**HEATHLANDS ANIMAL SANCTUARY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED 31st JANUARY 2023** 

|A<br>B<br>C<br>G1<br>H1<br>H2<br>H3<br>H4<br>K1<br>KR<br>H<br>R1|**INCOME**<br>Fund Raising<br>Donations<br>Gift Aid<br>Grants<br>**EXPENDITURE**<br>Veterinary Services<br>Kennel Fees<br>Fostering<br>Depreciation<br>Telephone<br>Stationery & Postage<br>Waste Disposal<br>Insurance<br>Travelling & Transport<br>Staff Expenses<br>Miscellaneous<br>Repairs<br>Excess/(Deficit) of Expenditure over Income|**2023**<br>19,764.00<br>£<br>117,317.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>137,081.00<br>£<br>82,094.00<br>£<br>20,299.00<br>£<br>9,332.00<br>£<br>618.00<br>£<br>1,891.00<br>£<br>633.00<br>£<br>1,256.00<br>£<br>528.00<br>£<br>18,653.00<br>£<br>2,666.00<br>£<br>3,474.00<br>£<br>403.00<br>£<br>141,847.00<br>£<br>**4,766.00**<br>**-£**|**2022**<br>27,459.00<br>£<br>139,785.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£|
|---|---|---|---|
||||167,244.00<br>£|
||||58,628.00<br>£<br>10,111.00<br>£<br>7,934.00<br>£<br>1,170.00<br>£<br>2,912.00<br>£<br>468.00<br>£<br>1,329.00<br>£<br>518.00<br>£<br>67,217.00<br>£<br>4,404.00<br>£<br>4,444.00<br>£<br>1,523.00<br>£|
||||160,658.00<br>£|
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||||**6,586.00**<br>**£**|





## **HEATHLANDS ANIMAL SANCTUARY BALANCE SHEET YEAR ENDED 31st JANUARY 2023** 

|**FIXED ASSETS**<br>Equipment at Cost<br>Accumulated Depreciation<br>**CURRENT ASSETS**<br>Bank Account<br>Other Debtors<br>Prepayments<br>**CURRENT LIABILITIES**<br>Sundry Creditors<br>**Represented by:**<br>Accumulated Fund b/fwd<br>Excess of Expenditure over Income|60,583.00<br>£<br>59,120.00<br>£<br>1,463.00<br>£<br>169,220.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>7,469.00<br>£<br>176,689.00<br>£<br>1,897.00<br>-£<br>**176,255.00**<br>**£**<br>181,021.00<br>£<br>4,766.00<br>-£<br>**176,255.00**<br>**£**<br>**2023**|**2022**|**2022**|
|---|---|---|---|
||60,583.00<br>£<br>59,120.00<br>£|60,583.00<br>£<br>58,502.00<br>£|2,081.00<br>£<br>182,041.00<br>£<br>3,101.00<br>-£|
||169,220.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>7,469.00<br>£|174,582.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>7,459.00<br>£||
|||||
||||**181,021.00**<br>**£**|
||||174,435.00<br>£<br>6,586.00<br>£|
||||**181,021.00**<br>**£**|





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||**Scott Paul Rouse**<br>SCOTT PAUL ROUSE|||||
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|**20 Parklands, Royston, Herts, SG8 9HL**<br>20 PARKLANDS, ROYSTON, HERTS, SG8 9HL||||||






## **Annual Report & Accounts** 

## **February 2022 to January 2023** 

Heathlands Animal Sanctuary continues to work hard rescuing and rehoming unwanted pets which has become more of a challenge in the current cost of living crisis.  As many people find it harder to make ends meet, giving up their pets is becoming more common, especially when faced with a large veterinary bill, that they cannot pay.  Fortunately, we have very good relationships with the veterinary practices we use, and they call us if they have an animal that has been signed over to them, when the owner cannot or refuses to pay the bill.  Naturally, we then have to step in and pay the bill but we at least, save the animal. One such case was a Bengal cat called Mr T.  He fell from a second-floor window, seriously damaging his rear leg.  The owners did not seek veterinary treatment right away.  By the time the vet was consulted and the break in the femur confirmed, the damage was so much worse than it might have been if they had seen a vet promptly.  Facing a several thousand pounds bill, they signed the cat over to the practice, who then called us.  Despite the vet’s best efforts to set the leg, it did not mend, and we had no choice but to amputate.  However, the cat made a full recovery and is now happily rehomed with his foster carer who attended to his aftercare and fell in love with him.  Veterinary costs have risen sharply along with most things, they are our biggest expenditure. 


_Rare breeds are arriving post pandemic, this is Daphne, a Chinese Crested Powder Puff._ 


_Billy, who had a rare fungal infection, Aspergillosis_ 

As well as seeing a high demand to take local dogs, Ireland has seen a huge increase in dogs being surrendered and abandoned which means we have returned to taking large numbers from Irish pounds.  The huge demand for dogs during the pandemic, meant the puppy farmers were breeding huge numbers of dogs and everyone involved in rescue could see that at some point, this would implode.  Not only are large numbers of dogs being given up as people return to work and a more normal lifestyle, many of the dogs we are seeing, have serious behavioural problems. Unsocialised, lacking in training and boundaries, and some we are unable to help due to aggression. 

We have also continued to help some Romanian dogs.  One in particular, Billy, came to us and went to foster with Trustee, Karen Barry.  He kept sneezing and sometimes the mucus from his nose was spotted pink.  It was fortunate that Billy was with an experienced foster carer.  Worried this could be a rare fungal infection, a sample was taken from Billy’s nasal cavity for testing. Billy had the extremely rare Aspergillosis infection.  Only the second case we have seen in all the years we have been active. The treatment involved a referral to Cambridge University Veterinary Hospital where he had to be anesthetised and two holes drilled into his face so they could flush his nasal cavities with fungicide.  This was repeated and then he was retested. Fortunately, he made a full recovery and is now rehomed. 


_Bengal cat Mr T who had to have his leg amputated_ 


_Unwanted litters of kittens continue to be a serious problem_ 






**Adoptions this year are as follows: 213 dogs, 22 cats, 6 small pets.** 

Our greatest challenge going forward, is to keep raising enough money to pay our ever increasing vet bills.  Recruiting foster homes is still a struggle as many keep their charges, never to foster again.  We have also found the general public give up on animals far more quickly, one dog rehomed only lasted 24hrs before they gave him back.  We will continue to meet these challenges for the good of the animals, who did not ask to be born yet continue to be let down by humans. 

_Registered address: 13 Eastfield Road, Royston, Herts SG8 7ED.  Tel: 01763 244488 Trustees: Gillian Knight, Karen Barry, Carole Moules.  Registered Charity Number 1067970_