2024-12-31-accounts - Lincoln Cat Care

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Trustees Report to the Charity Commission December 2023 - December 2024

Lincoln Cat Care

CC reg No 1114359

Aims and objectives

Lincoln Cat Care is a small charity concerned with ‘any and all’ cat welfare issues: we are active in the vicinity of Lincoln and Newark. The Charity was conceived in 2004 and was granted charitable status on 28th December 2005. In the governing document the purpose was described:

TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS CATS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT, AND SECURITY FOR ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES, OR ILL USAGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO CAT WELFARE IN GENERAL

Benefting cats, kittens and the public

The Charity benefits the public in many ways. The consequence of poor or absent feline welfare is worrying to pet owners and those who value the cat /human bond. We provide advice and help (sometimes financial) to members of the public when this is within our power. Those unhomed cats which present a road accident or disease risk in their feral existence are captured and, where possible, found a stable environment to live in. Population dynamics in cat society makes neutering advisable and cost effective. Our policy is to facilitate feline neutering at an early age thereby reducing numbers of unwanted cats and kittens.

We believe helping cats, helps their owners and helps society. Our phone and Facebook contacts are experienced volunteers who try to resolve difficulties to the benefit of cats, their owners and the general public. We are a volunteer-based group; because we employ no one, most donated income goes to help cats with a tiny proportion only used to run the Charity.

Rehoming is frequently requested but it presents problems for our Charity, depending as it does on the limited capacity of our fosterer’s facilities. LCC records 242 cats and kittens rehomed satisfactorily this year.

Our members

Charity members, numbering over one hundred, apply their strengths to the many roles required to run this group. We always need help from people with a variety of talents - Rescuers and fosterers, fundraisers (shop, jumble sale volunteers, car booters) as well as administrators. Our members benefit from helping people and should be justly proud of the work they do.

Most volunteers are multi role. Lincoln Cat Care ‘s continued success and

reputation ‘for always being there’ relies on their availability, kindness and hard work of its members and donors. We cannot always help but we try. Day to day activities involve fostering cats, rescuing cats and kittens, transport of cats (and their owners) for treatment, fundraising at jumble sales and fetes and retail work at our High Street charity shop.

Lincoln Cat Care has a management committee which attends to the day to day matters and a Trustees committee to oversee the business. The Trustees meet twice per year as a rule.

The Trustees board consists of 9 members (as of November 2024)

Performance during the year

Like all organisations, Lincoln Cat Care has faced significant cost increases since Covid. Veterinary charges feature increasingly as a proportion of our monthly expenditure. To a lesser degree food and litter. Lincoln Cat Care records 1514 paid veterinary procedures this year (1258 in 2022-2023)

Our achievements in the year 2023- 2034 have been greatly influenced by the van purchase. Though a significant outlay it (and our supporting driver) has enabled us to do so much to aid cat welfare and fund generation. The neutering policy, disrupted by reduced veterinary access, three years ago is back on track but the reduced veterinary neutering input still has had dire effects on control of kitten numbers (2022-23). The cat neutering scheme has increased with large financial promotions sponsored by the Charity. We have recorded 338 cats neutered this year in the neutering scheme.

Emergency veterinary treatment and support to needy cases continues to be provided as and when required using out-of-hours services.

The income stream from the Charity shop and jumble sales has been particularly good thanks to our loyal volunteers and generous donors of clothes and Bric a Brac.

Advice, help and support has always been available via the helpline though we are limited by the number the fosterers facilities as regards rehoming provision.

Considerations for the future of Lincoln Cat Care

The Trustees are aware of our dependence on our volunteers and the importance of new members joining the team. With the mandatory feline microchip and pet theft legislation there may be increased pressures on the Charity. We have always supported effective identification systems as part of good pet ownership and hope

any changes will continue to improve cat welfare and the perception of feline welfare in the community.

