Registered Charity Number 1108880 

Registered Company Number 

5107163 

## EAST SUSSEX WRAS LTD 

Report and Accounts 

31 December 2020 



EAST SUSSEX WRAS LTD Report and Accounts Contents 

||Page|
|---|---|
|Charity and Company Information|1|
|Trustee's Report|1|
|Statement of Financial Activities|3|
|Income and Expenditure Account|4|
|Statement of total recognised gains and losses|5|
|Movements in Accumulated Funds|6|
|Balance Sheet|7|
|Notes to the accounts|9|





## **EAST SUSSEX WRAS LTD** 

## **The report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Introduction** 

The Trustees present their annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 

The board of Trustees are satisfied with the performance of the charity during the year and the position at 31 December 2020 and consider that the charity is in a strong position to continue it's activities during the coming year, and that the charity's assets are adequate to fulfil it's obligations 

## **Name, registered office and constitution of the charity** 

The full name of the charity is East Sussex WRAS Ltd 

The legal registration details are:- 

_Date of incorporation_ 20/04/2004 _Company Registration Number_ 5107163 _The registered office is_ 8 STOUR CLOSE, STONE CROSS, PEVENSEY, BN24 5QU _Charity Registration Number_ 1108880 _The telephone number is_ 01825 873003 

## **Objectives and Activities of the charity** 

_Summary of main activities of the charity in relation to it's objectives_ 

To operate a 24 hour response rescue service for wildlife primarily in East Sussex and Brighton and Hove unitary authority areas. 

To provide/support appropriate facilities for the rehabilitation, care and treatment and/or release of wildlife casualties. 

To promote wildlife welfare and assistance, to provide education and training on wildlife rescue, welfare and conservation. 

## **Nature of Governing Document and constitution of the charity** 

Memorandum and articles of association incorporated 20 April 2004 

## **The methods adopted for the recruitment and appointment of new trustees** 

New trustees appointed after vote by members 

## **The members of the Board of Trustees of the Charity at the date of the report and accounts were approved were:-** 

MURRAE HUME LINDA DUNN IAIN TURNER ADELINE GARMAN DAVID TURNER MALCOLM HADDOW 

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## **EAST SUSSEX WRAS LTD** 

## **The report of the trustees for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Method of preparation of accounts** 

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. 

Murrae Hume Director and Trustee 

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## **EAST SUSSEX WRAS LTD** 

## **Statement of Financial Activities** 

## **for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

|**Notes**<br>**Incoming resources**<br>**_Incoming resources from generated funds_**<br>Voluntary Income<br>Activities for generating funds<br>_Incoming resources from charitable activities_<br>**Total incoming resources**<br>**_Costs of generating funds_**<br>Costs of generating voluntary income<br>**_Costs of charitable activities_**<br>**Total resources expended**<br>**Net outgoing resources before**<br>**transfers between funds**<br>**Gross transfer between funds**<br>**Net outgoing resources before**<br>**other recognised gains and losses**<br>**Net movement in funds**<br>**Reconciliation of funds**<br>Total funds brought forward<br>Total funds carried forward|Unrestricted<br>Restricted<br>Total<br>Last Year<br>Funds<br>Funds<br>Funds<br>Total Funds<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>2020<br>2020<br>2020<br>2019<br>365,300<br>315,152<br>42,005<br>81,188<br>25,000<br>18,499|
|---|---|
||432,305<br>-<br>-<br>414,839|
||11,375<br>6,549<br>349,545<br>341,627|
||360,920<br>-<br>-<br>348,176|
|||
||71,385<br>-<br>-<br>66,663<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-|
||71,385<br>-<br>-<br>66,663|
||71,385<br>-<br>-<br>66,663<br>442,647<br>375,984|
||514,032<br>-<br>-<br>442,647|



The net movement in funds referred to above is the net incoming resources as defined in the SORP and is reconciled to the total funds as shown in the balance sheet on page 9 as required by SORP. 

