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## **Charity registration number 1091857 (England and Wales)**
**THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST OPERATING AS THE FOLLY WILDLIFE RESCUE TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
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## **THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST OPERATING AS THE FOLLY WILDLIFE RESCUE TRUST LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
**Trustees** Susan Johnson Jessica Cater Melvyn White Sarah Nunn Sandra Reddy Elizabeth Chandler Hannah Hall **Charity number (England and Wales)** 1091857 **Independent examiner** M J Bushell Ltd Ground Floor Kings House 101-135 Kings Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4DR **Bankers** NatWest 89 Mount Pleasant Road Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1QJ
(Appointed 23 October 2024) (Appointed 23 October 2024)
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## **THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST OPERATING AS THE FOLLY WILDLIFE RESCUE TRUST CONTENTS**
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|Trustees' report|1 - 2|
|Independent examiner's report|3|
|Statement of financial activities|4|
|Balance sheet|5|
|Notes to the financial statements|6 - 14|
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## **THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST OPERATING AS THE FOLLY WILDLIFE RESCUE TRUST TRUSTEES' REPORT**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
The Trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in the financial statements and comply with the Charity's governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (effective 1 January 2019).
## **Objectives and activities**
## **Objectives and aims**
The Charity was formed to assist in the welfare, relief of suffering and rehabilitation of orphaned, injured or sick British wildlife. The overriding mission is to release back into the wild, animals admitted to the hospital.
For the above purposes, the Charity has purpose built hospital premises in Broadwater Forest, near Tunbridge Wells, with permanent and part time staff, including part time veterinary surgeons. There is a dedicated veterinary surgery with X-Ray facilities and the hospital is a registered veterinary practice.
The hospital is open for admissions every day of the year. In the year ended 31 December 2024, 3,315 (2023: 3,450) casualties were brought into the hospital.
## **Public benefit**
The Trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the Charity should undertake. Almost all casualties brought to the hospital are at the request of the public.
## **Management**
The management team is responsible for the day to day running of the hospital, financial decisions and long term planning. In the 2024 calendar year the team consisted of Elizabeth Chandler, Hannah Hall and Tricia Dale-Jones who are all remunerated employees.
## **Staff**
Remunerated staff, other than the management team above, consists of: Veterinary surgeons (part time) Veterinary nurse Wildlife rescue co-ordinator (part time) Volunteer co-ordinator (part time) Wildlife hospital supervisor Wildlife care assistants (permanent and seasonal)
Apart from the remunerated staff, there are a substantial number of volunteers who attend the hospital to assist with animal husbandry, fundraising and reception. There are also volunteers that collect casualties and return them for release, where members of the public who found them are unable to do so.
In addition, there are volunteers that specialise in the maintenance, improvement and extension of the hospital premises and grounds, and those that have worked on fundraising activities and events, uniting together to set-up and promote the #Savefolly campaign, thereby avoiding closure.
The Trustees and Management acknowledge, with immense gratitude, the role played by all of these volunteers, without whom the current level of activity would not be possible.
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## **THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST OPERATING AS THE FOLLY WILDLIFE RESCUE TRUST TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
## **Financial review**
The general fund at 31 December 2024 was £1,184,369 after being enhanced by a surplus of income over expenditure for the year ended on that date of £257,310 (2023 £14,763). The surplus during the year included exceptional donations received by 31[st] December from the #Savefolly special appeal. The trustees also acknowledge, with thanks, the special assistance from our patrons following that appeal.
A significant part of the Trust's receipts is from legacy income, which by its very nature is unpredictable and volatile. Without such income the Trust would not be able to meet the level of running expenditure it currently has and recognises that significant and prolonged fluctuations in legacy income would severely limit its capability to operate in the longer term. To minimise the effect of such fluctuations, the trustees are exploring potential future income streams. The undesignated general reserve is needed to protect against such fluctuations. The Trustees consider that this provides adequate resources for the Trust to meet all its obligations for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.
## **Reserves policy**
It is the policy of the Charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to nine month’s expenditure. The Trustees consider that reserves at this level will ensure that, in the event of a significant drop in funding, they will be able to continue the Charity’s current activities while consideration is given to ways in which additional funds may be raised. This level of reserves has been increased following the #Savefolly appeal.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The Charity is an unincorporated charity, governed by its trust deed dated 26 March 2002.
The Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were: Susan Johnson Jessica Cater Melvyn White Sarah Nunn Sandra Reddy Elizabeth Chandler (Appointed 23 October 2024) Hannah Hall (Appointed 23 October 2024)
## **Recruitment and appointment of trustees**
New trustees are appointed by invitation from existing trustees.
