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RESCUE REMEDIES DOG RESCUE

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR YEAR ENDING 31ST OCTOBER 2022

Charity Registration No.1139407 Company Registration No.7410743 www.rescueremedies.co.uk www.terrierrescue.co.uk www.patterdaleterrierrescue.co.uk www.staffierescue.co.uk www.ambulldogrescue.co.uk

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDING 31[ST] OCTOBER 2022

CONTENTS

TRUSTEES REPORT

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES – SUMMARY

BALANCE SHEET

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR YEAR ENDING 31ST OCTOBER 2022

RESCUE REMEDIES DOG RESCUE “Finding dogs their forever homes”

The Trustees of the charity submit their report and financial statements for the period ending 31[st] October 2022. The Trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” issued in March 2005 in preparing the report and financial statements of the charity.

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

FULL NAME OF CHARITY RESCUE REMEDIES DOG RESCUE

CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1139407

COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER 7410743

GOVERNING DOCUMENT Memorandum and Articles of Association.

TRUSTEES

Lynne da Costa (Founder & Chair) Hayley Dransfield Colin Biggs

REGISTERED OFFICE

The Dog House Hathersham Lane Smallfield Horley Surrey RH6 9JG

BANKERS

HSBC 1, Victoria Road, Surbiton, Surrey. KT6 4LF

LLOYDS TSB 19-21, The Quandrant, Richmond, Surrey. TW9 1BP

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STRUCTURES, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

The charity is a charitable company limited by guarantee and was incorporated under the Companies Act 2006 on 18[th] October 2010, charitable status was gained on 21[st] December 2010.

The company operates throughout the UK.

The Trustees run the Charity with the assistance of voluntary Operational Leads. The Trustees make all decisions on any expenditure and set the strategic direction for the Charity. The Operational Leads supervise a wide network of volunteer dog walkers, transporters, home checkers, administrators, foster homes and fundraisers.

The Charity continues to cover a specific brief and mission including the following principal activities:

  1. Saving Death row dogs: Rescuing abandoned dogs from council pounds where their lives are due to end and similarly from members of public, police, social workers, vets and other Rescues where a dog is due to lose their lives.

  2. Educating Role: Counselling owners on breed attributes and enabling them to understand and support their dog or at least safely hold until we can take them in.

  3. Assessment and promotion of skills: Assessing dogs taken into our care and placing them appropriately within special kennels and foster facilities to suit and prepare for family forever home. Developing our dog’s self-confidence, dog skills and trust within many varied settings.

  4. Addressing medical needs: Neutering all our dogs (exception of young puppies) to ensure no Rescue Remedies dogs are ever used for breeding. Provision of all veterinary care whilst the dogs are under Rescue Remedies care. Rarely offer Peace (euthanasia)under our vet’s guidance.

  5. Matching dogs to suitable families: Counselling families on responsible dog ownership and matching them with a suitable dog to meet their family & lifestyle needs. Ensuring families have sufficient funds and time to meet a dog’s needs. Providing back up for life for Rescue Remedies dogs.

  6. Raising Funds to finance our Service: Fundraising through shows, campaigns, applications for grants, and appeals.

Mission Statement: “Finding dogs their forever homes”

Rescue Remedies provides a societal role in saving doomed abandoned dogs and turning them around by careful assessment and promotion of skills matched to suitable families. We support authorities who find abandoned dogs i.e., dog wardens and vets. Also, from authorities who remove dogs from unsuitable homes i.e., the police and the RSPCA. We do take in emergencies from families where the dog’s life is at risk when we can.

All dogs are neutered (unless medically advised against) and other medical needs met e.g., dentals. Rescue Remedies at minimum start a vaccination course. All receive a worming course on entry. All are microchipped and records adjusted for up-to-date information when in our care. We have access to the various databases and change details upon homing. Flea treatment is administered where judged necessary. Foster and Forever homings are strictly vetted to ensure the safety and security of our dog’s welfare and future to ensure responsible dog ownership. We use 1 boarding establishment in Surrey to work with our dogs and prepare them for homes which has very good facilities fully available to volunteers. Foster places are used also.

Rescue Remedies doesn’t pass animals to other Rescues, but we do receive from other Rescues where dogs’ lives are threatened. We stand by our dogs for life should their homing break down.

