**Annual Report and Accounts 2020**
Rescue
|**Contents**||
|---|---|
|**Trustees’ Report**
|**Trustees’ Report**
**2**|
|**Our Policies**
**2020 activities**|**Our Policies**
**2020 activities**
**3**
**4**|
|**Care-for-Life**
**5**|**Care-for-Life**
**5**|
|**Accounts**
**6**|**6**|
|**The charity**
**8**|**8 **|
Care
Rehome
**Saving just one animal won't change the world, but it surely will change the world for that one animal**
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## Anim-Mates Trustees’ Report for the Year 2020
Since 2002 Anim-Mates, run entirely by volunteers, has rescued, cared for, and re-homed thousands of unwanted and stray animals in north west Kent.
At our sanctuary in Ash, Kent, we have continued to introduce new or improved facilities for the animals in our care.
On pages 6 and 7 we have set out our financial accounts for the year. There you will see how the Corona virus (Covid19) restrictions have affected our income. Compared to the previous year public donations have dropped by 45% and donations dropped into our collection pots were reduced by 69%. We were able to reduce our administration costs by almost 45%. Almost all our income was spent on animal care, food and veterinary costs plus one-off expenditure of new housing and security.
The limited number of fosterers and homes for the animals while in our care continued to be a challenge. We prioritised taking in animals who were injured, in danger of being put to sleep, and/ or were unneutered. Most of the animals needed routine vet care such as vaccinations and neutering. Some needed treatment that was far more expensive. We never had an animal put down, except on veterinary advice, which itself we often challenged.
If for some reason we were unable
to take in an animal, we made every effort to find another animal rescue group that could.
In our Care-for-Life scheme we cared for a large number of animals who, through illness, age or disability, cannot be re-homed. To these animals we promised they will be in the care of Anim-Mates for the rest of their life.
Our outreach team continued to visit feral cat colonies. They trapped the adults, had them neutered and, after recovery, returned them to their habitat.
Feral kittens have been patiently domesticated and found new homes.
Everyone at Anim-Mates is a volunteer and we wish to record our thanks to those volunteers mentioned in this annual report, and to others who, for whatever reason, wish to remain anonymous. Without their help and time, all given freely, Anim-Mates would not exist and many more unwanted animals would continue to be homeless.
Whilst the Covid pandemic restricted our fundraising activities we were pleased to see an increase in the number of new volunteers working at the sanctuary.
_Trustees Bobbie Bajwa Teresa Bloomfield Roger Brown Stephen Peirce_
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## Our Policies
**Anim-Mates** exists to relieve the suffering and distress of animals in need of care and attention in north west Kent, in any or all of the following ways:
- To rescue, provide vet treatment, neuter and rehome stray, abandoned and unwanted animals
- To provide Care-for-Life for animals unable to be rehomed
- To provide vet care/neutering to animals whose owners are unable or unwilling to do so.
## **Rescue**
There are many reasons why animals find their way to us. It can be through the death of the owner, a relationship breakup or moving home. We also receive numerous calls about strays.
If our homes are full, we will contact other animal welfare groups to see if they can offer suitable accommodation.
## **Care**
Every animal that comes to Anim-Mates will be cared for in a fosterer’s home and treated as their own pet.
All animals will be examined by one of our vets. Animals needing veterinary care will stay with us throughout the process and will only be rehomed when they are given a clean bill of health.
Mums with kittens will stay with us longterm. Abandoned kittens will stay with us until they are ready to be homed again. Older animals may remain with us for a long time until that special someone comes along for them.
We will never have an animal put down, except on veterinary advice.
## **Neutering**
One of Anim-Mates’ main objectives is to reduce the large number of unwanted
animals. To ensure that no animal for rehoming can breed, all rescued animals will be neutered.
The exceptions will be very young kittens. We will ask new owners to guarantee that the youngsters will be kept indoors until they get them neutered.
We will visit feral cat colonies to trap the adults, have them neutered and returned to their habitat. Feral kittens will be domesticated and rehomed.
## **Stray Animals**
In respect of stray cats we will try to determine if a cat is a genuine stray. The finder will be asked to enquire locally if anyone has lost a cat, and to put a collar on the cat with the message ‘If this is your cat please ring me’. If no contact is made within a few days, we will assume the cat is a stray and we will take them in. We check for microchips in the hope of reuniting strays with their owners
A stray animal will be taken into our homes for a minimum of 28 days. During that time we register the animal with all the “missing” agencies and also make checks to see if anyone has reported their pet lost. If all that work proves negative, the cat will then be put up for rehoming.