None of the Trustees has any beneficial interest in the company. All of the Trustees are members of the company and guarantee to contribute £1 in the event of a winding up.
The Trustees' report was approved by the Board of Trustees.
.............................. | MeanSignedE58EA32DA3224F by: White1... Melvyn White **Trustee**
18 August 2025 Date: .............................................
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## **THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST OPERATING AS THE FOLLY WILDLIFE RESCUE TRUST INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT**
## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST**
I report to the Trustees on my examination of the financial statements of The Southern Wildlife Care and Advisory Trust (the Charity) for the year ended 31 December 2024.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the Trustees of the Charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.
I report in respect of my examination of the Charity’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act 2011.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since the Charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000, the independent examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of ICAEW, which is one of the listed bodies.
Your attention is drawn to the fact that the charity has prepared the financial statements in accordance with the relevant version of the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their financial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) in preference to the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but has now been withdrawn. I understand that this has been done in order for the financial statements to provide a true and fair view in accordance with UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
- 1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act 2011.
- 2 the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
- 3 the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of financial statements set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the financial statements give a true and fair view, which is not a matter 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 financial statements to be reached.
**Corné von Wielligh ACA M J Bushell Ltd**
Ground Floor Kings House 101-135 Kings Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4DR 18 August 2025
Dated: .........................
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## **THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST OPERATING AS THE FOLLY WILDLIFE RESCUE TRUST STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2024**
**2024**
**Notes**
**£**
**£**
**Income from:**
Donations and legacies
**3**
548,269
3,599
Other trading activities
**4**
66,162
487
Investments
**5**
4,151
246
**Total income**
618,582
4,332
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
**6**
359,833
5,771
**Total expenditure**
359,833
5,771
**Net income/(expenditure) and**
**movement in funds**
258,749
(1,439)
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Fund balances at 1 January
2024
925,620
17,227
**Fund balances at 31**
**December 2024**
1,184,369
15,788|**Total**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2024**
**2023**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
551,868
282,158
17,099
66,649
63,559
-
4,397
2,069
27
622,914
347,786
17,126
365,604
341,397
8,752
365,604
341,397
8,752
257,310
6,389
8,374
942,847
919,231
8,853
1,200,157
925,620
17,227|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
299,257
63,559
2,096|
|---|---|---|
|||364,912
350,149|
|||350,149|
|||14,763
928,084|
|||942,847|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
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## **THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST OPERATING AS THE FOLLY WILDLIFE RESCUE TRUST BALANCE SHEET**
## _**AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
|||**2024**||**2023**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Notes**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Fixed assets**||||||
|Tangible assets|**12**||722,208||733,064|
|**Current assets**||||||
|Stocks|**13**|5,494||956||
|Debtors|**14**|39,500||63,239||
|Cash at bank and in hand||439,915||153,784||
|||484,909||217,979||
|**Creditors: amounts falling due within**|**15**|||||
|**one year**||(6,960)||(8,196)||
|**Net current assets**|||477,949||209,783|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**|||1,200,157||942,847|
|**The funds of the Charity**||||||
|Restricted income funds|**17**||15,788||17,227|
|Unrestricted funds|**18**||1,184,369||925,620|
||||1,200,157||942,847|
18 August 2025
The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on ......................... .............................. | MeanSigned by: White E58EA32DA3224F 1... Melvyn White **Trustee**
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## **THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST OPERATING AS THE FOLLY WILDLIFE RESCUE TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Charity information**
The Southern Wildlife Care and Advisory Trust is an unincorporated charity.
## **1.1 Accounting convention**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charity's governing document, the Charities Act 2011, FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Charities SORP "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)". The Charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The Charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities not to prepare a statement of cash flows.
The financial statements have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a true and fair view. This departure has involved following the Statement of Recommended Practice for charities applying FRS 102 rather than the version of the Statement of Recommended Practice which is referred to in the Regulations but which has since been withdrawn.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the Charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £1.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
## **1.2 Going concern**
At the time of approving the financial statements, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
## **1.3 Charitable funds**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.
Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors or grantors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.
Endowment funds are subject to specific conditions by donors that the capital must be maintained by the Charity.
## **1.4 Income**
Income is recognised when the Charity is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received.
Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Other donations are recognised once the Charity has been notified of the donation, unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount. Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.
Legacies are recognised on receipt or otherwise if the Charity has been notified of an impending distribution, the amount is known, and receipt is expected. If the amount is not known, the legacy is treated as a contingent asset.