We are principally an online Rescue with all forms submitted online and interviews via telephone and home checks via a standard video format, Google Earth and vet and Facebook checks. Our Homing Questionnaire, once completed, captures expectations, skills, lifestyle and circumstances.

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We promote positive approaches and methods towards dogs by providing appropriate care, protection, treatment and security. In setting our objectives and planning our activities the Trustees have given careful consideration to the Charities Commission’s guidance on public benefit.

EDUCATION AND WELFARE

RescueRemedies is one of the few Rescues who insist on our rehomed dogs being kept “on lead” for life. We educate on this on all our platforms. We promote 5 safety and security reasons: Public Respect

Dog Theft Dog meeting Dog Human Contact Road accidents

Counselling on understanding breed traits especially terriers, staffies and large bulldogs. We offer free counselling via our enquiries/ contact emails, telephone line. Our Intake Team offer families who are trying to give their dog up and can have a new lease of heart once they accept breed traits and management keys.

Rescue Remedies continues to take on difficult dogs and rehabilitate them, supporting those dogs’ other charities have turned down. We continue work closely with many police forces e.g., accepting dogs that have been the subject of cruelty cases and those surrendered or seized as prisoner property.

FUNDRAISING

Fundraising continues to be mainly through our reputation and known supports, and through our donations on homings. Standing orders remain our bedrock, and Pets at Home (through the local Redhill store) allow us to raise funds and hold events. Locals travelling past our kennels often bring in food and blanket donations, so we are held within the heart of the community.

We enjoy a strong base of dedicated supporters who donate regularly all contributions are valued greatly many have been with us for over 10 years.

DEVELOPMENT, ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS .

STATISTICS

On our books on start 1[st] Nov 21 and finish of year 31[st] Oct 22 01/11/21: 73 dogs on our books 70 dogs in kennels, 3 in foster 31/10/22: 78 dogs on our books 65 dogs in kennels, 10 in foster 3 in own homes. 8 Cats

Intake Nov 21 to Oct 22 Total 128 dogs 11 cats

Intake Nov 20 Oct 21 Total 144 dogs 3 Cats 2 terrapins

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Other Breeds
Staffies
66
32
Terriers
AmBulls
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Cats
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2021/ 22 Year we took in 128 dogs and 11 Cats having formally started Cat Rescue. We successfully rehomed 124 dogs and 3 cats during the last financial year. Intake is always carefully matched against homings to maintain equivalence. We are specialists in Terriers, and Bull breeds. Our main intakes are from pounds, the police and vets. We take many breed types other Rescues refuse. These dogs take longer to accurately assess, and they first need to build skills and trust, often having come from dysfunctional families. We match with appropriate families and place in responsible homes who will retain our dogs on lead outside the home all their lives. It doesn’t escape anyone the growing intolerances to incidents outside in public spaces with dogs receiving control orders even if a member of the public believe they were frightened by their stance. Furthermore, there is an increasing risk of theft and repercussions if causing a road traffic accident. Our long stay dogs are a lesser proportion of our overall dogs.

Stay Mix in Jan-2

Stay Mix in Jan-2

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YEARLY REVIEW & LOOKING FORWARD – THE CHARITIES OBJECTIVES

Nationally dog ownership has rocketed from 23% to 34% in 2 years.

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This has had an enormous impact of releasing so many young dogs from families where Rescues are feeling under siege. People’s circumstances rapidly changed coming out of the pandemic and many relationship breakups, evictions, and under-socialised dogs not coping. Also, imports of puppies and rescue dogs, recommenced in Sept 22. So many dogs are on free-ad sites and not only can Rescues not compete with free dogs, but they are asked to pick up the pieces. The request for help is 10-fold what it was pre-pandemic.

SHORT TERM OBJECTIVES

MEDIUM / LONG TERM OBJECTIVES

RESCUE REMEDIES DOG RESCUE STRATEGIC PLAN

Management and Governance

  1. Managing Director guides the ethics and ethos due to being deeply respected and centred within the Rescue world, working closely with other Rescue heads and lead key individuals in formal organisations. Rescue Remedies continues to enjoy a strong footing and respect within the Rescue world. We uphold our ethics and, due to our integrity, our Rescue inspires funding support.

