CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the tru$teeg1 members of Happy Endings Rescue On accounts for the year ended 29° February 2024 Charity no (if any) 1140628 Set out on pages 3&4 Re8￿ctive The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of Ihe accounls. responsibilities of The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year trustees and examiner under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent èxamination is needed. It is my responsibility to.. examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145151(b) of the Charities Act, and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basls of Independent My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given examinerfs statement by the Charity Commission. 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 seeking explanations from Ihe truste8s concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audrt. and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'tfue and fair, view and the report is limited to thosè matters set out in the statement below. Independent In connedion wrth my examination, no material matters have come to my examine¢8 Statement attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect,: the accounting records were not kept in a￿ordanCe with section 130 of the Charities Act., or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or the accounts did not Gomply wrth the applicable requirements con￿mIng the fomi and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the aGcounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I 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: 29th May 2024 Name: Mrs Claire Shearer Relevant professlonal qualificationls) or body lif any): Address.. Aberfoyle, Higham Road, Wainscott, Rochester, ME3 8BG IER December 2017 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of ¢oncerri (see CC32. Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. NIA IER December 2017 i CHARITY COMMISSION FQR ENGLAND AND WALES HAPPY ENDINGS RESCUE 1140628 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For thè pèriod from 0110312023 To 2910212024 Section A Receipts and payments Unre8trict•d funds R•strict•d funds Endowment funds Total fund8 L•st y•ar to th• n•ArgSt to the nHmt£ to n•orq•t e to th• n￿rn¥t£ tolhe nè&reat E A1 R￿e1 ts 16.19$ 18,195 20.924 75,C69 129,963 7,2TT 16,436 FundraiSI & Events Ad H¢¢ Don*0 Gift Rodaim VAT RecL71m ,20$ 84,206 9.864 15.IM8 Sub tot8lfGmss income for AR? 191,618 191,658 249,669 A2 Asset ond inveBtsnent sales. Isee ￿ts￿l. Sub total 191,658 191,668 249.689 A3Pa Ront & Livary Uti1thè9 Veterinary Fee$ An1￿1 F Anim81 Wlng EX01￿ Birds & Anim&ls Hay & Straw F8ffler & D8nt19t Animal Shdler5 & Housng Repairs & Maintsnar Equipment & SupFAies Fuel & Tfansrth8bon In$uran¢e Office suppl￿ & Postage Mèrchant F*$ Tr81ning & B•ha¥thr Staft C051 Charity M&mb6r5hps Fundraising & Pnnling Co Profes5ion81 Servw tl.872 7,581 67,003 74S 11.872 21.194 4.398 35,523 1.447 67,003 745 442 791 3.0 S,764 2,127 S,467 781 3,039 26,361 2,791 21,979 2,791 4.378 1.951 264 1.279 937 300 780 937 78.453 78,453 87,SSI 1,127 4,216 213.173 1.127 6,B28 Sub total 213,8n A4 Asset and Inv•stsMnt u￿h49¢s, (see tsblg) Sub total 213.873 213.873 206,808 N•t of ra¢•ipt￿fpayMtntS) A5 Transfe15 between fun A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds thls year end 22,215 22,215 42.861 160,725 13B,510 160.7 138.510 117.864 160,725 CCXX R1 a¢¢ounts Issi 3010512024 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds to n•arn8t £ Resirleied fund8 Endowment funds to noartst £ Categorie5 Detrils B1 Cash fund$ BAnk- HER CurrentA￿U￿1 9812 B8nk. HER MedKfil A￿U￿1 8Jnk- HER Savings 127.694 rotsl cash funds 138.510 Unrnstrl¢t•d funds to nwfy6t£ R￿tr￿¢tr funds Endowmtrnt funds Oefails to noarest £ to near￿t £ Fund to *hi¢h aBset bElon urr*rtv•luo tional t loptton•ll B3 Investment assets Charfes Starley Investrnenl Porth)ho Unrssthth8d 73.)17 Fund towhlch CuMon¢ VAIu• onal Da.tai18 B4 Assets retained for the charity's own us8 Motor Vehicle UDwinci¢d 10.OCiI Fynd to v4hi¢h Amount du• Wh•n du• Details B5 Llabllltles aaa Signed by one or kvo trustees on b8half of all the trus Signaturé Print Narne Date ol roval a4(US JOHFJS 31 losji CCXX R2 a¢¢ounts Issi 3010512024 Happy Endings Rescue (Charity No: 1140628) ## Trustees Report 2023 – 2024 2023 was a sad �me for all at HER. In March our rescue cow ‘Hope’ passed away. She was a long term resident of over 10 years and was one of our popular sponsor animals. Hope will be missed by all the team and supporters. Also during the year, we had the sad loss of an adoptee and supporter. Their family, with great strength and courage went on to fundraise over £2,000 for the charity by comple�ng the walk of Mount Snowdon. Their generosity is greatly appreciated and will not be forgo�en. With our currents Vets being moved over to a corporate associa�on, we felt that it was a good �me for us to move all our animal veterinary care to Swale Barn Veterinary Clinic. Swale Barn are an independent vets which will provide improved hospital care and financial benefits to the charity. We are looking forward to building on this new rela�onship. HER are again this year a chosen charity of Pets At Home with dona�ons of food and pet supplies generously being given on a regular basis via our local store. The fundraising partnership with Hardman Solicitors has con�nued again this year. This is fantas�c news as the con�nued support is such a great help to the charity. Surprise dona�ons didn’t stop there, as our local Marks & Spencer’s kindly donated a huge amount of surplus dog food! This was most welcome as the number of dogs coming for rehoming is increasing. changes it was impossible for the charity to take these dogs in. However, we were able to offer advice and support to owners on how to proceed and try and keep their dogs at home legally. ## **Rescues & Rehoming** It was a slightly quieter year with animals entering the rescue, with 282 entries. 233 animals were rehomed and an addi�onal 33 were fostered. pregnant being recovered from a home due to ill health. The second was the rescue of 35 Yorkshire Terriers from a home where the owner was deceased. This story was quite unusual and even made local TV and newspapers. Happy to say that all the animals from these two cases were treated, rehabilitated and rehomed. ## **Other** The 2023-24 Annual General Mee�ng was scheduled for November 2023 but unfortunately had to be postponed due to adverse weather condi�ons. A new date is yet to be agreed.