2024-04-30-accounts - Prospect Ferret Rescue

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period Period start date Period end date 01 05 2023 30 04 2024 From To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

PROSPECT FERRET RESCUE

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1143276

Charity's principal address 179 Northgate Almondbury Huddersfield West Yorkshire Postcode HD5 8US

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Sara Lamming	CEO
WendyMiles	Chairman
Jason Boland
Roger Sargeant
















Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name		Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) Sara Lamming

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Trust Deed Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed By resolution of the Trustees Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

PROSPECT FERRET RESCUE

Prospect Ferret Rescue is dedicated to the rescue and placement of abused, unwanted and abandoned ferrets.

The Rescue provides a temporary sanctuary for ferrets suitable for adoption whilst every effort is made to find loving, responsible, forever homes. The Rescue also provides a permanent home for those ferrets who cannot be adopted due to health, age or temperament.

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The Rescue works to raise awareness about the benefits of adopting these playful, affectionate and easy to look after small animals and provides information and support to ensure successful adoptions so that rescued ferrets can live out their natural lives in comfort and security. We work hand-in-hand with other animal welfare groups in order to best further the aims of the Rescue.

The Rescue provides work experience placements for students at secondary schools, colleges and universities in Yorkshire. It also provides opportunities for young people with learning difficulties always working under the guidance of organisations mentoring the recipients.

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Following review of the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit, the Trustees concluded that the main activities undertaken for the public benefit during the period of the Report were:

Taking stray ferrets off the streets and providing them with shelter & care including seeing to their veterinary needs

Providing advice to would-be adopters as to the general care of ferrets;

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Running a fostering scheme, short stay and long term, providing people who want to care for homeless ferrets with the resources to enable them to do so;

Neutering and vaccinating ferrets to prevent unwanted breeding and spread of disease;

Providing work experience placements for students at secondary schools, colleges and universities in Yorkshire as required by their educational courses;

Providing opportunities for young people with learning difficulties at the request of their mentoring organisations;

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

A total of 102 ferrets were found forever homes during the period of this Report bringing the overall total to 1,441 ferrets since the start of the Rescue to the end date of this Report.

A total of 73 ferrets were in caring foster homes during this period whilst waiting for their forever homes

A total of 9 young people/college students/school pupils received work experience during the year covered by this Report.

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Section E Financial review

The charity does not have a policy on reserves

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Not Applicable

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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The charity depends on donations

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Sara Jane Lamming Position (eg Secretary, Chair, CEO etc) Date 19.02.25

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Prospect Ferret Rescue No (if any) 1143276 Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01.05.2023 30.04.2024

Prospect Ferret Rescue No (if any) 1143276 Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts

Section A Receipts and payments

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds

Total funds Last year funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £

to the nearest £

A1 Receipts

A1 Receipts
Donations	33,345	-	-	33,345
Adoption Fees	9,310	-	-	9,310	-
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Sub total(Gross income for AR)	42,655	-	-	42,655	-

A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Total receipts	42,655	-	-	42,655		-
A3 Payments
Employment Costs	24,773	-	-	24,773	-
Utilities	600	-	-	600	-
Animal Food	4,100	-	-	4,100	-
Volunteer Expences	3,120	-	-	3,120	-
Vet Costs	19,211	-	-	19,211	-
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Sub total	51,804	-	-	51,804	-

A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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Total payments	51,804	-	-	51,804		-

Net of receipts/(payments) -	9,149	-	-	- 9,149	-
A5 Transfers between funds	-	-	-	-	-
A6 Cash funds last year end	19,288				-
Cash funds this year end	10,623				-

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 10,623 Details n/a Details n/a Details n/a Details n/a Signature Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - Agreement Error OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name Sara Lamming24.02.2025 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
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			Date of approval
		Sara Lamming24.02.2025

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustse81 rnembers of i Ecr f&LKET 30.0-2 On accounts for the year ended Charlty no Ilf any) Set out on page8 I report to the trustees on my examinatson of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trustl for the year ended3 c+ . Re8ponslbllttle8 and As the chariiy trustees, you are pOnSIble for the preparation ofthe basis of report accounts in accordance the Chartties Act 2011 ('the Act.). I report in ped of my examination of the Trusfs accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed all the applicab Directtons given by the Charrty Commission under sethon 145(5){b) of the ACL Independent tr examiner's ststement appl. Delete [ l rfnot applicable. I have cornpted my examination. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention in connection wth the examination l)i¢h give$ me cause to bel that in. any material respect.: the accounting records 7A¢re not kept in aCCordare with section 130 of the Act; or the accounts did not ac(X•rd with the accounting records.. or the accounts did not ¢omply with the applicable requifemenls concerning the fts and content of accounts set out in the CharitS (Accounts and Reports) Regulab'ons 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts gprfe a 'true and fairf view ttich Is not a matter considered as part of an indeFendent examination. I have no concems and hove come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be dra% in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached. ' ease delete the words in the brnckets rfthey ¢) not apply. Slgned: re-c*-S. Name: Relevant professional quallflcatlonl81 or body (If aTryl.' IER October 2018

Address." Section B Disclosure Onty mplete rf the examiner needs to hKJhltghl matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of Char accounts.. dire¢tion$ and guidance for examiners). Glve hère details of any Item5 that the examlner wishes to dlsclose. IER October 2018