ANNUAL TRUSTEE REPORT FOR GARBO’S G.S.D. RESCUE (GGSDR) CHARITY NUMBER 1142451 20[TH] NOVEMBER 2022
TRUSTEES
Mrs G. Garnham Chair / Secretary
Ms Anne Willis Newsletter
Mr A. Mackenzie Treasurer
Mr J. Taylor Webmaster
G.G.S.D.R. has continued its pledge to relieve the suffering of German Shepherds in need of care wherever and whenever we can, providing medical treatment where and if necessary.
Assessing and removing dogs from situations which may cause danger to the public, particularly with children.
To make the public aware of the responsibilities of adopting, owning, purchasing a shepherd and the need for properly socialised dogs in our community.
In accordance with our aims, over the past 12 months, since November 2021, we have re-homed 63 dogs.
We have 5 dogs in foster homes and 11 in kennels
The above figures were calculated on 1st November 2022
There are, sadly, at least 6 shepherds awaiting kennel spaces with us.
The day before last year’s AGM we attended Discover Dogs at Excel in London and this year, in October (again at the kind invitation of the Kennel Club), we attended the event accompanied be Magic, Nala, Teddy, Baby Winnie, Hudson, Sheena and the ‘Mighty Watson’! Thank you to the handlers and to the K.C. for the support for rescue dogs. It is so encouraging and heart-warming. And every dog was a joy to be with, allowing and delighting in being petted and cuddled. What a breed!
In March we attended Crufts on the Pastoral and Working Dogs Day. We had the stall at the shepherd ringside and a section in Hall 3 showing off 8 of our rescue dogs. Prince Michael of Kent visited us and The Kennel Club awarded us the trophy for Winners of the Breed Club Stand.
We hosted an Easter Party in April where lots of our members brought their shepherds. Mabel, Phoenix and Nala (3 of the pups we had taken in from the Council) met up again and had lots of playtime together.
We had taken in 18 rescue shepherds from the Council. These included pups from 3 different dams and several young adults, in dire need of secure homes. Now all (cross fingers) happy and safe.
We took the shop to Knights Garden Centre Pet Show in September after not being able to go for 3 years due to the Covid lockdown. We had a very happy day and met up with many friends.
There were several events in the summer we didn’t attend due to the heatwave.
Sadly, this year, our wonderful band of volunteers have been asked by Dorie, not to help out with visiting, walking and grooming the dogs as they apparently upset the running of the kennels. This has impacted on Anne’s workload alarmingly, particularly since we have so many dogs in.
We thank The Wimbledon Print Company for the interest and expertise in producing the calendars, cards and of course, the newsletters.
We thank Sue and Keith who care lovingly for the dogs they board for us, one or two of them are a tad unpredictable!
And we also thank Dorie and Tracy who kindly board the rescues and have been amazing looking after all those smelly little puppies for us. (That is truly hard work and all those babies were so happy in the kennels). And have often accepted emergencies either very early or very late. Thank you to them.
Finally, thank you to Imberpark Kennels for coming to our rescue and taking in three dogs at such very short notice. What would we have done without you?
Jane Tugwell has taken over as Membership Secretary and is doing a fantastic job, ensuring that renewals and thank you letters are sent out without delay – Thank you Jane, I know it is a huge weight off Anne’s shoulders!
Sabine is doing a superb job running the Etsy Shop. If you haven’t seen it yet, please take a look. There are lots of amazing German Shepherd items to purchase and all monies raised go to GGSDR.
Our charity partnership with Pets at Home Maidenhead continues to thrive with numerous pallets of food and over £4k raised during the year. With the help of the Evans family, we have now secured the brand-new Staines store and are so excited to see how this develops.
Our “Save the 17 Campaign” which actually turned out to be 18, saved from the most appalling conditions was a huge success and raised over £8,000. A huge thank you to everyone that donated and also to everyone that welcomed one of these beautiful dogs into their homes.
We received a grant of £5k from the Marchig Trust to help with the costs of vaccinations and neutering and a grant of £3k from the Jean Sainsbury Trust to helps towards running costs.
