**Registered charity number: 1125729**
## **Feline Friends (Derbyshire)**
## **Unaudited financial statements**
For the period ended: 31 March 2025
## **Feline Friends (Derbyshire)**
## **Contents**
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|General information|**1**|
|Trustees report|**2 - 3**|
|Statement of financial activities|**4**|
|Statement of financial position|**5**|
|Notes|**6 - 7**|
|Independent Examiner's report|**8**|
## **Feline Friends (Derbyshire)**
## **General information**
**Trustees** Mrs C W Fawcett Mr E G D McCarrison BVMS MRCVS Dr P S Crowther **Charirty number** 1125729 **Independent examiner** Dey & Co. Brookdale 41 Clarence Road Chesterfield S40 1LH **Principal address** PO Box 573 Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 9DL
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## **Feline Friends (Derbyshire)**
## **Trustees report 31 March 2025**
The trustees present their report with the receipts and payments accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts and followed applicable accounting standards.
## **Trustees**
The trustees who served the charity during the year were as follows:
Mrs C W Fawcett Mr E G D McCarrison BVMS MRCVS Dr P S Crowther
## **Objectives and activities**
The charity’s principal objective during the year was to relieve the suffering and distress of cats 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 the welfare of cats in general.
## **Achievements and performance**
The Charity has continued to move forward with regular newsletters being emailed to our growing number of readers (both vets and cat owners) from all over the world and from whom we receive extremely positive feedback and, indeed, letters of thanks for the topics which we are highlighting.
We are pleased to report that our website is itself attracting interest worldwide and our readership currently spans 15 countries. In the past year we have published two new articles on our website penned by veterinary expert Samantha Taylor; ‘Caring for Your Kitten’ and most excitingly ‘Feline Infectious Peritonitis – now a treatable disease’. The latter has received unprecedented interest and gratitude from cat owners for this news.
Both of the new webpages are being advertised in regional and national magazines this summer to further continue the Charity’s commitment to promoting feline welfare issues. Our advertisements going forward will contain a QR code facilitating ease of access to our website for busy readers and to bring the Charity up to date with today’s popular technology.
We are planning to commission another new webpage dedicated to feline arthritis - knowing the symptoms and treatment options available - which would be most useful to cat owners.
The Trustees are extremely proud of the Charity’s achievements in the last twelve months and look forward to building upon our passion and vision for our feline companions and their well-being.
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## **Feline Friends (Derbyshire)**
## **Trustees report 31 March 2025**
## **Reserves Policy**
The trustees carefully consider the current financial position and future obligations of the charity. The current reserves are sufficient to fund the next three months expenditure, which the trustees consider to be adequate.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes an unincorporated charity.
## **Approval**
This report was approved by the board of trustees on 1 October 2025 and signed on behalf of the board by:
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## **Mrs C W Fawcett (Trustee)**
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## **Feline Friends (Derbyshire)**
**Statement of financial activities For the period ended 31 March 2025**
|**Incoming resources**
Donations
Interest received
**Total income**
**Outging resources**
Charitable direct costs
Wages
Rates
Insurance
Light and heat
Repairs and maintenance
Fixed assets
Printing, postage and stationery
Telephone charges
Website costs
Accountancy fees
Sundry expenses
Trustees expenses
**Total expenditure**
Surplus/(deficit) for the period|**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
110,000
55,524
251
94
**110,251**
**55,619**
1,237
3,523
42,886
24,948
1,272
1,238
2,451
2,009
14,003
18,041
2,402
5,223
16,013
1,530
1,449
530
1,869
2,259
673
1,028
840
816
1,283
1,352
238
209
**(86,616)**
**(62,704)**
23,635
(7,086)
**Unrestricted fund**
**Total funds**
**31 March 2025**
**31 March 2024**|
|---|---|
||1,237
42,886
1,272
2,451
14,003
2,402
16,013
1,449
1,869
673
840
1,283
238|
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## **Feline Friends (Derbyshire)**
## **Statement of financial position at 31 March 2025**
|**Current assets**
Current account
Deposit account
Petty cash
**Net assets**
**Reserves:**
**General reserve**
Balance brought forward
Surplus/(deficit) for the period
**Balance carried forward**|**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
6,065
4,647
32,771
10,521
192
225
39,028
15,393
**39,028**
**15,393**
15,393
22,479
23,635
(7,086)
**39,028**
**15,393**
**31 March 2025**
**31 March 2024**|**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
6,065
4,647
32,771
10,521
192
225
39,028
15,393
**39,028**
**15,393**
15,393
22,479
23,635
(7,086)
**39,028**
**15,393**
**31 March 2025**
**31 March 2024**|
|---|---|---|
||15,393
23,635||
|||**15,393**|
|||**15,393**|
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The financial statements were approved by the board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 1 October 2025 and are signed on behalf of the board by:
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## **Mrs C W Fawcett (Trustee)**
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## **Feline Friends (Derbyshire)**
## **Notes to the financial statements 31 March 2025**
## **1. Accounting policies**
## **Basis of preparation**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared on the receipts and payments basis.
## **Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has received the funds.
## **Expenditure**
Expenditure is accounted for on a payment basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end date are noted as a commitment.
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the Trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
## **2. Trustees’ remuneration and benefits**
There were no trustees’ remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024.
## **Trustees’ expenses**
The charity purchases a trustee indemnity insurance policy at an annual cost of £238.
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## **Feline Friends (Derbyshire)**
**Notes to the financial statements 31 March 2025**
## **3. Employee numbers**
The average number of persons employed by the trust during the year amounted to 2 (2024: 2)
No employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
## **4. Related party transactions**
There were no related party transactions for the year.
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## **Feline Friends (Derbyshire)**
## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the board of Trustees on the preparation of the**
## **financial statements of Feline Friends (Derbyshire)**
## **31 March 2025**
## **Independent Examiner’s report to the trustees**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Feline Friends (Derbyshire) (the Trust) for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of the report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation 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 Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent Examiner’s Statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
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.
…...................................................... ….............................. **T J Dey ACA FCCA Date Dey & Co. Chartered Accountants** 41 Clarence Road Chesterfield, S40 1LH
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