CotsonTalls@ Rabbts and Golnea Pl Reseue - Annuvdl Re Charli Num'r 1078850 W.CO[lOnIaIAS-rescul.o Fstsblish¢d in 1993 rt2021 Main Name.. CottonTails& Workin Nam . ColnTall5@ Charitabl Ob"ects: To relieve the suffering of rnbbits and other animals who are in need of care and attention in particular b), providing and maintaining Suitable accOmm10n for the recepti(m and carc of unwanted rabbits and oth¢r animuls. To advance the education of the public in the care and ownership of animals. GENERAL In common with many charities in 2021. CottonTails@ has had to continuc adapt and change due lo the 'arious challcnges that the Covid 19 pandemic has presented. Wc have continued with our free DireL't Rehoming Scrvice throughout 2021. and it has proved lo be very successful. This serrfice utilises our 'ebsite and E,"acebook pages to facilitatc the eificient placement of rabbits and guinea pigs inlo suitabl¢ new homes, and whilst the l¢C is frcc, many satisfied uwners made a donation lo Collon"I'ails@ in graiitude for our 5crvices. An addition lo this service this year ha5 been the creation of a neuiering grant schcme. whercby the new owncr ofany un-ncutercd rabbit or single malc guinea pig adoplcd through the Direct Rehoming Service is otTered a £50 grdnt towards th¢ Lost of neutering, payable to thc velerinary prdclic¢ that will carry oui the procedure. Many owners have takcn up this offcr: and all the vcterinary practices Ino1ved have so far been very supportive. Ironically. as a result of the Direct Rehoming Service. inlakc number5 actually increased for both rabbits and guinea pi&s during 2021. with a 22 % increase in rabbits and 429/0 incrcasc in guinea pig5. The advantage of most of the intske being hOMed directly from thcir owners meani ihai l Lould a5sisI every. single animal rehome enquiry without having to address the practicalities of accommodation limitations. Most were successfully placed in suitable new homes within a month of listing. Whi151 our website continues to receive a consistent national and international audience, our Faceb(y)k Pllge SUbriber5 have inLr¢ased significanily in 2021. with most listings of rdbbits or guinea pigs for rehoming receiving over 1.500 views each or more. I conlinuc lo respond io many emai15 and message5 daily regarding advice aboul rabbil and guinea pig weifarc issues. and the claw clippin& grooming and general check-up clinics I run from the centre still prove ih¢Tc is a need for such 5crvir¢s.
RABBITS During 2021. 91 rabbits were rehomrf and Incr¢ of 22 /• wh¢n cornpdred to 2020. Of this numkn. 8 we ac¢epi¢d directly from Bri5101 Are {RSPCA) and houscd ai our centre prior lo rehoming. Our rabbit comm(MJaiion has not ali¢r¢d si¢ 2020. although various repairs have iwi und¢rtak¢n lo keep ihe hutche& runs llnd aviaries weath¢r proof. I will continuc to maintain this accommodation uniil J decision is reached about futu intske ai Ihe centrc. The rabbit accommodation compri8es.' 3 x 8. hutLhes with mctal heavy duty n5 I x 6.5. hutch with metal heavy duty n I x 6. hutch with metal heavy duty run 2 x 8ianLl8roup rabbil accommodation I x 7. spar&isOl10n hutch. I x 6, isolalion hutchlnm set up. ATIST Sexes Rabblt Gender (% total) Cjender difTerenLes for 2021 followed the gencral nalional trend in respect that many owmers found li hard to locate femal¢ rabbits to tx)nd with lonely neutered males. compared lo the apparenl plethora of mal&s. Of our iothl -intsk¢'. 57 0/0 were malc. and 430/0 fcmale. Alihough there is some evidence thai male r8bbit5 can lifv'e longer than females (O"Nvill el al ?019. VLI Record•). this diff¢r¢nc¢ is somew1t overridden if the females a spayed. thus rcmol'ing the link 1Cen uierinc and relaied cancers and prcmalur¢ d¢ath. From r50nal obseTh'ation. however. I receive far morc enquirics fron) owncr5 nccding neutered females for their lonel!, rabbit th<m I do ror neulered males. bul to my knowledge DO SCl¢ntific stud! has en carried to defjnitively answ¥r this quesiion. * hLI .ss/n¢w's,'rv¢-st 43 Female 57 Age of Rabblt on Arrlval (% of Total) In common with previous Yea the cat¢gory IOT aBe with thc highest intake w&$ 1-3 year5. 