2021-03-31-accounts - Prickles Hedgehog Rescue

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Charity Registered Number 1151912

Prickles Hedgehog Rescue

Trustees Report and Accounts April 2020 – March 2021

Author: Jules Bishop PRICKLES HEDGEHOG RESCUE CENTRE

Reports and Accounts

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

Charity information

Trustees’ report Independent examiners report

Balance sheet Statement of financial activities

Notes to the accounts

Management information

PRICKLES HEDGEHOG RESCUE CENTRE

Legal/Administrative Details

For the year ended 31 March 2021

Principal address and registered office

Unit 3a

Wessex Business Court

Wedmore Road

Cheddar

Somerset BS27 3EB

Trustees

Ms Jules Bishop Ms Cate Sampson Ms Samantha Smith Ms Ellen Fry

Founder/Manager

Ms Jules Bishop

Independent examiner

Mark Anderson

Bank

Lloyds Bank

Cheddar Branch

Lloyds Bank plc

PO Box 1000

BX1 1 LT

Legal Status

Charity Registration no. 1151912 Established under Trust Deed dated 10[th] April 2013

PRICKLES HEDGEHOG RESCUE

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

For the year ended 31 March 2021

The trustees are pleased to present their report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing Document

Prickles Hedgehog Rescue is a registered charity constituted under a Deed of Trust (dated 10[th] April 2013). Registered charity number 1151912.

Governance

The charity is governed by the Trustees and meetings are held quarterly, or more frequently if it is deemed necessary. Additional Trustees can be appointed by way of an annual general meeting. All newly appointed and existing Trustees are reminded regularly of their responsibilities.

Risk Management

The Trustees have identified the major risk which face the charity and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate the effect of those risks.

Organisation

The Trustees continue to discuss the financial affairs and management of the charity and to leave the day to day running of the charity to its Founder and Manager Jules Bishop and Trustee Cate Sampson. In the event of any need to acquire capital items, this is presented to the trustees for their decision.

The Aims and Objectives of the charity continue to be:

The relief of suffering and distress of hedgehogs in need of care and attention by the provision of a rescue, treatment and rehabilitation service for abandoned, neglected or injured hedgehogs
To advance public education in the study of hedgehogs to increase their knowledge including the conservation and habitat of hedgehogs.

The impact of the Covid 19 Pandemic

The 23[rd] March 2020 – 10[th] May 2020 saw the first UK National lockdown due to the impact of the Covid 19 Pandemic. The charity was left with no choice but to temporarily close the centre and our small charity shop during this period as we were not deemed at this point to be an essential service: -

We were unable to keep staff/volunteers safe in the building
There was very little knowledge on the impact of Covid 19 on individuals
Finders were unable to bring hedgehogs to the centre and we were unable to collect hedgehogs.

It was very fortunate that the hedgehogs that we cared for during the winter had been released prior to lockdown. However, during the short period when the centre was closed the Founder of the Charity was responding to calls from members of the public and caring for hedgehogs at her home.

Risk Assessments had been undertaken and the Covid 19; restrictions were put in place to allow the Rescue Centre to fully open in May 2020.

The centre (operational element) at Prickles remained open following the subsequent National lockdowns. Unfortunately the Charity shop was closed during the 3 National lockdowns; this had a major impact on the Charities monthly income.

Fundraising was greatly affected as we were unable to hold large fundraising events involving members of the public, for e.g. attending local shows running a Prickles stall.

Trust Funds were also unable to meet which great affected funds from this source.

We were unable to hold our Annual General Meeting due to the restrictions in the number of people that could meet.

Our Trustees were unable to meet face to face but we managed to hold telephone conversations where they were update on the Governance of the Charity as well as the operational side.

Achievements

We are proud, that despite the Covid 19 Pandemic we were able to get the operational side of the charity up and running at the centre from the 10[th] May and continued to remain open through the subsequent National lockdowns.

Prickles have cared for over 480 hedgehogs during the last year, releasing 240 overwintered hedgehogs back to the wild by mid-March. We have achieved a 75% success outcome rate, thanks to the commitment and hard work of our volunteers and the continuing support of the Small Animal Veterinary Practice, Bristol University. Our volunteer numbers decreased to 56 due in most part to them being either Clinically Vulnerable or Clinically Extremely Vulnerable.