All activities derive from continuing operations 

The notes on pages 9 to 15 from an integral part of these accounts 

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## **EAST SUSSEX WRAS LTD Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Income and Expenditure Account as required by the Companies Act for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

|**Income and Expenditure Account as required by the Companies Act**<br>**for the year ended 31 December 2020**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Turnover**<br>Direct costs of turnover<br>Gross<br>Operating gain<br>Gains on ordinary activities before tax<br>Gain for the financial year<br>Gift Aid Payments<br>Retained Profit for the financial year|2020<br>£<br>432,305<br>360,920<br>71,385<br>71,385<br>71,385<br>71,385<br>71,385|2019<br>£<br>414,839<br>348,176|
|||66,663|
|||66,663|
|||66,663|
|||66,663|
|||66,663|



All activities derive from continuing operations 

The notes on page 9 to 15 form an integral part of these accounts 

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## **EAST SUSSEX WRAS LTD Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 20120** 

|**Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**for the year ended 31 December 2020**|||||
||||2020|2019|
|Excess of income over expenditure before realisation of assets|||71,385|66,663|
|Profit per Profit and Loss Account|||71,385|66,663|
|Grants for the acquistion of fixed assets|||||
|**Net movement in funds before taxation**|||71,385|66,663|
|**Movements in revenue and capital funds**|||||
|**for the year ended 31 December 2020**|||||
|**Revenue accumulated funds**|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Last Year|
||Funds|Funds|Funds||
||2020|2020|2020|2019|
||£|£|£|£|
|Accumulated funds brought forward|442,647||442,647|375,984|
|Recognised gains and losses before transfers|71,385||71,385|66,663|
|**Closing revenue accumulated funds**|514,032|-|514,032|442,647|



The notes on pages 9 to 15 from an integral part of these accounts 

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## **EAST SUSSEX WRAS LTD Statement of Financial Activities** 

## **for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

|Revenue accumulated funds|Funds<br>Funds<br>Funds<br>Funds<br>Funds<br>2020<br>2020<br>2020<br>2020<br>2019<br>514,032<br>442,647|
|---|---|



## **The statement of changes in resources applied for fixed assets for charity use is shown in the notes to the accounts** 

The notes on pages 9 to 15 from an integral part of these accounts 

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|**EAST SUSSEX WRAS LTD**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Company Number**<br>**5107163**|||||
|**Balance Sheet**|||||
|**as at 31 December 2020**|||||
||**Notes**||**2020**|**2019**|
||||**£**|**£**|
|**Fixed Assets**|||||
|_Tangible Assets_|5||24,739|33,044|
|**_Total Fixed Assets_**|||||
|**Current Assets**|||||
|_Cash at bank and in hand_||490,043||410,353|
|**Creditors:-**|||||
|_Amounts due within 1 year_|6|-750||-750|
|**Provisions for liabilities and charges**|||489,293|409,603|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**|||514,032|442,647|
|**Creditors:-**|||||
|_Amounts due after 1 year_|||||
|**Provisions for liabilities and charges**|||||
|**Net assets including pension asset/liability**|||514,032|442,647|
|**_The funds of the charity_**|||||
|**_Unrestricted Income Funds_**|||||
|Unrestricted revenue accumulated funds||514,032||442,647|
|Designated revenue funds|||||
|Unrestricted capital funds|||||
|Designated fixed asset funds|||||
|**Total unrestricted funds**|||514,032|442,647|
|**Restricted income funds**|||||
|Restricted capital funds|||||
|**Total restricted funds**|||||
|**Total charity funds**|||514,032|442,647|
|The Directors are satisfied that for the year in question the charitable company was entitled to exemption from the|||||
|requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies||Act 2006 and that no member or members have|||
|required the company to obtain an audit of it's accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476|||||
|of the act|||||
|The Director(s) acknowledge their responsibility for|complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006||||
|with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts|||||
|The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions||in part 15 of the Companies Act||2006 applicable|
|to companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with the Financial Reporting||||Standard for smaller entities|
|(effective April 2008)||7|||





