## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/01/2025 Period start date To 31/12/2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Lancashire Cat Rescue** ## **Charity registration number: 1136938** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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 and 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 challenging to home felines**
**are given longer term care.**| |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: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Grant making is mostly decided by the**
**chair person (Christine Lomax) after**
**seeking approval from the trustees.**| |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** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|**We found homes for 32 cats/kittens in**
**2025.**
**In 2025 we issued 273 Snip & Chip**
**Vouchers. Average cost to LCR = £65 ea.**
**We have continued to help cats & kittens**
**in the local area owned by people in**
**financial hardship, by helping to pay for**
**veterinary treatment with our Needy**
**Cases Fund.**
**We have also helped several local (and**
**some not so local) Cat welfare**
**organisations with donations to help**
**them with vet bills.**| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**We continue to be in a healthy financial**
**situation having received more legacy**
**payments in 2025.**| |---|---|---| |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 in the event of an**
**income reduction in the future.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£100,000**| |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)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**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 by Standing**
**Order.**
**We also have regular members of LCR**
**that make once yearly donations of**
**varying amounts.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Because investments can go down as**
**well as up, we choose not to gamble with**
**LCR capital.**
**Consequently, we earn a modest amount**
**of interest in very safe accounts.**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Rising costs due to inflation are a serious**
**problem, also there is no guarantee that**
**we will continue to receive significant**
**legacy payments.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |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.**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Lancashire Cat Rescue| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1136938| |Charity’s principal address|33, New Lane
Penwortham
Preston
Lancashire
PR1 9JH| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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8|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to appoint**
**trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Jennifer Coupe|Book Keeper||| ||Paul Donicky|Kitchen
Assistant||| ||Alison House|General
Assistant||| ||Brian Lomax|Website &
Membership
Admin||| ||Christine Lomax|Chair||| ||Sylvia Place|Book Keeper||| ||Dawn Swift|Catering
Manager||| |||||| – 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)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** **Lancashire Cat Rescue is run entirely by volunteers, so all funds raised go to the point of need, ie Vet bills, cat food, building maintenance, transport, electricity etc.** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Christine Lomax **Full name(s)** Brian Lomax **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee & Membership Admin Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 10[th] Aug 2026 ## ## ## |NatWest Balance|3327.27|Vets|46214.86| |---|---|---|---| |Co-op1Balance|5312.12|Rents|1450.00| |Co-op 2 Balance|216382.70|Adverts|237.60| |Legacies/M/Ship||Printinglt Stamps|1943.34| |Friends /Raffles|92833.55|Stationary|| |ShowsICarboots|2411.50|Cat Food&Needs|3730.77| |B.V.H.Gross|9324.30|Refurb/Electric|| |||lnsurance|r0910.89| |eBay/Amazon|||| |PayPal/VirginEtc|6300.00|Petrol /CarTax|| |||Holiday Cover|2440.36| |lnterest -HMRC||HelpForCharities|11500.00| |GiftAid/Adjustments|3231.61||| |Transfers||EbaylAmazon /PayPal|75.97| |SumUp|339.05|NatWest Balance|31s1.8s| |Bank Overpayment|362.08|Go-op1Balance|40551.18| |Refunds|||| |||Co-op 2 Balance|217617.36| ||f33982 4.18||f33982 4.18| ## ## ## ## ## ##