2025-03-31-accounts - Bristol And Wales Cat Rescue

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1/4/24 Period start date To 31/3/25 Period end date

Charity name:Bristol and Wales Cat Rescue

Charity registration number:1127289

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	To rescue and rehome unwanted/abandoned/stray /feral cats and kittens,
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	To provide safe, secure foster homes and all veterinary care required including anti- parasitic treatments, neutering, chipping and vaccinating as a minimum. To homecheck all adopters to confirm their suitability.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	Trustees have complied with Charity Commission guidance in full.

Additional information (optional)

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

	SORP reference
		NA
	Para 1.38
Policy on grant making
		NA
	Para 1.38
Policy on social investment
including program related
investment
		NA
	Para 1.38
Contribution made by
volunteers
		NA
Other

Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	Rescued and rehomed over 330 cats. Paid for the neutering of around 70 owned cats to help their owners. Provided lifetime fostering for unhomeable cats eg old, those with medical issues, aggressive, feral. Provided many vet treatments for stray and surrendered cats with health issues. Taken in abandoned and stray cats living on the streets and provided homes.
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	NA
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	NA
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41	NA
Other		NA

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	Income 156,539 Expend. 123,655
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	No reserves held.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	None
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	No excess funds due to unpredictability of emergency care etc needed.
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	NA
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	None

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:	Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:	Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	Adoption donations Gift Aid Legacies Regular monthly donations
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	None
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	Rising vet bills. Increase in cost plus more cats needing veterinary treatment.
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Memorandum and articles of association.
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	Governing document Trustees Committee members
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	Proposed and seconded by committee

Additional information (optional)

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51
Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Bristol and Wales Cat Rescue Ltd
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number	1127289
Charity’s principal address	24 Beaufort Road Staple Hill Bristol BS16 5JX

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Margaret Brittan	Trustee
	Carol Hounslow	Trustee
	Sarah Smith	Secretary

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets None held in this capacity

Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for NA safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of Name Address adviser

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

Other optional information

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) M Brittan Full name(s) Margaret Frances Brittan

Position (eg Secretary, Trustee Chair, etc)

Date

04/01/2026

Registered Number 06493877

BRISTOL AND WALES CAT RESCUE LTD

Micro-entity Accounts

31 March 2025

BRISTOL AND WALES CAT RESCUE LTD

Registered Number 06493877

Micro-entity Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

Note Fixed Assets Intangible assets Tangible assets Investments Current Assets Stocks 1 Debtors Investments 2 Cash in bank and in hand 3 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Net current assets Total assets less current liabilites Provisions for liabilites 4 Accruals and deferred income Total net assets (liabilites) Reserves Other reserves 5 Income and expenditure account Members Funds	2025 2024 £ £ - - - - - -
	- -
	- - 2,750 2,750 - - 73,243 40,451
	75,993 43,201
	- -
	75,993 43,201
	75,993 43,201
	- - 7,420 7,532
	68,573 35,669
	- - 68,573 35,689
	68,573 35,689

BRISTOL AND WALES CAT RESCUE LTD Registered Number 06493877

Income and Expenditure Account

Year 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025

Income Donatons Grants Shop Other Fundraising Expenditure Vet Bills Shop Cat Costs / Exp Proft/(Loss)	31,320 49,000 28,376 47,843
	156,539
	79,081 32,187 12,387
	123,655
	32,884

BRISTOL AND WALES CAT RESCUE LTD

Registered Number 06493877

For the year ending 31 March 2025 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the micro-entity provisions and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

Approved by the board on 12th December 2025

And signed on their behalf by Margaret Brittan, Director

BRISTOL AND WALES CAT RESCUE LTD

Registered Number 06493877

Notes to the Micro-entity Accounts for the period ended 31 March 2025

Accounting Policies

Basis of measurement and preparation of accounts

The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordancewith the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities effective April 2008.

Company limited by guarentee

Company is limited by guarentee and consequently does not have share capital.

1	Debtors
	Prepaid shop rental	2,750
2	Bank
	Per bank statements	73,243
3	Creditors falling due within one year	0
4	Accruals
	Supplier acccruals	7,420
5	Income and expenditure account	68,573

This document was delivered using electroniccommunications and authenticated in accordance with the registrar's rules relating to electronic form, authentication and manner of delivery under section 1072 of the Companies Act 2006.

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Indepondent Examiner's Report Report to the truste881 members of Bristol and Wales Cat Rescue Ltd On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024 Charity no lif any 1127289 Set out on pages 1 to4 1.Ir8mprrer to includ8 th8 oaoe number$ Dfarldilion81 sheèisi I report to the trustees on my examination of charity I't) for the year ended 3d63 As the Gharily trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation Responslbilities and of the accounts in accordance wilh the requirements of the Charities Act basis of report 2011 ('the Act.). he accounts ofthe above I report in respect of my examination of the*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}Ib) of the Act. 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 lo believe that in, any material respect accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner'8 Statement I have no concerns and havè come across no other matters in connection with the examination lo which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be rea¢hed. Please d618tg the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: zoi Name.. ALAN CAVILL Relevant prof88$ional quallflcatlon{8} or body {if anyl: Institut8 of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Addr88S: ALAN CAVILL LTD 7 QUEENSHOLM CLOSE DOWNEND BRISTOL BS16 6LD IER October 2018