**EAST SUSSEX WRAS LTD Company Number 5107163 Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2020** 

MURRAE HUME Trustee Approved by the board of trustees on 

The notes on pages 9 to 15 form an integral part of these accounts 

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**EAST SUSSEX WRAS LTD Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **1 Accounting Policies** 

## _**Basis of preparation of the accounts**_ 

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (FRSSE), effective from April 2008, and all other applicable accounting standards, as modified by the 2005 Revision of the Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting issued by the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales (revised June 2008) (The SORP).  The accounts have been drawn up in accordance with the provisions of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the Companies Acts, and include the results of the charity's operations which are described in the Trustee's report, all of which are continuing 

In sofar as the SORP requires compliance with specific Financial Reporting Standards other than the FRSSE, then the specific Financial Reporting Standards have been followed where their requirements differ from those of the FRSSE. 

Advantage has been taken of section 396(5) of the Companies Act 2006 to allow the format of the financial statements to be adapted to reflect the special nature of the charity's operation and in order to comply with the requirements of the SORP 

The charity has taken advantage of the exemption in the FRSSE from the requirement to produce a cashflow statement 

The particular accounting policies adopted are set out below 

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with all applicable accounting standards, as modified by the Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting issued by the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales, effective April 2005 (revised June 2008) (The SORP).  The accounts have been drawn up in accordance with the provisions of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the Companies Acts, and include the results of the charity's operations which are described in the Trustee's report, all of which are continuing 

## **Accounting convention** 

The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, under the historical cost convention. 

## **Incoming resources** 

Incoming resources are accounted for on a receivable basis 

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**EAST SUSSEX WRAS LTD Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

|**2**|As a registered charity, the company is exempt from income and corporation tax to the extent|As a registered charity, the company is exempt from income and corporation tax to the extent|
|---|---|---|
||that its income and gains are applicable to charitable purposes only.  Value Added Tax||
||is not recoverable by the company, and is therefore included in the relevant costs in the||
||statement of accounts.||
|**3**|**Staff costs and emoluments**||
||**2020**|**2019**|
||**£**|**£**|
||Gross salaries<br>129,655|109,729|
||**Numbers of full time employees**||
||**or full time equivalents**<br>**2020**|**2019**|
||Engaged on charitable activities<br>0|0|
||There were no fees or other remuneration paid to the trustees||
||There were no employees with emoluments in excess of £60,000 per annum||



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**EAST SUSSEX WRAS LTD Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **4 Trustees' remuneration** 

Neither the trustees nor any persons connected with them have received any remuneration, either in the current year or the prior year 

## **5 Tangible functional fixed assets** 

The opening and closing funds are represented by the assets and liabilities held by the charity as an intermediary agent but not included in the balance sheet. The charity operates a client account on behalf of clients, but the amounts involved are not material and have been excluded from these accounts 

## **Asset cost, valuation or revalued amount** 

|As at 1 January 2020<br>Additions<br>As at 31 December 2020<br>**Accumulated depreciation and impairment provisions**<br>As at 1 January 2020<br>Depreciation on revaluation<br>Charge for the year<br>As at 31 December 2020|210,743<br>14,188|
|---|---|
||224,931|
||177,699<br>22,493|
||200,192|



|**Net book value**<br>As at 31 December 2020<br>As at 31 December 2019|24,739|
|---|---|
||33,044|



All assets are used for direct charitable purposes and there are no inalienable or heritage assets 

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## **EAST SUSSEX WRAS LTD Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **6 Creditors: amounts falling due within 1 year** 

**7** 

|Accrued expenses<br>**Analysis of net movement in funds**<br>Net movement in funds from Statement of Financial Activities<br>Net resources applied on functional fixed assets<br>**Net movement in funds available for future activities**|**2020**<br>**2019**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>750<br>750<br>**2020**<br>**2019**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>71,385<br>66,663|
|---|---|
||71,385<br>66,663|



The net resources applied on functional fixed assets and the net investment in programme related investments represents the cost of additions less proceeds of any disposals. 

