The Westie Rescue Stheme Limited Report and Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 Decen&er 2023 Choyty 1107970 Compary Mmber 05165270 Flnancial Stotements Year Wed 31 Decembtr a)23 Contents Lwl and Athiinistrntive Informtion Report of the maMgen￿ Commlttee 31 December 2023 Chority ￿1¢. Weslie Aescue Stheme LwDited 1107970 05165270 Re9iSt¢r¢d Offi 1-3 St lkny's Ph2ce Lmshire 8L9 ODZ Mr S Yeomans Mrs J s￿ler Mr S Th(4nag Mrs R H￿ter Atrs P Whyte Lead Coordtmtor Metcalfe's 3 Back St Pl. Bwy 8L9 HSBC. 59 Old Christrchw¢h Rood. Dorset BHI IEH verni The owysotim is a thirItab￿ Comvy limited by wThtee. irKorporated on 29 June 2W4 and registered os a chority on 4 Febnw 21))5. The compary was ¢ttoblished uThJtr a Alemorand￿l of association which established the objects powers of the charitable ¢ompary or¥J is governed ￿¥￿er its Articles of Assoc1¢xtio￿ In the etrtnt of the Com￿lY beirwJ wound up. members ty¢ rtqLMred to contrilxrte an amO￿t not ex¢¢ediThJ £10. This governiThJ dOcUr￿ sw>¢rsedes that of charity Nmber 280657. which was incorporated on 20 Juty 1980 ond whose ossets wer£ fI￿r￿ferred to the clKfitttble compory limited by g￿l￿￿tree 1107970 01 September 2C*)5 ent ittee Th¢ dtrectors ?f th¢ ¢ompory ¢n olso ch￿lty tnthees for th¢ wrposes Lif ¢knrty I (Section 97 of the Charities Act 1993) and urk4er the comFW$ Arti¢lts are known ¢$ members of the mar￿ CtyDmittee. Uyder the requirements of the Alemor0￿￿Urn OTh Artitles of Association the rnern￿ of the #went Committee ore elected to serve for a period of 3 y&ws after which ttry nytst r%tre iThd be re-ekned ot the Annual Orrt third of the Aknwement Committee will retire which 1$ to be decided by lot ¢Thler the comFonls Articles of Associatio￿ The results of this election will be anrbyJK¢d at the a)cwity'$ AnTh￿l 6e*wol MeetiThJ on Satuthy 18" Moy 2024 The MaM9enwit Committee htwe d brMd skill mix whilst the choritys rnin ¢KtiYity is focussed ort the ffwent of West Highlond White Terniers. the rtecessary imtsiness focus rs well represented. In order that the brood skill mix is Thiintrtined. members of the Marwjgement Committee Co￿trant￿ keep tibre¢ist of all cwrent proctices wrthin the veteriTh)ry btKginess world. seektry advi¢e. In releb￿n* ¢ircwDStt]n¢es. individuals with key skills kMwled9e or¢ ffjworthed to offÉr themsehys for election to the Alamgement Committet The Mamgement Committee review the Mior risks to *thich the t￿lty is exposed. The ￿nr￿1 renewal of specif ic spec￿￿l￿ inswance enswes thot as far as The Mtyyfr*nt Committee are oble. volunteers West Ht9hloTh4 White Terriers that ore within the charitys protected. Where apFryr¥]te. Systems ond/or wocedures hove been ertablished to fftiti￿ the rrigkg the chtrity fates. InterMI controls ha7K been establisP*d by the Mowertt Crnittee Imd *)re reviewed on a re9ulor FAtsiS to ensure that wherever p)ssible. all risks teen 1de1rtrf￿d wdwes in place to mit15￿*< those risks. sational qwterly (￿d ore resp)nsible the strale9ic direction P)11￿ of the charity. At th¢ end of the 23. the Committe¢ 5 (f pK) wmbei% from o voriety of backgrni¥Mls relebtrt to the worf( of the chority. A scheme of de1￿10n is in pla¢e and Ultin￿te respoNsibility for the charity rests with the Chairm(M olor#J with other members of the s￿￿or Committee (Setretory and Treogurep). The ChOirTr￿ is reSE￿I￿e for en$￿11￿j tknt the chority delivers the servicvs specrf led laid out in the Articles hlemorondun of Associatio￿ The Secretory hdg day to ￿ responsibility for the syrvision of all f%gi0Th31 Co-orindjtors ond to ensure that they are awore of the most cwrent gutdelinej ond thut everyone is working to thenL It is also the Secretorys rtsporsibility to ensure that the teom ¢ontiThJe to develop their skills ond wwktn9 ￿tIc¢S in Itrt w*th the I1￿ Cornmittee's cwreht uldeji￿. elated