31Y/o of iotal intske. This h&s Lonsisienily showi to be the age at tlich most rabbit5 are deemed -unM'anted-. wthen the inevitsblc noveliy has worn otT, However. oiher raciors such &s ill-health and housin8 problems such &$ landlords rcfusing to allow I15 is also a factor - noi LvLryone who has to rchom¢ a pth do¢s so out of cIKJice, and this is a very important FM)ini to bear in mind when somwnc Teaches out for h¢lp. 18 18 •<6tronth5 25 I.3* 39
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Breeds Breed Chararterlstlcs (% total) Of our intskc in 2021. the variety of rabbit breLxls varied but could be divided inio three main categores. as shown in the graph. LoTreared rabbits conlinued to be pVale (41Yo). Rabbits with uprighi ears, encomrwsing various breeds such as NethLrland dwarfs, proved to still be a wpular choiLC of man). bunny owneri at 33Vo of lh¢ lothl intske. l.ionh¢ads till held il'5 own in the popularitN' 5thkes ai 26D/o of iniake. lis apIrtg visual charaLlerislics mdking il much sought after by 01)er.. "lliesc figurcs once again demonstrate thai there is no one partILu1¢ breed ihal is d()Mini1 in rebidrds lo rabbils broughi in for rehoming. However. our intakc tends lo reflwt 8eneral Irends of rabbits purchased in recent yLari by pel owTrer4, and in 2021 this ha&. dgain proved lo be the ca%e &s demonslraied in a study of Tabbit breeds sold in the UK ((iosling et al, 2018•*). This SdY showed thai the most common brLweds sold were lops. dwarfs. and lionheads. in abyr¢cm¢nt with our finding%. It is an unfortunate faci thÈil of thrce most w)pular rabbit breeds sold in ihe UL ai Icasl Iwo (lops and dWrS) are brachycephalic. which means they have slK>rtened skulls as a rcsull of selective breeding by humans over many years. ond Ihi?+ often results in compromiscd hcalih and well-being 85 51H)wn by ihe presenc¢ of den discase and rniddlc car infeciions. The lionhead breed originaicd by crossbreeding angoras with Netherland dwarfs. so 100 intrll¢lng this problematic trait and thus praisposing the breed d¢ntsl problems, as we have found by personal exwience in previous yeap>. As mosl of our "intske- w&5 not directly examined by myself du¢ lo thcir participaiion in the Ditccl Rehoming Servic¢. l am unable rewrt whal percentage had dcnthl dise&se. In previo year5. significant dental dise&se accounted for around I IY/o of our annual intske. 16 33 uprl8ht p eired 41 * 5knihoadllon8h•lred Neuterin Status of intske As the majorily of our rabbii inthkc during 2021 via ihe Dirccl Rehoming Scherne, it Nvas intereyting to compare the numbcr of rabbits that had Eren neutered by thcir owners. and those ihal had nol. Surprisingly. 53Yo of rabbits were nLutered by their owners prior lo bcing pul up for adopiion. and il j1 proves that money SFKnl either on purchase or rnainienance is not the deciding factor as to whether to rd 8 Dew home or noL Neutering Status (% total) neutered 47 53 Intact
GUINEA PIGS The intake of guinea pigs for 2021 was 59, an incrcase of42Q/• compared to 2020. Sex Guinea Pig Gender (% total) It is no surprise ihat more malc guinLa pi¥s were put up for adoption in ?021 cornw io females (160/0 di£ferenLe). as females are relaliv¢ly slraibhiforward to integrale with anoiher female or group, wliereas most aduli males will nol aLcept another mal¢ unless the). h(Ive groTI up logyether. This means that malLS LithLr have to be nculcrL'd to enable them lo live with a fernate. or they have to live side by side wilh olhers or implv bc on ihcir oTr. This bi&s in gender would hal'e iKYn evLn more obvio hut for an Ink¢ ora herd of14 female5 that we collected from someone who was being evic*d - this would h&ve incTe&5ed the dift"fflEnce to 52Vo. 42 A F•m•L Breeds Guinea Pig Breed (% of total) As in previo8 years. the majority1640/0) of guinea pigs for rehoming w¢re short haired. the remaining 36 /0 being either Ions haircd or semi long hdired. This refl¢cLs the preference of ownLrs not wanting lo take on a long haired t thai 15 peTceiN'ed (righil),) lo E¢ har(ler ill keep clean and healthy. and undoubiedly als4) influence5 the decision oran owner to pui their pet up for adoption. 