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## **THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST OPERATING AS THE FOLLY WILDLIFE RESCUE TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
**(Continued)**
## **1.5 Expenditure**
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges are allocated on the portion of the asset’s use.
## **1.6 Tangible fixed assets**
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Freehold land and buildings 75 years straight line on cost (life of buildings is a significant judgement) Plant and equipment 25% on reducing balance Motor vehicles 25% on reducing balance
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the statement of financial activities.
## **1.7 Impairment of fixed assets**
At each reporting end date, the Charity reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any).
## **1.8 Stocks**
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value. These costs comprise of both general and veterinary supplies for future use.
## **1.9 Cash and cash equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
## **1.10 Financial instruments**
The Charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the Charity's balance sheet when the Charity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
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## **THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST OPERATING AS THE FOLLY WILDLIFE RESCUE TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **(Continued)**
## _**Basic financial assets**_
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
## _**Basic financial liabilities**_
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## _**Derecognition of financial liabilities**_
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the Charity’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
## **1.11 Employee benefits**
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the Charity is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
## **1.12 Retirement benefits**
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
## **2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements**
In the application of the Charity’s accounting policies, the Trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
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## **THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST OPERATING AS THE FOLLY WILDLIFE RESCUE TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
## **3 Income from donations and legacies**
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
Donations and gifts
500,695
1,082
Legacies receivable
14,933
-
Grants receivable
7,494
2,517
Other donations
25,147
-
548,269
3,599|**Total**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2024**
**2023**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
501,777
158,730
-
14,933
90,334
-
10,011
12,500
17,099
25,147
20,594
-
551,868
282,158
17,099|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
158,730
90,334
29,599
20,594|
|---|---|---|
|||299,257|
The income stream named grants receivable includes both grants received and accounts for the value of goods donated to the trust.
## **4 Income from other trading activities**
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
Fundraising
63,944
487
Sale of merchandising
455
-
Adoptions
-
-
Educational talks
220
-
Vetshare
1,543
-
Other trading activities
66,162
487|**Total**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2024**
**2023**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
64,431
59,881
-
455
540
-
-
105
-
220
579
-
1,543
-
-
66,649
61,105
-|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
59,881
540
105
579
-|
|---|---|---|
|||61,105|
## **5 Income from investments**
||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**||**funds**|**funds**||
||**2024**|**2024**|**2024**|**2023**|**2023**|**2023**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Interest receivable|4,151|246|4,397|2,069|27|2,096|
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## **THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST OPERATING AS THE FOLLY WILDLIFE RESCUE TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
## **6 Expenditure on charitable activities**
||**Charitable**|**Charitable**|
|---|---|---|
||**expenditure**|**expenditure**|
||**2024**|**2023**|
||**£**|**£**|
|**Direct costs**|||
|Staff costs|251,668|230,329|
|Veterinary fees and supplies|10,884|12,744|
|Equipment and repair|3,576|8,515|
|General supplies|5,966|2,594|
|Animal feed|13,558|4,979|
|Deer rescue|-|894|
|Merchandise|1,483|613|
|Fundraising supplies|149|1,181|
|Waste disposal|13,836|9,634|
|TV and alarm|194|279|
|New construction projects and memorial gardens|-|10,490|
||301,314|282,252|
|**Share of support and governance costs (see note 7)**|||
|Support|55,146|53,138|
|Governance|9,144|14,759|
||365,604|350,149|
|**Analysis by fund**|||
|Unrestricted funds|359,833|341,397|
|Restricted funds|5,771|8,752|
||365,604|350,149|
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## **THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST OPERATING AS THE FOLLY WILDLIFE RESCUE TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
## **7 Support costs allocated to activities**
|Depreciation
Rates and water
Insurance
Light and heat
Telephone
Postage and stationery
Sundries
Software
Transport costs
Bank and merchant terminal charges
Governance costs
**Analysed between:**
Charitable expenditure
**8**
**Net movement in funds**
The net movement in funds is stated after charging/(crediting):
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets|**2024**
**£**
18,430
2,721
4,547
10,196
3,112
4,341
689
6,462
2,409
2,239
9,144
64,290
64,290
**2024**
**£**
18,430|**2023**
**£**
20,102
2,677
4,156
7,773
1,636
4,245
4,693
3,252
2,095
2,509
14,759|
|---|---|---|
|||67,897|
|||67,897|
|||**2023**
**£**
20,102|
## **9 Trustees**
None of the Trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the Charity during the year.
