Trustees, Annual Report for the perlod Perlod slArt dAle 01 P8fl(xJ ond (Joto 10 From To Reference and adminlstration details STRAY CAT RESCUE Section A Charity name Other names charity Is known by SCR Registered charlty number (If any) 1098984 Charity's principal address The Cattery Wood End Tingrith, Beds Postcode MK17 9ER Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if an Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year HELEN WEBB CHAIR THE MEMBERS THE MEMBERS THE MEMBERS THE MEMBERS THE MEMBERS THE MEMBERS BEVERLEY FAULKNER SHELTER MANAGER ALISON WHITE SECRETARY CAT WELFARE OFFICER SUSAN HOURD GRAHAM HOWELL TREASURER ALISON WHITE INTERIM MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY COMMITTEE MEMBER RITA MANSER THE MEMBERS 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole ear TAR March 2012
Names and addr•ss•s ol advlg•rs (Opllonil InforniAllon) of adylser Name Addr•g9 PANK LLOYDS PLC HIGFI STREET, LEIGHION BUZZARD, BEDS Name of chief executiv• Of names of senior staff member31Optional Inlomiatlon) Section B Structure overnance and mana ement Description of the charity's trusts Type of goNEming document CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 17 FEBRUARY 2003 AND FORMAL AGREENIENT TO THE AMENDED CONSTITUTION GRANTED ON 8 JUNE 2017 CHARITABLE UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION CONSISTING OF CIRCA 200 NIENIBERS TRUSTEES ARE ELECTED BY MEMBERS ANNUALLY AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL NIEETING HELD IN FEBRUARY. How the charity is constituted Trustee selection methods awrlpd by, eletted by i Addttional governance issues (Optional information) You may choose to indude ALL TRUSTEES GIVE OF THEIR TIME VOLUNTARILY AND DO NOT additional inforntion. where SEEK ANY REMUNERATION OR OTHER BENEFITS. relevanL at)out: BEVERLEY FAULKNER IS PAID A SMALL SALARY IN HER POSITION OF SHELTER MANAGER. policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; the charity's organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works: relationship with any related parties; trustees, consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. Section C Ob"ectives and activities TAR March 2012
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(JJR EFFORTS TO FUNO FWSE kthvE DIEN TrIEAVILY BIASED AROVNO SOCIAL KILDIA ACTMIIES ON INSTh.GRAM AND FACEBOOK. TIIIS W GIVEN US A NÉW SOURCE OF DONORS. WHO ARE WLLING TO GIVE US DONATIONS. BUY OUR MFRCHANDISE AND SUPPORT VMII(XJS EVENTS WE FIAVÈ INSTI(iATEO h DONATE A POIINn ON PAYDAY SCHEMÉ ICFI NOW HAS OVER 71X) K40NT14LY DONATORS HAVE ALSO INCREASED TklE FREOUENCY OF OUR CATS 8 CAKE AFTERNOON TEA AND CAKE EVENTS AT TFIE SHELTER WHICH HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND EXTRFMFLY POPULAR. WE CONTINUE TO DO ÈVENTS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND ATTEND THE SUMMER FETES OF VILLAGES AND TOWNS IN OUR SURROUNDING AREA. THIS IS LARGELY DONE TO KEEP OUR PROFILE HIGH IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES WE SERVE AND RAISE ADDITIONAL FUNDS BY SELLING MERCHANDISE AND PROMOTING OUR. MEMBERSHIP AND SPONSORSHIP SCHEMES. OUR OPEN DAY HELD IN SEPTEMBER 2023 WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND WELL ATTENDED. RAISING A GOOD AMOUNT OF FUNDS FOR US. WE ALSO RECEIVE A LOT OF DONATIONS FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD CATS & KITTENS FROM US PREVIOUSLY AND THEY JUST SEND US DONATIONS WITHOUT ANY PROMPTING, KNOWING WE HAVE HELPED IN THE PAST. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD AND ALSO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPENT THEIR TIME FUND-RAISING FOR SCR. WITHOUT OUR FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CARRY ON HELPING STRAY AND LOST CATS & KIThENS. MEMBERSHIP WE CURRENTLY HAVE 170 PAYING MEMBERS. 