FELINE CARE,, rescue sanctuary advice rehoming Annual Report 2022 - 2023 Year ending 31st Mèrch 2023 Regigtered Charity No 144830
Trustees Report
Welcome from our Chair
On behalf of the trustees I am pleased to present our Annual Report.
It’s been another successful year at Feline Care, with many cats finding their new forever homes and many more enjoying the permanent love and care we provide here at the sanctuary.
The year has not been without it's challenges, with the costs of many goods and services rising significantly, and much instability in the world around us all.
The media has been full of bad news about the state of our economy, environment, or communities, putting pressure on the number of people offering a good home and increases the number of cats who find themselves needing a new home. Feline Care, however, is the perfect antidote to such worries.
I do not visit Feline Care as often as I would like, but whenever I do make it over to the sanctuary, I always feel my spirits rise and leave with a happy smile on my face. Visiting Feline care reminds me of the best of humanity; with staff, volunteers and trustees working together to improve the welfare of all the cats in our care, cats who have arrived at the sanctuary through no fault of their own and are so deserving of another chance we provide. It takes many committed people to keep Feline Care running, from the people who help feed or clean out so many cats every single day, those who keep the doors of the charity shop open, sorting through the many donations and keeping the money coming in, those who leave gifts in their wills or join in with our raffles, those who run stalls or shake buckets for donations and so many more. The trustees who all have full time jobs but manage to find the time to meet and take on some of the behind the scenes administration such as recruitment, accounts and compliance with the mountain of paperwork that running the sanctuary generates.
And of course there are our Site manager Molly and volunteer Olly, who are both on site 365 days of the year, ensuring every single cat in our care is safe and warm, healthy, and happy. So, I’d like to end with a big thank you to everyone who makes feline care possible. Thank you for your time, patience, commitment, and good humour. I am very much looking forward to another year working alongside you all and helping our feline friends who we all adore.
Ken Hill Chair
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Who we are
Feline Care (FC) began life as Feralands, part of another cat rescue charity based in West Sussex, set up to provide lifelong sanctuary to cats from that area, who for various reasons were not able to find homes. Over time we began taking in cats from the local area and facilitating our own adoptions.
In 2012 our parent Charity decided to end the practice of sending cats to us and made plans to sell our site. This left us with the choice of returning all our residents to their main site or purchasing the land and becoming a charity in our own right. With huge support from volunteers, donors, and the local community, we were able to raise the funds in the extremely tight timescales given to us and Feline Care became a charity in its own right.
Feline Care is based in a purpose-built sanctuary at Roudham, Norfolk, and can accommodate upwards of 150 cats. We are governed by a board of trustees with the Charity founder, Molly Farrar, responsible for day-to-day management of the site. We employ a small team of staff to assist with the daily care of the cats and to manage our Charity shops.
FC is proud to be one of a few cat charities in the UK which aims to support feral and stray cats, as well as domestic cats, through rescue, re-homing, neutering and educating the public on the responsibilities of owning cats as pets. The staff work tirelessly to relieve the suffering of cats by providing temporary and permanent accommodation for their care and treatment and in the hope of finding them permanent homes.
FC sanctuary set-up includes animal bedrooms and communal pens in a purpose-built single storey building. These communal rooms allow us to keep multi cat families together, while we assess which cats are bonded to each other. We also have isolation units, a mum and kitten quarantine and an intensive care room for those admitted with medical needs. We have purpose built ‘Jellicle’ pens that are unheated and enable us to shelter colonies at familiar temperatures, crucial for TNR (Trap Neuter Return) cats to retain their outdoor coats.
For the outdoor residents, including our feral cats, there is ample outside space with over 3.5 acres of woodland and meadowland which provides a green, pleasant and stimulating environment for those preferring to reside outdoors. For the outdoor cats we also offer numerous shelter options, including a large timber frame building with a loft area. All our outdoor residents have access to a heated bedroom as well should they wish to use it. Our entire site is fully enclosed with cat proof fencing, ensuring those that live on site are safe from roads and external factors.
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All traffic on site is controlled and kept in a lower car park which the cats do not have access to, meaning our residents never have to worry about the dangers from vehicles.
We take in cats on a temporary or permanent basis, regardless of age, health, and behaviour. None of the cats we take in are put to sleep unless professional medical advice suggests it is in their best interest, and many residents live well into old age in the comfort of this safe haven. If the cat's medical or behaviour needs mean they cannot be re-homed, they too will live out life as a permanent member of the FC family.
