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Annual Report 2021-2022

Registered Charity Number 1129629 Company Registration Number 06833205

Contents

Contents
Trustees Report 3
Helping Dogs In Need 6
Pounds and Pennies 10
Telling our Story 11
The Community of Hope 19
How We Operate 21
Looking Ahead 23
Financial Review 24

This is Hope Rescue’s Annual Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2022.

This report sets out information about Hope Rescue, its aims and objectives, and activities that all make a positive impact in its local communities and beyond.

Trustees Report

Last year was challenging but ended on a more optimistic note, with the extraordinary efforts of the Hope Rescue team putting us in a better position to face uncertainties ahead.

Our focus on sustainability and managing the lasting impact of Covid-19 continued this year as demand for our services grew yet again. Intake increased when pandemic restrictions eased and we took in significantly more dogs seized dogs from illegal and low welfare breeders, many of whom had profited from the demand for ‘lockdown’ puppies. Some of these cases were complex, which placed our rescue centre staff under even greater pressure.

It is credit to our team that they could manage a 30% increase in intake whilst also rehoming over a third more dogs compared with the previous year. Their achievements under such unrelenting pressure have been truly remarkable. Having dedicated foster homes proved invaluable as they enabled us to take in vulnerable dogs that really needed our help. Our volunteers are such an integral part of the team, so we were delighted to welcome them back to our rescue centre, charity shop and events after such a long absence during lockdowns.

Keeping pace with the need to generate more funds is never easy but our Fundraising and Retail teams worked wonders again this year. Our fundraising team saw a return to face-toface events, growth in our digital platforms and led on innovative ways to encourage individual giving. Our charity shop re-opened in April and we were pleased to welcome back our volunteers and customers. The shop delivered its highest profit to date, supplemented by the growth in online sales, including eBay.

As you read this report you will see our determination to make progress, evident in the improvements to our rescue centre, and our staff and volunteers now have much better facilities too. All of this has been made possible by the continued generosity of our supporters, grant funders and partners.

Campaigning remains a key part of our commitment to improve the lives of dogs, wherever they are. I am especially proud of the campaign launched in September to ban greyhound racing in Wales. This grew out of our Amazing Greys project and launched with a Senedd petition aimed at reaching the 10,000 signatures necessary to be considered for a debate. The fact that it soon reached, and exceeded, this goal underlines the widespread support for this important campaign. We will continue working towards a ban on greyhound racing in Wales, alongside lobbying to improve breeding legislation in Wales.

The emerging cost-of-living crisis is likely to impact on both the demand for our services and our income streams, so we need to develop and adapt our ways of working. A new Strategic Plan and a broad Organisational Review will enable us to build an organisation that is fit for the future to ensure our sustainability. I’d like to end with my heartfelt thanks to our staff, trustees and volunteers who continue to work so hard and with such extraordinary commitment, giving tireless support whatever challenges we face.

Paula Rowe

Chair of Trustees

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Our Vision

Our vision is a future where all pets are provided with a responsible and loving home for life and that Hope Rescue is recognised as a high-quality provider of animal welfare and community services.

Our mission is to:

Reduce the number of dogs, euthanised in the UK every year by providing a foster home, kennel space or rescue placement for animals in emergency situations.

Reduce the number of dogs, entering the animal welfare system through campaigning for change, education and the promotion of responsible ownership.

Promote the therapeutic benefits of pet ownership and interaction with dogs.

Provide support to owners to help them keep their pets.

Hope Rescue sits within the ‘Advancement of animal welfare’ definition of The Charities Act 2011.

Our vision is a future where all pets are provided with a responsible and loving home for life and that Hope Rescue is recognised as a high-quality provider of animal welfare and community services.

The objectives of the charity as set out in our Memorandum of Association are to:

Aid the advancement of education of the public in the needs and proper care of animals and the prevention of cruelty and suffering.

Our principal activities – what we do:

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Delivering for the Public Benefit

We believe that our work provides considerable public benefit by:

Rescuing at risk pets and placing them in loving homes for life. Educating and enabling the public to better care for animals. Ensuring that we fully comply with the Animal Welfare Act for pets in our care. Offering volunteering opportunities for those who wish to support our work. Supporting pet owners in crisis through our canine respite scheme.

Our work in alleviating suffering in animals and promoting animal welfare provides a moral benefit to society, and relief to people who are particularly concerned for pet welfare, as well as improving the lives of the animals we rescue.

Our Core Values

At Hope Rescue we are guided in our work by the following values:

Quality of care Finding the right home for the right dog Compassion for both animals and people Integrity Strategic approach Transparency and accountability

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Helping Dogs In Need

The year started with the relaxation of lockdown rules in Wales. We were able to re-open both the rescue centre and the charity shop, although we did close to the public a couple of times due to local Covid outbreaks. We were also able to start face to face fundraising again with our first event in August.

As restrictions eased, we started to see the predicted increase in the number of dogs coming into our care. This was largely due to the huge increase in dog ownership during the pandemic, with the Dogs Trust National Dog Survey reporting that 3.2 million dogs joined families during lockdown, many of whom were acquired by first-time dog owners. The demand for dogs during lockdown was often met by lower welfare breeders, impacting the number of dogs with health or behavioural issues, further compounded by changes to routines as owners went back to work and households were able to mix and have visitors again. A lack of socialisation and access to puppy classes particularly impacted lockdown puppies.

Following the BBC Wales Investigates expose of conditions in licensed puppy farms in 2019, the National Trading Standards Regional Investigation Team (Wales) received funding from the Welsh Government to deliver a nationwide project to tackle the problem of illegal dog breeding in Wales. As a result, we had a significant increase in the number of seized dogs coming into our care from illegal and low welfare breeders, many of whom saw their businesses boom due to the demand for pandemic puppies.

Smarties, a Cocker Spaniel seized from an illegal breeder in September 2021

We were also pleased to deliver some joint training in January to the Trading Standards Team in partnership with the RSPCA, followed by a visit to the rescue centre in February.

National Trading Standards Regional Investigation team visiting Hope Rescue

Our total intake during the year increased by 29% from the previous year, and we helped a total of 705 dogs:

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We increased the number of dogs rehomed ourselves; 319 dogs were adopted, a 34% rise from the previous year. This was largely due to the investment in adoption resources put in place during the Covid restrictions.

All dogs we rehome are neutered, fully vaccinated, treated for worms and fleas, and micro-chipped, in addition to having any other necessary veterinary work carried out. We also home-check all potential homes, either via video or in person; adopters must sign an adoption agreement and receive lifetime back up and support. Once again, our foster homes provided critical support and stability to the more vulnerable dogs in our care, and we are extremely grateful for their dedication. They provided care for our seized dogs, most of whom came from puppy farms and would never have experienced life in a home.

We continued with improvements to the rescue centre.

Summerhouse in new paddock area

New paddock area

This included the creation of two additional outside paddocks with summerhouses and a project to create 7 double-sized kennels kitted out with sofas for our longer-term dogs, family groups and puppy farm groups, kindly funded from a generous legacy and a grant from The Hobson Trust.

Long-term resident Emily in her new double kennel

We built a new welfare facility for our staff and volunteers, thanks to funding from the National Lottery Community Fund, Welsh Church Act, Llanharan Community Council and Taff Ely Wind Farm Community Fund. We also created a new area for our waste, freeing up valuable parking space thanks to an in-kind donation from Willis Construction, and we improved site security by installing a new CCTV system with 24-hour monitoring. The projects were managed by our newly appointed Facilities Manager, with grant funding secured by our new Grants Officer; both of these posts were funded for the first year by the Wales Council for Voluntary Action’s Third Sector Resilience Fund.

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Case Studies

Custard Cream, Madeline and Garibaldi

Custard Cream and Madeline are 3-year-old Bichon Frise sisters who came into us in February 2022 as part of a seizure of 45 dogs from an illegal breeder. Most of the dogs were very matted, with health issues including ear infections and dental disease. We quickly realised that Custard was pregnant and on March 17th Garibaldi was born in foster care. As a single puppy, Garibaldi was too big to deliver naturally, and Custard needed a caesarean section. It was heart-breaking to think about the conditions she would have given birth in had she not been seized. Custard was a wonderful Mum and Madeline a doting Auntie. All three went on to find new homes - with Custard Cream and Madeline staying together.

