2024-12-31-accounts - Brinsley Animal Rescue

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Brinsley Animal Rescue (Registered charity, number 1135508) Financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024

Page	Contents
2 - 7	Trustees’ annual report
8	Independent examiner’s report
9	Receipts & payments account
10	Statement of assets & liabilities
11 - 12	Notes to the accounts

Brinsley Animal Rescue Trustees’ annual report for the year ended 31 December 2024

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 Ayrton Cooper, appointed 06/04/2025

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

From the public we admit into our care, pets and farm animals that are unwanted, surrendered, neglected, stray and abandoned pets.

These animals are fully 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), we offer advice and support to the public on the overall wellbeing, needs, treatment and overall welfare.

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Animals are fully health assessed and treated, this includes where appropriate, neutering, worming, vaccinations and any other treatment necessary for their health and welfare, to ensure the animals are assessed and find suitable homes.

From the public we admit wildlife that is orphaned, sick or injured. These animals are assessed, treated, rehabilitated and where possible released back into the wild. Where we cannot release wildlife, euthanasia is often the course of action to prevent suffering, in line with our Euthanasia Policy.

Education

We provide mentoring opportunities to the public in the care, treatment and rehabilitation of animals, by;

general volunteering, learning about the day-to-day practicalities of animal keeping as well as longer term and managing health issues.
providing work experience opportunities for school students, students in higher education, as well as those completing the Duke of Edinburgh Awards and veterinary students needing practical experience.
providing advanced care and rehabilitation working with wildlife in our wildlife hospital.

We provide information and experienced advice to educate the public regarding matters of animal welfare;

through our animal adoption process of pets and farm animals, we ensure the public have the information and guidance needed for the welfare of animals being adopted.

We manage several thousand requests each year requiring help, advice or assistance from the public regarding pets and wild animals. Where appropriate we signpost the public to other organisations as well liaise directly with other organisations. We facilitate limited educational visits by local groups such as Cubs, Scouts, and Young Farmers.

We provide educational talks at local schools and to local groups.

We provide and facilitate training to our volunteers and other local animal rescue organisations.

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Summary of the main achievements during the period

2024 – Animal Intake

	Animal Rescued	Rehomed / Released	Euthanised	Died	At Sanctuary	Total
Pets	Rabbits	45	1	3	13	62
	Guinea Pigs	2	0	0	2	4
	Cats	25	0	0	2	27
	Budgies	2	0	0	0	2
	Hamster	1	0	0	1	2
	Dogs	1	0	0	1	2
	TOTAL PETS	76	1	3	19	99
Farm Animals	Chickens	150	5	30	30	215
	Cockerels	0	0	0	2	2
	Ducks	24	0	8	8	40
	Turkeys	0	0	0	2	2
	Geese	5	0	0	0	5
	Pigs	0	0	1	10	11
	Sheep	5	0	0	3	8
	Goats	3	0	0	3	6
	Equine	0	0	0	13	13
	Cattle	0	0	0	9	9
	TOTAL FARM	187	5	39	80	311
Wild Animals	Animal Rescued	Released	Euthanised	Died	At Sanctuary	Total
	Hedgehogs	55	19	38	8	120
	Stoat	1	0	0	0	1
	Deer	2	2	1	0	5
	Fox	3	2	3	0	8
	Mice	2	0	0	0	2
	Squirrel	0	3	0	0	3
	Wild Rabbit	3	0	4	2	9
	TOTAL MAMMALS	66	26	46	10	148
	Feral Pigeons	30	14	15	35	94
	Wood Pigeon	12	20	21	5	58
	Collard Dove	7	4	2	2	15
	Jay	0	0	1	0	1
	Rook	0	2	0	0	2
	Magpie	2	6	3	0	11
	Jackdaw	4	1	2	0	7
	Crow	2	4	2	0	8
	Starling	0	1	2	0	3

Cuckoo	1	0	0	0	1
Woodcock	1	0	0	0	1
Swift	0	1	0	0	1
Great Tit	4	0	2	0	6
Bluetit	0	0	1	0	1
Goldfinch	0	0	2	0	2
Sparrow	4	0	1	0	5
Thrush	1	0	1	0	2
Blackbird	5	0	3	0	8
Robin	0	1	1	0	2
Pheasant	1	1	1	0	3
Dunnock	1	0	0	0	1
Swan	7	3	0	1	11
Mallard	24	0	3	0	27
Canada Goose	0	1	2	0	3
GreylagGoose	8	0	0	0	8
Heron	0	2	1	0	3
Egret	0	1	0	0	1
Kestrel	4	0	0	2	6
Sparrow Hawk	0	1	2	0	3
Buzzard	1	1	1	1	4
Tawny Owl	3	1	2	0	6
Barn Owl	1	2	0	1	4
TOTAL BIRDS	123	67	71	47	308
TOTAL WILD ANIMALS	189	93	117	57	456
Animal Rescued	Released Rehomed	Euthanised	Died	At Sanctuary	Total
GRAND TOTAL	452	99	159	156	866

