## **Brinsley Animal Rescue** (Registered charity, number 1135508) **Financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023**
|**Page**|**Contents**|
|---|---|
|2 - 5|Trustees’ annual report|
|6|Independent examiner’s report|
|7|Receipts & payments account|
|8|Statement of assets & liabilities|
|9 - 10|Notes to the accounts|
## **Brinsley Animal Rescue Trustees’ annual report for the year ended 31 December 2023**
**Full name** Brinsley Animal Rescue
## **Registered charity number** 1135508
**Principal address** 69 Hobsic Close, Brinsley, Nottingham, NG16 5AX
## **Trustees**
Jonathan Beresford, Chair Bethan Mair Hewis, Treasurer David Aren Oyamo Otieno, Secretary Amanda Richardson
## **Independent examiner**
John O’Brien, employee of Community Accounting Plus, Units 1 & 2 North West, 41 Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GL
## **Governance and management**
The charity is operated under the rules of its constitution adopted 25 January 2009.
We do not have a written process of appointing Trustees, 3 of the 4 Trustees are founder Trustees. On the two occasions Trustees have resigned, we have approached long-term volunteers for interest in the position, these then get nominated and voted at our Trustee meetings.
## **Objectives and activities**
For the benefit of the public to relieve the suffering and distress of animals in need of care and attention by reason of sickness, neglect or mistreatment and in particular to provide and maintain rescue homes or other facilities for the reception, care and treatment of such animals, to educate the public on matters concerning animal welfare.
## **Public benefit statement**
The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, 'Charities and Public Benefit'.
## **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit**
We provide experienced voluntary service to the public for the rescuing of pets, wild animals and farm animals.
Pets and Farm Animals - We admit unwanted, neglected, stray and abandoned pets and farm animals into our care. These animals are assessed, treated and then we seek life-long homes with the public as pets, ensuring that any adoptee has suitable facilities and knowledge for the welfare of the animal(s).
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## **Brinsley Animal Rescue**
All animals are fully health assessed and treated, this includes where appropriate neutering, worming, vaccinations and any other treatment necessary for their welfare, to ensure they find suitable homes and to prevent breeding.
When persons consider the adoption of pets or farm animals from us, we provide advice on their housing, keeping, treatment and overall welfare.
We benefit the public by admitting surrounded pets, often as a result of unplanned events, from a change of circumstances to unplanned litter of pets.
Wildlife – From the public we admit orphaned, sick and injured wildlife. These are assessed, treated, rehabilitated and where possible released back into the wild. Where we cannot release wildlife, euthanise is often the course of action to prevent suffering, in line with our Euthanasia Policy.
Education - We provide support, guidance and help to inform and educate the public regarding all matters of animal welfare, we do this through multiple channels.
- Through the pet and farm animal adoption process.
- We handle around 7,000 telephone calls a year, where we provide advice and assistance. Where we are not able to admit, we signpost the caller as well as liaise directly with other organisations.
- We facilitate practical training for the public through work experience for school pupils or further students in further education as well as supporting DoE.
- We facilitate limited visits of groups such as cubs, scouts and other groups.
- We provide educational talks at local schools.
- We facilitate and provide educational training for our volunteers as well as volunteers of other rescue organisations.
## **The charity’s policy on reserves**
We maintain a minimum of £10,000 in reserves.
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## **Brinsley Animal Rescue**
## **Summary of the main achievements during the period**
During the year the charity rescued 852 animals, of these 287 pets and farm animals were rehomed to life-long homes and 284 wild animals were successfully released back into the wild. See the full summary below.