Paige

In May 2021 we received a phone call from a local vet asking us to help four-year-old Paige. She was in labour, and a puppy had become stuck in the birth canal. She had been surrendered to the vet as the owner could not afford the caesarean section. We stepped in to help and Paige had seven healthy puppies, although sadly it was too late to save the puppy that had become stuck. Paige raised her puppies in a wonderful foster home and both her and the pups went on to find new homes.

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Parsnip and Sprout

In December 2021, a member of the public found Parsnip and Sprout dumped in a dustbin in Aberthin, near Cowbridge. Both were in extremely poor condition, dehydrated, malnourished and with sarcoptic mange. A few days later they were also diagnosed with parvovirus, a deadly virus that causes severe vomiting and diarrhoea. Parsnip and Sprout fought hard with intensive care at our vets but sadly passed away a few days later. This was devastating for everyone involved in their care who so desperately wanted a happy ending for them after all they had been through already. Whilst they didn’t get their happy ending, it’s dogs like Parsnip and Sprout who spur us on in our campaign work against irresponsible breeders.

Berry

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Baxter

Baxter initially came into our care back in early 2019 after being found abandoned on a local beach. He was very mistrusting of new people and had several health issues which needed addressing. It was a long process to help him build relationships with the staff who put a huge amount of effort into his rehabilitation.

In September 2021 Baxter finally found his new home with an experienced Shar Pei owner. She visited the centre a number of times to allow Baxter to build a bond and the effort paid off with Baxter now able to live the life he always deserved.

The investment we put in to rehoming resources has really helped our longerterm dogs like Baxter.

Bunty

Bunty is a 6-year-old Cavalier who arrived with us in September 2021. Over 200 dogs were seized from the property of an illegal breeder in West Wales, with Hope Rescue taking in over 60 adult dogs and puppies.

Bunty was heavily pregnant and was clearly terrified, having previously had no positive association with people and living a very sheltered life.

She moved to a foster home where she had her puppies who went on to thrive and find lovely new homes. Once her puppies were weaned Bunty slowly started to build her confidence, eventually finding a new home with a patient couple and their other dogs.

It can be a long journey for the dogs who come into us from illegal breeders, with many not knowing how to walk on a lead and never being in a home environment.

It is especially rewarding to see these dogs move to their forever homes.

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INCOME GENERATION Pounds & Pennies

Fundraising

This year was another successful one for fundraising at Hope Rescue, thanks to the incredible generosity of our supporters, the support of both existing and new funders, and our corporate and community partners. As we emerged out of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns and restrictions were lifted, we were pleased to reintroduce our face-to-face events. Capitalising on the success of our online events, we continued to offer a hybrid of live and virtual events during the year to ensure we reached as wide an audience as possible.

We raised a total of £763,437 (including grant income) and our fundraising income this year accounted for nearly 65% of our total annual income.

We continued to focus on individual giving, utilising our giving tools on our website, social media and other platforms introduced last year, such as GivePenny and VisuFund. We also introduced some new platforms, including Toucan which targets a younger audience for Hope Rescue. In partnership with Unity, we also launched the Hope Rescue lottery in March, giving supporters the chance of winning big prizes whilst supporting the dogs in our care.

Facebook fundraising was hugely successful with over 7,000 donors from Facebook and Instagram raising £95,000, and 286 fundraising pages set up to help the dogs in our care for birthday celebrations and challenge events.

Text giving via Donr also increased, with 3,000 payments raising £14,441 from the platform. In addition to one-off text donations, we also grew our monthly text donations and welcomed 81 new monthly donors.

We also saw 427 new regular donors sign up to donate monthly through our website.

Some mass participation challenges returned this year, and we had 13 runners in the twice rescheduled Cardiff Half Marathon, 5 Virtual London Marathon runners and one supporter taking on the live return event.

We also had runners in the Great North Run and other events across the U.K.

London Marathon runner Bev and her Hope Rescue dog Gracie

Hope Rescue staff team undertaking a virtual relay challenge

With the re-introduction of our face-to-face events, we were pleased to see community fundraising and events brought back to life, with success at our Greenmeadow Community Farm Dog Show, Duck Race in Abergavenny, and a Christmas Moonlit Walk in Barry.

We started in-store bucket collections again and our Handmade by Hope team kicked into action knitting, sewing and making snuffle mats, turning their many talents to raise thousands of pounds at Hope Rescue events and community events as well as online.

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Fundraising volunteers at a bucket collection

It became clear that we were seeing less cash donations at events, so we introduced contactless donation options with Give Star allowing us to take donations utilising mobile phone technology.

Class winner at the Greenmeadow Community Farm Dog Show

As always, we were grateful to businesses and organisations for their financial support. These key partners include the Pets at Home Wales and

British Lions rugby player Liam Williams

Foundation through our Charity of the Year partnership with Pets at Home in Cwmbran, as well as our VIP vouchers which help us buy essential items from their stores. We are grateful to Burns Pet Nutrition for their generous food sponsorship, and our friends at Mad About in Chichester, the Schnauzerfest team, Legal and General, Black Lion Roofing and James Furniture and Mobility. Thanks also to Rockwool for choosing Hope Rescue as their charity of the year partner, and Loteri Cymru for their continued support. We are also very grateful to all the businesses that sponsor our events, shows, raffle and auction prizes and our annual calendar.

Our grant funders responded positively to two major campaign appeals. The first was a crisis appeal in response to the pandemic. The second appeal was for our ever-increasing vet bills.

The longer-term financial impact of the pandemic is still unravelling, and we are seeing funds understandably being directed to help emergency global situations, such as the war in Ukraine. We are still cautious about the future for fundraising and how supporters will feel about attending live events or how their ability to donate to their favourite causes will be affected as we enter the cost-of-living crisis.

Our ever-popular Abergavenny duck race

Our face-to face events were supplemented by our online events, with a virtual Waggy Walk and our popular raffles and auctions. This included a record-breaking raffle of signed rugby shirt and boots from Wales and British Lions star Liam Williams which raised £5,550. We were delighted to welcome dog loving Liam to the centre with his partner Sophie.

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Retail Income

Thanks to support from the WCVA’s Third Sector Resilience fund, we were able to invest in the development of our retail activity with the appointment of an Enterprise Development Manager. We were pleased to welcome both customers and volunteers back to our Pontypridd charity shop which reopened in April 2021 following the lockdowns.

Improved merchandising at the chaity shop

Activity included setting up a partnership with Aimee @sustainablestitch to upcycle donated clothes.

Upcycling project with Aimee @sustainablestitch

The shop delivered its highest profit to date of £46,472.75. This was supplemented by the significant growth of our eBay shop, which delivered a £24,814.67 profit. Our small shop at the rescue centre also did well, with income rising to £12,663.82.

Advertising our eBay shop

Window display at the chaity shop

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We revamped our Shopify on-line store, developing new product lines and a range of merchandise, as well as continuing to sell donated/discounted end-of line stock and items made by our Handmade by Hope volunteers; we were pleased to increase income significantly to £21,160.67. Our Christmas jumpers were even featured in Prima magazine’s Christmas charity gift guide.

Valentines Day merchandise

We are grateful to the WCVA administered Kickstart Scheme which supported this income growth for our retail operations through the provision of work placements.

Trading Income

We took the decision to permanently close our boarding kennel operation, to enable us to use additional kennel space for rescue dogs, with numbers predicted to rise after the pandemic. We also ceased paddock hire bookings due to issues around the management of the facility out-of-hours. The loss in income has been offset by increased fundraising and retail income resulting from investment in resources.

Service Delivery Income

Our service delivery income has recovered following the pandemic, rising to £204,737.94, an increase of 127% from last year. In particular, adoption income rose, and we also received income for kennelling seized dogs until they could be signed over to us from the local authorities. Adoption income also rose in line with our increased rehoming figures.

Enterprise Development

An Enterprise Development Strategy was drafted at the end of the year to set out development plans over the next 2 years. We will be reviewing the success of our online sales platforms to determine a more detailed plan for this income stream, using the lessons learned from this trading year.

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Telling Our Story

Media

We again received significant support from both national and local media and are proud of the media coverage we have generated as a small, independent charity, particularly in respect to our campaign work.