## **Rehoming**
Each potential new home will be thoroughly checked for suitability before any animal is placed there. This will ensure that the animal is in the best home, with the best possible owner.
Any animal that, for whatever reason, cannot be rehomed will stay with AnimMates in our Care-for-Life scheme.
## **Volunteers**
All trustees, fosterers, adopters, homevetters, helpers and Friends of AnimMates will be volunteers. Nobody will be paid for their voluntary work. All we will ask of our volunteers is that they show their love of, and for, our animals.
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## Here’s a snapshot of what Anim-Mates achieved in 2020
## **Animals**
We rescued, cared for and rehomed a variety of unwanted domestic pets, the details of which appear on the panel on page 2.
Our Care-for-Life scheme flourishes and is highlighted on page 5.
## **Animal Housing**
At our sanctuary we have continued to upgrade some of the outbuildings that house our 100+ Care-for-Life residents.
## **Outreach Scheme**
To help reduce the number of breeding feral cats, we increased the number of cats that we had neutered. Some very young feral kittens were domesticated and found new homes.
## **Funding**
We received many generous donations from Friends of Anim-Mates, and animal lovers, most of which were Gift Aided. We continued to receive substantial donations and gifts from Support Adoption For Pets, the charity arm of Pets At Home.
## **Legacies**
Some of our supporters who sadly passed away were very kind and left the charity legacies in their wills.
## **Public Donation Collections**
Unfortunately, due to restrictions, we were unable to hold our usual collections at garden centres and supermarkets.
## **Fundraising Events**
The Covid pandemic stopped us from holding our traditional outdoor fundraising events. However, our volunteers took to the internet and raised much-needed funds by organising successful online auctions and quizzes.
## **Communications**
We welcomed new editors of our newsletters and website. Keeping our 800 or so Friends of Anim-Mates up to date with our work was achieved through our newsletters, (printed and electronic) website (anim-mates.org.uk) and on Facebook (facebook.com/oliversfarm).
## **Wish List**
We continued to have an Anim-Mates wish list at the world’s biggest online store, Amazon, where anyone can choose gifts from a wide-ranging list of items to be sent directly to our sanctuary.
## **eBay**
A number of animal-loving eBay sellers continued to donate all or part of their auction monies to Anim-Mates.
## Plans for 2021
## We aim to:
- Continue as an effective hands-on, animal rescue charity
- Maximise the number of feral cats we neuter and rehome or return to their habitat
- Recruit more fosterers to increase the number of care spaces available
- Review and implement the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- Covid permitting, we hope to hold and increase our range of fundraising events
- To bring new and innovative elements to our website.
- Help educate animal owners about the necessity of neutering while there are so many homeless animals and the need for good animal welfare
- Raise the profile of Anim-Mates to help for all the above reasons
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## Care-for-Life scheme has a wide range of animals
**Anim-Mates Care-for-Life scheme is for animals who cannot be re-homed because of age, infirmity or special care needs. We commit to care for these animals for the rest of their lives. They are treated, loved and cared in our sanctuary and in fosterers’ homes.**
**An unwanted, feral pig, a poorly Shetland pony, a blind duck and a lonely rabbit were among those who joined our Care-for-Life scheme in 2020.**
Micro pig **Charlotte** came to us when her owners realised she was feral and couldn’t cope with her normal behaviour. This cheeky rascal is a constant companion for our other pig, Wilbur, who has taught her to trust and love her carers.
Pony **Wizzard** has locking stifles in his back legs but, with exercise and care, we hope his movement will improve.
Duck **Daffy** , who is blind in one eye, loves tucking into mealworms and salad and enjoys splashing about in the pool he shares with his new friend Ted.
When rabbit **Janet** lost her partner her owners didn’t want her to be alone and asked us to give her a home with our other rabbits. She has bonded beautifully with Louie and the pair are inseparable.
