ANNUAL REPORT 21/22
Royston Animal Welfare (RAW), c/o The Secretary, 8 Vernon Street, Birdwell Barnsley S70 5 TH was constituted on 4[th] February 1997 and is registered with the Charities Commissioners ( no 1064870)
The Charity is administered by a management committee, comprising
Chairperson – Mrs E Speight
Secretary -Miss S Whittaker
Treasurer- Mrs H Furniss (till Oct 2021) Miss F O’Brien
Other members – Mrs N Newfeld (till Sept 2022), Ms L Wootton and Mrs G Deakin (from Sept 2021)
The object of the charity is to rescue and rehome ill-treated and abandoned animals in the Barnsley area, providing veterinary treatment and accommodation where necessary, and to assist in the cost of vet care for animals belonging to people on low incomes.
This year 2021 to 2022 has been a very challenging year from Royston Animal Welfare, with both the treasurer and dog co-ordinator resigning this year. Natalie Newfeld left almost immediately after handing her notice to RAW and Gemma Deakin has now taken up the position of dog co-ordinator. Helen Furniss expressed her intention to leave at the same time but stayed on as treasurer till the position was filled by Fiona O’Brien. Helen also ensured a smooth handover occurred. The position of cat co-ordinator remained the same as did the Chairperson and other trustee. Membership has decreased throughout this past year.
During the past year, RAW has rehomed 112 animals the breakdown being as follows, 90 (97) cats and 22 (41) dogs. As with the rest of the UK, RAW gradually began to get back to “normal “after the pandemic. The kennels opened up to viewings again and some of the cat fosterers are now comfortable enough to let potential adopters back into their homes to view the cats before adopting. On the whole however we have maintained a cautious approach to adoptions and viewings. For example, most of the cat adoptions are still done
via photos, videos, extensive chats with both the fosterer and cat co Ordinator and vet references. By continuing to adopt this approach we feel we are keeping both the public and our fosterers safe, we have in place a hybrid approach to adoptions which seems to work well for RAW. We have continued to work with Mark May till our dog Co Ordinator changed in Sept and have successfully rehomed many greyhounds from him this year.
We currently have 7 cats in permanent foster. Stevie who continues to well despite his sight issues in Sheffield. Kara and Selena are a bonded pair and due to Kara’ deformities are with Dawn Prince. Elliot is a in the care of Nikki Prince (cat fosterer) due to him having a deformed chest, we are unsure how this will affect him in the future so are keeping a close eye on him. Fozzie, Max and Thomas all have FIV and thus any related vet treatment will be covered by RAW. There were no dogs in permanent foster at the end of 2022 but Gemma is looking into this as a possibility in the future.
Adoption fees count for 7.5% of the charity’s income this year, the rest being derived from membership fees, fundraising, donations and legacies. Membership stands at 89 this year.
Covid restrictions continued to affect RAW’s fundraising activities for the majority of the year. We were once again not able to attend the traditional summer galas in 2021 but as the year progressed there began to be a few more opportunities opening up. We held 2 sponsored walks this year which raised a total of £1033. Once again, we were allowed to hold a tombola in the Alhambra shopping centre in Barnsley which brought in £106 and we also attended a couple of smaller Christmas fayres which were held in the community raising £176 of much needed funds. Gemma, or new dog co Ordinator stepped up on FaceBook and organised a fundraiser for Duke, a greyhound we have in who collapsed whilst out on a walk and had to have emergency spinal surgery to save his life. This generated £1900 and continued with various raffles etc via our Facebook page. Dawn from Rob Royd organised the sale of the RAW calendar again this year and also held a photo competition which raised £561.31 just before xmas 2021. We are once again extremely grateful to RAW’s loyal supporters for both contributing to our appeals and finding creative way in which to raise funds themselves.
RAW has been very fortunate again this year to have been left a substantial legacy of £60,000 from the estate of Mrs Joan Field, a lifelong RAW supporter. This has been especially valuable this past year as we have also incurred 2 very large individual vet bills during 21/22. One being Duke the greyhound who needed spinal surgery and continues to recover with Gemma our dog coordinator, and the other being for 2 kittens Harry & Sally who were admitted as an emergency during the summer with acute diarrhoea. Sadly, Sally didn’t make it but Harry went on to make a full recovery and now has been adopted by a lovely family in Huddersfield. The vet bill for these 2 situations alone was over £10,000, so while this is the very reason RAW exists we are mindful that we need to start actively fundraising again in the near future build back up or reserves. We continue to receive “lifelines” from Pets at Home who have donated over £1500 in vouchers this year, keeping our cats in food and litter.