Reach PLC introduced a new media project called ‘Team Dogs’ to report on dog-related stories and this helped us to promote our dogs for adoption over the year as well as our campaign work.

The team also came to the rescue centre to film Facebook Live broadcasts. Most of these features were for Wales Online, but they also featured in their regional press across the U.K., as well as in the Daily Mirror and Daily Star. We also generated national press coverage for appeals for individual dogs.

As the number of ‘lockdown dogs’ coming in to the rescue centre started to rise, we were featured in news articles, including BBC Wales News, BBC Radio 4, Times Radio, and the Daily Mail.

A feature on the main BBC News in October about ’fake strays’ went viral receiving millions of hits worldwide and appearing in international publications. The story was also picked up by other U.K. press including Sky News, The Independent and The Guardian.

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Our puppy farm seizure from Carmarthenshire in September 2021 was featured across online, radio and television outlets, with several follow up articles as they were adopted.

The court case for the breeder of our seized ear-cropped puppies and our demonstration outside the court generated significant coverage and raised the profile of the #FlopNotCrop campaign to ban the importation of ear-cropped dogs. The media also covered the follow-up adoption stories.

We also played a significant role in the BBC Wales Investigates documentary “The Hidden World of Designer Dog Breeding”, the second documentary we have worked on with the producers. The programme was broadcast in December 2021 and featured our ear-cropped puppies and the court trial. It generated worldwide press coverage for Hope Rescue and the #FlopNotCrop campaign, including in the New York Post.

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Our campaign to ban greyhound racing in Wales was launched in September 2021 and was covered extensively with both BBC Wales and ITV Wales filming interviews.

Local media attended our event to hand in our petition to the Senedd Petitions Committee in March 2022.

We travelled to London and 10 Downing Street in December 2021 to support the Reggie’s Law campaign and hand in their petition to regulate on-line pet sales, and Team Dogs covered this including a Facebook Live interview.

When Dee and Dill, two poorly bred Bulldogs arrived we used the opportunity to highlight our concerns around the breeding and purchasing of brachycephalic dogs in light of the ban in Norway.

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Digital Media

Social media has continued to play a significant role in fundraising, raising awareness and increasing our supporter base, enabling us to stay fully engaged with our supporters and volunteers. Our Facebook page ended the year with over 96k followers, which represents further growth in reach and engagement. Our Instagram account grew to over 18k followers and Twitter to 23k followers.

Facebook continues to be the main social platform and Facebook Fundraising provided a significant income during the pandemic. The posts that highlight our campaign work, ill dogs and cruelty and neglect cases tend to perform best in terms of reach, engagement and online donations. For example, a plea for Mulan received 2,524 reactions, comments and shares.

We continue to post all the stray dogs that come into us on Facebook and these are shared extensively often triggering home offers in the process if not claimed by their owners.

Facebook’s Workplace for Good platform continued to prove an excellent tool for internal communications, especially for managing our volunteers and keeping them engaged with our work at the rescue centre. The website performed well as a donation platform with 10,663 people donating over the year. Using our social media channels to drive traffic to our website was key to this success, accounting for 46% of donors.

Our most read article was about the Carmarthenshire puppy farm seizure, with 48,967 views. We will continue to develop the website and use both analytics and our CRM system to enhance data capture and to focus our marketing activity.

Tyler, originally a stray dog

OVER OVER OVER 96,000 18,000 23,000 FOLLOWERS FOLLOWERS FOLLOWERS

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T he Community of Hope

At Hope Rescue we believe strongly that our role is not to just deal with the consequences of poor welfare, but to work towards sustainable solutions to tackle the root causes. The dogs who come through our doors are the fortunate ones, but we also want to improve the welfare of the dogs beyond our gates.

Wherever possible, we seek to keep responsible owners and their dogs together, supporting those who need additional help. This will be even more important as the costof-living crisis worsens. We also recognise the importance of volunteering, and the benefits not only for the charity but also the positive impact on the wellbeing of those who volunteer.

Campaigning

This year has been a very busy one for our campaign work. A perfect storm was created following the unprecedented demand for pets during lockdown, low welfare breeders cashing in and changes in owner’s circumstances due to both the pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis, leading to the start of the predicted influx of dogs in to rescue centres. We featured in both national and local press advising owners to contact their local animal welfare organisations for advice and support rather than abandoning their pets. This was linked to the increase in ‘fake’ strays we were seeing whereby owners pretended they had found their dog as a stray rather than going on a waiting list for a rescue space.

In September 2021 we launched our first major political campaign to ban greyhound racing in Wales. This was in response to welfare concerns we experienced whilst undertaking our Amazing Greys project at our local greyhound track in Ystrad Mynach and a proposal to greatly intensify racing in Wales through upgrading the track to a licensed Greyhound Board of Great Britain track.

Jilly, who lost her leg racing at Valley track and went to Greyhound Rescue Wales

The campaign was launched with a Senedd petition. Within a week it secured the 10,000 signatures necessary to be considered for a debate and went on to secure 35,101 signatures making it one of the most successful Senedd petitions ever.

The campaign has attracted strong crossparty political support, with many questions being put forward to the Minister in the Senedd plenary sessions. We are particularly grateful to Luke Fletcher MS, Jane Dodds MS and Carolyn Thomas MS. Our petition was submitted to the Committee in person on 7th March 2022 and we were joined by our friends from Greyhound Rescue Wales.

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Handing in the petition to the Petitions Committee at the Seneddd

We will be giving evidence for the Committee to consider, and hopefully the petition will then be put forward for a debate. The campaign received significant online, radio and TV coverage. We also attended the Westminster debate in response to a petition to the U.K. government to ban greyhound racing, and briefed Christina Rees MP, the MP for Neath, who opened the debate.

Through our role on the Management Committee of the Animal Welfare Network for Wales, we engaged regularly with Welsh Government throughout the year on topics including breeding legislation, greyhound welfare and licensing of mobile animal exhibits.

We continued our support for the #FlopNotCrop campaign and were delighted when the U.K. government included a ban on the importation of ear-cropped dogs in the proposed Animal Welfare (Kept Animals Bill) launched in June 2021. The BBC Wales Investigates documentary that we supported also shone a spotlight on this cruel practice.

Handing in the Reggie’s Law petition at 10 Downing Street

We were also proud to support the Justice for Reggie campaign to regulate the online sale of pets, attending regular meetings and promoting their petition which secured the necessary 100,000 signatures for a Westminster debate.

In December we joined the Justice for Reggie campaign in London to hand in the petition to 10 Downing Street. A debate swiftly followed with the Government committing to reviewing online advertising.

Community Outreach

We continue to work with local authorities to offer them a subsidised canine respite scheme that provides affordable boarding for dogs belonging to owners in crisis. This includes owners fleeing domestic abuse, made homeless or going into hospital. We helped 9 dogs and their owners during the year through this scheme and hope to extend it next year with the help of grant funding to enable us to offer this service free to owners referred from third sector organisations.

Volunteering

After a long absence during lockdowns, we were delighted to welcome back volunteers to our rescue centre and charity shop. . We have continued to build our team of foster carers, which has enabled us to significantly increase both our capacity and ability to support local authorities with seized dogs.

As we returned to face-to-face fundraising, our volunteers also provided much needed support at our community events. Our talented Handmade by Hope team continued to raise valuable funds by selling hand crafted items on our Facebook Fundraising Page, online shop, at our rescue centre and events.

Handmade by Hope Christmas craft stall

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How We Operate

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Hope Rescue is a charitable company limited by guarantee and was incorporated under the Companies Act 2006 on 2nd March 2009. Charitable status was gained on 14th May 2009. Hope Rescue operates throughout the UK although the dogs it helps primarily originate from South Wales.

The day-to-day running of the Charity is the responsibility of the staff team, supported by a network of volunteers and overseen by the Board of Trustees. The Trustees make all decisions on any major expenditure and set the strategic direction for the Charity. Our current Board of Trustees comprises five Trustees with a wide range of specialist skills and experience.

We strengthened our staff team during the year with the following appointments as we focus on improving our sustainability:

Our welfare team was strengthened with the following appointments to further support our dogs as we face the post-pandemic and cost of living crisis:

We also had several 6-month Kickstart Scheme work placements employed across the rescue centre and charity shop.