Porties In so for os is coftwimentary to the charrws objects. th¢ cpwity is guided by both local ond rtional PDli¢y pertoinsNJ to the welfore of ar¥n¥il£ Some members of the Committee ore also members of rdebtyt breed orgOnisQti0￿ dso Frofesstoml b￿￿1¢$ pertainirg to their particular r¢+le within th¢ Chority. The tlwity ¢ilso sthcribes (free￿ ¢rd withoLrt ptryment) to the Kennel Chjb's Resc￿ Dirert￿. ¥thith is wtslishd tYVMdly. The coMp￿S object$ IWKI PrF￿1￿ *JCti¥lti￿ ￿e to: benefit th¢ public ty ￿118¥1￿3 the •Jff¢riTrJ d Wert Hi9hlaN4 White Terriers (and other breeds at the discretion of the directors) which ore in Med ot core attention and • in pjrticular to provide ¢Jnd nvintain rescue homes or other fwlities for th¢ reception, core ord treotm¢nt of the sold onin￿l Below the st￿1$11¢$ f¢)r MOv•M￿ thrwhtyrt 2023: Accepted in 2023: 32 Adopt￿ in 2023: 34 still in fogter care to 3111212023: 1 Pirt to Sleep (PTS) tn 2023: 0 LoTrvJ Term Foster Core (LTF) to 3V1212023: 20 Life Tim¢ thre (LTC) to 3U12/2023: 16 These dogs are d¢eN*d to be.￿?t a￿lable for adoption" will remoin with their foster corer likety for their Itfe tim Life Time Cdre . These do9s have been LvJopt¢d wtth kmwn ¥eteriMry op bÈhavioLral issu¢$ that The Westie Rekue S¢heme will coThliThJt to pay the dogs Veter1r￿ dnd or t*haviourol core but for the cthJition(s) knrym ¢tt the time of odoption The is r&SPo￿£1blc for all core costs. Th¢ adoption of do9S is tntered into with the owr*Ws full kr￿le￿Je and urtderstathjirwj of the l*olth aNI or bekn•￿ of the thg CO￿tr￿￿. A le91lty bindiiyj agree￿ is coryil¢ted S9￿d by the owner Tht W¢stie kescue Schwn¢. Total income for 2023 decreased from the prior year. mainty kn to a knrge bequest that wos rpx¢ived th 2022. However. the Chjrity strill rel￿ed o hedthy i￿ome of £107.641, which. as in Fyior years, thonks to beqt%sts Iwbes left to th¢ Chtrity throu9hout the year. Other areas of the L14tYity *thich faired particul4Jrly well within the yw were general domtions received from the as well &% the SFwrship progrnm that ts to help the dogs that htwe I0￿j tem tllnesses will be supported by the awity for the remarrder of th¢ir lifeti￿. The Charty optrates on a v¢ry srnll &¥pe￿e base, as it is always our aim to speThl the h￿iOrity of th¢ momy we receive on the dogs themselves. We monitor what we are spending ond lkn¥ we ore utslFSiMJ the assets within the Charity. Our operotiNJ costs were largety in line with wh¢re they knve been in the wt few years. wtth the moiority of expemes comifvj trom Veterimry brlts. Llrfortwthly. this 1$ a costr oreo thot we Conti￿ to gee 9row. Overdl the Cknrity re￿rted a £53.996 wlug for the yeth. re•Jtirg resepies increasiThJ t• £752324 Prin¢1 Fundi As been reported in Frior ye4YS. the Frinci￿1 sthrces of f￿￿1Thj come from ge￿rOuS dorthions: they ge￿1 dorkitions from the wblrc or tlwh bewests ond legacies. Aside f rom le92cies. th¢re Contir￿ed to be a good 4]mo￿rt of domt10￿ fr¢m the wbli¢ contiNJed support from dl the Frier¥ts of the thority. PriKi stre￿MIl￿d 0$ possrblL It 1$ the ckY¥V$ eThle4TMf to keep the proporti¢)n of expeThJ4ttrt +)n the dogs above 80% •f all expenditwe. In 2023. the Llwity fell short of the target just 6.7% at 73.3%, a little lower thM in wior yetrs. This is mointyf dtje to some imstrnent in the yeor in the Website softwjre within the awity. Poli Bonk Reserves stood at £752K In 2023. 