||**Animal Rescued**|**Rehomed**|**Euthanised**|**Died**|**At Sanctuary**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Rabbits|56|0|1|14|71|
|**ts**|Guinea Pigs|10|0|0|0|10|
|**Pe**|Cats|24|0|1|8|33|
||**TOTAL PETS**|**90**|**0**|**2**|**22**|**114**|
||Chickens|156|0|5|30|191|
||Cockerels|3|0|0|2|5|
||Ducks|20|0|2|9|31|
|**ls**|Turkeys|4|0|0|3|7|
|**ima**|Geese|5|0|0|0|5|
|**An**|Pigs|0|2|0|10|12|
|**rm**|Sheep|9|0|0|3|12|
|**Fa**|Goats|0|0|0|3|3|
||Equine|0|0|0|14|14|
||Cattle|0|3|0|9|12|
||**TOTAL FARM**|**197**|**5**|**7**|**83**|**292**|
||**Animal Rescued**|**Released**|**Euthanised**|**Died**|**At Sanctuary**|**Total**|
||Hedgehogs|49|13|54|12|128|
||Leverett|1|0|0|0|1|
||Fox|5|2|6|0|13|
||Wild Rabbit|4|5|2|0|11|
||**TOTAL MAMMALS**|**59**|**20**|**62**|**12**|**153**|
||Feral Pigeons|40|20|13|35|108|
||Wood Pigeon|27|44|17|6|94|
|**s**|Collard Dove|6|3|2|0|11|
|**al**|Magpie|5|8|3|0|16|
|**nim**|Jackdaw|4|0|1|0|5|
|**d A**|Crow|1|1|3|0|5|
|**Wil**|Starling|0|1|2|0|3|
||Heron|1|0|0|0|1|
||Great Tit|0|0|1|0|1|
||Sparrow|0|0|1|0|1|
||Great Tit|1|0|0|0|1|
||Pheasant|1|0|1|0|2|
||Partridge|0|0|1|0|1|
||Kingfisher|0|1|0|0|1|
||Gull|2|5|3|0|10|
||Swan|7|3|0|0|10|
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||Mallard|9|0|1|0|10|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Coot|0|2|0|0|2|
||Merganser|0|0|1|0|1|
||Kestral|0|1|0|0|1|
||Sparrow Hawk|2|0|0|0|2|
||Little Owl|3|0|0|0|3|
||Buzzard|1|1|1|0|3|
||Tawny Owl|5|3|1|0|9|
||Barn Owl|0|3|0|0|3|
||**TOTAL BIRDS**|**115**|**96**|**52**|**41**|**292**|
||**TOTAL**
**WILD ANIMALS**|**169**|**110**|**113**|**53**|**445**|
||**Animal Rescued**|**Released**
**Rehomed**|**Euthanised**|**Died**|**At Sanctuary**|**Total**|
||**GRAND TOTAL**|**456**|**115**|**122**|**158**|**851**|
During the reporting year, the charity had to turn away 1,896 pets due to a lack of resources. The Trustees make day-to-day judgements regarding when to admit an animal, so as not to put pressure on the charity, often we sadly have to turn away unwanted, abandoned and neglected pets due to a lack of space, funds or volunteers time.
|**Date**|**Cat**|**Dog**|**Pig**|**Cockerel**|**Guina**
**Pig**|**Rabbit**|**Pony**
**Horse**|
**Goat**
**Sheep**|**Other**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|January|27|27|0|16|13|91|1|3|11|
|February|31|15|6|15|9|95|0|2|48|
|March|32|19|4|10|10|36|3|3|31|
|April|39|26|22|2|0|12|1|4|14|
|May|73|19|0|6|6|22|0|2|18|
|June|41|13|4|12|4|29|0|2|17|
|July|58|13|3|3|17|23|0|4|22|
|August|78|25|0|6|6|57|0|0|5|
|September|83|27|1|12|9|31|0|0|33|
|October|57|25|3|3|9|35|2|4|5|
|November|50|21|1|4|32|26|0|2|13|
|December|43|23|2|3|10|43|0|9|9|
|**TOTAL**|**612**|**253**|**46**|**92**|**125**|**500**|**7**|**35**|**226**|
||**1896**
|||||||||
|**TOTAL**|**1896**|||||||||
## Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
Signed _____________________________________________ Date __________ 21/10/24 Jonathan Beresford, Trustee
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## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Brinsley Animal Rescue for the year ended 31 December 2023**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Brinsley Animal Rescue (the charity) for the year ended 31 December 2023.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all 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 matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed _________________________ Date ______________________ John O’Brien MSc, FCCA, FCIE Employee of Community Accounting Plus
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## **Brinsley Animal Rescue Receipts & payments account for the year ended 31 December 2023**
|_2022_
Total
Funds
£
**Note**
**Receipts**
80202
Grants & donations
**2**
8994
Fundraising
909
Subscriptions received
2536
Merchandise sales
9
Bank interest
4293
Adoption
96943
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
60627
Various core costs
**4**
13224
Training & subscriptions
4685
Car, van & travel
399
Advertising
3303
Insurance
357
Office costs
1938
Telephone & computer costs
1820
Repairs, maintenance & cleaning
265
Refreshments
617
Bank & other charges
891
Professional fees
153
Miscellaneous expenses
400
Donations paid
26700
Vehicles, equipment & machinery
115379
**Total payments**
(18436)
**Net receipts/(payments)**
116155
Cash funds at start of this period
97719
**Cash funds at end of this period**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
85801
8694
924