Trading Company -

Hope Rescue Enterprises Ltd

We are still developing our long-term, sustainable voluntary income streams and it will take a few years before we see significant benefit from our investment in legacies and regular giving. Once our new Strategic Plan is finalised in 2022, we will be working on a longer-term fundraising strategy. It is therefore important that we consider other sustainable income sources to support our charitable work.

Hope Rescue Enterprises Ltd. was incorporated during 2017 to serve as a separate trading company to pass all surpluses and support the work of the charity Hope Rescue. We took the decision to cease our boarding kennel operation during the year and also stopped hiring out our secure paddocks and our grooming room hire due to operational needs.

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Online Shop

Our Shopify online shop sells both boughtin products and craft items made by our Handmade by Hope volunteers. The newly appointed Enterprise Development Manager led on improvements to the shop, an increase in the range of goods offered including new mechandise, and improved marketing.

Rescue Centre Shop

The small retail area in our reception at the rescue centre sells bought-in, handcrafted and donated products and is very popular with our adopters.

Other Income-generating Activities

Whilst not linked to the trading company, we also derive an income from our stray dog contracts, boarding of seized dogs for local authorities and subsidised respite boarding for local authority social and housing services.

Jive, a young terrier who was handed in by his owner

Pomeranian puppies handed in due to an unplanned litter

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Looking Ahead

The cost-of-living crisis is likely to impact on both the demand for our services and our income streams, so we need to develop and adapt to face these significant challenges. We began the process of producing a new, 3-year Strategic Plan which will be completed in the next financial year. In addition, we will

be engaging external consultants to undertake an Organisational Review that will look at our management and financial systems, organisation structure and governance. Our strategic planning and review will enable us to build an organisation that is fit for the future to ensure our sustainability.

Key themes and workstreams for next year include:

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Hope Rescue Annual Report 2021 - 2022

The trustees who are also director5 of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Art 2006, present their report with the financial Statements of the charity for the year ended 3 1 March 2022. The trustees hève adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 102) (effective l January 20191. The trustees are pleased to present their annual dirertors, report together with the consolidated financial statements of the charity and its subsidiary for the year ending 3 1 March 2022 which are also prepared to meet the requirements for a directors, report and accounts for Companies Act purposes. The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and Accounting and Reporting by Charities., Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland {FRS 102) (effective l January 2019). Financial position The Trustees are pleased to present the Charity's financial results for the year ending 31st March 2022. Thi5 financial year, we returned a surplus of £85,382 prior to depreciation. Our depreciation and amortisation charges of £75,463 mean that our final accounting position is reported as a net income of £13,419. Our income level is consistent with the previous financial year, remaining around £1.2m. However, thi5 is offset by significant increase in expenditure, rising from £750k in 2020121 to £1. Im in 2021122. Approximately £80k of this increased spend is attributable to rising vet bills, driven by the volume of dogs that came through our doors and the proportion of them in need of veterinary treatment. However, the biggest factor influencing our expenditure is an increase in staff costs, reflecting the significant investment made in new operational roles (3 of which were grant funded) and in strengthening our welfare team. As trustees, we've remained cautious in our approach to 2021122 as we've waited to asse55 the post-covid world and the new challenges it has in store. We remain mindful of the need for sustainability and the impacts that the cost-of-living crisis may have over the coming year. Governing document The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006. Trading Company Hope Rescue Enterprises Ltd (Registered number,, 106326741 15 a separate trading company to manage our trading income, the activities of which are included in this consolidated set of accounts. 24 Hope Rescue Annuol Report 2021 2022

Risk Statement Hope Rescue is committed to ensuring effective financial management through a system of monitoring, checks and controls, This includes a managed approach to financial issues which may present a risk to the organisation. The Board of trustees oversees, manages and mitigates risk5 that are strategically significant to the ongoing success of the Charity through effective governance and its Board meetings. Reserves Our year end fund balance of £512,182 represents the valLse of our assets were we to liquidate the charity. Of our total fund balance, £152,835 is currently restricted, meaning that there are conditions attached to the funding which only allow it to be spent in a certain way. This includes donations and grants made for specific, defined purposes and the balance of our Capital Grant Fund relating to the purchase of the centre in 2017. The remaining £359,347 remains unrestricted. Trustees have designated £60k of this to the service delivery emergency fund, £25k to repay the loan element of our WCVA grant in 2023 and a £30k balance is carried over from the previous year's capital project fund. This leaves a balance of £244,347 in our General Fund It is the Trustee's asse55rnent that we should seek to maintain 3 months outgoings as reserves for the protection and sustainability of the charity. Reference and administrative details Charity Name: Hope Rescue Registered Company Number= 06833205 (England and Wales} Registèred Charity Number: 1129629 Tradlng Company: Hope Rescue Enterprises Ltd Registered Company Number.. 10632674 England and Wales) Registered office Hope Rescue Centre Cynllan Lodge Llanharan Pontyclun CF72 9NH Hope Rescue Enterprises Ltd 77 Taff Street Pontypridd Rhondda Cynon Taff CF34 4SU Trustees and Directors Ms Paula Rowe (Chair} Dr Corinne Scott Mr Sunny Seabrooke (resigned 08 Jan 2023} Ms Sarah Lee Screen Mrs Phae Jones Hope Rescue Annual Report 2021- 2022 25

Secretary Dr Corinne Scott Auditors Haines Watts Walas LLP 7 Neptune Court Vanguard Way Cardiff CF24 5PJ Bankers Lloyds TSB Bank plc 25 Gresham Street London EC2V 7HNR 26 Hope Rescue Annuol Report 2021 2022

Statement of trustees. responsibilities The trustees (who are also the directors of Hope Rescue for the purposes of company lawl are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) including Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in Ihe UK and Republic of Ireland" Statement of trustees. responsibilities - continued Company law requires the tru51ees to prepare financial slatements for each financial year which give a Irue and fair view of the stale of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to • select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently- observe Ihe methods and principles in Ihe Charity SORP., make judgements and estimates thal are reasonable and prudent: state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed. subject lo any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial ststements. prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business. The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose wilh reasonable accuracy al any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. In so far as the trustees are aware.. there is no relevant audit information of which the charitable company's auditors are unaware. and the trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditors are aware of that information. Approved by order of the board of trustees on date 31$,. January 2023 and signed on ils behalf by.. Ms P E Rowe- Trustee Ms S L Screen - Trustee Hope Resiue Annual Report 2021- 2022 27

Report of the Independent Audltors to the Members of Hope Rescue Opinion We have audited the financial statements of Hope Rescue (the 'charitable company'l for the year ended 31 March 2022 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Cash FSOW Statement and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applitable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financi31 Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland,. In our opinion the financial statements.. give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company's affairs as at 31 March 2022 and of it5 incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended,. have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom GeneralSy Accepted Accounting Practice, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland,, and have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. Basis for opinion We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing IUKI IISAs IUKII and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors. responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC'S Ethital Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. Contlusions relating to going concern In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees, use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have perfomed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statement5 are authorised for issue. Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report. Other information The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, other than the financial statements and our Report of the Independent Auditors thereon. 28 Hope Rescue Annuol Report 2021 2022

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of Hope Rescue Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explititly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatement5, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information. we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. Opinlons on other matters prescribed by the Companles Act 21x16 In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the tourse of the audit.. the information given in the Report of the Trustees forthe financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements: and the Report of the Trustees has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. Matters on which we are required to report by exception In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the atjdit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Report of the Trustees. We have nothinE to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion.. adequate accounting records have not been kept or returns adequate for our audit have not been receivèd from branches not visited by us- or the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns,. or certain disclosures of trustees, remuneration specified by law are not made,. or we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit,. or the trustees were not entitled to take advantage of the small companies exemption from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report or in preparing the Report of the Trustees. Hope Rescue Annual Report 2021- 2022 29