7 MEMBERS HAVE JOINED SINCE THE LAST AGM. SADLY, WE HAVE LOST 14 MEMBERS THIS YEAR BUT DESPITE THIS OUR REVENUE FROM MEMERSHIP HAS INCREASED FROM THE LAST FINANCIAL PERIOD TO £8384, UP FROM £7269 WE CONTINUE TO BE GRATEFUL TO MANY OF THE MEMBERS WHO DONATE TO US SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN OUR MEMBERSHIP FEE & ALSO THOSE WHO DO VOLUNTEER WORK AT THE MAIN SHELTER, FOSTER FOR US AND HELP OUT AT & SUPPORT OUR EVENTS DURING THE YEAR. CAT SPONSORSHIP THE SPONSORSHIP SCHEME HAS BEEN RUNNING SINCE 2013 AND IT CONTINUES TO PROVIDE A STEADY INCOME. MANDY BULL STEPPED DOWN FROM THE SPONSORSHIP CO- ORDINATOR POSITION IN JULYIAUGUST 2023 AND SOPHIE COOTES HAS TAKEN ON THE ROLE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MANDY FOR HER HELP & ADVICE DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD. IN AN EFFORT TO BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE & TAR March 2012
ENWRCWIIENTALLY FRIEN Y. I IMPLEMENTED NIANDY'S IDEA OF TRINSITK)NING T14E SsORsHIp PACKS, FRONI A4 TO AS THAT rkLD REDLICÉ THE COST OF POSTING & PACKAGING, Trl SPONSORSHIP PACKS WERÉ OIVEN A NEW LOOK & TH.E A.5 SIZE KlAXo THEM ÈASIER & CHWER TO POST. I AM ALSO TRIALLINO A FRI()CE MAGNET PHOIO FRAME, WITH THE AIM TO SEND OUT AN UPDATE PICTURE OF THE CHOSEN CAT ON THE RFNEWAL OF THE SPONSORSHIP. THÈ SF>(KORSHIP PACK PRICE HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS AT A SUGGESTED £IS A YEAR. AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION ANO THE BACKING OF THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS DECIDED TO INCREASE THE SUGGESTED PRICE TO £25 PER YEAR, E HAKE CURRENTLY 105 ACTIVE CAT SPONSORSHIPS FROM PEOPLE SPONSORING OR GIVING GIFT OF SPONSORSHIP AND WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THEM FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 4 CATS ON THE SCHEME, ALL REMAIN IN FAIRLY GOOD HEALTH. ONE OF OUR BELOVED OLDIES, TESCO TED, PASSED AWAY IN EARLY NOV 2022. OUR SPONSORS OPEN DAY WAS HELD IN JUNE 2023 AND AS ALWAYS, A GOOD CHANCE TO MEET SPONSORS OLD AND NEW. FINANCIAL STATEMENT IN A CLIMATE OF RISING COSTS FOR ALL, WE HAVE SEEN OUR VETS FEES INCREASE QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY THIS YEAR. THIS IS ALSO DOWN TO THE NUMBER OF CATS WE HAVE HELPED AS WELL AS THE INCREASED COSTS. IN RESPONSE TO THIS, WE DECIDED TO RAISE OUR RECOMMENDED RE-HOMING DONATIONS. A NUMBER OF RE-HOMING DAYS WERE HELD AT THE SHELTER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND GREATLY INCREASED ADVERTISING ONLINE HAS SEEN A REGULAR TURNOVER OF CATS THROUGH THE SHELTER. ELECTRICITY COSTS ALSO CONTINUE TO RISE, NEARLY DOUBLED THIS YEAR. THIS HAS LED TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE°DONATE A POUND ON PAYDAY" SCHEME, WHICH WAS LAUNCHED ON INSTAGRAM, AND CURRENTLY GENERATES APPROXIMATELY £1500 PER MONTH. THE SPONSORSHIP SCHEME IS A GENERALLY RISING INCOME, AND IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF A NEW CO-ORDINATOR, SOPHIE, SO WATCH THIS SPACE FOR A NUMBER OF NEW IDEAS. MANY THANKS TO MANDY, FOR ALL HER YEARS OF DEDICATION TO THIS SCHEME. WEB DONATIONS, WHICH INCLUDES DAPOP AND MISCELLANEOUS SALES FIGURES HAVE RISEN SIGNIFICANTLY. MAINLY DUE TO THE CRAFTING SKILLS OF SARAH AND CHERYL AND THE BEGGING OF LEONA AND GEORGIA, FOR DONATIONS OF GOODS FROM VARIOUS CONTACTS TO FILL THEIR CAT BOXES, WHICH SELL EXTREMELY QUICKLY. THE OPEN DAY, WAS ONCE AGAIN VERY WELL ATTENDED, AS WERE THE REGULAR CATS N CAKES EVENTS, THROUGHOUT THE March 2012 TAR
IN NEEDED Tln£ 11.4S TH£ KIAiNTfM4Nf,ff COSTS, DUT TI¥S 114S LARGELY C TO PIftY,I1A: OF TWO NEW CAT P£hS Th£ CJRWIS RFERI AND CRISTIMI, £IIILL AllER DEIN A cHAl,LFF1NO YEAR, AND (%snTE 11£ OVERSP£M) OP (X)TCoPfyS OVFR INCOME, WG CIIRM< NES IN.1 RE.4RCWPLY Flf Al,IHY FIMANCIAL FW< Tth BIEN FYF..IY4RNFD OF A WILL THAT TIIE CF14RITY HAD BEEN NKIIID IN. 114F FVNDS OF WFIICH WE RELEIIED M) KIthTHS LATEI DfCFfvJBER Additional details of objectives and activities O tional infomiation SOCIAL MEDIA THIS WAS THE FIRST FULL YEAR OF HAVING THE SOCIAL fvIEDIA ACCOUNT UP AND RUNNING. WE SAW A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN OUR FOLLOWING OVER THE 12 MONTHS AND IN HAND BEGAN TO SEE REHOMING AND DONATIONS GROW. WE INTRODUCED THE'DAPOP, SCHEME; DONATE A POUND ON