Rawry is still in operation and has raised £1,500 this year. Sponsorship brings in a steady income and we received £1330.51 Gift Aid this year.
Special thanks go to Churchfield Vets for their continued support and advice, all the family at Rob Royd Kennels and Cattery who support and assist RAW on every occasion, providing quality care and attention for all our residents. To our regular cat fosterers Kathleen & George King, Elizabeth Speight, Nikki Prince and our newest carers Ally Wilde, Dawn Hodgson and Neil and permanent cat fosterers Amy Howse, Dawn Prince etc who provide long term loving care for the cats in our care. Thanks as always to Gemma and Sharon our animal co coordinators and their band of regular helpers. Also, our newly expanded army of RAW dog walkers who stepped up, as soon as was permitted to ensure the dogs in our care have the regular exercises and stimulation they need. Our gratitude also extends Liz and Gemma who keep our adoption pages up to date with new arrivals both on our own website and others we regularly advertise on, Gill Partington who produces the informative newsletter each month, and each and every one of the volunteers and supporters who give their time and effort to fundraise on RAW’s behalf.
The past year has been very difficult for RAW with the upheaval of trying to secure both a new treasurer and dog co Ordinator at the same time. The remaining 3 trustees worked very hard just to keep the charity going through this uncertain time, but once both posts were secured RAW was once again on a
stable footing and remains so as we enter 2022. It is due to the support and generosity of our followers, fosterers, adopters and trustees alike that we have been able to carry on and hopefully go from strength to strength. We sincerely hope that the future is bright for RAW and we can continue to “get back to normal”.
Royston Animal Welfare
Income and Expenditure for the Year Ended 28th February 2022
| INCOME Adoptions Donations and Sponsorships Membership Collection boxes and street collections Annual Raffle Markets and Fairs and other fundraising events Special Events Supporters Fundraising events Sale of Donated Goods & Merchandise RAWRY 200 Miscellaneous Commissions Received Profit on Disposal of Van Grants Received Deposit Account Interest Gift Aid (not received until after year end £877.71 Mar 21) TOTAL INCOME LESS EXPENSES Vetinary Fees Kennel Fees Cattery Fees Animal Feed and Care Markets and Fairs Printing, Stationary, Postage and Advertising Merchandise Overheads Miscellaneous Training Equipment Purchase Insurance Kennel Building Bank Charges Motoring Expenses Depreciation SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) FOR THE YEAR Balance Brought Forward Balance Carried Forward |
7,469 71,748 468 79,684 87 - 1,427 - 1,109 225 976 - 3,870 7,693 112 1,418 1,530 88,907 29,864 17,366 492 2,065 - - 104 1,959 - - - 614 - - - 403 52,868 36,039 154,311 190,350 0 28th February 2022 |
13,340 58,323 604 72,267 108 - 556 1,217 3,479 1,170 3,026 - 6,443 16,000 4,449 420 190 5,059 93,326 20,151 19,480 1,652 1,737 - - 659 3,006 - - - 621 - - 519 919 48,743 44,582 109,729 154,311 0 28th February 2021 |
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Royston Animal Welfare Statement of Monetary Assets as At 28th February 2022
| TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Van (sold 02/10/2020) Cost Depreciation brought forward Depreciation in the year Net Book Value Sale of van Cat Shed Cost Depreciation brought forward Depreciation in the year Net Book Value CURRENT ASSETS Debtors and Prepayments Cash Bank Current Account Bank number 2 account Bank Deposit Account CURRENT LIABILITIES Accruals Net Assets Ratio Adoptions to Income |
- 7,875.00 - 6,405.00 - 918.75 - 551.25 - 551.00 - 3,020.00 402.67 2,617.33 1,104.81 1,894.81 - 57.09 102,184.34 68,508.44 2,463.10 3,483.01 84,130.00 189,882.25 84,018.44 157,961.79 2,150.00 3,650.96 190,349.58 154,311.08 0.25 - 7,468.50 13,490.00 88,906.83 93,325.59 8% 14% 28th February 2022 28th February 2021 |
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement considered as part of an independent examination.
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