ANNUAL REPORT 22/23
Royston Animal Welfare (RAW), c/o The Secretary, 8 Vernon Street, Birdwell Barnsley S70 5 TH was constituted on 4th 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- Miss F O’Brien
Other members – Ms L Wootton, Mrs G Deakin (till Jan 23) Mrs D Hodgson and Mrs Janet Hirst ( both from Oct 22)
The last year 22/23, has been both a challenging and positive time for the charity. We have moved into retail for the first time October 22 and have changed kennels after 13 years with Rob Royd again in October 22, but the beginning of 2023 saw RAW once again looking for a new dog Co Ordinator after Gemma’s resignation. We are currently advertising the role and are hopeful we can fill this position again very soon with the right person. The position of cat co-ordinator remains the same, a couple of our cat fosterers have stepped up and become trustees and membership has slightly decreased since last year.
During the last year RAW has rehomed 136 animals ( 112 being last years figure) , the breakdown being as follows 112 ( 90) cats and 24 ( 22) dogs. We have been able to take in and successfully rehome more cats this year thanks to the help of 2 experienced cat fosterers , Dawn and Janet . They both have existing cat sheds already set up and ready to go. RAW had already started work last year , on the construction of a further cat shed at Nikki Prince’s. This was completed in the summer of 2022 and has enabled us to take in multiple cats from the same household as it is very spacious and has a large outside enclosure attached. The later was constructed by Nikki and her dad and thus saved RAW the expense of a bespoke firms fees. We also changed kennels this year, after 13 years of working closely with Rob Royd kennels. The decision was taken to change to Rainbow Hill kennels at Wortley. This was purely a financial decision on our part and not one that was taken lightly. We had an agreement to fill/ pay for 5 kennels at any one time and our then dog co Ordinator was finding this increasing difficult over the year due to her other
commitments so when Willow Dog Rescue folded and BARC approached us asking if we wanted to rent kennel space from them, we accepted their offer and moved dogs to Rainbow Hill October 2022. BARC has a kennel manager who we work with to ensure our dogs are well cared for and exercise frequently. Adoptions have just about got back to normal with potential adopters now being able to visit the cats before they adopt. Some “long distance “ adoptions are still carried out be photos , video link and extensive chats with the fosterers as we have successfully adopted cats to Staffordshire, Castleford and Whitley Bay.
We currently have 7cats in permanent foster. Kara & Selena a bonded pair and due to Kara’s deformities s are with Dawn Prince , Elliot is in the care of Nikki Prince ( cat fosterer) due to him having issues with a deformed chest cavity, we are unsure of how this will affect him in the future so we are keeping a close eye on his development . Fozzie, Max and Thomas all have FIV and thus any related treatments will be covered by RAW, and Socks who is 18 years old and has thyroid issues . There are currently no dogs in foster and we have no plans to move in this particular direction with the dogs. We are sorry to report that unfortunately 3 cats and 2 dogs have been PTS this year all for medical reasons and on veterinary advice .
Adoption fees count for 24% of the charities income this year the rest being derived from membership fees, fundraising , donations and legacies. Membership stands at 54 this year.
During 22/23 RAW has once again been able to resume fundraising activities, We have attended 8 galas this year raising a total of £1951 and also raising awareness within the community of our cause and aims . We have worked with the local shopping centre in Barnsley, the Alhambra to raise £147 from a successful tombola stall in Feb 23 and with LUSH who once again nominated us to receive funds from their “ charity pot “ promotion , generating £206 this year. We have also been able to resume our “evening of mediumship” with Pietro Politano, raising £1979 from 2 events held this year. Local Author and supporter, Milly Johnson held an “Afternoon Tea” on RAW’s behalf in December and raised £1240 for RAW. By far the biggest change to RAW’s fundraising activities this year has been the acquisition of and established charity shop in the local area. We took over the shop in October , again after
Willow Dog Recue closed and approached us to see if this was something RAW would like to take on. So far it has proved to be very successful, generating a profit each month after we have paid out the rent ect . Its success is down to our supporters both buying goods and donating to help in the fundraising efforts and the tireless work the volunteers put in running the shop on RAWs behalf . We are extremely grateful to everyone for supporting RAW in this new venture .
RAW has been very fortunate again this year to have been left a substantial legacy of £10,000 from the estate of the late Patricia Trout , a lifelong RAW supporter. This has been particularly valuable this year in offsetting the everincreasing vet bills we are faced with. Fess for the essentials such as neutering, vaccinations and microchipping have all gone up 3 times this year since September, this has a big impact our funds and we are always grateful to the people who think of us in their wills. We continue to receive “Lifelines” from Pets at Home who have donated over £1000 in vouchers this year helping us to keep our cats supplied with food and litter.
Rawry is still in operation and has raised £1,500 this year this was however banked May 2023.