ReBiStered Company Number.. 06833205 {EnglarÈd alld Wiles) Registered Charity Number: 1129629 Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of Hope Rescue Responsibilities of trustees As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees, Responsibilities, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company lawl are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for suth internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable. matter5 related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financi31 statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Independent Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurante is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAS IUKI will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Mi5StatementS can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if. individually or in the a8gregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements. Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misststements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below: Our planning procedures identify the legal and regulatory frameworks applicable to the operations and financial statements of the company. These are reviewed internally with the audit team including relevant industry experience and expectations as well as externally with the client management. The key laws and regulations we considered in this context were the UK Companies Act 2006, Charities SORP I FRS 1021 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard Applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland,, UK GAAP IFRS 1021 and relevant tax legislation. Once identified, we assess the risks of material misstatements in relation to the laws and regulation5. irregularities, including fraud and adjust our testing accordingly. Our audit procedures include= Discussing with Trustees and management which areas of the business they believe to be more susceptible to fraud, and whether they have any knowledge or suspicion of fraudulent activities The notes form part of these financial statements 30 Hope Rescue Annuol Report 2021 2022

Regi5t¢red Compalli. Number- 068J320S IEttgl#nd a]Jd Wales) Regi$ter¢d Cbarity. Number: 1129629 Discussing with Trustees and Management the legal and regulatory obligations of the busir¢e55 and whether they have any knowledge or suspicion of non compliance Obtaining an understanding of the key controls put in place by the charitable company to address risks identified, assessing the effectiveness of those and discussing how these are maintained and monitored internally Assessing the risk of management override and review and testing of journal entries made into the accounting system Challenging assumptions and judgements made by the charitable company in relation to the significant accounting e5timate5 employed in the preparation of the financial statements Despite the audit being planned and conducted in accordance with ISAS IUKI there remains an unavoidable risk that material misstatements in the financial statements may not be detected owing to inherent limitations of the audit. and that by their very nature, any such instances of fraud or irregularities likely involve collusion, forgery, intentional misrepresentation, or the override of internal controls. A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uklauditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Independent Auditors. Use of our report This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken $0 that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors, report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. Victoria Carter (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of Haines Watts Wales LLP, Statutory Auditors 7 Neptune Court Vanguard Way Cardiff CF24 5PJ Date.. 31 January 2023 The notes form pèrt of these financial statements Hope Resiue Annual Report 2021- 2022 31

Registered Company Number: 06833205 {EngI￿nd and Wales) Registered Charity Nymbtr: 1129629 Consolidated Statemenl of Financial Activities (Incorporating an Income and Expenditure Account) for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 Notes Unresiri¢ieil Fund5 Re5tiicted Funds 2022 Toi)l Funds 2021 Total Flind5 Income and endowmenis tTom Donations and legacies 570,169 570,169 563,045 Gtant income 94,450 61.082 155,532 332,106 Other trading aciivities Othcr Income 440,402 440,402 223,448 25,000 Exp¢iidiTiir¢ on Raising fund5 88.623 88,62.1 58,362 CORE 943.851 120,210 1,064.061 691.222 741).5%4 NET INCOME I (EXPENDITURE) 72.547 159,128) 13,419 394,015 Re¢onciliaiion of fiillds Total fvnds brought forward 286.800 211.963 498,763 104,748 Total ￿n(ts carried forward 359.347 152.835 512,182 498.763 The notes form part of these financial statements 32 Hope Rescue Annuol Report 2021 2022

Reglstered Company Number: 06833205 IEnEli]Jd Attd Wales) Re8iSteTed Ch¥rity Number.. 1129629 Consolidated Balance Sheet 31 March 2022 Re.SlriLicd Fiinds 2022 Total Funds Fund5 Total Fut]d5 Fixtd A55els Intangible Ass¢ts 12 17,500 17,5DO 21,000 Tangibl¢ Ass¢ts 13 526,326 110,283 636,609 610,038 54.j.B?l) Currenl As5¢1S Stocks 14 7,950 7,950 Debtor5 15 60,611 60,611 49,004 Cash at Bank and In Hand 325,505 61,838 387,343 435,742 455 C)114 4%4.74() Lrcditors Aniounts Falling due within l year 16 173,204) (6,821) 180,0251 (85,672} 32fl.%1). TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 864,689 165,300 1,029,Y88 1,030,112 Crediior Amounts falling due after more than I year (505,3411 112,465} {517,806) {531,349) 3 jC).34 1 Fiinds Unrestricted Funds 19 359,347 286.800 Resrri¢ied Funds 152.835 211.963 Toial fiinds 512,182 49%,7().3 The notes form part of these financial statements Hope Rescue Annual Report 2021- 2022 33

RtElStered Compalli'.N'umbtr.' 06833205 (England and W21e51 Regi$tered Chlrftv Number: 1129629 These financial ststem¢nts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject lo the 5tnall companies regime. The financial stateinents were approved by the Board of Tnjstees and authoTised for issue on 31, January 2021 and were signed on lis behalf by.. P E Rowe - Trustee S L Screen- Trustee The notes form part of these financial statements 34 14ope Rescue Annuol Report 2021 2022

Regtsttred Compall%'.Yumber.' 06833205 (England ¥Dd W2le¥l Registered Chxrtty Number- 1129629 Company Balance Sheet 31 March 2022 Nulcs L,'nrL51riutLd RLitriciLd Flind5 2n22 Total Fund5 Toial Fiind Fixed Asieis Intangible As5etS 12 17,500 17,5(K) 21,000 Tangible Assets 13 526,326 10.283 636.609 610,038 Currenl Asseis Stock 14 Debtors 76,491 76,491 51,424 Cash ai Bank and In Hand 325,505 61,838 387,343 435,742 41)i.&.i4 Ci'ediiors Amounts Falling due within l year (81,134) {6,821} (87,954) {88,092) 4.i().45(1 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 864.689 165,300 1,029,989 1,030,112 Crediiors Amounts falling due after more than l y¢ar 17 (505,341) 112,465} (517,806) (531,3491 Fund Unrestri¢i¢d Funds 19 359,347 286,800 Restrici¢d Fullds 152.835 211,963 l oral Fiinds 498.763 The notes form part of these financial statements Hope Rescue Annual Report 2021- 2022 35

Registered Company Numbtr.- 0683J20S IEllgl#nd and Wales) Registered Charity Number.. 1129629 These financial statements have been prepared in ac¢ord8nce with the PTovi$ions applicable to charitable Companies subject to the small companies regime. The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on and wei¢ signed on its behalf by.. P E Rowe - T￿stee S L Screen- Trustee The notes form part of these financial statements 36 14ope Rescue Annuol Report 2021 2022

Regl$ttred CompaDy Numbtr.. 06833208 (Ellglind Waltsl Registered Charity Numbtr.. 1129629 Cash Flow Statrment For the year ended 31 March 2022 Nolcs 2022 Cash tlows fTom OP¢Tating activities Cash generated from operations Interest Paid 128,379 125,4591 400.120 {28,755) Cas1) flows from invesring activiiies Purchase of tangible fixed assets 198,535) (47,(H21 Casli flows froin fitiancing aciiviiies Loan repayrnen15 in year New Loans in the year 152,784) 33.243 1S?-K41 Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period 148,399) 357,566 Cash and cash cquivalents at the bcginning of the Teporting period 435,742 78,176 Casl) and casl) cqiiivalenis ai tli¢ cnd ol-llie reporting 387,343 435,742 The notes form part of these financial statements Hope Rescue Annual Report 2021- 2022 37

Registtred Company Numbtr- 06833205 IEnglalld aDd W21es1 Registered Charity Number: 1129629 Notes to the Cash Flow Statement for th¢ Y¢ar Ended 31 March 2022 l. Reconciliation of ner expenditure io nti cash flow from operating activities 2022 2021 Nei expendittire lor the reporiin¥ period la5 per Ili¢ Sialement of 13,419 394.015 Adjusttnents for.. Depreciation charges Interesi paid Increase In 8tock IIncreas¢)Idetrease in debtors Increase in credttors 75.463 25.459 {7,950} (11.607) 33.595 56,858 28.755 127.864) 15 1,644) Nel cash pro￿)ded by operalions 128,379 400,120 2. Analybis of ¢liangcs li) n¢1 debt Al 1.4.21 La.%li l.-Ivw Net Cash Cash at bank at)d in hand 4.35,742 148.399) 3¥7,343 Debt Debts falling du¢ within l year (53,896) 31.032 (22,864) Debts falling du¢ after l year (531.349) 29,466 {501,8831 14X j 2-1.5) 1424.7471 Total 1149.i031 12.099 1137.4041 The notes form part of these financial statements 38 Hope Rescue Annuol Report 2021 2022

