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2024-12-31-accounts

TOGETHER FOR ANIMALS

(A UK REGISTERED CHARITY and COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS TO 31 DECEMBER 2024

Charity Number: 1102985 Company Number: 04476810

TOGETHER FOR ANIMALS (A UK REGISTERED CHARITY and COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

Registered Charity No: 1102985 Company No: 04476810

Trustees and Directors Mr David Bassom – SPANA, (Chair of Trustees until
30th April 2025)
Ms Emma Colborne - Blue Cross
Ms Elvira Meucci-Lyons – Mayhew, (appointed
17/04/2024, Chair of Trustees from 1st May 2025)
Mr Peter Rowbottom - World Horse Welfare
Ms Sherine Wheeler – Mayhew (resigned 17/04/2024)
Development Manager Caroline Gaskin
Registered Office c/o Blue Cross
Shilton Road
• Burford
Oxfordshire
OX18 4PF
Bankers Lloyds TSB
Gentleman's Walk
Norwich
NR2 lLZ
Independent Examiners Wenn Townsend
30 St Giles
Oxford
OX1 3LE
Legal advisers Bates, Wells & Braithwaite
Cheapside House
138 Cheapside
London EC2V6BB

TOGETHER FOR ANIMALS (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

The Trustees and Directors of the charitable company present their annual report with the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Principal Activity

The principal activity of Together for Animals is to raise funds, primarily through Payroll Giving, to help animals in need. The funds are given equally to the four member Charities. These are: Blue Cross, Mayhew Animal Home, SPANA - The Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad, and World Horse Welfare.

Management and Organisation

The charitable company is run by four Trustees (who are also the Directors). New Trustees are selected by the existing Board to represent the Member Charities and to obtain an appropriate mix of skills to ensure good governance of the charitable company. Trustee training, including external courses, is provided when considered appropriate and necessary. The Chair of Trustees is elected by the Board and serves for up to three years, after which the person concerned shall not be eligible for election for at least one year. In exceptional circumstances, a Chair’s tenure can be extended if they receive a majority in a yearly vote.

The Board normally meets three times each year: in March, July and November. The March meeting is also the Annual General Meeting.

Public Benefit

The charity works to support animal welfare charities operating in the UK and overseas. In the UK activities include caring for domestic animals, providing education to owners and the public, rehoming pets and carrying out veterinary research. Overseas the charities are active in lowincome regions of the world, providing veterinary treatment, educating and training owners of horses, donkeys and other animals and campaigning for improvements in welfare standards.

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TOGETHER FOR ANIMALS (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

REVIEW OF 2024 AND OBJECTIVES FOR 2025

Objectives for 2024 Achievements in 2024 Objectives for 2025
•
Work with PFOs to recruit
300 new payroll giving
donors.
•
Explore signing up Payroll
Giving donors through our
own relationships with
corporates.
•
Continue to measure and
mitigate the risks of the
impact of the cost- of-living
crisis on income.
•
Raise £8,000 through
campaigns and online
fundraising.
•
Raise newsletter income of
at least £1,500
•
Review marketing to
increase pledged· legacy
income pipeline.
•
Review brand and key
messages to increase
awareness and income.
•
Mark the 30th anniversary
of Together for Animals with
brand and marketing
activities.
•
181 new payroll giving
donors recruited.
•
Work continued to
promote Together for
Animals across the
sector.
•
Secured pieces in the
CIoF newsletter and
CIPP members
magazine, Pet and Vet
Magazine, Edition Cat
and Edition Dog
magazines.
•
Together for Change
income was steady and
continued to be
monitored.
•
Marketing campaigns
and online fundraising
raised £26,250.
•
Newsletter received
income of £1,555.
•
Legacy income pipeline
increased to circa
£239k.

•
Work with PFOs to
recruit 250 new
payroll giving donors.
•
Explore signing up
Payroll Giving donors
through our own
relationships with
corporates.
•
Continue to measure
and mitigate the risks
of the impact of the
cost- of-living crisis
on income.
•
Diversify income with
the launch of an ELM
managed lottery
product.
•
Raise £14,000
through campaigns
and online
fundraising.
•
Develop legacy
focused campaigns to
increase pledged·
legacy income
pipeline.

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TOGETHER FOR ANIMALS (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

RESULTS FOR THE YEAR

Incoming Resources

Total income in 2024 was £251,002. This was higher than 2023, by £66,480. The change in income was primarily due to £59,782 legacy income received in 2023. No legacy income was received during 2023.

Resources Expended

Expenditure increased slightly in 2024 compared to 2023, by £9,787, to £93,378. This was largely due to an increase in fundraising costs, in particular an increase in agency fees for recruitment of payroll giving donors.