Conclusion

The Trustees of Lincoln Cat Care are satisfied that the year’s activities and achievements of our Charity conform to our stated aims and to the Charity Commission public benefit guidance.

Nigel Williams - Chair

Derek Nevard - Treasurer

Lincoln Cat Care Trustees

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of LINCOLN CAT CARE On accounts for the year ended 3111212024 Charity no (if any) 1114359 Set out on pages RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS- PAGES 1 & 2 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trusv) for the year ended Responsibilities and As the charty trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in Carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charty Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ") in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records We not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's ststemont I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets rf they do not apply. Signed: Date: Name= D A BURROWS- FOR & ON BEHALF OF D & K ASSOCIATES Relevant professional qualiflcatlon(s) or body (if anyl: ACCOUNTANTS •I'•:qV4K*Y•T•l VAh Address: ACCOUNTANTS SAXILBY IER October 2018

Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CG32, Independent examination of charrty accounts: directions and guidance for exarniners). Give here brfef details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIAND AND WALES LINCOLN CAT CARE Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the perlod from 01101r2024 3111212024 Section A Receipts and payments Unre8trf¢led funds to the neaml R•8trlcted lund• Endowment furKI8 Total fund8 Last year to th• n•ar••t£ to th• nMr••t£ to th• n••r•st £ tC* th• ngar••t£ A1 Recelpts DONATIONS FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES SHOP & E8AY SALES INTEREST RECEIVED 114,841 6,892 S3,952 114,841 6.892 53,952 2,267 113,897 S6,646 Sub total (Gross income for AR) A2 Asget and Investment 8ale8, tsblo1. 177.9S2 177,952 182,154 Sub total 177,952 177.952 182.154 A3Pa ment• VETERINAR Y EXPENSES OTHER HEALTHCARE FEES FOOD CAT PEN HEATING FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES SHOP EXPENDITURE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE TgLEPHONE MOTOR EXPENSES & TRANSPORT INSURANCE ACCOUNTANCY FEES CREDIT CARD FEES ADVERTISING PRINTING, POSTAGE & STATIONERY ETC DEPRECIATION 113,631 3,614 27.696 1,282 113,631 3,614 27,595 1,282 656 10,489 1.003 169 2,271 967 132 244 113,349 4,016 27,018 10,489 1.3 189 2,r11 971 8.351 199 1,569 132 132 122 3.624 166,317 Sub total 3,624 166,317 4.701 164,147 A4 A88et and Inve8tmont ureha8••, 800 table haoeTa CREDITORS 3,324 11,384 Sub total - 3,324 3,324 11,364 162,993 112,993 175.511 Net of recelpts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds thls year end 14.959 14,959 6,643 338,854 353,813 338.854 353,813 332,211 338,854 CCXX R1 eccounts ISSI 0510512025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories Unrestricted fund8 to n••rgSt £ Restricted funds to n•4re•t£ Detalls Endowment nds to neare6t£ 81 Cash fund8 CURRENT ACCOUNT 77,304 DEPOSIT AccOur )6,509 CAMBRIDGE BUILDING SOCIETY BOND 70.000 Total Cash fiind8 353,813 Unro8trleted fund8 to nèaro•t £ Re•trlct•d funds to n•#r••t £ Endowment funds to ne•mt£ Detalls DetJll-. CAT PENS Fund to whkh I¥1 b910 Curr•nt v•lu• lonal B3 Inve8tmont a88ets Co•t loptlonfjll 2067 KITTEN PENS 33 SCANNERS OFFICE EQUIPMENT MOTOR VEHICLE Detalls Fund lo whkh a•••t bèlo Curr•nt v•lu• tlonal 84 A88ets r•talned for the charlty'8 own u•• Co•t loptloml) De??.Ils CREDITORS Fund to f*hl¢h Amount du• Whthn du• o tlonal B5 Llabllltle8 132 Signed by one or two Iruste8s on behalf of all the Irustses Signature Print Name Date of roval CCXX R2 accounts ISSI 0510512025