2007
81
3223
**100730**
69212
6675
2833
235
3979
407
3142
8260
299
107
3498
3546
-
-
**102193**
(1463)
97719
**96256**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
5687
-
-
-
-
-
**5687**
5687
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
**5687**
-
-
**-**|**_2023_**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
91488
8694
924
2007
81
3223|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**106417**|
||||74899
6675
2833
235
3979
407
3142
8260
299
107
3498
3546
-
-|
||||**107880**|
||||(1463)
97719|
||||**96256**|
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Brinsley Animal Rescue
Statement of assets and liabilities
at 31 December 2023
2022
2023
Cash assets
Bar* accounts
Cash in hand
96270
1449
97719
95725
531
96256
(Xher monetary assets
Debtors & Prepa)rts
1736
1736
1638
1638
Assets rntslned for the charity's own use
Hay Bam & Security Fer£irg, 2016, cost £15,01)0
Cow Bam, 2022, cost £26,700
DB Tractor, 2016, cost £4,570
MF Tractor, 2021. cost £29.400
Hospital CagirvJ, 2019, cost £12,359
ottrr equiprnen( vehicles & machinery £35,082
ANiaries. 2023. cost £5,397
Arimal HoLtsiTrJ, 2023, cost £1,538
Llabillllas
Creditors - kKleperKlent eyamination fee
588
(588)
660
660
These financial statements are accepted on behalf of the charity by:
Signed
Bethan Mair H8wis, Trus188
d.Iv.,.
Daied 21 st OCT 2024
## **Brinsley Animal Rescue Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023**
## **1. Receipts & payments accounts**
Receipts and payments accounts contain a summary of money received and money spent during the period and a list of assets and liabilities at the end of the period. Usually, cash received and cash spent will include transactions through bank accounts and cash in hand.
## **2. Grants & donations**
|**Grants & donations**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Sundry donations
Gift Aid
Legacies
The Belforte Foundation - Grant
Sponsorship
**Funds analysis**
**Restricted funds**
Aviaries
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund|**Unrestricted**
**£**
73400
11142
1000
-
259
**85801**
**Opening**
**Receipts**
**balance**
**£**
**£**
-
5687
**-**
**5687**
97719
100730
**97719**
**100730**|**Restricted**
**£**
-
-
-
5687
-
**5687**
**(Payments)**
**£**
(5687)
**(5687)**
(102193)
**(102193)**|**Total**
**£**
73400
11142
1000
5687
259|
||||**91488**
**Closing**
**balance**
**£**
-|
||||**-**|
||||96256|
||||**96256**|
## **3. Funds analysis**
The specific purposes for which the funds are to be applied are as follows:
Aviaries - funded by The Belforte Foundation – towards the purchase and construction of two large steel aviaries, complete with a concrete base. The new aviaries will be used to treat approximately 50 wild birds a year, predominantly birds of prey. The aviaries will allow us to increase their chances of a full recovery and better prepare them for the wild.
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## **Brinsley Animal Rescue**
## **4. Various core costs**
||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Vet fees|41233||41233|
|Animal feed|11870||11870|
|Provisions for volunteers|1181||1181|
|Hay and straw|2616||2616|
|Hospital costs|3391||3391|
|Merchandise purchases|1925||1925|
|Event costs|842||842|
|Animal disposal|337||337|
|Fundraising|692||692|
|Animal care|3303||3303|
|Housing & shelter|1822|5687|7509|
||**69212**|**5687**|**74899**|
## **5. Debtors & prepayment**
|Prepayment - Insurances
Prepayment - Car, van & travel|**£**
1309
329|
|---|---|
||**1638**|
## **6. Benefits in kind**
The charity currently enjoys a free use of the land owned by the trustees Jonathan Beresford and Beth Mair Hewis. The lease of the land is now for a peppercorn rent, if requested.
## **7. Trustees’ remuneration**
Trustees received no expenses, remuneration or benefits in this period.
## **8. Related party transactions**
There were no related party transactions in this period.
## **9. Glossary of terms**
**Creditors:** These are amounts owed by the charity, but not paid during the accounting period.
**Debtors:** These are amounts owed to the charity, but not received in the accounting period.
**Prepayments:** These are services that the charity has paid for in advance, but not used during the accounting period.
**Restricted funds:** These are funds given to the charity, subject to specific restrictions set by the donor, but still within the general objects of the charity.
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