Net Incoming Resources

The amount of net incoming resources was £157,624, which after making allowances for the Charity's reserves requirements, enabled distributions to member charities totaling £155,732. Total distributions to charities in the year were higher than in 2023 by £59,732, a reflection of the legacy income available to distribute.

Risk Review

A full risk review is carried out annually and the risk register is reviewed at every Trustee meeting. During 2024 the Trustees assessed the strategic, operational and financial risks to which the charity is exposed and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate the exposure to the major risks identified .

Reserves Policy

It is the intention of the Trustees that the freely available reserves of the Charity should be maintained at a level sufficient to ensure the continuance of its activities, should there be an unexpected short-term adverse fluctuation in income or expected expenditure. These freely available reserves are unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets (i.e. are 'free reserves'). A sufficient level of free reserves would guarantee the continuation of the charity's activity, while decisions and actions were taken to find other sources of income or reduce the level of a particular activity. During its November 2023 meeting, the Board of Trustees reviewed the charity's Reserves Policy and agreed that an appropriate level of free reserves equates to approximately £40,000. At 31 December 2024 there was an amount of £50,057 as funds freely available for general purposes.

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TOGETHER FOR ANIMALS (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

Statement Of Trustees' Responsibilities

Law applicable to incorporated charities in England and Wales requires the Trustees (who are also Directors of the company and Trustees of the charity) to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the group and its financial activities for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Statement as to Disclosure of Information to Auditors

So far as the Trustees are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each Trustee has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have taken as a Trustee in order to make himself or herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to small companies, the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), "Accounting and Reporting by Charities" published in March 2005 and the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Charity.

In preparing the above report, the Trustees have taken advantage of special exemptions applicable to small companies.

Approved by the Trustees on 30th July 2025, and signed on their behalf by:

Elvira Meucci-Lyons - Chair of Trustees

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TOGETHER FOR ANIMALS (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT

to the Trustees of Together for animals (A company limited by guarantee)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Together for Animals (a company limited by guarantee) (the Charity) for the year ended 31 December 2024 which are set out on pages 6 to 14.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the Charity (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (the 2006 Act).

Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the Charity are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the Charity's financial statements carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act). In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

Since the company’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.

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:

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.

Andrew Rodzynski FCA Wenn Townsend 30 St Giles Oxford OX1 3LE

……………………….. 2025 31 July

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TOGETHER FOR ANIMALS (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

Notes
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
FROM
Donations and legacy income
2
Income from Charitable Activities:
Bank Interest
Total Income and Endowments
EXPENDITURE
Expenditure on charitable activities 3
Donations to charities
4
Expenditure on raising funds
3
Total Expenditure
Net Income/(Expenditure)
Fund balances brought forward
at 1 January 2024
Fund balances carried forward
At 31 December 2024		 2024
Unrestricted
Funds
£
250,521
481
251,002
35,075
155,732
58,303
249,110
1,892
48,165
50,057		 2023
Unrestricted
Funds
£
184,170
352
184,522
34,451
96,000
49,140
179,591
4,931
43,234
48,165

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities

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TOGETHER FOR ANIMALS (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

BALANCE SHEET FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

2024 2023
Note £ £
FIXED ASSETS
Office Equipment 5 83 -
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 6 1,798 3,058
Cash at bank and in hand 57,535 60,527
59,333 63,585
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within
one year 7 (9,359) (15,420)
NET CURRENT ASSET 49,974 48,165
TOTAL ASSETS LESS
CURRENT LIABILITIES 50,057 48,165
Represented By:
Accumulated Funds
Designated funds - -
General unrestricted funds 50,057 48,165
Total Funds 50,057 48,165

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Approved by the Trustees on 30th July 2025 and signed on their behalf by:

Elvira Meucci-Lyons - Chair of Trustees

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TOGETHER FOR ANIMALS (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

CASH FLOW STATEMENT AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024

Notes
Cash used in operating activities
9
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
in the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of
the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year		 2024
£
(2,867)
(125)
(125)
(2,992)
60,527
57,535		 2023
£
14,484
-
-
14,484
46,043
60,527

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TOGETHER FOR ANIMALS (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Accounting convention

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the 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 from 1st January 2019 - Charities SORP (FRS 102), and the Companies Act 2006.

Taxation

No Corporation Tax is provided for, as the organisation, being a charity, is exempt. Because of its current activities the charity is not registered for VAT and therefore cannot recover VAT on its expenses.

Funds accounting

General funds are unrestricted funds available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general activities of the charity and which have not been designated for other purposes. No restricted or endowed funds are held by the charity.

