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ANIMAL AID & ADVICE NORTH LONDON Page One Registered Charity No. 1039640 Working to promote responsible pet ownership www.animalaidandadvice.or Princi al Address. 48Hi h Road East Finchle London N2 9PJ st Annual Review - 1 January - 31" December 2024 Trustees.. De Chair.. Clara Colvin Marilyn Dyson Hon Treasurer Hon. Secreta Sally Sampaio Committee Members No others All our Trustees served throu hout 2024 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 cats. 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 can be up to four other Commrttee Members. All of these would be Trustees of the Charity. The Charity's bankers are.. Barclays Bank PLC. PO Box 6549. Muswell Hill. London N10 and Nat West Bank PLC, 190 Muswell Hill Broadway, London N10 3TF and Lloyds Bank 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 2024. Clara Colvin elected chair, Marilyn Dyson Deputy ChairlTreasurer, Sally Sampaio Hon. Secretary. Barbara Lillford as Committee Member from Aug '25. General. We would like to thank 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 continue 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" December 2024 are part of this review Donations.. The income from donations is down on the previous year but does tend to fluctuate yearly. We have had a further Legacy from the late Sylvia Currie after her final accounts have now been settled. Le acies.. Membershi Renewals remain roughly the same but we are extending our contacts through email. We have only 48 life memters and now down to 14 yearly ones. Our Lend-a-Paw scheme still generates a regular Sour of income and raised £1.682 this year. This is a little higher than previous year. Charit Sho The shop has been fully operational throughout 2024 and has generated an income of £28.282 The shop is the mainstay for the charity and is a still focal point for our regular customers who normally pop in hoping to find a bargain. With competrtion from other shops in the High Street we are forever grateful for their support. Recei ts from Assets.. We have had an increase this year on normally low interest rates in the past Veterina Fees: have greatly increased due to the higher costs from the vetennary services. This has been shown in the accounts but we are still dedicated to provide the best quality of care for all of the catslkittens. Fosterin Costs.. Fostering costs have marginally increased due to the mums and kittens who take up a large proportion of these costs but we are forever grateful to the fosterers who take on this endless task of feeding and cleaning up after these little rogues. Some cats do spend a longer time wth 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 much the same as the previous year. C4.. Due to their change of management being run by Cats Protection and the re-branding of the new scheme, we feel very disappointed as the outcome of this new programme aSed to operate for almost a year. This has had a dramatic effect on the cat population that seems to have exploded, causing lots of pressure on other charities and small independent rescuers who are suffering the cOnsequens. As we made the decision to no longer be a contributing member to this neutering scheme, we have tried to neuter more cats for people with strays and pets to try and reduce the unwanted cats that seem to be breeding everywhere. This has shown in our yearly accounts and figurers. Sho and Rent Costs have remained much the same. Vehicle Costs are marginally down on last year. Overheads are slightly higher due to rising costs all round and is to be expected. Re airs & Maintenance.. Regular servicing of the Fire Extinguishers is carried out each year with any repairs to the shop.
Page three Fieldwork.. The number of cats being homed is slightly lower than the 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 that have been neutered has increased, with microchips much the same. Cats taken in by other animal charity groups is much higher as is cats being returned back on site where safe to do so. Cats in long and short term foster care remained constant. Our intake of FIV+ cats is much less than previous years. If anyone would be interested in giving a home to one of our rescue cats, please speak to us after the meeting. Fieldwork Cats Homed Cats Neutered Cats Micro-chipped Cats into care with other groups Cats returned back on site Cats in longlshort term foster care EuthanasialDied FIV+ FELV+ 2024 50 117 66 2023 53 82 48 28 24 28 10 36 26 We continue to test all cats that pass through our hands for the FIV and FELV virus. We vaccinate against Feline Enteritis, Influenza and Leukaemia and micro-chip them on re-homing. 