The numbers of permanent residents with us fluctuates, but we generally have around 60 cats living free on site. We always have a group of residents needing more specialist attention who reside in our reception area, but who still have free access to our grounds. Some of our reception cats have been with us many years and are well known by staff, volunteers and visitors alike.
Unfortunately, we lost several of our reception cats this year including Adalida, Tufty, Taz, Big Ginge, and Plug.
Plug, was one of our most well-known and beloved FC family members. Residing in reception as unofficial reception manager since he came to us over 9 years ago, with some of the most horrific facial injuries we had ever seen. He had been hit in the face by ricochet from a high velocity rifle, whoever tried to shoot him had missed.
Feral and emaciated but with such an overwhelming determination to survive, we had to give him every chance. Expensive, specialist treatment via Fitzpatrick Referrals was his only option and our amazing supporters quickly helped us find the funds needed for his treatment.
Following his surgery and recovery, Plug settled into our reception. He loved other cats as well as greeting volunteers and visitors and trying to steal human food. He spent a lot of time with his favourite person Molly, ‘helping’ with office work.
Plug’s passing was sudden, unexpected and devastated everyone. A true Feline Care cat, Plug will be remembered always, for his slobbery danger kisses and his love of food. His ashes now live on our kitchen sill that was one of his favourite spots. He will remain an example of why we must treat every cat as an individual.
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While the charity always aims to help as many cats as possible, it’s work can never be quantified by numbers alone as the priority is and will always be, to help those most in need. FC promotes high standards of companion animal ownership and responsible management of domestic, stray and feral cats through neutering and are active in promoting responsible ownership both in the home and in a business environment.
Work undertaken with groups of feral cats often includes the control of growing colonies on business premises where cats are captured, neutered and returned to the working environment. The FC team covers primarily the local Breckland area but works closely with other cat and animal charities whenever possible to deal with feral colonies and difficult to re-home animals.
None of this work could be done without the generous support of cat lovers not only across the UK but from across the globe.
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Our mission
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To relieve the suffering of domestic, feral and stray cats that are unwanted, abused or abandoned, regardless of their colour, breed, temperament, age or medical conditions, by providing shelter, medical aid and care.
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To find permanent, loving homes for the cats that come into our care and to offer lifelong care and shelter for those that cannot be re-homed
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To promote high standards of companion animal ownership and responsible management of domestic, stray and feral cats, through neutering.
To advance education in need for responsible ownership.
Structure Governance and Management
Feline Care began operating as an independent charity on 1 April 2012. The Trustees, as charity trustees, have control of FC, its property and funds. They are governed by the Trust Deed signed on 7 September 2011; Trustees were appointed for varying terms of office to ensure continuity. At the end of each term of office, the remaining Trustees agree either to reappoint or to appoint a new Trustee. Should a Trustee resign mid-term, a new Trustee may be appointed. New or reappointed Trustees have a three-year term of office.
Our Trustees 2022/2023
Kenneth Hill (Chair) Carrianne Freeman-Hall
Molly Farrar Stephanie Kayne Lisa Bailey James Thurston
All Trustees undertake their duties in a voluntary capacity and receive no remuneration or other benefits for their work as Trustees. In addition to volunteering as a Trustee, Miss Farrar is employed by FC as the charity’s full time manager.
The Trustees hold quarterly meetings, presided over by the Chairman or a nominated deputy. At least three of the five appointed Trustees are present at each meeting. The agendas for meetings have as routine business: matters arising, updated financial report, fundraising and staffing issues. Other matters are included for discussion and agreement as necessary.
Day to day operational decisions are delegated by the Trustees to the full time manager. Responsibility for significant strategic decisions remains with the trustees.
Rick Wakeman and Ian Lavender continue to be Patrons of the charity.
The independent review of the FC accounts was undertaken by SCS Accountancy Solutions Ltd of Dereham. Payroll is managed Becky Potiphar who manages it voluntarily in house.
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What we do
Animals arrive at the sanctuary in a number of ways and for a number of reasons. They may be found as strays, litters from unneutered mothers, brought to the centre, (sometimes dumped at the gates) or relinquished by owners no longer able to care for them or unwilling to treat medical conditions (and we’ve even had a few who self-admitted by climbing over our fences and onto site). We are also asked to trap strays and sometimes colonies of feral cats. We engage with other organisations to take in large numbers of cats from ‘hoarder’ situations.