Incoming resources

All incoming resources becoming available to the charity during the year are included when there is a certainty of receipt. Legacies are included when the charity is advised by the personal representative of an estate that payment will be made or property transferred, and the amount involved can be quantified. Cash income from legacies are distributed equally between the member charities in addition to their monthly donations.

Resources expended

Charitable Expenditure includes costs arising in furtherance of the charity's objects. Support costs comprise expenditure incurred in support of charitable activities. Management and administration costs are those associated with the running of the charity itself.

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible assets relates to investments in a fundraising database and IT equipment. It was agreed that the cost would be depreciated at a fixed rate of 33% per annum.

Related party disclosure

FRS 102 'Related Party Disclosures' requires the disclosure of the details of material transactions between the company and any related parties, as defined. Details of relevant related party transactions are included in note 10 to the financial statements.

Directors' emoluments

No Trustees (who are also directors of the charitable company) received any emoluments for the period. A Trustees' liability insurance policy is in place and a premium of £1,564 is included in governance costs.

Employee information

The company has one employee, its Development Manager (2023:1).

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TOGETHER FOR ANIMALS (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

2. DONATIONS/LEGACY INCOME

Legacy income
Miscellaneous donations
GAYE Income
Standing Orders Income
Direct Debits Income
3. ANALYSIS OF TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED
Operating Costs
Office Stationery
Administration
Bank Charges
Support Services - Administration
Staff training
Management Accounts
Database Project Expenses
Audit Fees
Insurance
Depreciation
Fundraising Costs
Agency Fees
Gifts and Samples
Travel
Newsletter
Website Development
Online Promotion/Email Communications
Marketing
Support Services - Fundraising
Legacy Promotion
Total Resources Expended		 Total
2024
£
59,782
30,746
140,350
2,707
16,936
250,521
Total
2024
£
402
1,857
484
21,290
149
5,582
648
3,057
1,564
42
35,075
23,452
-
1,267
4,888
1,558
835
2,729
21,474
2,100
58,303
**93,378 **		 Total
2023
£

-
20,551
143,421
2,784

17,414

184,170
Total
2023
£

468

1,601

484

22,470

126

2,712

648

4,020

1,640

282

34,451

16,871

-

1,007

5,149

1,294

2,173

2,256

18,454

1,936

49,140

83,591

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TOGETHER FOR ANIMALS (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

4. DONATIONS TO CHARITIES

Blue Cross
World Horse Welfare
The Mayhew Animal Home
SPANA		 Total
2024
£
38,933
38,933
38,933
38,933
155,732		 Total
2023
£
24,000
24,000
24,000
24,000
96,000

5. FIXED ASSETS

Cost
Balance at 1 January 2024
Additions
Balance at 31 December 2024
Depreciation
Balance at 1 January 2024
Charge for tile year
Balance at 31 December 2024
Net Book Value
At 31 December 2024
At 31 December 2023		 Office
Equipment
£
16,535
125
16,660
16,535
42
16,577
83
-		 Total
£
16,535
-
-
16,535
-
-
-
-

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TOGETHER FOR ANIMALS (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

6. DEBTORS

Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued interest		 Total
2024
£
201
1,597
1,798		 Total
2023
£
55
3,003
3,058

7. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

Trade creditors
Accruals
8. EXPENDITURE
These include:
Independent Examiners remuneration
Auditor's remuneration		 Total
2024
£
41
9,318
9,359
Total
2024
£
3,057
-		 Total
2023
£
-
15,420
15,420
Total
2023
£
-
4,020

Neither the Trustees nor persons connected with them received any expenses, remuneration or other material benefits from the charity or any connected organisation.

The number of employees who received total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) of more than £60,000 was £nil (2023: £nil).

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TOGETHER FOR ANIMALS (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

9. RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) TO NET CASH FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

2024
£
Net income/(expenditure) for the period as per SOFA
1,892
Adjustmentsfor:
(increase)/decrease in debtors
1,260
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
(6,061)
Depreciation
42
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
(2,867)		 2023
£
4,931
(1,405)
10,676
282
14,484

10. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

There were no related party transactions during the year.

11. COMPANY STATUS.

The company is limited by guarantee and does not have a share capital. The liability of the members in the event of a winding up is limited by guarantee to an amount not exceeding £10 per member. At the balance sheet date there were 4 members (2023 - 4).

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TOGETHER FOR ANIMALS (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

12. FUNDS

Income
Expenditure
Raising funds expenditure
Opening value of funds
Transfer between funds
Closing value of funds		 Total
£
251,002
(190,807)
(58,303)
1,892
48,165
-
50,057		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
251,002
(190,807)
(58,303)
1,892
48,165
-
50,057

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