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## **Anim-Mates Accounts for 2020**
||**2020**|**2020**|**2020**|**2019**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total funds|
Total funds|
||Funds|Funds|||
|**Income**|To the nearest|To the nearest|
To the nearest|
To the nearest|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|1. Handover donations|
728|
-||555|
|2. Adoption Donations|
2,010|
-||2,030|
|3. Public donations|38,343|
-||69,619|
|4. Sponsorship|484|
-||572|
|5. Fundraising|20,214|
-||29,767|
|6. Collection pots|1,181|
-||3,803|
|7. Legacies|5,500|
-|-|-|
|8. Bank interest|888|
-||838|
|9. Gift Aid|13,851|
-||5,672|
|10. VAT refunds|60,585|||**-**|
||**143,784**|||**112,856**|
|**Expenditure**|||||
|11. Veterinary Fees|
44,268|
-|44,268|46,184|
|12. Feed / bedding / stabling|14,708|
-|14,708|13,600|
|13. Equipment|
1,458|
-|1,458|1,388|
|14. Insurances|
1,731|
-|1,731|1,553|
|15. Postage|
768|
-|768|1,064|
|16. Administration|
994|
-|994|1,637|
|17. Newsletter|421|
-|421|684|
|18. Professional fees|15,300||15,300|-|
|19. Fundraising|142|
-|142|794|
|20. Vehicles and running costs|2,769|
-|2,769|4,753|
|21. Building costs/maintenance|11,952|
-|11,952|12,767|
|22. Utilities, water, gas, electricity|1,561|
-|1,561|886|
||**95,442**||**95,442**|**85,310**|
|**Net Income/Expenditure**|**48,342**||**48,342**|**27,546**|
||||||
||||||
**See opposite page for notes relating to Income and Expenditure**
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## **Anim-Mates Accounts for 2020**
**Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2020**
|**Funds Statement**|**2020**|**2020**|**2020**|
|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Total Funds|
||Funds|Reserve||
|||Funds||
|Opening balance|161,000||161,000|
|Income and Expenditure|48,342||48,342|
|Transfers between funds|-|-|-|
|Closing balance|209,342||209,342|
|**Represented By**||||
|Petty cash||||
|Co-op BankCurrent|11,305||11,305|
|Co-op BankDeposit|80,000||80,000|
|SantanderCurrent|40,999||40,999|
|Close BrothersDeposit||77,038|77,038|
|**Total cash funds**|**132,304**|**77,038**|**209,342**|
## **Notes on Annual Accounts for 2020**
1. Donations from owners who handed over their animals to Anim-Mates
2. Donations from adopters of Anim-Mates animals
3. Donations given and sent to Anim-Mates
4. Donations from sponsorship of Care-for-Life animals
5. Gross income raised from events organised by our volunteers
6. Collection pots in vets, pets shops and other stores
9. Gift Aid from HMRC on donations, usually claimed in retrospect
10. VAT refunds covering previous 5 years
11. Health checks, follow-up treatments/operations, neutering, vaccinations, flea treatment, medications. Most vets kindly give Anim-Mates a discount on their fees and medications