Feline Care remains technically full all year round. Admissions are managed purely on a priority basis and are entirely dependent on availability of spaces. We operate an active waiting list of cats whose owners wish to re-home their pets. We tend to focus our admittance on the cats that other rescues may not prioritise, specifically feral or elderly cats and those with medical or behavioural issues.
On arrival, all animals undergo a full health check and any entire males or females are neutered.
We scan every cat admitted for a microchip, in case it has become separated from it's owners. Any un-microchipped cats are microchipped, these are then dual registered to us and the eventual new owner. Microchipping is essential in reuniting lost cats with their owners, and it gives us peace of mind that for any animal we have chipped, should the owner not be found, the cat will return to us.
All cats admitted are also vaccinated and given parasite treatments for fleas and worms. If other veterinary treatments are required, we will engage appropriate veterinary professionals, including referrals to specialist centres. It is not uncommon for the veterinary costs for some of the cats we admit to run into thousands of pounds. Our willingness to treat cats with medical needs means we can save the lives of cats that might otherwise be euthanised.
Each animal admitted spends time in quarantine, either in one of our quarantine units, or in a separate bedroom area, before being allowed into any communal cat area. During this time we monitor the cat's behaviour, if we discover they dislike other cats, they won’t join a communal area but will remain in an individual bedroom.
Many of the cats we take in will have suffered former trauma
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and abuse and have resulting behavioural issues. For these cats we work with an animal behaviourist to develop a behaviour plan. These written plans are followed by all staff and volunteers and are monitored and adapted as required. We have had great success in transforming angry, scared cats into loving lap cats. We have also successfully toilet trained many cats. For behavioural and socialisation reasons we only re-home kittens in pairs, and under a neutering deposit scheme to ensure that they will be neutered at the appropriate stage.
Our adoption fee remains a standard amount regardless of the length of time an animal has been with us or the amount of money we have spent on their care. In some circumstances we may reduce or waive the adoption fees, for example for very elderly cats being adopted out for end-of-life care, it is more important for us to get them into the right home environment, than to receive the standard adoption fee. For cats with complex medical issues, we may offer ongoing support for a proportion of their care, if the new owners use our veterinary teams.
Where possible, colonies of feral cats are trapped by us or 3rd parties, then brought into the centre, neutered, left ear clipped, microchipped and then returned to the location they came from. Where returning or re-homing is not possible, feral cats are allowed join our outdoor colony and to roam free on site. All our outdoor cats are fed twice a day and have free access to indoor areas. Veterinary care for all our cats is managed sympathetically with the help of Cherry Tree vets in Diss our primary provider, who undertake regular visits to the sanctuary. We continue to use Knotts Yard Veterinary Practice in Watton and as a result of diminishing veterinary appointment availability, have also used a number of other veterinary practices this year including Breckland vets, Wymondham vets.
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Our free roaming colony of around 60 cats comprises mostly of those who are not people friendly. As their trust grows over time, we never rule out re-homing these cats provided to homes suitable homes. However, over the years we have several of these non-people friendly cats decide they actually quite like people and go on to be adopted and live out their life as pampered domestic cats.
We operate on a basis of a lifelong rescue back up for any cats that are admitted and adopted out through us. We hope that every animal adopted out has successfully found their forever family, but understand that life can provide unexpected challenges, so if an owner's circumstances change and they can no longer look after the cat, we take the animal back into our care, regardless of how much time has passed since the adoption.
People often contact us for our expert advice, even for cats that were not adopted from us. We are happy to give offer this advice; in some situations, it can result in a simple change the owner needs to make or follow and can result in a happier cat and family. Giving our expert advice helps to reduce the numbers of cats being given up by owners, reducing the burden on rescues and freeing up spaces for those cats that really need them.
Where we are engaged in removing cats from multi-cat households, we will work with them to return a limited number of cats to the home, following neutering and medical care. This prevents the owner filling up the home again with more unwanted and unneutered cats. Regardless of our feelings on these situations, the cat’s welfare is the most important thing. The largest volume of cats we individually ever had to take out of one household was 44. This quickly turned into 48 as one cat was heavily pregnant and gave birth the following day. The ‘Domino’ group as they became known were unneutered, underweight, suffering from varying medical conditions and very nervous. We successfully rehomed the majority of these cats, with only 4 remaining on site with us.