A sponsored walk was organised by some of our devoted members on the 20/03/2022. From the photos we could tell they had a lot of fun and from the bank account, we could see that they raised a fantastic amount of money. Thank you.
Thank you to Sally Halford and Jane Tugwell and of course all of the helpers for their wonderful efforts fundraising at the Brinsbury Show, the Moredon Family Fun Day and Merton Dog Watch. Again, a huge amount of money was raised, over £2k. To add to this, we were also given a donation of £450 by the organisers, who shared the gate money between ourselves and another charity.
We give heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Mrs Pat Devaney for so thoughtfully and extremely generously, donating the van used by her late husband and our valued and much mourned supporter, Steve Devaney. Steve was well respected in the canine world and we believe he would be pleased his van has come to us and will be gratefully used to help the many rescue animals in the breed he loved. Dear Pat, bless you and thank you so, so much.
Sadly, we have lost another valued member and GSD devotee in John Coles, who died in September. His daughters, Berenice and Phoebe, have kindly donated money in lieu of flowers given at John’s funeral.
Problems with HSBC are still ongoing and we have now opened a new bank account with CAF Bank. We will continue to operate the HSBC account as many
people have monthly donations set up to this account and we definitely cannot afford to lose them!
So, despite it being an exceptionally busy year, with the numbers of dogs being surrendered still on the increase (for the first time ever we have a waiting list!) and judging by a report from The Dogs Trust that a further 350,000 are expected to come into rescue in the next 12 months, we pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and continue with the highly rewarding role that we do. Nothing makes us happier than seeing these beautiful souls, find the forever homes that they so thoroughly deserve and without the support and generosity of our members, we simply could not continue the work that we. do So a massive “Thank you” to you all, from all of the Trustees of GGSDR
GARBOS GSD RESCUE 112451 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 1-Nov-21 31-Oct-22 To from
| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Receipts DONATIONS 58,061 MEMBERSHIP 4,528 INTEREST 19 OTHER INCOME 1,455 - - - - 64,063 - - Sub total - Total receipts 64,063 A3 Payments KENNEL & FOSTER FEES 43,841 VET FEES & CANINE HEALTCARE 25,976 PRINTING 2,209 MARKETING 1,464 INSURANCE 367 BANK CHARGES 265 OTHER EXPENSES 1,095 IMPORT &QUARANTINE FEES - - Sub total 75,217 - - Sub total - Total payments 75,217 Net of receipts/(payments) - 11,154 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 53,539 Cash funds this year end 42,385 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds |
to the nearest £ Endowment funds |
Total funds to the nearest £ 58,061 4,528 19 1,455 - - - - 64,063 - - - 64,063 43,841 25,976 2,209 1,464 367 265 1,095 - - 75,217 - - - 75,217 - 11,154 - 53,539 42,385 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
| - - - - - - - - - |
58,061 | 48,493 | ||
| 4,528 | 993 | |||
| 19 | - | |||
| 1,455 | 130 | |||
| - | - | |||
| - | - | |||
| - | - | |||
| - | - | |||
| 64,063 | 49,616 | |||
| - - - |
- | |||
| - | - | |||
| - | - | |||
| - | 64,063 | 49,616 | ||
| - - - - - - - - - - |
43,841 | 32,308 | ||
| 25,976 | 12,713 | |||
| 2,209 | 1,233 | |||
| 1,464 | - | |||
| 367 | 332 | |||
| 265 | - | |||
| 1,095 | 595 | |||
| - | 9,015 | |||
| - | - | |||
| 75,217 | 56,196 | |||
| - - - |
- | |||
| - | ||||
| - | - | |||
| - | 75,217 | 56,196 | ||
| - | - - - - |
- 11,154 | - 6,580 | |
| - | - | - | ||
| - | 53,539 | 60,119 | ||
| - | 42,385 | 53,539 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Details HSBC ACCOUNT CAF ACCOUNT PAYPAL ACCOUNT Details Details Details Vehicle- Ford Transit Vehicle- Citroen Berlingo Details Signature K.T. Andrews Anne Willis Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ to nearest £ 6,697 - 33,922 - 1,766 - 42,385 - OK OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - Cost (optional) Unrestricted N/A- Donated Unrestricted N/A- Donated - - - - - - - - - Print Name Keith Andrews Anne Willis Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) |
to nearest £ Endowment funds |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| OK | |||
| to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| Current value (optional) |
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| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| Current value (optional) |
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| 7,000 | |||
| 3,000 | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| K.T. Andrews | Keith Andrews | 8/7/2023 | |
| Anne Willis | Anne Willis | 8/10/2023 |
Independent Examiner's Report
The attached accounts have been checked to the books and supporting records maintained by Garbo's German Shepherd Dog Rescue and are in accordance therewith.
