|68| |CatsMicro-chipped|55|57| |Cats into care with other groups|0|10| |Catsreturned backonsite|17|10| |Cats in long/short term foster
care|28|34| |Euthanasia/Died|8|15| |FIV+|11|15| |FELV+|1|1| |Guinea Pigs|0|0| We continue to test all cats that pass through our hands for FIV and Feline Leukaemia Virus FELV. We vaccinate against Feline Enteritis, Influenza and Leukaemia and micro-chip some homed cats. These measures offer cats the maximum possible protection. Our figures show that our Fieldworker activities were busy throughout the year dealing with stray, feral and abandoned cats and we thank our fieldworkers for their continued exceptional work. ## Social Media: Our website still generates interest in adopting our cats. Our Thanks: We are, as ever grateful to The Hills Veterinary Practice, 178 Park Road, N8 for their continued support. The Village Vet Potters Bar, The RSPCA Central London Branch and The Scratching Post in Hertfordshire for their support. In Conclusion: At the end of 2020 it shows that we were by £69,631 thereby increasing our reserves to £237,735. In line with the Trustees’ aim to hold a minimum reserve of two year’s expenditure this would enable the charity to continue in full operation if any source of income were lost until such time as a replacement source could be found as in line with other charities. **Finally, as Chairman** I would like to thank our Trustees for their hard work and support. Our thanks also go to all our dedicated volunteer workers in the field, the shop, foster caring, fund-raising and helping with social media. Volunteers are the lifeblood of a group such as ours without whom we could not continue our work for the animals. Signature: Chairman Date: 25[th] March 2021 ANIMAL AID &ADVICE Pa9e 2 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AP4D UABILITIE5 CASH FUNDS Nal Vvest Barclays Cash In Mand 10,305.88 139.747.11 Sanlander Business 8oTrJ Co-op Businèss Bond Total Cash Funds 88.888.35 763 07 237,734.69 ET RETAINED F R THE CPIARITY. Bpskets Crush Baske Traps Pen5 Hogprtali$abon Peni Van Wood$ L•np Shjp Tills Gazebo Desktop Computer Fax Maaxine ScannerlPnnter Oigitol Carnera micro.chip scann Mobil& phone F¢rminsl¢ 11 Vets Bills Expense Claims Suqned on behall of the TnJs¢ees" arilyn Dyson Treasurer Dale., 20th Fet￿￿ 2021 ANIMAT. AID & ADVICE [NDEPENDE￿ EXAMINLRS RL,PORT TO THE TRUSTrES OP ANtMAL AID AND ADVtCE. I repr￿t the a￿OUnts of the C￿Ity for the ve4r ended 31 December 2￿0. Resr*tti¥e rwsibiliti¢5 orTn￿ee& 8nd Examintr the Charily's Trusiec5 Are re%ponsible for ihe prepAratiun vf 4¢counts. The Chariry's Tn￿CeS consider thai th¢ audii requirements of section 43{2) of Lharilies Act 1993 (the Aei) do not appty and ihai an tndepeDdeDi ¢xaminAiion is needed. It is tny responsibility to examine the ¥ccourtts (under ￿ello￿ 132(IX¢hapter l) of the Ac¢ follom, the procedurcs laid in ih¢ fieneral Dirceiiotts given b) the Charity Commis4ion¢rs (undet seciion 131 (1.2&3) of lh¢ Aet. akknd stsie pErt￿￿19r m*tters have c4Jme to my aiiertiion. Also as reqUi￿a by Chariiies Acl 2011. B￿1¥ ol Indtpendeot Report My exzrninatloD was carried out aecordance With thE g¢nerJl dTTfrtTon3 giv¢n by the CharÉty Conunissioners. Aft ex￿nI￿all0rt includes a review of accounting records kept by the Charity and a Lompuri50n of th¢ ar¢ounts pre5eTlted with those recoTds. 11415Q Tnrlude5 coM8id¢ration of any unysu41 iiems or dis¢lo%ur£s in the accounis. and seeking explanaiion from you as trusiees concerning any 8u¢h atters. The procedllres uod¢rtaken do not provide all eviden¢¢ thar vould be required in an audit and 0115¢quently I do not expTeSS an audii opiniLm on the view given Ly the xcount& Ind¢p¢ndellt Eumlner's Stalm¢nL In Co[￿e¢tion with my examination: no hws ro my alIenti(￿. l. which gives me r¢asonable cause to that in any Dweri￿ resrrtt the requirements; (a) to k¢ep a¢¢ounting records in accordance with Seclion 134 of the 201 l Act and (b) io prepaTe accounis wht¢h in #¢eonlanee N'ith the artounlithB rttordg and to COM￿ wtth the a¢countin8 wuirements of the Act have been met or 2. to which in my opinion. att¢ntion sho•ld bt drnwn in ord¢r to enable a proper under8tsnding of the aecounts. w be rcaehed Tau5eeq A )4az (i AMIR AND ASSOCIATES