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During 2022 we saw a significant uptick in the number of breed cats we were asked to take in, including large groups of ex breeding colonies. We suspect this increase has been fuelled by the covid pandemic and people now wanting to give up animals they purchased or breed during lockdown. Unfortunately, our waiting list of people wanting to give up cats significantly increased in 2022 and we suspect this will continue to rise.
Some of the notable cats we helped during the course of 2022/2023 included
Peter, a cat signed over to us from a vets, who had significant mobility problems. With a careful diet and exercise regime, we were able to reduce Peter’s weight, increase his mobility significantly and is now hopeful of finding a new home.
Super G, a tiny stray kitten who came to us in a critical condition with cat flu and anaemia. Miraculously, against the odds, she survived, although has been left almost blind. Despite limited vision she is very confident around site and quite a hunter of flies, leaves and stray litter.
Chad went to his new home. A former stray entire male, who had a tendency to pee on soft furnishings and give unexpected nibbles. We worked tirelessly for over a year to retrain him out of these bad habits, so he could bag his new home.
Danni, a young ginger female who came to us with significant medical problems and required over £5000 treatment to remove a rare huge growth from in her ear that was affecting her sinuses and breathing. After a successful surgery and recovery, she went to her new home.
Saffy, a stray pedigree cat who we suspect was a former breeding queen, came to us with a serious leg injury. Despite all attempts to save her leg, unfortunately we had to have it amputated. She has coped well and has decided to become part of our reception family.
As of May 2022, we are no longer part of the Association of Dog and Cats Homes (ADCH) due to our work with feral cats, which the ADCH do not support.
We feel that promoting good cat welfare is essential, especially the importance of neutering, microchipping and adopting rather than buying cats bred for sale. Our Founder is often called on to discuss cat welfare issues through radio and TV broadcasts. We also use our social media platforms of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to deliver these messages.
Our social media presence continues to grow and we have over 12,000 supporters on Facebook. We have found Facebook to be extremely helpful as an educational and communication tool and will continue to grow our social media presence. During the COVID pandemic we set up a FC shop page on Facebook. Initially used to facilitate ‘click and collect’ orders we now use this page to promote items for sale and advertise our shop events. Currently we have over 500 people following this page.
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To keep supporters engaged we also send out three e-news updates a year to our mailing list of around 1700 people, with around 500 people opening each of these updates. We have a FC team page on Facebook used purely for our volunteers. This continues to be an extremely useful site to share cattery operational information with volunteers that we don’t share with the wider public on Facebook. Volunteers have high levels of engagement with this team page.
Having lost our regular donation of food from Whiskas a few years ago and still having no luck in sourcing a bulk tinned food supplier, we continue to rely heavily on donated cat food. To set our kittens up with good oral health, we feed Smilla from Zooplus, a sugar free food and over the last year we have moved our colony cats onto a sugar free diet to better prevent dental disease. Our core biscuit used is Royal Canin, purchased directly. After phasing out treats for cats for homing during covid changes we have not reintroduced treat giving as the behavioural benefits have been so huge.
We are fortunate to be supported by very generous public donations of various cat foods and treats, these are essential when we have picky cats arrive and we need to transition them onto our standard diets. In the past we have had cats arrive who will only eat one brand or flavour of food. We’ve even had Cecil who had been a much-loved neighbourhood stray brought to us who would only eat freshly cooked meat. After much effort we did manage to transition him across to a selection of cat appropriate foods!
Our web-based application for potential adopters (implemented as a result of COVID) proved so successful, we continued to use this as the primary source for initial adoption enquires. The use of this multi question form provides us with an initial view on the home situation and animal requirements and allows us to assess if potential adopters might suit any of our residents.
This process reduces call time for potential adopters that we have no cat matches for and allows us to process applications at unsociable times which can take pressure off the cattery. Any possible matches are discussed by phone prior to visiting which means less visitors disturbing our feral population on site.
Home visits are still carried out virtually, usually by WhatsApp and arrangements to collect the cat will be made as soon after as possible. We provide ongoing support, advice and assistance to adopters if they require it. After increasing our adoption donation during covid our minimum adoption donation is now £75 per cat or kitten.
