**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date 05 July 2023 04 July 2024 

**From** 

**To** 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** 

Action Aid for Animals 

**Other names charity is known by** 

1133543 **Charity's principal address** 34 New House, 67-68 Hatton Garden London **Postcode EC1N 8JY** ~~—~~ 

**Registered charity number (if any)** 1133543 

|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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|1 Katie Thomas||||
|2 Sabrina Howell||||
|Rebecca<br>Beardmore||||
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|20<br>~~ee~~|~~ee~~|~~ee~~|~~ee~~|



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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Constitution Adopted 05/07/2009 as Amended on 05/11/2015 Type of governing document 

- (eg. trust deed, constitution) 

How the charity is constituted 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

Appointed by Trustee selection methods 

- (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

3 x Trustees You **may choose** to include 10 x Volunteers including admin and foster carers additional information, where relevant, about: • policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 

Rescuing, caring for and rehoming victims of animal abuse, cruelty and abandonment in Croatia, Bosnia and the UK. Relieving the suffering of animals in Croatia and Bosnia by providing Aid. 

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In this financial year we continued to build on our reputation for legally transporting dogs from Bosnia and Croatia and have undertaken numerous transports successfully in compliance with DEFRAs requirements. We have successfully adopted over 50 dogs which is a massive decline, we feel this is due to the incorrect threat of Brucellosis, as well as the fact there are so many dogs in the UK needing homes. We have also been involved with helping numerous dogs within the UK getting them out of abusive homes and safe into fosters before finding them successful forever homes. 

**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** 

## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

We have continued to build our administration team and have gone from strength to strength with an extra 4 people helping with adoptions as well as building a strong foster home network 

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

Our main achievement in this financial year is we have successfully paid **Summary of the main** off majority of the charity debts and have been working towards being on **achievements of the charity** a better financial standing. We have also continued to keep our good **during the year** reputation which has meant that almost all our dogs listed for adoption in the UK have been adopted. 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

We don’t have reserves as money is always spoken for 

**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially** We have debts of £1300 which is from a debt from previous trustee and **in deficit** this will be paid off very shortly. 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

Fundraising in this financial year has mainly been carried out through You **may choose** to include adoption plea’s for dogs in Croatia and Bosnia as one of our main additional information, where focuses has been to ensure we can get debts paid off. relevant about: 

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. 

## **Section F                     Other optional information** 

## **Section G                    Declaration** 

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

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** _Katie Thomas_ **Full name(s)** Katie Thomas **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee **etc) Date** 18/05/25 

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7th July 2021- 6th July 2022 

|**7868 account**<br>Balance as at 7th July 2023<br>Reconcilliation<br>Income breakdown<br>Donations<br>Adoption Fees<br>Fundraising<br>Bank refund<br>Transfers from 8568/paypal<br>check with ac7868<br>Expenses Breakdown<br>Debt re payments<br>Refunds<br>Foreign transport<br>UK transport/Boarding<br>Bank/postage fees<br>Vet fees<br>Raffle prizes/event costs<br>Transfers to 8568<br>Balance as at 6th July2023|£<br>1,143.53<br>8,924.46<br>14,495.00<br>270.00<br>21.00<br>-||**Paypal account**<br>Open balance<br>Reconcilliation<br>Income breakdown<br>Donations (includes transport)<br>Adoption Fees<br>Fundraising<br>Bank refund/Currency fees<br>Refunds<br>Expenses Breakdown<br>Debt re payments<br>Refunds<br>Transport<br>Fostering<br>Paypal Fees<br>Vet fees<br>Bank refund/Currency fees<br>Transfers to 8568<br>ClosingBalance|£<br>1,076.46<br>4,990.21<br>2,027.10<br>197.27<br>1,860.50<br>-|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||23,710.46|||9,075.08|
||3,914.64<br>1,103.88<br>11,936.69<br>315.44<br>3,291.48<br>-<br>-|||3,351.71<br>-<br>3,149.16<br>-<br>46.54<br>-<br>1,719.12<br>-<br>-|
||20,562.13<br>-|||8,266.53<br>-|
||4,291.86|||1,885.01|





**Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name Action Aid for Animals **members of On accounts for the year** July 2023 – July 2024 **Charity no** 1133543 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1-2 (remember  to include the page numbers of additional sheets) 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **04 / 07 / 2024** . 

- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to 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 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ 

**Signed: Date:** 16.05.2025 ~~ee ee |~~ 

**Name:** Natalie Randall ~~Cs~~ **Relevant professional** AAT **qualification(s) or body (if any):** 

**Address:** 23 Love Lane 

Andover 

SP10 2AB 

- **Section B                           Disclosure** ~~ee~~ 

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

**October 2018** 

1 

**IER** 



**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

**October 2018** 

2 

**IER**