## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01-01-2023 Period start date To 31-12-2023 Period end date**
## **Charity name:Lancashire Cat Rescue**
## **Charity registration number:1136938**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To relieve the suffering of cats & kittens**
**in need of care & attention.**
**Also to provide and maintain facilities For**
**the reception, care and treatment of such**
**animals.**
**Rescuing & Re-homing.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Over the year we have taken in numerous**
**cats and kittens.**
**Some stay with us briefly and are found**
**homes quickly.**
**Other more difficult to home animals are**
**given longer term care.**
**Some undomesticated cats have been**
**given outdoor homes on stables or small**
**holdings.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Trustees have been made aware of the**
**guidance issued by the charity**
**commission regarding public benefit.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The trustees acknowledge that a lot of**
**our continued success, in particular at**
**the Barton Village Hall Flea Markets is**
**largely due to the help afforded by our**|
**various volunteers, without their help it just wouldn’t work.** Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The free microchipping continues to be**
**well in budget.**
**We found homes for 39 cats/kittens in**
**2023.**
**Again as with last year we have received**
**another significant legacy in 2023, as a**
**result we have had to have the accounts**
**independently audited again.**
**The £10 Snip & Chip campaign continues**
**to be well subscribed, at the end of 2023**
**we had issued a total of 286 vouchers.**
**We have continued to help cats & kittens**
**owned by local people in financial**
**hardship, by helping them with vet bills**
**from our Needy Cases fund.**
**We have also helped several local cat**
**welfare organisations with donations to**
**help them with their vet bills.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Because of significant legacies in 2022 &**
**in 2023, we are in a very healthy financial**
**position.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held to ensure that**
**Lancashire Cat Rescue can continue to**
**help cats & kittens if we have a reduction**
**in income at any time in the future.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£290,000**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Legacies are proving to be extremely**
**beneficial to LCR in recent times.**
**We continue to hold regular Flea Markets**
**at Barton Village hall (selling donated**
**items).**
**We also have the “Friends of LCR” that**
**make monthly donations of varying**
**ammounts by standing order.**|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust Deed**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Trust**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Appointed by committee**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Lancashire Cat Rescue|
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|Registered charity number|1136938|
|Charity’s principal address|33 New Lane
Penwortham
Preston
Lancashire
PR1 9JH|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Jennifer Coupe|General Assistant|||
||Paul Donickey|General Assistant|||
||Brian Lomax|Website Admin|||
||Christine Lomax|Chair|||
||Sylvia Place|Book Keeper|||
||Dawn Swift|General Assistant|||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
Christine Lomax
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Brian Lomax
**Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee & Membership Secretary **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
18/11/2024
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name Lancashire Cat Rescue **members of On accounts for the year** 31[st] December 2023 **ended Set out on pages**
**Charity no 1136938 (if any)** (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 31/12/2023.
**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** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention 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.
**Date:** 17/11/2024 **Signed: Name:** Carol Walker **Relevant professional** BSc(Hons) **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 11 St Saviours Close Bamber Bridge Preston, PR5 6AH
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**October 2018**
**IER**
## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of** None **any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
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**October 2018**
**IER**