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Staff and Volunteers
We have a small team of part-time and full-time staff. 1 x full-time founder
1 x full-time shop manager 1 x part-time shop assistant 3 x part-time cattery assistants
1 x full-time operations manager (July - Nov) 1 x full-time senior cattery assistant
Our staffing situation fluctuated this year, with existing cattery staff moving on to new opportunities and new staff joining us. To make way for a new Operations Manager position, Molly Farrar stepped back into a founder role, still on hand for whatever the cats or charity need.
Our cattery assistants and operations manager work from our Sanctuary site and between them provide full time 7 day a week coverage. We always have someone on site overnight. Our team collectively have a great deal of specialised cat care knowledge, including the ability to hand rear kittens and give minor medical treatments under the supervision of veterinary professionals.
As the Charity has grown the demand on our full-time manager has increased substantially, both from an animal care and administration perspective. To relieve some of this pressure and help move the charity forward, we recruited a full-time operations manager. Unfortunately, the new manager had to leave the role due to personal reasons. We are now evaluating how we move forward with this role in future.
As with all charities, FC relies heavily on a large number of volunteers who dedicate anything from a few hours to a few days a week. Ranging from 16 years to over 70 years and including people of all abilities, our volunteers are valued members of the FC team and undertake everything from the daily cleaning out of cats, manning stalls at fundraising events, serving in the charity shops, standing for hours shaking collection tins at supermarkets and other stores, driving cats to vet appointments, carrying out home checks, to helping with site maintenance.
We lost a significant number of our volunteers because of regulation changes and shops closing during COVID, although our dedicated core of volunteers continue to be an essential part of the Feline care team. A more organised daily cattery routine has led to the need for less volunteers and we are making better use of the time people give. This has resulted in a waiting list to volunteer for the first time in Feline Care’s history!
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Our Shops and Fundraising
We receive no government funding and adoption fees cover only a fraction of our costs. Most of our funding comes from our Attleborough shop and other fundraising activities.
Our Attleborough shop was able to trade normally this year with our shop manager and part time shop assistant being supported by a dedicated core of shop volunteers. We continued running pop up shops once a month from the Sanctuary. Our shop manager also continued to sell more specialist donations via the eBay platform, where we generally have around 250 ‘lots’ on eBay at any one time, and to date have sold over 2000 items.
Currently 380 people have us on their saved seller list. We were able to do 11 other fundraising events this year at fetes and fairs and hope to continue growing these volumes next year.
As we no longer have the Diss shop our storage facilities for donations remains limited. As a result, arranged for a new shipping container to be brought to site and to be located in our front carpark area. This new container arrived in April 2022 and enabled us to run pop up shops and fundraising events more easily, as well as providing us with additional storage and sorting space.
We didn’t hold any of our large fundraising open days this year and now accept that they might not return in the future. These events require a great deal of advanced planning and commitment, and are a huge disturbance to the cats that Feline Care is home to. Having witnessed the positive results of less visitors to the sanctuary, open days will not return unless we can make them less stressful to the cats. This decision has been very difficult as they are well supported and enjoyed by volunteers, supporters and the wider community.
Once again volunteer Julie ran a huge Easter hamper raffle, with 30 hampers full of donated Easter chocolates and raised over £3000 from this event.
Heather and Julie teamed up to prepare and run a Christmas raffle with 29 hampers donated, that raised over £3700.
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Work Under Taken
With the current economic climate and ongoing concerns on how this could impact the charity in the longer term, we were reserved in our operational spending, once again focusing on prioritising normal site maintenance and enriching things for the cats, which with 4 acres of land can be time consuming.
With a wider environmental view in mind, and to encourage insects to thrive, we again decided this year to not mow our front paddock and allow it to wild flower, our old car park has also been allowed to return to grass. The cats enjoy the longer grass, as demonstrated by us finding several patches where cats have obviously made outdoor nesting areas. We were also extremely pleased that the rare wasp spider flourished in our paddock again this year.
We started the massive job of relocating some operations on site in summer 2022 after the arrival of the shipping container. With plans to;
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move the tool storage area out of Jellicle and into to one of our permanent shipping containers (affectionately known as ‘nearland’), which will enable us to convert the old Jellicle tool storage unit into more convenient cattery storage and free up space at the other end of Jellicle for more cat housing.
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move our fundraising/ebay storage area from the current cabins as the cabins are in poor repair and are not a suitable space for the storage needed.
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return the cabins back into site accommodation including potential palliative care space.