Special thanks go to Churchfield Vets for their continued support and advice, all the family at Rob Royd Kennels and Cattery and staff at Rainbow Hill Kennels and Barc, who support and assist RAW on every occasion, providing quality care and attention for all our cainine residents . To our regular cat fosterers Kathleen & George King, Elizabeth Speight, Nikki Prince, Dawn Hodgson and our newest fosterer and trustee Janet Hirst 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 regular RAW dog walkers who ensure the dogs in our care have the regular exercises and stimulation they need. Our gratitude also extends Liz who keeps 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 both challenging and exiting for RAW with the transition to a new kennels and the acquisition of the charity shop , both of which have been successful ventures . RAW’s aim is to keep moving forward and find new ways to fundraise and keep on helping animals the animals who need us . We recognise this is only possible due to the support and generosity of our , adopters , fosterers, volunteers and trustees alike , all of whom work together as a team to make RAW a success both now and in the future
Royston Animal Welfare
Income and Expenditure for the Year Ended 28th February 2022
| INCOME Adoptions Donations and Sponsorships Membership Shop Collection boxes and street collections Annual Raffle Markets and Fairs and other fundraising events Supporters Fundraising Sale of Donated Goods & Merchandise RAWRY 200 RAWRY 200 Subscriptions Miscellaneous Commissions Received Profit on Disposal of Van Grants Received Deposit Account Interest Gift Aid TOTAL INCOME LESS EXPENSES Vetinary Fees Kennel Fees Cattery Fees Animal Feed and Care Event Costs Shop Printing, Stationary, Postage and Advertising Merchandise Overheads Miscellaneous Training Repairs and Renewals Insurance Kennel Building Bank Charges Motoring Expenses Depreciation SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) FOR THE YEAR Balance Brought Forward Balance Carried Forward |
11,729 19,424 - 6,981 38,134 1,029 - 3,322 2,876 - 193 1,165 - 3,778 12,363 221 221 50,718 30,093 13,425 - 3,120 526 2,693 272 - 2,842 - - 996 1,289 - - - 604 55,861 5,143 - 190,350 185,207 0 28th February 2023 |
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 |
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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 |
- - - - - 3,020.00 402.67 604.00 2,013.33 900.00 - 96,446.19 3,628.30 84,351.15 185,325.64 2,132.00 185,206.97 0.16 - 11,808.90 50,718.10 23% 28th February 2023 |
- - - - - 3,020.00 402.67 2,617.33 1,104.81 - 102,184.34 2,463.10 84,130.00 189,882.25 2,150.00 190,349.58 0.25 - 7,468.50 88,906.83 8% 28th February 2022 |
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Royston Animal Welfare Summary of Income and Expenditure Report
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one month one month one month one month one month one month one month one month one month one month one month one month 12 month 12 month
Feb-23 Jan-23 Dec-22 Nov-22 Oct-22 Sep-22 Aug-22 Jul-22 Jun-22 May-22 Apr-22 Mar-22 to Feb 2023 to Feb 2022
Income
Adoptions (see analysis) £780.00 £955.65 £740.00 £720.00 £1,090.00 £470.00 £1,530.00 £772.00 £1,260.00 £950.00 £2,301.25 £240.00 £11,808.90 £7,468.50
Donations, Memberships & Sponsorships (see analysis) £599.35 £10,935.78 £1,450.09 £382.00 £920.00 £1,273.00 £499.10 £690.01 £1,222.84 £755.00 £415.00 £282.00 £19,424.17 £71,747.61
Membership (now included above) £0.00 £468.00
Supporters fundraising (see analysis) £0.00 £0.00 £119.93 £0.00 £0.00 £450.58 £1,131.80 £852.71 £15.00 £48.76 £256.85 £0.00 £2,875.63 £1,108.54
Collections and collection Boxes (see analysis) £152.00 £0.00 £0.00 £36.27 £189.27 £0.00 £147.59 £0.00 £356.28 £37.78 £110.00 £0.00 £1,029.19 £86.86