0 £54K irKreose on 2022. Thanks to a very lorye bEq￿t left som¢ time w. the Tnjstees ertobjished the Lincki Stafford Memorial ReseThes Fund. The aim of this fund is to identify the rwrves required to supp)rt oll Westtes thot ore in Life Tim¢ Care up uThlil the errfl of thetr life. This has been colculattd i*tsed on the cosl of eath do9 per yeor in lrfe time care. As o result, the TnJsths rwted trK Lird] StaffLYd Reserves as £48.033 in 2023. with other Ch4rity Reserrts stondiMJ at £704291. This represented £8fi41 for LTF dogs ty £39.192 for LTC do9S Compary r￿￿reS the AlartsFment Crnitree to yepjre firn¥*id StoteM￿ts for each f i￿ncIal yeor which gibt o tryx f04r view of the stdte of th¢ affairs of th¢ charitabl¢ company as ￿ the t￿lance sheet date of its incomiThJ r¢sources ond application of resources, includiEwJ trrtcome a￿1 expendrtwe for the f irxuKid ye4r. In prepariTrYJ those f¥Mncial stdtements. the PAaMFmth Committee should follow best prnctice and: select suitable acct)untirYJ Fdicies then awly them CO￿lStentfy moke jtyments ¢md ¢stinbttes tl*it Lye re4ts0Th]bfe and prudert.. prepore the fimncial slotements the 90iiyJ Co￿ern bosis unless it is imppropriate to +Jsswn¢ that the comr*)ry will Cont1n￿ t)n The PAQrnge￿* Committee is respmglb￿ for maintaiThfvJ yoper accounting records which disclosg with re4Jsornble at aFV time the f ir¥]nciol Wition of the charitabl¢ ¢omF tmd tts er¥)ble them to t1￿* the f1Th2￿1￿ strotements c¢)mpty with the ComFthies Act 2C06. The mar￿ Committ¢e is also responsible for safewdiNJ the ossets of the charttoble comtw ¢ind hence for tokiThJ sleps for th¢ wtvention detection of froud aNI other irregj1ariti￿. In￿tte8 for the FKryose of clwity driry th¢ year ¢XKI ￿ to the thrte of this r¢wt ore set out on w 3. S YeOff￿r Dir¢¢tor 18 May 2024 Apwoved by the Boord of Directws 18" W 2024 RegIthr￿ Number.05165270 Englarrfj and Wales The Westie Res¢xe Scheme Limited Una￿lIted Fu*￿ial Stalements For the year erKl&Y 31 D&xnber 2023 The Westie Rescue Stheme Umited Contsnts Page For the end￿1 31 December 2023 2to3 05165270 ststement of FinarKial PoSi￿n As at 31 December 2023 Flxod ass•t* Propwty, pknl eq[#[￿t T31 n1 Invent￿85 2.702 698,440 701.142 753,881 755.876 (3,552) {3,S45} N•t ¢umint *•ts 697,597 751324 752,324 RataiThl eamiro5 751324 75&324 .328 The rnonknrs have not 1he an of hs fe¢ Ihg year endwj 31 CorryaniosAct 2006 and bl PTeparing fin8FKABI slalen* 9T¥9 a truo 8Th1 vi•¥of tho slate cl afvrs ofth$ C￿￿Y as al the erHJ of flnanci?I and of its CK loss for knrtiat year in ￿)[dance *ith Ihe rnquiram8nts of Secti 394 and 396 8NI wknieh oilvyito Corr￿ *Tih ts I￿1r￿n￿$ ￿ lh8 c￿leS Ad ￿)6 relating to fin8nclal tr4ecl to the small ¢￿1panieS rttginw. signed ty. step11￿ Thoma¥ 1d3 Notes to the Financ4al Statements For the year ended 31 DeC￿r 2023 Wokn, rwstra1i￿ 05165270. 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Deweoakn is ￿ld8￿ 81 rotes ￿k￿L9t0￿ to 7ATite off th& ¢ost cff valuatith ¢)ffNed a¥s*. lsss thew e8timated r•sKIv81 value. ovwlh8iroxF￿j Lthl Ir4W C￿ the follcmfjng basts: Computer Equiyiwt 33.3% Str•yI Ine Motor Vehides 25% Straight lin8 Ftffniiur• ond Fltllng8 33.3% StrapJht Cwt or valuatlon At 01 Jarwwy 21723 At 31 Decwthr 2023 8.378 2.193 1193 10.571 10.571 At 01 Jarth*ry 2023 Ch8rye for ywr Al 31 D￿rnber ￿23 8.378 1.462 731 731 2.193 10.571 Not book valu• At 31 December 2023 At 31 Oe¢embwZ122 T31 731 2fA3 Notes to the Financial SLgtements Continued For the yEar er¥Jed 31 D￿rnber 2023 2023 2,702 2023 Trade 1552 3of3 (HARITY COMMISSION Independent Examiner's Report on the Accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Repoit JllEY and t1￿￿5 (orffJ(kn that ￿ •Jtht ts not tewmed th6yew vndEI ￿tIon 144 oltl (￿lIeS kt 1011 04nbesACI) aTrJ kndepeThkrt ex￿}In&l0￿ 15 needed. # Is rrty fespDns1kn￿Y examine the ￿der Sect￿ 145 olthe ChaFnlesA toldkny the p[c￿ed￿e5 lald dowfi in the gett2¥al Dlrettlons glven by the Charlty Cwmi5yNh (under seclkn 145(5)Ibl of the Ch¥itie5Att>, and stste whets mattus have come to my atient1￿. 8èsk alkndep￿ ex￿￿$ hty examinèikffj was onled M In a([￿d￿￿ ￿th gEmal (Arett￿n5 glven ty the (hwtty exafftinat•)n knIK¥les 3 review of the aC(tyJ￿ing ie(Nds kept by charity and a comp3ri5M of the at(ounts pie5enied ￿th those o