R¢gi5ter¢d Compan> Number.. 06833205 {EDgland aFJd Wales) Reglstered Charfry Number- 1129629 Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 l. A¢couniing poli¢ies Basis of preparing the fiiianci81 siatements The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with ihe Charities SORP (FRS 102} 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing tbeir accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of treland (FRS 102) (effective l January 2019}', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland, and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared undei the historical cost convention. These financial statements consolidate the results of the chariiable company and its wholly-owned subsidiary Hope Rescue Entery)rises Limited on a line by line basis. Transactions and balanc¢s between thc chaiilable company and it5 subsidiary have been eliininaled from the consolidaled financial statements. Balances between the two companies are disclosed in the notes of the charitable company's balance sheet. A separate statement of financial activities. or income and expenditure account. for the charitable company itself is nol presented because the charitable company has laken advantage of the exeinptions afforded by section 408 of the Companies Act 2006. Incoine Income is recognised wh¢n the charity has ¢ntitlem¢nt to the funds, any perfom)an¢¢ ¢onditions atta¢h¢d to th¢ item(s) of incom¢ have been met, it is probable that the in¢ome will be r¢¢eiv¢d, and the amount C2n be measured reliably. Income from government and other grants. whether 'capital' grants or 'revenue' grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any perfonnance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred. For lega¢ies, entitl¢i))ei)t is takei) 8$ the earlier of the date on whi¢h either.. th¢ Charity is aware that probate has been gr2nled, the estate has been finalised and notification has b¢¢n made by the ¢xe¢utorfs) to thc Trust that a distribution will be made, or when a disttibution is received from the estatc. Receipt of a legacy. in wholc or in part. is only considci¢d probable when the amount ca be measured reliably, and the charity has been notified of the executo￿5 intention to make a distribution. Where legacies have been notified to the charity, or the charity is aiv2r¢ of the granting of piobate, and the criteria for incom¢ recognition have not been met. then the legacy is a treated as a contingcnt asset and disclosed if material. Inconie received in advance of a specified service or purchase is deferred until the crit¢ria for income recognition ar¢ met. Expenditiire Liabilities are r¢¢ogiJised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constNctive obligation committing th¢ ¢harity to thal expenditurc, it Is probable thai 2 transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlemeni and the amount of the obligation can b¢ iiieasured reliably. Expendityre is a¢¢ouni¢d for on an acc￿￿1$ basis and has been Classified under headings that aggregate all ¢ost related to the cat¢gory. Where cosis cannot b¢ directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to actii'ities on a basis COTkSi$tent with the us¢ of r¢sour¢es. The notes form part of these financial statements Hope Rescue Annual Report 2021- 2022 39

Registered CompAlly.Numbtr- 06833205 (England and Wales) Reg15tered Charlty Number: 1129629 Hope Res¢u¢ Notes to the Financial Statements - continu¢d for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 Goodwill Goodwill, ￿l￿g the amount paid in connection with the acquisition of a business in 2017, is being amortised evenly over its ¢slimated uscful life of ten years. Tangible fixed assers Deprcciaiion is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its ¢stimaied useful life. Freehold propety On Cost over 15 years Leasehold iJnprovements 330/0 on cost Plant and machinery 33Q/o on cost Fixtures and fittings 33./0 on cost Motor vehicles 250/0 on cost Computer equipment 33./0 on cost Taxation The charity is exempt from co￿oratIOn lax on ils charitable activities. The charity's trading subsidiary Hope Rescue Enterprises Limited gift aids available profits to the porent charity. Ils charge to corporation tax in the year was nil (2021= nil}. Fund accoiinting Unrcstricted funds can be used in accordan¢¢ with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objecis of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when fund5 are raised for particular r¢stYicted purposes. Further explanation of the na￿re 2nd pury)ose of each fund is included in the notes io lh¢ financial statements. Peiisioil COSt% and ()tli¢r post-retii¢ni¢nt bciicfits The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate. The note5 form part of these financial statements 40 Hope Rescue Annuol Report 2021 2022

Reglstered Compally Yumber: 06833205 IEDgland aDd WaRe51 Registered Charity Number.. 1129629 Hop¢ R¢s¢ue Notes to the Financial Statements- ¢ontinued for Ihe Year Ended 31 March 2022 Donated services and facilities Donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item is probable and that economic benefit can be measured reliably. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 1021, the general volunteer time of the Hope Rescue volunteer community is not recognised. On receipt, donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity which is thc amount Ihc charity would have b¢cD willing to pay to obtain services or facilities of equivalent economic benefit o the open market., a corresponding amounl is then reeognised in expenditure in the period of receipt. Legal status of the charity Hope R¢s¢u¢ is a company liniited by guaiante¢ and has no Share capital. In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guar2ntee is limited to £5 pcr mcmber of the charity. Debtors Debtors include ainounts oTred to the charity for the provision of goods and servi¢es or amounts the ¢harity has paid in advance for the goods and services it will receive. Debiors are m¢asur¢d at their re¢overabl¢ amounts. Casli at bank ai)d iii l)and Cash at bank and in hand is held to meet short-tern) cash commitments as they fall due and includes all cash equivalents held in the fonn of short-tenn highly liquid investments. Cash equivalents are short-terni, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and that are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. A cash equivalent will nonnally have a short maturity of, say, three months or less from the date of acquisition. Liabilities Liabilili¢s are amounts du¢ to creditors 2nd any proi'ision made as a result of an obligation to transfer economi¢ benefits. usuall in the fortn of a cash PaJTncnt, to a tliird party. Liabilities are measured at their Settlement amount and rccognised for the amounl thai the charity anticipates it will pay to Settle the debt. The notes form part of these financial statements Hope Rescue Annual Report 2021- 2022 41

Rtg15tered Comp2lly P4umber.' 06833205 (EDgland alld Wale$l Registered Charity Nurnber-. 1129629 Hop¢ R¢s¢ue Note5 to the Financial Statements- continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 2. Donatioiis and legacies 2022 2Q21 Gifl aid OtheT Donation5 and leg2cies 63,548 506,621 47,138 515.907 fj(Tr.).n45 3. Other trading activities 2fl21 Fundraising eyenis Retail income Trading income IHRE Itd) Service delivery Adoption fees 37,736 198.913 {2381 126,801 77,190 41,930 85,294 (1,0951 48,599 48.720 4. Income from charitable activities Aclivity 2022 2021 Grants Grant Income 155,532 332,106 The notes form part of these financial statements 42 Hope Rescue Annuol Report 2021 2022

Registered Company Number: 06833105 (England 4nd Wlllesl Regl$ttttd ChArSty Numbtr.. 1129629 Hope Rescue Notes to the Financial Statements- COTktinued for th¢ Year End¢d 31 March 2022 Grants received, included in the above. are as follows.. Jean Sainsbury TNst Rhondda CJmon Taf WCVA Welsh Government Petplan Walker 597 Trust Barry Green Memorial TTh￿t Groundwork UK Support Adoption For Pets Grant Hobhouse animal trust Gallimore Trust WetNose Animal Aid Blak¢inore Foundation Hobson Charity Association of Dogs and Cats Home Fund SJP Found Interlink St Athan Council Arabella Amory Charitable Trust Mitehell Trust Anthony V Martin Cl)aritable Foundation The Cannela and Ronnie Pignatelli Foundation Llanharan Community Coun¢il Taf Ely Wind Fam) Paton Trust RasThond Grant Foundation Michael and Shirley Hunt National Lottery Dezna Robin Jones Foundation Wale5 Church Act Welsh Water Community Llanharan Council Schnauzerfest Trivallis Community Fund 10,000 10,000 60,000 9,300 5,000 300 1,000 500 10,000 3,000 400 420 100 18,000 10.000 1.000 250 50 200 500 20.000 2,500 1,000 500 1,000 250 15,000 8.400 500 2.000 10,000 1.625 12.057 500 2,000 8.000 1,000 53,796 165,270 The notes form part of these financial statements Hope Rescue Annual Report 2021- 2022 43