## **9 Particulars of individual funds and analysis of assets and liabilities representing funds at 31 December 2020** 

|**at 31 December 2020**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**|**Designated**|**Restricted**|**Total**|
||**Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Tangible fixed assets|24,739|||24,739|
|Current assets|490,043|||490,043|
|Current liabilities|-750|||-750|
||514,032|||514,032|
|**At 1 January 2020**|**Unrestricted**|**Designated**|**Restricted**|**Total**|
||**Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Tangible fixed assets|33,044|||33,044|
|Current assets|410,353|||410,353|
|Current liabilities|-750|||-750|
||442,647|||442,647|
|**The individual funds included above are:-**|||||
||**Funds at**|**Movements**|**Transfers**|**Funds at**|
||**2019**|**in funds**|**between**|**2020**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
||442,647|71,385||514,032|



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**EAST SUSSEX WRAS LTD Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** 

## **Analysis of movements in funds as shown in the table above** 

|**Incoming**|**Outgoing**|**Gains and**|**Movement**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Resources**|**Resources**|**Losses**|**in funds**|
|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|432,305|360,920||71,385|



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## **EAST SUSSEX WRAS LTD Schedule to the Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2020 Status of this schedule to the Statement of Financial Activities** 

This schedule is an intrinsic part of the accounts required to comply with the 2006 Revision of the Statement Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting issued by the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales effective April 2008.  However, it is not a part of the statutory accounts required under the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 in relation to incorporated charities. 

|**Incoming Resources**<br>**Incoming Resources from generated funds**<br>**Other voluntary income**<br>Member's subscriptions<br>Total other voluntary income<br>**Total voluntary income**<br>**Activities for generating funds**<br>Fundraising activities<br>**Total of activities for generating funds**<br>**Incoming resources from charitable activities**<br>Grants for provision of charitable goods/services<br>**Total incoming resources from charitable activities**<br>**Total incoming resources**<br>**Cost of generating voluntary income**<br>Fundraising Publicity<br>Cost of fundraising activities<br>**Total costs of generating voluntary income**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Total**<br>**Prior period**<br>**Funds**<br>**Funds**<br>**Funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**2020**<br>**2020**<br>**2020**<br>**2019**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>346,300<br>315,152|
|---|---|
||41,874<br>81,188|
||388,175<br>396,340|
||19,130<br>11,299|
||19,130<br>11,299|
||25,000<br>7,200|
||25,000<br>-<br>7,200|
|||
||432,305<br>414,839|
||9,802<br>4,707<br>1,573<br>1,842|
||11,375<br>6,549|



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## **Charitable Expenditure** 

_Support costs of charitable activities_ 

|Direct support costs<br>Gross wages and salaries - charitable activities<br>Christmas Party<br>Repairs and renewals<br>Salaries,pensions & NI recharged to other organisations<br>Ambulance running expenses<br>Bank charges<br>Vetinary costs<br>Animal feeds<br>Vetinary products<br>Training, welfare, H & S and sundries|2020<br>2019<br>129,655<br>109,729<br>30,854<br>33,486<br>34,983<br>44,441<br>2,270<br>2,299<br>11,386<br>12,310<br>17,917<br>23,920<br>14,169<br>19,968<br>655|
|---|---|
||241,889<br>246,153|



## **Management and administration costs in support of charitable activities** 

|Professional fees in support of charitable activities<br>Accountancy fees other than examiners/auditors<br>**Other support costs**<br>Depreciation of assets used for charitable purposes<br>Utilities<br>Waste disposal<br>Rent and rates<br>Cleaning<br>Total support costs<br>**Total expended on charitable activities**|2,760<br>750|
|---|---|
||2,760<br>0<br>750|
||22,493<br>21,074<br>30,679<br>24,163<br>12,715<br>9,361<br>31,844<br>33,490<br>7,165<br>6,636|
||104,895<br>0<br>94,724|
||360,920<br>0<br>0<br>348,176|
|||
||360,920<br>348,176|



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