## **10 Employees**
The average monthly number of employees during the year was:
|**Employment costs**
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs|**2024**
**Number**
22
**2024**
**£**
244,179
3,493
3,996
251,668|**2023**
**Number**
19|
|---|---|---|
|||**2023**
**£**
221,510
5,656
3,163|
|||230,329|
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## **THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST OPERATING AS THE FOLLY WILDLIFE RESCUE TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
## **10 Employees**
## **(Continued)**
There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.
## **11 Taxation**
The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.
## **12 Tangible fixed assets**
|**Freehold land**
**and buildings**
**Plant and**
**equipment**
**£**
**£**
**Cost**
At 1 January 2024
765,785
73,154
Additions
2,140
5,435
At 31 December 2024
767,925
78,589
**Depreciation and impairment**
At 1 January 2024
68,857
38,689
Depreciation charged in the year
8,582
9,430
At 31 December 2024
77,439
48,119
**Carrying amount**
At 31 December 2024
690,486
30,470
At 31 December 2023
696,929
34,465
**13**
**Stocks**
Stock - General & Veterinary
**14**
**Debtors**
**Amounts falling due within one year:**
Prepayments and accrued income||
|---|---|
Prepayments and accrued income includes legacies approved but not yet received, auction proceeds not yet received, and balances relating to the RSPCA, Vetshare and Gift Aid.
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Docusign Envelope ID: 2E7D12E6-B5CE-437A-BA82-A35364EE5493
## **THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST OPERATING AS THE FOLLY WILDLIFE RESCUE TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
## **15 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
|Other taxation and social security
Trade creditors
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income
**16**
**Retirement benefit schemes**
**Defined contribution schemes**
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes|**2024**
**£**
2,774
141
402
3,643
6,960
**2024**
**£**
3,996|**2023**
**£**
1,008
1,433
2,253
3,502|
|---|---|---|
|||8,196|
|||**2023**
**£**
3,163|
The Charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the Charity in an independently administered fund.
## **17 Restricted funds**
The restricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used.
||**At**|**1 January**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**At 31**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**2024**|**resources**|**expended**|**December**|
||||||**2024**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Grants||17,227|2,763|(5,771)|14,219|
|Donations||-|1,082|-|1,082|
|Fundraising||-|487|-|487|
|||17,227|4,332|(5,771)|15,788|
|**Previous year:**|**At**|**1 January**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**At 31**|
|||**2023**|**resources**|**expended**|**December**|
||||||**2023**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Grants||8,853|17,126|(8,752)|17,227|
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Docusign Envelope ID: 2E7D12E6-B5CE-437A-BA82-A35364EE5493
## **THE SOUTHERN WILDLIFE CARE AND ADVISORY TRUST OPERATING AS THE FOLLY WILDLIFE RESCUE TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
## **18 Unrestricted funds**
The unrestricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants which are not subject to specific conditions by donors and grantors as to how they may be used. These include designated funds which have been set aside out of unrestricted funds by the trustees for specific purposes.
|**At**
General funds
**Previous year:**
**At**
General funds
**Analysis of net assets between funds**
**At 31 December 2024:**
Tangible assets
Current assets/(liabilities)
**At 31 December 2023:**
Tangible assets
Current assets/(liabilities)|**1 January**
**2024**
**Incoming**
**resources**
**Resources**
**expended**
**At 31**
**December**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
925,620
618,582
(359,833)
1,184,369
**1 January**
**2023**
**Incoming**
**resources**
**Resources**
**expended**
**At 31**
**December**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
919,231
347,786
(341,397)
925,620
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**2024**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
722,208
-
722,208
462,161
15,788
477,949
1,184,369
15,788
1,200,157
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**2023**
**2023**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
733,064
-
733,064
192,556
17,227
209,783
925,620
17,227
942,847|**1 January**
**2024**
**Incoming**
**resources**
**Resources**
**expended**
**At 31**
**December**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
925,620
618,582
(359,833)
1,184,369
**1 January**
**2023**
**Incoming**
**resources**
**Resources**
**expended**
**At 31**
**December**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
919,231
347,786
(341,397)
925,620
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**2024**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
722,208
-
722,208
462,161
15,788
477,949
1,184,369
15,788
1,200,157
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**2023**
**2023**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
733,064
-
733,064
192,556
17,227
209,783
925,620
17,227
942,847|
|---|---|---|
|||**Total**
**2024**
**£**
722,208
477,949|
|||1,200,157|
|||**Total**
**2023**
**£**
733,064
209,783|
|||942,847|
## **19 Analysis of net assets between funds**
## **20 Related party transactions**
There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year (2023 - none).
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