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 some of our cats. Our Thanks: We are, as ever, grateful to the Hills Veterinary Practice, 178 Park Road. N8. the Village Vet Potters Bar and the Scratching Post in Hertfordshire for their continued support. Also, our grateful thanks to the Rhodes Minnis Cat Sanctuary, for taking in a number of cats from us this year. In Conclusion.. At the end of 2024 our accounts show that we are down by £20,822 thereby reducing our reserves to £171,310 in line with the Trustees, aim to hold a minimum a reserve of at least two year's expenditure, we are still in a position to do so. 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 in line with other charities. Finall as Chair 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, fostering, 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. nature. th Date: 13 APRIL 2025
ANIMAL AID & ADVICE Page 1 RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR YEAR END 31 DECEMBER 2024 TOTAL FUNDS - 2024 TOTAL FUNDS . 2023 UNRESTRICTED- RECEIPTS DonationslGrants Granl Barnel Council Donations Memberships Lend a Paw Sla1151Sales Charity Shop 7.040 47 111.00 1.682.00 7,877.85 151.00 1,568.00 28.281 66 31.536.86 Legacy 7.843 80 44.958.93 41, 133.71 Recei Recei ts from Assets ts from Assets Ctrop 1814 1.219.15 4.33 237 01 TOTAL RECEIPTS 46.196.22 41,375.05 PAYMENTS Direct Charitable Ex Veterinary Fee5 Foster Fees Baskets & Traps C4 Neutenng enditure 39.842 46 9.34108 35.111.18 8.587 Other Ex enditure Cost of Stallslsales Chaiity Shop Rent & Costs 10.2CK).46 10.276.86 Piinling & Slalionery Adminislralion Car Expenseslcar Overheads Repairs & Maintenance Advertising Insurance - Shops Insurance Trustees Website Maintenance Bank Charges 10165 872 66 2.516.21 2.681 59 810 12 209.88 143 59 2.688.29 2.821 06 216.72 274 44 190 00 187.76 259.00 190.00 203.07 TOTAL PAYMENTS 7.018 43 60.707.21 Net of Recei ts Pa ments 20.822.21 19,332. 16 Cash Funds Last Year End 192.132.33 211.464 49 Cash Funds this y•ar end 171.310 12 192.132.33
CASH FUN05 Nat West Barclays Cash in Hand Llyods Bank aeeouint Lloyds Treasurer account Santander Business Bond Closed Co-op Business Bond Total Cash Funds 47.649 06 54.812 10 74.37 4 986.00 63.000.00 788 59 171,310.12 ASSETS RETAINED FOR THE CHARITWS OWN USE Baskets Crush Baskets Traps Pens Hospilalisalion Pens Car Woods Lamp Shop Till Gazebo Desktop Computer Fax Machine ScannerlPrinter Digital Camera Micro-chip scanner Mobile phone Fem)inator LIABILITIES Vet5 Bi11s Expense Claims Signed on behalf of the Trustees.. Marilyn Dyson Treasurer Dale." 28th February 2025
M iii uli'.s 1)f tlle AC-rnI Nli'L'tiniw .411imal Ai(1 .4(li"ice held dl 2:30pm oil 13 April 2112) at the AAA sliop in East Finchlev Presenl.. Clara Colvin (Chair) MarilN"n DN'son { Deputi. Chair. FieldivorkingiTreasurer) Sall) Sainpaio Trustee (Secreiarv) Carol Fenwomj'n Life Member Maja Hasan Member Iinr¢1n 14asan N1einber BLlrbaril Lillford N1i'iiiber M inules of ihc Last Meeting The minuie5 of the lasl A(iM meeling held on 14, April ?0?4 ivere read and approved Matters Arising Noihing io report Ad()plion of fvl iiiules The Ininute5 were adopiLd bj. Maja Has41n and seconded by Sall! Sampaio EIL'etion of Officers The 01-Iicers ivere elected a5 t-ollow5- CILifil Colvin Chair Marilyn Dvson - Depul!, Chair. Treasurer Sallv S<impaio - Secretl¢ ry Barbara Lillford As a neiv Commitlee Member as from AufJusl ?025 Cunsiderdlion uf Formal Motions None RL'ceived Presentation of Annual & Financial Kepfirl A5 alwclvs il has bL'en 41 busy I'¥)r. The shop coniiiiues lo be our main slay for the chari15' and iliL N'olunieers M'ork hard to keep il runnin Un-neutered cats 5eern lo be the blTes( problem for all concerned ii'iih the C4 iiL'ulerin(F sclieiiie coining lo a halt for mosi of ?024 1)as caused an explosion of cals havinii kitiens where pL'ople have noi ur Lcin noi al-lord lo liav¢% [l)eir cais nLuiered. Micro chipping although a legial requiremeni does noi mean cais will be treaied as PLople are less inclinL'd lo lake Iheir Lais io the vel i¥,hen sick or injLEred as vei fees are so hibh. Cats like Il)ese are jusi leli 115 Iliei, are classed as Ipov¢rnmeni Lenainly missed IliL ILirgJei i¥'lien neulerin pruperti, (hey lan noi be helped by others. Greal shanie. Ihe . should liave bg¢n the leipLII requiremeni and not chips. The knock on effect ol. Iliis is. whenever possible. we have iried io increase nur neuteriniy of cat% aiid thi5 sliows in our fiiianci411 dccounts. Vei cind Fosier tees are hici .lier due to the exira work load placed onlo our Fil lJi¥orkers aiid Fosterer5. Our P inciiice5 lor the year are down un ihe previous )'ear by £?(J.8?2 and reduLes or reserves lu L17 1.i l Aduption of the Accounls Adopted b}, Clara Colvin and seconded bv Carol Fen'Omvn Anv other Business We welcome Barbara onto our ieam as a neiv ii'orkingy Trustee as from AUSTUSI ?0?5