  2. Promote new avenues of income to optimise goodwill and generate funds.

  3. We have passed all inspections (diminishing the effect of troll groups) and opened up our platforms more as a result. We have supported other Rescues going through similar troll activity.

  4. Operational Roles within the Rescue are held by people who have been part of our rescue for over 10 years and are professional in their roles. The Trustees are new but are supported by a robust management structure.

  5. The greatest assets in our rescue work continue to be our dogs and our volunteers. Our dog threads inspire people to travel long distances to offer our dog celebrities their homes. Many homers return and are delighted to see how we have matured in being reacquainted with us after the loss of their (and our) beloved dog. We have not gone down the sponsorship road where companies crowd out the dogs, when people visit our websites.

  6. Our Financial Director manages forecasts to project into the future. Legacies are few but have enabled us to continue our work based on the goodwill we have with many individuals and other organisations. We are very grateful.

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The Directors/ Board of Trustees have identified ongoing objectives that work towards our long-term vision. These objectives focus on both operational and organisational issues and are shown below.

Objective How this was achieved in 2021/22
1 Improved induction procedure and
recording of how individuals are
processed have helped greatly. Support
weekend fostering and days out.		 Volunteer retention has improved.
Our lead walker volunteer now attends 2 different days
and responds to all enquiries and review dog notes
within 24 hours.
2 Mobile Phone friendly download via the
website has been introduced to capture
the predominant access mode.		 Our lead in IT works with 4 others driving change and
modernising our platforms so they are user friendly and
attractive to use and engage with.
3 Mitigate the effects of 5 or 6 individual
trolls who were threatening our Rescue.		 Trustee-led analysis of volunteers’ ideas. We set up a
survey structure to capture the positive audience with
the 70 or more volunteers who are integral to Rescue
Remedies.
4 Improve statistical records of dog walks
and volunteer observations.		 Recording of statistics has been enhanced. All walks are
recorded, and walkers get instant feedback as to the
dogs who need more volunteer involvement.
Good relationships between kennel staff who have daily
knowledge of the dogs’ welfare and health needs
working closely with regular and new volunteers in a
constructive way.
5 Liaison with Local Dog Welfare officers;
and Police services; Local Vet practises
to optimise their knowledge and
awareness of our endeavours.		 Contact made and use of different vets with dialogue.
Improved signposting of kennel base and on Google
Maps. We have established a good relationship with the
RSPCA this year.
6 Education through telephone calls:
Improve the availability for the public to
engage - opening up communication
options for advice on dog breed
attributes as we have specialist
expertise as reflected in our different
websites.		 Telephone advice available but shared with Homing team
via Enquiries. Understanding main contact with public is
educational: For example, Advice on garden security
even if they end up getting their new dog from another
source. Our emergency line is operational 7 days a week
365 days a year.
7 Cat Rescue. In August Caring4canines
opened up the cattery to rescues. We
set our adoption fee as a fund raiser for
Rescue Remedies.		 Many new cat owners have given over our minimum cat
adoption fee knowing it is supporting our Rescue work.
Very positive feedback of our new service and local cat
owners giving donations and support.
8 Long stay: The percentage of long stay
dogs has come down, so we are
promoting throughput in helping with
the slowness of homings.		 Body of knowledge within the volunteers has improved
so incoming dogs soon have individual needs identified
and met, and more rapidly introduced with less
experienced walkers.
9 Police work: We continue to take police
dogs within a 2-week window and
support these dogs into new homes.		 Police often recommend our Rescue to the public and
home dogs from us themselves. Rescue Remedies is the
proffered Rescue with the police forces for help and
personal homing in the London / Surrey area.

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RISK ASSESSMENT

The Directors/Trustees revisited the risks to the organisation, in particular those related to its operations and finances, and can confirm that systems and controls are in place to manage these risks.