PAYDAY. WHICH BECAME AND REMAINS VERY POPULAR. AS OF You may choose to indude further ststements, where relevanL abcxjt ST 31 OCTOBER 2023, WE HAD £1165 COMING IN MONTHLY. policy on grantmaking; policy prDJramme related investrnentr ON TOP OF DAPOP, WE SIGNED UP TO THE EASY FUNDRAISING SCHEME AND PROMOTED THIS TO OUR FOLLOWING, AS OF THE END OF OCTOBER WE HAD 63 PEOPLE SIGNED UP. contribution made by volunteers. WEBBOX REACHED OUT TO US AND BEGAN MAKING GENEROUS DONATIONS OF FOOD AND TREATS IN RETURN OF US CREATING CONTENT FOR THE INSTAGRAM PAGE. THIS LATER LED TO US CREATING LEThERBOX PARCELS WITH THE REMAINING PRODUCTS TO FURTHER FUNDRAISE FOR THE CHARITY. AN ILLUSTRATOR REACHED OUT LATER IN THE YEAR AND OFFERED TO DESIGN US SOME ANIMATED DRAWINGS OF OUR 'INSTA CAT'S,. FROM THESE DRAWINGS WE CREATED TOTE BAGS AND WINDOW STICKERS WHICH AGAIN RAISED US A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY; THESE ILLUSTRATIONS WE March 2012 TAR
CONTINUE TO USE ON MERCHANDISE AND POSTERS. FURTHER FUNDRAISING THROUGH THE INSTAGRAM PAGE CONSISTED OF TWO VERY SUCCESSFUL RAFFLES, EASTER AND HALLOWEEN. MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF CATNIP HEARTS AND PILLOWS, AND DURING THE WARMER MONTHS OUR CATS & CAKES EVENTS WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE VERY POPULAR. INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY POWERFUL WAYS OF US SPREADING AWARENESS OF THE CHARITY, REHOMING CATS AND FUNDRAISING OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS AND WE PLAN ON CONTINUING TO GROW BOTH PLATFORMS SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE COMING YEARS, Section D Achievements and performance TAR March 2012
Section D Achievements and performance SLm)nHry ol the maln athKvements of the charlty dwing the year SLIIIII4RY OF CAT NIDRK DON.E IN T14E PERIOD NOV 2- OCT 3 AS FOLLO1%*, REII(MIED NEUTERED 193 VETERIN4RY TREATNIENT 102 PUT TO SLEEP FOLLOWING VETERINARY ADVICE OR DIED IVHILE IN OUR CARE 32 REUNITED WITH ORIGINAL OWNER 13 CATS IN PERNIANENT FOSTER CARE (SONIE OF THESE CATS STILL AVAILABLE FOR RE-HONIING) 26 BEFORE REHONIING KIThENS ARE FULLY VACCINATED & VOUCHERS PROVIDED FOR NEUTER & N4CROCHIP. ADULT CATS ARE NEUTERED & MICROCHIPPED TAR Marth 2012
Section D Achievements and performance TAR March 2012
Section E Flnanclal revlew Brlef st8temeiit of tlie charlty's pollcy on reserves WE HOLD CAS14 AT TIIE BANK OF P121971, ALL OF WHICH IS UNIIESTRICTED FUNDS. THESE FUNDS ARE HELD TO MEET VET BILLS AND ANY URGENT UNFORESEEN EXPENDITURE THAT MAY OCCUR, Details of any funds materlally In deficlt NOT APPLICABLE Further financlal review detalls (Optlonal Informatlon) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about: the charity's principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. STRAY CAT RESCUE'S MAIN SOURCE OF FUNDING THIS YEAR HAS COME FROM MONIES RAISED VIA A VARIETY OF MEANS, INCLUDING DONATIONS, FUNDRAISING EVENTS, SPONSERSHIP AND MEMBERSHIP. DONATIONS FROM CATSIKITTENS RE-HOMED DOES NOT SHOW THE LOSS WE INCURE ON MOST OF THESE, WHICH IS DUE TO THE VETS COST WE INCURR BEFORE THEY ARE DEEMED FIT FOR REHOMING. THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS HAS ENABLED STRAY CAT RESCUE TO ENSURE ALL THE CATS AND KIThENS IN OUR CARE ARE FED, RECEIVE GOOD VETERINARY TREATMENT AND ARE LOOKED AFTER APPROPRIATELY AT THE SHELTER. Section F Other optional information FUTURE PLANS WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL WAYS TO FUNDRAISE, WITH A GREATER FOCUS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS THIS HAS PROVED VERY LUCRATIVE. THE CARD READERS WHICH WE PURCHASED HAVE PROVED TO BE HUGELY BENEFICIAL AT MANY OF OUR EVENTS, MAKING IT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO SPEND MONEY WITH US AND WE PLAN TO HAVE THEM AVAILABLE AT ALL PUBLIC EVENT WE AThEND IN THE FUTURE. Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (e.g., Secretary, Chair, etc) HELEN LESLEY WEBB CHAIR Date 19 AUGUST 2024 TAR 10 March 2012
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