Reglsttred Compatty Number= 06833205 (England alld Ivalesl Reglstertd Charity Number= 1129629 Hope Rescue Notes to th¢ Financial Siatements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 5. Raising Funds Other trading a¢livities 20:: 021 Inieresi payable and similar charges 25,459 28.755 Expcnditure Administrative expens¢s Fundraising costs 33,967 29.197 18.957 10.650 Aggregate amounts 88,623 58,362 6. Charitable activities costs 'bupport costs Is¢e note 71 Direct costs Totals CORE 976.076 87,356 1,064,061 7. Charilable activiries costs Govci'nL211CL Costs Managen)ent Finance Totals CORE 79,060 8.296 87,356 The notes form part of these financial statements 44 Hope Rescue Annuol Report 2021 2022

Registered Cornpally iyumber.. 06833205 IEnglalld 2nd W2le51 Reglsttred Charity Numbtr: 1129629 Hope Rescue Notes io the Financial Statements- continued for the Year Ended 31 Mar¢h 2022 8. Nct income l {exp¢nditure) Net income/(expenditure) is stated after Chargin￿[Crediting).' 2021 Deprcciation- owned assets Goodwill amortisation 71.964 3.500 53,357 3,500 9. Trustees. remuneration and benefits There w¢r¢ no trustees, remuneration or other benefits for the year end¢d 31 March 2022 nor for the year ended 31 M2r¢h 2021. TNslees' expenses Trustees received reimbursed expenses totalling £Nil for the year {2021.. £Nil). l O. Staff Costs 2n22 Wages & salaries Social sccurity costs Other pension costs 592.912 25,450 9,935 301,415 49,948 17,768 The average monthly number of ¢Lnploy¢es during th¢ year was as follows.. 202: 20?1 Service delivery AdmiE]istralion 25 22 27 No employees received ¢molum¢nts in excess of £60,000 The notes form part of these financial statements Hope Rescue Annual Report 2021- 2022 45

ReglsteTtd Comp¥ny Number: 00833205 {England and Wales) Reglstertd Chariti, liumber= 1129629 Hope Rescue Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 I l. Comparatives for the statement of finan¢ial atÈll'ities LlnTcslricicd Fiinds Rcstriclcd Fiiiid5 TotJl Fiinds Inconie L?nd end0￿11)entS from Donations and legacies 527,520 35,525 527,520 Charitable aciiviii¢s Grant income 166.836 165,270 332,106 Other trading a¢tLvitie5 Other incom¢ 223.448 25.000 223,448 25,000 Lxpendirure oji Raising funds 58,362 58,362 Lliariiable ActiNiiies CORE 552,600 138,622 691,222 14t} NET INCOME I (EXPENDITURE) 33 1,842 62,173 394,015 Reconciliation of fiinds roral funds brought fonvard 145,042) 149,791) 394,015 Total funds Carried forward 286,800 211.963 498,763 The notes form part of these financial statements 46 Hope Rescue Annuol Report 2021 2022

Registered Comp8ny Number: 06833205 (England and Waltsl Registered Chariti. Number.. 1129629 Hope R¢s¢u¢ Notes to the Financial Statements- continued for the Year Ended 3 5 March 2022 12. Jntangible fixed assets Group and charity 0ovdw.ill Cost At l April 2021 and 31 March 2022 35,0(K) AmnTti%atii)n At I ApTiI 2021 Charge for year 14.000 3,500 At 31 March 2022 17.500 Nel book value 13. Taiibwible fjxed asseis Group and cl)aritJ' LcasLliold iii)proi'ements property, Cost 818.901 164.986 2,169 At l April 2021 Addi¢itsns 75.356 15,426 'l)4.?57 Depreciation 232,791 164,986 912 Al l April 2021 Chargc for y¢)r 51,696 2818 2114.487 Nel book" value At 31 MaTclI 2021 .58(),-I I The notes form part of these financial statements Hope Rescue Annual Report 2021- 2022 47

ReEl$ttred Company Number: 06833205 (England atsd Wales) Rtglsiered Charity Nurnber.. 1129629 Hop¢ R¢s¢u¢ Notes io the Financial Statements- continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 Group and charity - continued and Fittings Motor Vehicle5 Coniput¢r F.quipnici)t Totals Cosi 36.157 44.420 3,669 1.070.302 At l April 2021 Additions Rcclassificztions As ￿1131 m￿r£ll 2112: 2.050 5,703 98.535 ).)72 Depreciation At l April 2021 Charge for year ReclassificationliransfeT Ai _31 Maicli 2n22 16,536 15.304 44,420 619 2,146 460,264 71.964 44.4?11 Nei book kalu¢ 14. Siocks Gi-oiip 2022 2022 2021 Stocks 7,950 The notes form part of these financial statements 48 Hope Rescue Annuol Report 2021 2022

Regi$¢tred CompgDy Number: 06833205 IEDgl¥Dd W¥le51 Rtxlstèred ChArlty Numbtr: 1129629 Hope Rescue Notes lo the Financial Statements- continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 15. Debtors - amounts falling due within one year 2022 2021 2022 2021 Trade debtors 42,416 3.519 42.416 3,519 Amounts owed by gtoup undertakings 15.880 2.420 Other Debtors 4,743 4,417 4.743 4.417 VAT 7,727 1,668 7,727 11,668 Prepayments 5,725 29,400 5,725 29,400 49,nO.I 16. Creditors- amounts falling due witliin one year GroLIP 2022 2021 2022 2021 Bank loan and overdrafts (see note 17) 1,562 43,170 1,562 43,170 Other Loans {s¢e note 17) 11,302 10,726 11,302 10,726 Trade creditors 36,318 18,734 36,318 18,734 So¢ial Security alld other iaKes 14.173 9.442 14,173 9,442 Amounts owed io group undertakings 7,930 2.240 Ac¢Ned expenses 6,670 3,600 6,670 3.600 A{I,0?4 XS,1172 X7.955 YS,IIL)2 The notes form part of these financial statements Hope Rescue Annual Report 2021- 2022 49

Registtred Company Number: 06833205 IEllgl#nd *nd Waleal Registered Charity Numbtr: 1129629 Hope Rescue Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 17. Creditors - amounts falling diie after more than one year Groiip and charit 2022 2Q21 B2nk loans (see note 18) 143,849 133.798 Other loans (see note 18} 373,957 397.551 18. Loans Group and charity An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below.. 2a22 2021 Amounis falling due Kviiliin on¢ y¢ai on den)atid.. Bank loans Mort 11,562 11.302 22.8114 43.170 10,726 53.896 Amoiiiils falling betw'ecn onc and two vears.. Bank loans- 1-2 years Mon 12.400 11.814 24.214 4,740 1,302 Aniouiits falling diie betw'een two and fiyc )ears'. Bank loans- 2-5 years Other loans - 2-5 'ear5 20,554 37.628 58.IY? 15,873 37,628 An)oiinis falling diie In more Ilian five Iyears.. RLpayablc by 1115174 Iiiienl5'. Bank loans more 5yrs by instalments Oiher loan5 more 5yr5 in5taltnentS 10,895 324.515 348,621 435.410 The notes form part of these financial statements 50 Hope Rescue Annuol Report 2021 2022

Registered Cornp•ny Number.. 06833205 (England and Wale81 Reglstered Charlty Numbtr.. 1119629 Hope Rescue Notes to ihe FinaJ]cial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 19. Movement in Funds T[￿n51￿1 Betwecn At 1.4.21 in funds At 31.3.22 Unresiricted funds General fund 186,460 72.340 28,000 142,887 (42,340) 128,(KM)} 185,000) 244,347 30.0(K) Designaied Project FundiT)g Designed funding for 2021122 salarics Designated Welfare Contingency D¢signed repayment of loan element WVCA loan 60.000 25,000 60.OIM) 25,OlX) 286.800 72.547 359.347 Restricted fiinds Capital grant fund WCVA The Camcla and Ronnte Pignoielli Foundation Llanharan Commiinity Council Home from Hot]ie Kennel Build-Legacy Wales ChuT¢h Act Welsli Water Communiry Llanharan Council Kennel Configuration 125.816 60,000 1.147 {15.5331 {32,2501 11.147) 11,(H)O) 10,283 27,570 {I,000) 25,01)0 125,0001 6.057 500 2,000 117,7551 6,057 500 2,000 7,245 25,OlX) Toitsl re8lTICl¢d funds 211,963 159,1281 152,835 The notes form part of these financial statements Hope Rescue Annual Report 2021- 2022 51