12. Includes all foods, special dietary foods, sawdust, hay and cat litter
13. Includes furnishing outbuildings, equine fly masks, litter trays etc.
14. Public liability, accidental damage, personal accident, and vehicles insurance
15. For letters and distribution of quarterly newsletters
16. Stationery, leaflets printed in house, website.
17. Printing costs only. Editorial and preparations are done inhouse so these costs are nil
18. One-off cost for VAT consultant which resulted in income. See 10.
19. Initial outlay for fundraising events e.g. hall hire, deposits, items for resale
20. Tractor/van repairs, lightweight Utility Task Vehicle, fuel
21. Conversion, repairs and maintenance of outbuildings and land to accommodate animals.
Unrestricted Reserve Funds are reserved for the Care-for-Life scheme
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## The organisation behind the animals
**Patrons** Jenny Seagrove, Jean Moore
**Trustees** _who administer the charity_ : Bobbie Bajwa Teresa Bloomfield (Hon. Treasurer) Roger Brown (Hon. Chairman) Stephen Peirce
**Fosterers/Foster carers** _care for the animals in their homes until they are rehomed:_ Bobbie and Arif Bajwa, Teresa Bloomfield, Karen Constant, Michaela Hoult, Lisa Inns, Susan and Tim Jackson, Suzy Mejia-Buenaño, Steph Roper, Linda and David Thorburn, Lauren Whalin, Sarah Williams
**Homevetters** _assess the homes of prospective adopters for suitability for each animal_ : Bobbie Bajwa, Lisa Inns,
**Volunteers** Bobbie Bajwa, Teresa Bloomfield, Claire Brooks, Anne and Roger Brown, Zoe Cartwright, Nathalie de Chivre, Kate Collins, Kevin Crew, Sharon and David Dand, Lynn Davis, Cath Foster, Sarah and Dave Hickson, Lisa and Wayne Inns, Shirley Johnson,
Caroline Lakeman, Anastasia Lubina, Jordan Massie, Jean Moore, Faye Northover, Angela O’Brien, Mandy and Saul Pegg, Steve Peirce, Alison Pugh, Alex Simpson-Usuanlele, Josh Stephens, Leah Taylor, Kate Towler, Linda Tunbridge, Jackie Turley, Vanessa Very, Dennis White, Karen Wright, Jasmine Wynter
**Vets** Numerous veterinary practices have given Anim-Mates their expert services, most of whom have kindly given the charity discounts on their fees
**Friends of Anim-Mates** There are 800+ people who support the work of Anim-Mates by donations and volunteering
**Newsletter** Alison Pugh, Leah and Mick Taylor
**Website** Mick Taylor
**Hon Auditor** David Fowler, FCA (Retired)
**Anim-Mates** is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales No 1098252
All those persons listed above are unpaid volunteers
|**Contact Anim-Mates by phone, letter, email and on the web**|**Contact Anim-Mates by phone, letter, email and on the web**|
|---|---|
|=|**Phone**07743 331397|
||**Post**Anim-Mates|
||Olivers Farm|
||Ash|
||Kent|
||TN15 7HF|
||**Email**info@anim-mates.org.uk|
||**Website**www.anim-mates.org.uk|
**Charity Name Anim-Mates**
**No (if any) 1095252**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
**For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1st January 2020 31st December 2020
**Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds funds funds funds to the nearest to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ £** Handover donations **728 - 728** Adoption donations **2,010 - 2,010** Public donations **38,343 - 38,343** Sponsorship **484 - 484** Fundraising **20,214 - 20,214** Collection pots **1,181 1,181** Legacies **5,500 5,500** Bank interest **888 - 888** Gift aid **13,851 - 13,851** Vat Refunds **60,585 - - 60,585 143,784 - - 143,784** _**Sub total** (Gross income for AR)_ **A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **-** ~~=~~ _**Total receipts**_ **143,784 - - 143,784** Veterinary fees **44,268 - - 44,268** Food, litter& bedding **14,078 - - 14,078** Equipment **1,458 - - 1,458** Insurances **1,731 - - 1,731** Postage **768 - - 768** Administration **994 - - 994** Professional Fees **15,300 15,300** Newsletter **421 - - 421** Bank Charges Fundraising **142 - - 142** Building maintenance **10,466 10,466** Miscellaneous **-** Utiltiies **1,561 1,561** Vehicle running costs **2,769 2,769 - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **[ 93,956 ] - - 93,956 A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)** Vehicles **-** Building and equipment **1,486 - - 1,486** ~~os~~ _**Sub total**_ **[ 1,486 ] - - 1,486** _**Total payments**_ **95,442 - - 95,442** _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **48,342 - - 48,342 A5 Transfers between funds - - A6 Cash funds last year end 161,000 - - 161,000** _**Cash funds this year end**_ **209,342 - - 209,342**
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**|**Details**|**funds**||**funds**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Petty cash
Co-operative Account
Santander
Co-operative Savings Account
Cambridge & Counties 120 Day account
Close Brothers Care for life fund
**_Total cash funds_**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**11,305**
**40,999**
**80,000**
**-**
**77,038**
**209,342**|
|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|OK|OK||
|||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**|
|||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**||
|**charity’s own use**|||
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**|**liability relates**|
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**(optional)**|
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Signature
Print Name
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## **Last year**
**to the nearest £**
**555 2,030 69,619 572 29,767 3,803 - 838 5,672 112,856**
**112,856**
**46,184 13,600 1,388 1,553 1,064 1,637 684 794 5,034 - 886 3,103 - 75,927**
**1,650 7,733 9,383 85,310 27,546 - 133,454 161,000**
**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - -**
OK
**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -**
**Current value (optional) - - - - -**
**Current value (optional)**
**When due (optional)**
Date of approval