  1. Release forms to provide clear legal handover of surrendered dogs

  2. Assessment period and process for dogs rehomed by Company/ Charity

  3. Foster agreements and guidelines

  4. Homing Team strengthened to avoid burn-out

  5. Homing and Home checking procedures

  6. Disclaimers given on homings where necessary

  7. Transporting guidelines

  8. Adoption agreements including specific rehoming requirements for each dog where needed

  9. Neuter declaration forms for rehomed puppies and unneutered/spayed dogs delayed due to medical conditions.

  10. Public Indemnity Insurance Incident reporting.

  11. Review of the financial systems including Standard Operating Procedures

  12. Ensuring data protection procedures aligned with the requirements of the GDPR

  13. On-going assessment of the risks associated with COVID and ensuring adequate protection measures are in place aligned with official advice.

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

Reserves & Investment Policy

We have very little reserves which is a concern and we have survived with the onslaught of circumstances i.e., drop off in homing rate. Our kennels are supportive in accommodating payment dates and will continue to do so. We aim to create a more substantial reserve. We are under constant pressure to save dogs lives and funds available are utilised to support this aim. We have another hard year ahead to ensure we succeed in this aim, building our standing order support will enable us to create stability and this continues to be the bedrock of our financial state.

The trustees continue to receive no emoluments.

Conclusion

The Trustees are satisfied with the financial position of the charity. In order to continue to meet our objectives a future increase in income will be required. A sustainable fundraising strategy will continue to be developed.

Approved by the Current Trustees on 31[st] July 2023 and signed on its behalf by :

Mrs Lynne da Costa Hayley Dransfield Colin Biggs Chair & Managing Director Secretary Director Financial Director

In reporting on the accounts of the Trust for the year ending 31 October 2022.

Respective responsibilities of Trustees and examiners

The Charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Charity’s Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the 1993 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

  1. Examine the accounts under section 43 of the 1993 Act

  2. to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commissioner under section 43(7)(b) of the 1993 Act; and

  3. to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Trustees’ statements required by section 475(2) and (3) for period ending 31 October 2022.

In approving these financial statements as Trustees/Directors of the company we hereby confirm:

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  1. Ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with section 386.

  2. Preparing financial statements which give a true and fair of the state of the company as at the end of the financial period and of its profit and loss for the year that ended in accordance with the requirements of sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the provisions of the Companies Act relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.

These financial statements are prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (Effective April 2008).

The Trustees did not receive any emoluments during the year.

The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 21[st] July 2023

Trustee

Lynne Da Costa

Accountants’ Statement: Basis of independent examiner’s report:

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioner. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and the seeking of explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner’s statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

  1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements:

  2. (a) to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the 1993 Act; and

  3. (b) to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the 1993 Act have not been met: or

  4. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

M Ashton Accountants Limited 18 Tiverton Road Ruislip Middlesex HA4 0BW

DATE: 15th July 2023

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Rescue Remedies Dog Rescue Unaudited Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 October 2022

Directors Mrs Linda Da Costa Mr Colin Biggs Ms Hayley Dransfield Company Number 07410743 Registered Office The Dog House Hathersham Lane Smallfield, Horley Surrey RH6 9JG Business The Dog House Hathersham Lane Smallfield, Horley Surrey RH6 9JG Accountants M Ashton Accountants Ltd Chartered Certified Accountants 18 Tiverton Road Ruislip HA4 0BW

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Report to the directors on the preparation of the unaudited statutory accounts of Rescue Remedies Dog Rescue for the year ended 31 October 2022

To assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, I have prepared for your approval the accounts of Rescue Remedies Dog Rescue which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, the Balance Sheet and the related notes, from the company’s accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.

As a practising member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at http://www.accaglobal.com/en/member/professional-standards/rules-standards/accarulebook.html.

This report is made to the directors of Rescue Remedies Dog Rescue, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 08 October 2016. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of Rescue Remedies Dog Rescue and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the directors of Rescue Remedies Dog Rescue, as a body, in this report in accordance with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants as detailed at

http://www.accaglobal.com/content/dam/ACCA_Global/Technical/fact/technicalfactsheet-163.pdf. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Rescue Remedies Dog Rescue and its directors as a body for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Rescue Remedies Dog Rescue has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory accounts that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of Rescue Remedies Dog Rescue. You consider that Rescue Remedies Dog Rescue is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year.

We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the accounts of Rescue Remedies Dog Rescue. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us, and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the financial statements.

Signed

-----------26/07/2023

M Ashton Accountants Ltd Chartered Certified Accountants 18 Tiverton Road Ruislip HA4 0BW

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