R¢gistered Compa&y Yumbtr.. 06833205 {Ellgland alld Walesl Registered Charlty Number= 1129fj29 Hope Rescue Noles to the Finan¢ial Statement5- continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 Net mov¢m¢nt in fund5, included in the above are as follows.. Ilc%oiirccs expended rcsoiirccs iji fiinds Unrestyicied fvnds General fund Designated Project Fundin8 Designatcd funding for 2021122 salaries Total unrestri¢ied 1,105,021 {962,134} {42,340} {28.000} (1,032.474) 142,887 {42.340) {28,000) 72,547 1,105,021 Restricied fui)ds Capital grant fund WCVA HL)bson Charity The Carniela and Ronnie PigDalelli Foundation Llanharen Community Council Michael & Shirely Hunt Naiional Lortery Dezna Robin Jones Follt)dation Wales Church Act Welsh Watcr Community Llanharan Council S¢hnauzerfe5t Trivallis Community Fund Taff F.ly Wind Farn) Kennel Rcconfjguration {15.533) {47.250} 18,400) 11,147) 11,000) 12.000) {10.0001 11,625) 16,000) (15,533) 132,250) 15,000 8,4(M) {1.1471 {i.000) 2,000 10,000 1,625 12,057 500 2,000 8,000 I,0( 500 6,057 500 2,000 18,0001 11.000) 15(K)} {17,7551 (17,755) Total restricted funds 61,082 {120,210} 159.128} The notes form part of these financial statements 52 Hope Rescue Annuol Report 2021 2022

Reglstertd Ctsmp*ny Number.. 06833205 IEngland arld Walesl Reglstered Cbarlty Numbtr: 1129629 Hope Rescue Notes to the Finan¢ial Stat¢m¢nts - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 Comparatives for movement in funds At 1.4.20 in fiillds Ai 31.3.21 UnieslriLied fiiiids Gencral fiind Designated PTtsje¢t funding Designated funding for 2021122 salaries 145,1)42) 231.502 72,340 28,0(K) 186,460 72,340 28,000 Rcsrricled fi]iids Capital grant fund WCVA Petplan The Carniela alkd Ronnie Pignatelli FouTidation Homc from Home Kennel Build- Legacy 137.950 5,000 6,840 (12,134} 55.000 {6.8401 .147 25,000 125.816 60,000 1,147 25.0(X> 149,790 62,173 211.963 1fl,1.74S The notes form part of these financial statements Hope Rescue Annual Report 2021- 2022 53

Registered Number= 06833205 IEngland and Walesl Registered ChArlty Number: IIZ9629 Comparative nel tnovement in funds, included in the above are as follows.. Incoming resoiirccs Rcsoiirc¢s expended Movement in fiind Unresiricted funds General fund Designated project ￿nd]rtg Designated funding for 2021122 salaries 805,964 96,840 40,000 {574.462) 124,500} (l2,000} 23 1,502 72,340 28,000 Resliici¢d fuiid5 Capital grant fund Jean Sainsbury FuTLding Rhondda Cynon Taf WCVA Welsh Government P¢lplan Walker 597 Tn]51 Barry Green Memorial Trust Groundwork UK Support Adoption lor Pets GTh￿1 Hobhouse aniTnal trust Gallimore Trust WetNose Aninial Aid Blakemorc Foundation Hobson Charity Association of Dogs and Cats Home SJP Fllnd InieTlink Grant St Athan Council Arabella ATt]ory Charitable Trust Miicliell Vei Fees Anthony V Martin Charitable Foundation The Carnicla and Rotjnie Pignatelli Foiindation Llanharan Community Council Taf Elv Wind Farn) Patot] Trnst RaJ7nond Grant Foundation Home from Home Kennel Build- Legacy Individual Giving- Boiler fi]ndT2iser RSPCA Friends of Bath Cats & Dog Home Garw Valley Communiry Council St Brides Minor Comn)unity Council Coity Higher Conimunity Council Loteri Cym Yny5ybwl Conununiry Council 112,134) iio,0001 110,0001 15,0001 19,3001 {11,8401 (300) (1,0001 1500) {10,0001 13,0001 (400) 14201 1100) 118,0001 111),0001 (1.0001 1250) (501 1200) (500) 120,0001 11,3531 11,0001 1500) (1.0001 (250) 112,1341 10,o(xi 10,000 60,000 9,300 5.000 300 1,000 500 10,000 3.000 400 420 100 18.000 10,000 1,000 250 50 200 500 20,000 2.500 1.000 500 1,000 250 25,000 2,000 1,000 2,000 2S 50 200 5,000 250 55,000 (6.840) 1,147 25,000 12,000) 11,000) 12,0001 (251 1501 1200) 15.0001 (250) The notes form part of these financial statements 54 Hope Rescue Annuol Report 2021 2022

Reglstertd Compllly Nurllber.. 0683320$ IEnglalld alld Wale$l Registered Charity Number: 1129629 Hope Rescue Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 WCVA grant received for recruitment of Facilities Manager l Enterprise Development Manager l Grants Officer and ItVAIP. The Cartnela and Ronnie Pignatelli Follndation grant received for vet fees. Llanharen Community Council grant received for kennel tiling. K¢nneS R¢¢onfiguration project re¢¢ived for paddo¢k work. Michael & Shirley Hunt grant received for CCTV. National Lottery grant received for welfare. Dezna Robin Jones Foundation grant for vet bills. Wales Church Act grant for welfare co$t$. Welsh Water Community grant for welfare costs. Taf Ely Wind Fann grant received for handrail for paddock steps. Hobson Charity grant for k¢tJn¢l reconfiguring. Llanharan Council grant for welfare costs. S¢hnauzerfest grani received for vet fees. Trivallis Community Fund grant received for shop volunteers. 20. Related party di5cIosuI'es There were no related party transactions for th¢ year ended 31 March 2022 The notes form part of these financial statements Hope Rescue Annual Report 2021- 2022 55

Registered Compillv Nllthber= 06833205 IEDgland alld W*les1 Registertd Charlty NuAJber: 1129629 Hope Rescue Detailed StaÉem¢nt of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 2022 2021 In¢om¢ and endowments Donations and le8a¢ies Gift aid 63,548 47,138 Other donations & legacies 506.621 515,907 570,169 563.045 Other trading activities Fundraising events 37,736 41,930 Retail income 198,913 85,294 Trading in¢ome (Hope Rescue Enterprises Ltd) (238) (1.095) Service delivery 126,801 48,599 Adopti07) fees 77,190 48,720 440,402 223,448 Charitable a¢riviti¢s Grants 155,532 332,106 Other income Ensurance claim 25,1)00 Total incoming resources 1,166.103 1,143,599 56 Hope Rescue Annuol Report 2021 2022

Registered Company Number: 06833205 (Englaud attd WiIesl Reglstertd Charlty Numbtr: lJ29629 Hope R¢s¢ue Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for th¢ Year Ended 31 March 2022 Expendittwe 2022 2021 Other trading activities Bank interest 25,459 28,755 Expenditure Administrative expenses 33,967 18,957 Fundraising costs 29,197 10,650 63,164 29,607 Charitable activities Wages 592,912 281,945 Social security 25,450 46,781 Pensions 9,935 17,057 Retail expenses 61,860 21.063 Rehoming costs 85,050 111,294 Veterinary caTe 201,498 122,980 976,705 601,120 Hope Rescue Annual Report 2021- 2022 57

RegIS¢er￿ Cowpany Number: 06533205 (England Aknd Walt$l Registered Charity Numb¢r.' l 129629 Hope Rescue Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 Support ¢osts 2022 2021 Manag¢ment Wages 19,470 So¢ial security 3,167 Pensions 711 23,348 Management Finance Bank charges 3.597 3,282 Amortisation of intsngible fixed assets 3,500 3,500 Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 71,963 53,358 79,060 60,140 Governance costs Accountancy and legal fees 8,296 6,814 Corporation tax (2001 8,296 6,614 Total resources cxpended 1,152,684 749,584 Net income 13,419 394,015 58 Hope Rescue Annuol Report 2021 2022

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