2025-04-30-accounts - Prospect Ferret Rescue

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 05 2024 30 04 2025

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1143276

PROSPECT FERRET RESCUE

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

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	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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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

PROSPECT FERRET RESCUE

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

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

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;

Running a fostering scheme, short stay and long term, providing people Summary of the main who want to care for homeless ferrets with the resources to enable them activities undertaken for the to do so; public benefit in relation to these objects (include within Neutering and vaccinating ferrets to prevent unwanted breeding and this section the statutory spread of disease; declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance Providing work experience placements for students at secondary issued by the Charity schools, colleges and universities in Yorkshire as required by their Commission on public educational courses; benefit)

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

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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 77 ferrets were found forever homes during the period of this Report bringing the overall total to 1,518 ferrets since the start of the Rescue to the end date of this Report. A total of 93 ferrets were homed at the Rescue in either permanent residency due to age, ill health or attitude issues or whilst waiting adoption A total of 62 ferrets were in caring foster homes during this period whilst waiting for their forever homes

A total of 12 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 Not Applicable in deficit

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);
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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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Charity Name No (if any) Prospect Ferret Rescue Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 30.04.25

For the period Period start date from 01.05.24

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 47,087 10,918 4,360 - - - - - 62,365 - - - 62,365 26,270 17,748 5,200 600 4,472 - - - - 54,290 - - - 54,290 8,075 - 10,623 23,933	Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 47,087 10,918 4,360 - - - - - 62,365 - - - 62,365 26,270 17,748 5,200 600 4,472 - - - - 54,290 - - - 54,290 8,075	Last year to the nearest £
Donations	47,087				-
Gift Aid	10,918				-
Adoption Fees	4,360				-
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	62,365				-

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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Employment Costs	26,270				-
Vet Fees	17,748				-
Volunteers Fees	5,200				-
Utilities	600				-
Ferret Food	4,472				-
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**Sub total **	54,290				-

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*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

15/02/2026

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds	Details n/a Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) n/a 23,933 Details Details n/a Details n/a Signature	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - Agreement Error OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Sara Lamming	Endowment funds to nearest £
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			Date of approval
		Sara Lamming	15.02.24

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

15/02/2026

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteMI mombers of PT Fr ItrT Q-rL LLt On accounts for tho yoar endod Charity no (If any) 112) 1_ Set out on page8 . J 11-.cILiae:".e &iaJe nuw.ters ol -dlrtiryn¥l slwisl I report to the trustees on my examination ofthe accounts of the above charity (Ihe Twst") for the year ended , oy Responsibilities and As the charity tTUStees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of rel accounts in accordance with the charits Act 2011 (Ihe Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5){b) of the Act. Independent oxamineW8 Statement apPIete I l rfnot applicable. I have comkleted my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gNes me cause to believe that in. any material re$t,. the accounting recdS were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act, or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., LY the accounts did not comply wrth the applicable requirements onming the fomi and content of accounts set out in the Charrties (Accounts and Reports} Regulations 2¢J08 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no ConM$ and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enale a proper understanding of the accounts to reached. . Please delete the in the braGkels rfthey do not apply. Sign. Date: Name: ndrew Borland Relevant professlonal qualificatlon(s) or body lif any): IER October 2018

Address: 3 Stud Road, Barfoythorpe, Oakham. Rutland, LE15 7GD Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of conrn (see CC32, Independent examination of tharity accounts: directions arKI guidance for examirers). Glvo here deLg11s of any Items thal Iho examin•r wishes to discloso. IER October 2018