36 11 short fur 64 11 lon8 Age (% total) In common with previo4 years. the majority of guinca pigs pui up for adoption were aged bdween 1-3 y¢ars {540/0). with 36% IKing under l year and just l Ots/o ovcr 3 years old. io 36 •<lye•r • 1.3 pars 54
ACCOUNTS RECEIPTS Income 2021- % of total (omitting large donation) Sale of animals Aefundslmiscellaneous Oonatlons 52 39 PayPallbank starKlin8 orders 2021 saw us in receipt of a very generous leg?acy. M'hiLh madL' up oi'cr 9/fj of our lotsl income. Wiihoul Ihis legacy we 'OUld havc had a lotsl Income of £12.429.78. The ¥raph illustrale3 our incomclr¢ccipts without thc legacy. as this gives u more X¢UTate representlon of the totsl. l otsl income including the l¢gacy was £127,637.24. Donatio8 madc ihn)ugh our web%itc We rvs1$1bl¢ for 3) /0 of our in¢ome (omiltins the IcgaLy from thL lolal). and vf thal figure. almost halt" was made up of one-off donations, wyth an almo%t equal amount from the adopt-a- hulch s¢heme. This proves thai the website donalion option is still wrll worth having. Several individuals and organisalions have Ixen ins'aluablc to th¢ conlinuation of CottonTai15@ financially. I 'ould likL' to give a very blg thank you to each and ¢v¢ry one who he]FL evcn in a small way. and my Jirtcere apologies if i have accidentally omitteil anyone from the list. Some pwpl¢ have very kindly raised fuThJs for us by 8)ng the FASY Fundraisin& Charilics TNSI. and Pa)'PaJ SmilL fimdraising-as-you-shop 5cheJne5. as l only receive tothls of these l am unable to Dame iudividual donors.
an1tIonS1 ANIMAL AFFAIRS £500 CHARITIF.S TRUST £240 EASYb IlNI)RAISING/F.VF.RYCLICKIAMAZON SMII.F. £60.50 MENDIP I)RAC'I'ICE £l(K) Individuals (ineloding *dopt-A-but<h) Mrs Jane Anne Bretlcll (legacy) J MerriLk Christine "l uckernian E Abbott M Loughlin J A0SmIth-BrOwn J Holmes L Smith Bcoe H Lambert and B Moth E larbir Jhaj Dubi Barry Clairc Ridley Cath), Burton Jenny Oliver Petra I.a'SOn Thomas Mulcroe Amy Hamilion Louise Catlelone-Luton Holly Young E IL'len Siobart .dioa S7.)'mL72k (iL'mmd Alford Amanda Barncs Sarah Webb Miss M Arntrong Sieve Morrell Eldine l.ord William Iredale Ben Guth Vanessa Long Carol AnnL Stcelc Ruth Lees Sophic Mason An Harber Sidncy I lowsc Claire Flopper I"eresa13att¢n Kale Stoll Anya McGovern C Muddiman John l.'arrell J and B Vaughan S and E Semple (in memory of Warrcn) Charlollc Taylor Dianne F.Ilard India Loles Wa)'n¢ Sheardown Samuel Ncwlove Freya Barkcr Jonathan fisher MTh K Kcbb), I'ammy Ilassel Coletle Mears Ruih Baughan Kirst), RolK'rLson Carolynn Jureidini Tracy Benford Margarei Clotworthy Katie Gracr
PAYMENTS Expenditure 2021- % of total io • St•tkw•ry. Insurance 20 • Vei bltss Offi'ce USE 16 ittlllttes lftwranc¢hMde mark retsewal io •tar expenst5 li BMk5u1nlc1Jl The total eXnditUre for 2021 w&8 £11.747.40. a decrease of 25Vo compared io la jeur. Major a55et expendilure included: Covid PPE and lateral flow lests Public Liabilily and Fmploy¢r Insurance Rcplaccment water Ix>tt1elwj syems Wcbsite hosting fl Trddc Mark licncwal Mobilc phone replacemenl Transwn (car) repairs Total Income £127.637.24 To¢AI Expenditure £1 1,747.40 Profit #t fwd of 2021 = £115J89J4 Our bank account MaInS healthy and will see us through the next year comfortably, althougb an increase in costs is to IK expe¢ied Ex)si-Covid.