To facilitate all of this, work began with emptying the old donation house ready to upgrade the doors, floors and windows and fix long term damp issues. With such a lot of work needed, we anticipate the donation house will be up and running later in 2023.
Work was also undertaken to demolish the old lean-to storage area around the donation house and re-roof the cat litter tray sink area.
The final electrical work on site was completed in the summer of 2022.
We had to deal with a blocked sewer in July, which was a lovely job to sort in the summer heat - a reminder to all visitors that blue roll should never be put down the toilet and sink covers must always be used!
Getting the ongoing BT phone and internet issue finally resolved in July 2022 was a huge relief.
Our health and safety plans were continually updated.
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The Future
Every care continues to be taken to ensure that expenditure is kept under control, whilst ensuring that the wellbeing of the animals does not suffer. However, substantial investment will still need to be made in continuing the programme of upgrading and increasing accommodation for the cats and for the building of permanent staff accommodation at the sanctuary; the charity continues to save for this purpose. The ring-fenced reserves mentioned above ensure the need for permanent staff accommodation is kept as an agenda item for the Trustees and remains a continuing priority in the longer term.
Applications for grants and donations aimed specifically at the Perfect Home Project continue. Remaining long term elements of the project include:
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New reception area directly adjacent to our new car park: reducing the need for visitors to enter the cattery area and to made popping in with donations, admitting cats and visitors much easier.
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Covered pedestrian access from our reception area to the main cattery: giving us disabled access and making the experience of visiting, especially in a wet and cold Norfolk winter, much easier for our older or less mobile visitors.
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Recycling and waste point for sanctuary and shop waste: to eliminate the need for skip lorries within the grounds, tidy us up and make disposal easier for staff and volunteers.
Continued delivery of the Perfect Home Project will go a long way to future-proofing our work.
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Financial Review
In 2022/23 both our income and expenditure increased as compared to the previous year, with an income of £170,291 and expenditure of £174,500.
The end of year difference between income and expenditure was a small expected loss in the knowledge several legacies would be settled in the following year. The total held in cash and bank balances was up to £265k.
Full financial details can be found in a separate report.
Reserves
FC’s official reserves policy was updated and confirmed by Trustees on 11th June 2023.
Noting that;
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The amount of reserves will be kept under constant review by Trustees, taking into account future fundraising activities and expenditure.
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No precise amount of reserves can be indicated but if reserves are anticipated to fall, then fundraising activities must be prioritised.
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Amongst other factors to be considered is the need to retain at least the equivalent of one year's annual expenditure in cash, in keeping with general guidelines from the Charity Commission;
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As agreed by the Trustees, there is now a special ring-fenced reserve dedicated to the Perfect Home project, held on our Skipton Bank Account
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As it becomes available, from reserves and grants, funds will continue to be allocated to subsequent phases of the Perfect Home Project to improve facilities and infrastructure at FC.
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As reported above, we aim to hold reserves of a minimum of one years annual running costs, taking into account the year on year fluctuations in income and expenditure.
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Declaration
The Trustees declare that they approved the Annual Report above
Signed on behalf of the charity’s Trustees
Signed : ………………………………………… Kenneth Hill, Chair
Dated : 2023
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Feline Care
Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 31st March 2023
| Income Donations Recycling Shop Fundraising Activities Grants Received Interest Received Expenses Wages Vet fees/ neutuering Animal food Cat litter Vehicle expenses Waste disposal Heat, Light & Water Paypal Fees Maintenance / renovations Admin & Postage Rent and rates General Expenses Insurance Telephone and internet Net Expenses Balance of Receipts for the year Cash and Balances B/Fwd Cater Allen Account Co-operative Account Santander Account Skipton Building Society Cash and Bank Balances C/Fwd Represented by: Cash and Bank Balances at 31.3.2023 Cater Allen Account Co-operative Account Santander Account Skipton Building Society P&L Balance (above) |
42,101.98 3,705.20 26,645.10 85,986.27 11,053.60 799.04 |
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| 170,291.19 105,254.98 25,911.22 657.35 3,518.00 746.23 1,788.00 5,493.22 3,052.85 8,748.72 1,207.85 8,500.73 3,281.71 4,329.21 2,009.94 |
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| 174,500.01 -4,208.82 82,220.48 54,833.53 36,346.81 96,413.17 |
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| 269,813.99 | |
| 71,665.05 44,160.50 52,567.41 97,212.21 4,208.82 |
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| 269,813.99 |
Feline Care Cat Rescue & Homing Centre Statement of Assets and Liabilities 31st March 2023
The feline Care Assets comprise of:-
Cash and bank balances - totalling £269,813.99 Debtors £0.00 Purchases paid for after Year End
Equipment and Fixtures and Fittings - including the sanctuary and grounds.