Fundraising Events (see analysis) £100.00 £350.00 £900.00 £420.00 £290.00 £230.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £732.22 £10.00 £290.00 £3,322.22 £1,427.00
Transfer from RAWRY No. 2 Account £192.80 £192.80 £1,500.00
RAWRY No.2 Subscriptions £1,165.20 £1,165.20 £0.00
Commissions PetP EasyF JustG & PayP (see analysis) £51.42 £143.61 £5.00 £1,695.85 £177.97 £245.75 £204.18 £168.90 £131.86 £370.00 £326.90 £256.87 £3,778.31 £3,869.63
Merchandise & Car Boots etc £0.00 £225.00
Shop (see analysis) £1,996.28 £1,199.84 £994.26 £1,812.65 £977.50 £6,980.53 £0.00
Gift Aid £0.00 £2,208.22
Deposit Account Interest £221.00 £221.00 £0.00
Excess funds not trfd from RAWRY No. 2 Account £0.00 £495.74
Total Income £5,065.25 £13,584.88 £4,209.28 £5,066.77 £3,644.74 £2,862.13 £3,512.67 £2,483.62 £2,985.98 £2,893.76 £3,420.00 £1,068.87 £50,797.95 £90,605.10
Expenses
Vet bill £2,759.98 £1,998.95 £2,298.05 £1,215.03 £5,517.50 £3,120.96 £2,584.86 £1,787.69 £599.78 £3,576.55 £3,382.45 £182.19 £29,023.99 £31,203.26
Cattery £0.00 £922.00
Kennels £759.33 £757.00 £500.00 £626.00 £1,266.00 £1,333.00 £1,371.00 £1,677.00 £1,485.00 £1,362.00 £1,658.00 £1,718.00 £14,512.33 £17,168.00
Animal Care (see analysis) £103.00 £119.50 £296.94 £136.09 £120.59 £492.94 £133.87 £411.36 £327.91 £113.37 £259.61 £604.80 £3,119.98 £2,064.96
Advertising & Website £200.00 £72.00 £272.00 £0.00
Phone, mileage expenses reimbursed etc £72.00 £56.25 £596.18 £46.25 £164.00 £29.50 £111.72 £1,075.90 £1,046.14
Event Costs £10.00 £0.00 £34.15 £24.00 £200.00 £18.00 £230.00 £10.00 £526.15 £0.00
Shop £614.85 £67.20 £1,190.53 £0.00 £820.59 £2,693.17 £0.00
Adoption Refund £80.00 £80.00 £0.00
Van expenses £0.00 £0.00
Insurance £249.00 £835.36 £1,084.36 £614.42
Accountancy £300.00 £300.00 £180.00
Merchandise £0.00 £104.31
Fundraising Costs (see analysis) £0.00 £0.00
Gambling Licence £40.00 £40.00 £0.00
Meeting room hire £90.00 £75.00 £30.00 £90.00 £285.00 £60.00
Training Course £0.00 £0.00
Self-Storage £322.40 £322.40 £644.80 £603.20
Cat Shed £14.98 £116.55 £337.95 £48.00 £379.00 £100.00 £996.48 £3,020.00
Transfer to savings account £0.00 £0.00
Depreciation £604.00 £604.00 £0.00
Other £0.00 £0.00
Total Expenses £4,851.16 £3,014.65 £4,424.65 £2,379.77 £8,937.41 £5,580.10 £4,182.73 £3,924.05 £3,821.05 £5,984.32 £5,379.56 £2,778.71 £55,258.16 £56,986.29
Surplus/deficit £214.09 £10,570.23 -£215.37 £2,687.00 -£5,292.67 -£2,717.97 -£670.06 -£1,440.43 -£835.07 -£3,090.56 -£1,959.56 -£1,709.84 -£4,460.21 £33,618.81
Transfer to/from Reserves £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Reserves £64,105.42 £63,891.33 £53,321.10 £53,536.47 £50,849.47 £56,142.14 £58,860.11 £59,530.17 £60,970.60 £61,805.67 £64,896.23 £66,855.79 -£4,460.21 £33,618.81
BANK & CASH BALANCE £63,612.09 £63,398.00 £52,827.77 £53,043.14 £50,356.14 £55,648.81 £58,366.78 £59,036.84 £60,477.27 £61,312.34 £64,402.90 £66,362.46 £63,612.09 £68,565.63
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RAW
Summary of Income and Expenditure Report Notes/Detail
| Donations and Sponsorship General Donations Greyhound Rescue Donations Memberships Sponsorships check |
one month Feb-23 £402.35 £133.00 £64.00 £599.35 £0.00 |
one month Jan-23 £10,831.78 £25.00 £79.00 £10,935.78 £0.00 |
one month Dec-22 £1,188.09 £183.00 £79.00 £1,450.09 £0.00 |
one month Nov-22 £103.00 £215.00 £64.00 £382.00 £0.00 |
one month Oct-22 £775.00 £81.00 £64.00 £920.00 £0.00 |
one month Sep-22 £1,098.00 £96.00 £79.00 £1,273.00 £0.00 |
one month Aug-22 £354.10 £71.00 £74.00 £499.10 £0.00 |
one month Jul-22 £498.01 £128.00 £64.00 £690.01 £0.00 |
one month Jun-22 £1,105.84 £30.00 £87.00 £1,222.84 £0.00 |
one month May-22 £676.00 £15.00 £64.00 £755.00 £0.00 |
one month one month Apr-22 Mar-22 £263.00 £165.00 £80.00 £30.00 £72.00 £87.00 £415.00 £282.00 £0.00 £0.00 |
12 month to Feb 2023 £17,460.17 £0.00 £1,087.00 £877.00 £19,424.17 £0.00 |
12 month to Feb 2022 £10,930.61 £60,300.00 £0.00 £517.00 £58,322.77 £0.00 |