| Signature C. Fox |
Print Name Carlene Fox |
Date of approval |
|---|---|---|
| C. Fox | Carlene Fox | 8/26/2023 |
GARBOS GSD RESCUE 112451 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 1-Nov-21 31-Oct-22 To from
| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Receipts DONATIONS 58,061 MEMBERSHIP 4,528 INTEREST 19 OTHER INCOME 1,455 - - - - 64,063 - - Sub total - Total receipts 64,063 A3 Payments KENNEL & FOSTER FEES 43,841 VET FEES & CANINE HEALTCARE 25,976 PRINTING 2,209 MARKETING 1,464 INSURANCE 367 BANK CHARGES 265 OTHER EXPENSES 1,095 IMPORT &QUARANTINE FEES - - Sub total 75,217 - - Sub total - Total payments 75,217 Net of receipts/(payments) - 11,154 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 53,539 Cash funds this year end 42,385 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds |
to the nearest £ Endowment funds |
Total funds to the nearest £ 58,061 4,528 19 1,455 - - - - 64,063 - - - 64,063 43,841 25,976 2,209 1,464 367 265 1,095 - - 75,217 - - - 75,217 - 11,154 - 53,539 42,385 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
| - - - - - - - - - |
58,061 | 48,493 | ||
| 4,528 | 993 | |||
| 19 | - | |||
| 1,455 | 130 | |||
| - | - | |||
| - | - | |||
| - | - | |||
| - | - | |||
| 64,063 | 49,616 | |||
| - - - |
- | |||
| - | - | |||
| - | - | |||
| - | 64,063 | 49,616 | ||
| - - - - - - - - - - |
43,841 | 32,308 | ||
| 25,976 | 12,713 | |||
| 2,209 | 1,233 | |||
| 1,464 | - | |||
| 367 | 332 | |||
| 265 | - | |||
| 1,095 | 595 | |||
| - | 9,015 | |||
| - | - | |||
| 75,217 | 56,196 | |||
| - - - |
- | |||
| - | ||||
| - | - | |||
| - | 75,217 | 56,196 | ||
| - | - - - - |
- 11,154 | - 6,580 | |
| - | - | - | ||
| - | 53,539 | 60,119 | ||
| - | 42,385 | 53,539 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Details HSBC ACCOUNT CAF ACCOUNT PAYPAL ACCOUNT Details Details Details Vehicle- Ford Transit Vehicle- Citroen Berlingo Details Signature K.T. Andrews Anne Willis Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ to nearest £ 6,697 - 33,922 - 1,766 - 42,385 - OK OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - Cost (optional) Unrestricted N/A- Donated Unrestricted N/A- Donated - - - - - - - - - Print Name Keith Andrews Anne Willis Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) |
to nearest £ Endowment funds |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| OK | |||
| to nearest £ Endowment funds |
|||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| Current value (optional) |
|||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| Current value (optional) |
|||
| 7,000 | |||
| 3,000 | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| When due (optional) |
|||
| Date of approval |
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| K.T. Andrews | Keith Andrews | 8/7/2023 | |
| Anne Willis | Anne Willis | 8/10/2023 |
Independent Examiner's Report
The attached accounts have been checked to the books and supporting records maintained by Garbo's German Shepherd Dog Rescue and are in accordance therewith.
| Signature C. Fox |
Print Name Carlene Fox |
Date of approval |
|---|---|---|
| C. Fox | Carlene Fox | 8/26/2023 |