Acknowled ements CottonTails@ could not continue its valuable work if it was not for the excellent support from some wonderful people who have given help in various ways. Sincere apologies for any omissions: The Trustees for their continued support. My husband Frnncis for transporting and collecting rabbits and guinea pigs as required, and the miscellaneous trips throughout the year that are required to keep the charity going. Jon Humphrey (of "Random Precision") for his SUPPOrt with issues relating to the web si*. My sons Fraser and Ben for providing essential holiday cover. You. our loyal friends, for continuing to support the charity financially and in other practical ways. CottonTails@ 202] anm4al report written and compiled by Mairwen Guard, MBE. Trustee.
CottonTails@ Registered Charity 1078850 Accounts 2021 RECEIPTS Animal adoption donations Refunds and Miscellaneous £320.00 £795.90 General donations by cheque or cash Donations by Paypal, direct bank standing orders Petty Cash £120,052.22 £6,464.12 £5 TOTAL RECEIPTS £127,637.24 PAYMENTS Stationary, computer miscellaneous Veterinary expenses Office rent £1,118.94 £768.94 £1,920 £1,311.72 Animal food, bedding Utilities £1,926.82 Repairs and replacements Insurance, trade mark renewal £1,176.41 £649.60 Car expenses Miscellaneous £2327.39 £547.58 TOTAL PAYMENTS PROFIT FOR 2020 £11,747.40 .£115,889.84 ASSETS Office: computer, printer, photocopier, mobile phone Animal equipment/sundries: hutches, aviarie5 Merchandise: limited remaining stock of sweatshirts, T shirt5, bags, tabards
10 Accounts: Summa Statement 2021 Total Income 2021 (A) = £127,637.24 Total Expenditure 2021 (B) = £11,747.40 Profit for 2021 = £115,889.84 (A £127,637.24- B £11,775.60) Bank account end 2020 + petty cash = £55,992.38 Bank account balance 3111212021 = £171,877.22 (£171,905.42 - pending payments of £28.20 included in 2021 accounts) Petty cash 3111212021 = £5.00 PayPal balance 31/12/2021 = £0 Total = £171,882.22 Bank account end for 2020 + profit from 2021 = £171,882.22 (£55,992.38 + £115,889.84) Accounts balance.
11 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trugteegl membern of CottonTails@ On accounts for the year ended 2021 Charfty no {If any) 1078850 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above chanty (Ihe Trusv) for the year ended 3111212021. Rmponslbllltles and As the ¢harty trustees of the Trust, you are responsib for the preparation ba•ls of rnwt of the accounts in aGGordance the rryuirements of the Charitie6 A 2011 ('the Act.). l pOrt in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under sedion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carryiTrJ out my examination, I have followed the applicale Directs'ons gwen by the Charity Commission under sedion 145{5)Ib) of the ACL I have completed my examinalion. I corfim that no material matters have come to my attent6on (other than Ihat dlsdosed below ') in conne¢tion wrth the examination which gives me rAuse to believe that in. any material resFect.' aoUntirVj records were nol kept in acc<xdance with section 130 of the Acl or Ihe accoun1$ do n(rt xc¢xd Ythh Ihe accounting records Independont examineV8 8tatem?nt I have no concems and have come acxoss no other matters in connection with the examinats'on to which attention should be dr1 in order to en proFer understsnding of the accounts to be reached. ' Pleas8 delete the words in the brackels if they do not 8ppIy. sld. N•m•: Relevant professlonal qualification(s) or body (If anyl: Addro88: z L) rrLi Lprb g,N4J. IER Octob•r 2018
Sectton B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem {see CC32, Irldependent examination of chanty accounts: directions arKI guKlance for examiners). Give here brlef detslls of any Ilems that th• examin•r wishes to dlsclo*•. IER October 2018