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RAW Fundraising events: Dukes Fundraiser
£0.00 £1,427.00
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Pietro/Milly £100.00 £350.00 £900.00 £420.00 £290.00 £230.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £732.22 £10.00 £290.00 £3,322.22 £0.00
£0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £3,322.22 £33,297.20
check £100.00 £350.00 £900.00 £420.00 £290.00 £230.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £732.22 £10.00 £290.00 £0.00 £0.00
Supporters Fundraising:
Natalies Fund raiser £0.00 £873.54
Rebecca Hart - Public Relations £0.00 £100.00
Claire Denton - sponsorship £0.00 £55.00
Ellie - sponsorship £0.00 £80.00
Stripe Payments £48.76 £256.85 £305.61 £0.00
Network Inte Ltd £15.00 £15.00 £0.00
Rita Sale of Cat Toys £46.01 £46.01 £0.00
Charlie Bears £200.00 £200.00 £0.00
Paypal £119.93 £286.63 £406.56 £0.00
Galas £163.95 £1,085.79 £652.71 £1,902.45 £0.00
£0.00 £0.00 £119.93 £0.00 £0.00 £450.58 £1,131.80 £852.71 £15.00 £48.76 £256.85 £0.00 £2,875.63 £1,108.54
check £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Petplan Easyfund JustG & Paypal:
Amazon Smile 138.61 102.88 81.85 80.40 87.90 £491.64 £192.62
Sainsburys Partnership 5.00 5.00 £5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 £60.00 £0.00
Just Giving 25.00 12.00 £37.00 £493.75
Petplan 1,541.27 172.97 240.75 95.76 163.90 56.17 284.60 321.90 163.97 £3,041.29 £2,830.76
Easyfundraising 21.42 34.70 21.57 70.69 £148.38 £270.82
Paypal Grant Funding £0.00 £81.68
Recycle for charity £0.00 £0.00
Frontline £0.00 £0.00
BCMY £0.00 £0.00
£51.42 £143.61 £5.00 £1,695.85 £177.97 £245.75 £204.18 £168.90 £131.86 £370.00 £326.90 £256.87 £3,778.31 £3,869.63
check £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Animal Care
Petbay 22.00 185.30 21.60 £228.90 £814.93
Fosterers supplies 103.00 97.50 296.94 136.09 120.59 307.64 133.87 411.36 327.91 113.37 259.61 583.20 £2,891.08 £800.31
Donations £0.00 £0.00
Dog Training £0.00 £0.00
Natalie expenses £0.00 £449.72
Ollie, Chester and Blade (inc transport) £0.00 £0.00
Max's transport £0.00 £0.00
White Cross Vets - Bagheera £0.00 £0.00
Other, inc wormers etc £0.00 £0.00
£103.00 £119.50 £296.94 £136.09 £120.59 £492.94 £133.87 £411.36 £327.91 £113.37 £259.61 £604.80 £3,119.98 £2,064.96
check £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Fundraising Costs
Wilthorpe & Redbrook room hire £0.00 £0.00
Locke Park Stalls £0.00 £0.00
Gala Stalls £0.00 £0.00
Pietro Pilanto £0.00 £0.00
Emmanuel Church Room Hire £90.00 £75.00 £30.00 £90.00 £285.00 £60.00
£0.00 £0.00 £90.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £75.00 £0.00 £30.00 £0.00 £0.00 £90.00 £285.00 £60.00
check £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
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Royston Animal Welfare Summary of Income and Expenditure YE 28/02/2022
| Mar-22 Apr-22 May-22 Jun-22 Jul-22 Aug-22 Sep-22 Oct-22 Nov-22 Dec-22 Jan-23 Feb-23 |
Income Expenditure Net 1,068.87 2,778.71 1,709.84 - 3,420.00 5,379.56 1,959.56 - 2,893.76 5,984.32 3,090.56 - 2,985.98 3,821.05 835.07 - 2,483.62 3,924.05 31,343.26 3,512.67 4,182.73 670.06 - 2,862.13 5,580.10 2,717.97 - 3,644.74 8,937.41 5,292.67 - 5,066.77 2,379.77 2,687.00 4,209.28 4,424.65 215.37 - 13,584.88 3,014.65 10,570.23 5,065.25 4,851.16 214.09 50,797.95 55,258.16 28,323.48 |
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
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| I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ( DD / MM / YYYY. As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 . I report in respect of my examination of the accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. |
Independent examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body]]. Delete [ ] if not applicable. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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