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During the reporting year, the charity had to turn away 1,541 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	Guinea Pig	Rabbit	Pony Horse	Goat Sheep	Other
January	31	13	7	13	11	32	1	3	11
February	25	38	0	11	9	19	0	6	13
March	28	25	5	4	5	33	4	1	9
April	31	24	5	5	7	19	1	0	20
May	34	21	1	1	9	22	0	1	15
June	70	10	0	4	8	6	2	0	26
July	74	17	0	2	5	22	0	0	18
August	74	19	1	5	18	20	2	0	12
September	66	19	0	6	18	14	0	2	17
October	63	13	1	6	31	36	1	2	2
November	51	22	0	5	12	16	0	20	6
December	51	22	2	4	3	16	3	8	15
TOTAL	598	243	22	66	136	255	14	43	164

TOTAL 1541

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Financial review

The Trustees effectively manage the charities expenditure, considering the charities operating expenditure, reserves and income. Commitments are effectively managed so as not to put the charity or any animal in our care at risk, to ensure we have sufficient funds to cover our known costs with sufficient contingency for unplanned expenditure. Commitments are managed by the careful consideration of animal intake, our “controllable cost”, sadly as many animals we are asked to admit require expensive veterinary treatment, we must decline much additional intake, in line with our available financial resource. In 2024 the charity had to decline the admission of 1,541 pets due to a lack of funds.

The charity’s policy on reserves

In accordance with our Finance Policy, we maintain a minimum of £10,000 in reserve.

Additional information

The charity has an exceptional reputation with the public and other organisations, from which the charity receives a huge amount of support both financial and by volunteering. The Trustees have worked hard to grow this support base over many years; we now have tens of thousands of followers on social media. The Charity is often signposted to from other organisations and receives substantial media following on all media formats including TV and radio.

The public exposure aids the organisations objectives, by promoting education, regular public donations, which form a major part of our funding and attracting volunteering support, essential to our success.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:

29 September 2025

Signed ______ Date _ Jonathan Beresford, Trustee

Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Brinsley Animal Rescue for the year ended 31 December 2024

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Brinsley Animal Rescue (the charity) for the year ended 31 December 2024.

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:

accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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 _______ ae O1/10/25 John O’Brien MSc, FAIA, FCIE Employee of Community Accounting Plus

Brinsley Animal Rescue Receipts & payments account for the year ended 31 December 2024

2023 £ Note Receipts 91488 Grants & donations 2 8694 Fundraising 924 Subscriptions received 2007 Merchandise sales 81 Bank interest 3223 Adoption 106417 Total receipts Payments 74899 Various core costs 3 6675 Training & subscriptions 2833 Car, van & travel 235 Advertising 3979 Insurance 407 Office costs 3142 Telephone & computer costs 8260 Repairs, maintenance & cleaning 299 Refreshments 107 Bank & other charges 3498 Professional fees 3546 Miscellaneous expenses - Donations paid 107880 Total payments (1463) Net receipts/(payments) 97719 Cash funds at start of this period 96256 Cash funds at end of this period	*2024* £ 124216 8774 825 575 115 5287
	139792
	83372 1400 5363 - 4510 1272 3858 7586 295 891 2373 4849 100
	115869
	23923 96256
	120179

Brinsley Animal Rescue Statement of assets and liabilities at 31 December 2024

2023 2024 £ Cash assets £ 95725 Bank accounts 120038 531 Cash in hand 141 96256 120179 Other monetary assets 1638 Prepayments - Insurance 2047 1638 2047 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Hay Barn & Security Fencing, 2016, cost £15,000 Cow Barn, 2022, cost £26,700 DB Tractor, 2016, cost £4,570 MF Tractor, 2021, cost £29,400 Hospital Caging, 2019, cost £12,359 Other equipment, vehicles & machinery £35,082 Aviaries, 2023, cost £5,397 Animal Housing, 2023, cost £1,538 Aviaries, 2024, cost £3,285 Sheep shelters, 2024, cost £4,080 Liabilities (660) Creditors - Independent examination fee (690) (660) (690) These financial statements are accepted on behalf of the charity by: Signed _____ Date _____ 29 September 2025 Bethan Mair Hewis, Trustee Pitkon fav

Brinsley Animal Rescue Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024

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

Sundry donations Legacies Gift aid Various core costs Vet fees Animal food Provisions for volunteers Hay and straw Hospital costs Merchandise Event costs Animal disposals Housing and shelter Fundraising Animal care Animal clothing		£ 88218 30024 5974
		124216
		£ 34683 11397 1848 11418 1640 934 809 315 15913 131 4186 98 83372

3. Various core costs

4. 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.

5. Trustees’ remuneration

Trustees received no expenses, remuneration or benefits in this period.

6. Related party transactions

There were no related party transactions in this period.

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7. Glossary of terms

Creditors: These are amounts owed by the charity, but not paid during the accounting period.

Prepayments: These are services that the charity has paid for in advance, but not used during the accounting period.