The Feline Care Liabilities comprise of:
Creditors £0.00
Various supplies paid after year end.
The Receipts and Payments Account and Statement of Assets and Liabilities were approved by the Board of Trustees on
And signed on its behalf by:
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Feline Care Cat Rescue & Homing Centre Receipts and Payments Account Independent Examiners Report
Registered Charity Number 1144830 For the Year Ended 31st March 2023
I report on the accounts of the Feline Care Cat Rescue & Homing Centre for the year ended 31st March 2023 which are set out on the following pages.
Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner
As the Charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that an audit is not required for the year (under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act)) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
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Examine the accounts (under section 43 of the Act);
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To follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 43 (7)(b) of the Act); and
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To state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of Independent examiner's statement
My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directors given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the 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 the concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.
Independent Examiners Statement
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
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1 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material aspect, the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that:
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property accounting records are kept (in accordance with section 41 of the Act); and accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply
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with the accounting requirements of the Act; or
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2 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Sue Sheldrake SCS Accounting Solutions Limited Unit 5, Broadway Barns The Broadway, Scarning Dereham, Norfolk NR19 2LQ
Signed …………………………………………………………
Date 20th January 2024
Feline Care
Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 31st March 2023
| Income Donations Recycling Shop Fundraising Activities Grants Received Interest Received Expenses Wages Vet fees/ neutuering Animal food Cat litter Vehicle expenses Waste disposal Heat, Light & Water Paypal Fees Maintenance / renovations Admin & Postage Rent and rates General Expenses Insurance Telephone and internet Net Expenses Balance of Receipts for the year Cash and Balances B/Fwd Cater Allen Account Co-operative Account Santander Account Skipton Building Society Cash and Bank Balances C/Fwd Represented by: Cash and Bank Balances at 31.3.2023 Cater Allen Account Co-operative Account Santander Account Skipton Building Society P&L Balance (above) |
42,101.98 3,705.20 26,645.10 85,986.27 11,053.60 799.04 |
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| 170,291.19 105,254.98 25,911.22 657.35 3,518.00 746.23 1,788.00 5,493.22 3,052.85 8,748.72 1,207.85 8,500.73 3,281.71 4,329.21 2,009.94 |
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| 174,500.01 -4,208.82 82,220.48 54,833.53 36,346.81 96,413.17 |
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| 269,813.99 | |
| 71,665.05 44,160.50 52,567.41 97,212.21 4,208.82 |
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| 269,813.99 |
Feline Care Cat Rescue & Homing Centre Statement of Assets and Liabilities 31st March 2023
The feline Care Assets comprise of:-
Cash and bank balances - totalling £269,813.99 Debtors £0.00 Purchases paid for after Year End
Equipment and Fixtures and Fittings - including the sanctuary and grounds.
The Feline Care Liabilities comprise of:
Creditors £0.00
Various supplies paid after year end.
The Receipts and Payments Account and Statement of Assets and Liabilities were approved by the Board of Trustees on
And signed on its behalf by:
……………………………………………….. Trustee
Feline Care Cat Rescue & Homing Centre Receipts and Payments Account Independent Examiners Report
Registered Charity Number 1144830 For the Year Ended 31st March 2023
I report on the accounts of the Feline Care Cat Rescue & Homing Centre for the year ended 31st March 2023 which are set out on the following pages.
Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner
As the Charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that an audit is not required for the year (under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act)) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
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Examine the accounts (under section 43 of the Act);
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To follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 43 (7)(b) of the Act); and
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To state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of Independent examiner's statement
My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directors given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the 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 the concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.
Independent Examiners Statement
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
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1 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material aspect, the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that:
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property accounting records are kept (in accordance with section 41 of the Act); and accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply
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with the accounting requirements of the Act; or
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2 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Sue Sheldrake SCS Accounting Solutions Limited Unit 5, Broadway Barns The Broadway, Scarning Dereham, Norfolk NR19 2LQ
Signed …………………………………………………………
Date 20th January 2024