With the increased work load and related outgoings, fundraising has been a continuing priority. We have formed a fundraising group and have successfully run a series of events enabling us to meet day to day running costs. These include:

Cakes sales
Talks to Community Groups and School Groups
Sponsor a hedgehog scheme
Standard Orders/Donations from the public through a number of donation boxes placed in local shops
The successful running of the Prickles Charity Shop
Grants/Funding coming in from Trust Funds and the Government Covid 19 Grant

Centaur Services have been extremely generous in providing us with supplies of cat food for the hundreds of hedgehogs that we have had through our doors at Prickles. They have also donated many items of stationary for our busy office.

Cloud Direct are sponsoring us, providing and paying for our internet and office telephones.

Trust funds have provided £19,098.00 of funding during the past financial year.

The Trustees are actively considering additional ways of raising funds in the next financial year.

Prickles has successfully continued to raise public awareness of conservation issues relating to hedgehogs, and the way individuals might support our work the Charity’s monthly newsletter, Prickly News.

Information is also available on our website and via social media. This has brought a steady increase in local and national phone calls from the public leading to us to install two phone lines, one for hedgehog emergencies and the other to take calls from the public and volunteers.

Prickles are keen to be involved in encouraging and educating young people. We are now working in partnership with Bridgwater/Cannington College, Kings of Wessex School and Churchill School. Langford, Bristol University and Bristol Zoo

Students who are taking the Animal Welfare Courses NVQ Level 1, 2, 3 and the Duke of Edinburgh Awards scheme at Gold, Silver and Bronze level undertake practical work with the Charity. We currently have 10 students working with us.

We also go into the assemblies of local schools and give talks/presentations to the children.

Community Groups are inviting us to give talks on the work of the Charity.

The Trustees believe the Charity to be working towards achieving its objectives. They are mindful of the challenges ahead and look forward to further progress in 2021/22.

Financial Review

Total income for the year was £64,462.38 Expenses for the year was £74,592.73

Major sources of income for the year

Trust Funds £ 19,098.34
HMRC and Sedgemoor District Council Grants £16,088.65

Major expenses for the year excluding salaries

Premises Costs £24,115.28

Future Plans

To continue to raise funds and to increase our applications to Trust Funds
To enhance the number of Trustees’
To recruit a volunteer (s) to answer the busy charity phone

Reserves Policy

Financial reserves are necessary to support the charity in case of difficulty. However, the charity is solely reliant upon donations, fundraising and legacies to maintain a sufficient reserve level.

At the end of the year the charity held sufficient funds to run for a further three months.

Related parties

There are no related party transactions accountable for within the charity

TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES

Charity law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and surplus or deficit for that year, in preparing these financial statements the trustees are required to:

Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently
Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
Prepare the financial statements on the ongoing concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue to operate
The Trustees are responsible for overseeing the proper upkeep of accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at the time the financial position of the Charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charity Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Summary

For and on behalf of the Trustees of Prickles Hedgehog Rescue

Jules Bishop, Founder, Manager, Trustee Date 31[st] March 2021

Prickles Hedgehog Rescue (Charity Financial Summary - 1 April 2020 to 3

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2020-21 Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Advertising £ 23.63 £ - £ - £ - £ - £ -
Charges/fees £ 2,102.09 £ 92.98 £ 91.13 £ 115.75 £ 523.13 £ 123.51
Charity shop £ -
Cleaning £ 1,831.17 £ - £ - £ 171.64 £ 192.91 £ 31.93
Equipment £ 1,840.99 £ - £ 287.38 £ 250.24 £ 207.37 £ 88.46
Food £ 1,042.61 £ - £ - £ - £ 544.64 £ 117.45
Maintenance £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ -
Medication (excluding Langford) £ 2,075.15 £ 102.75 £ - £ 528.49 £ 249.56 £ 380.87
Misc £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ -
Office materials £ 2,669.32 £ 363.28 £ 134.65 £ 359.96 £ 128.50 £ 151.91
Salary £ 34,611.08 £ 1,981.41 £ 2,518.55 £ 3,281.01 £ 3,256.74 £ 3,231.52
Transport £ 779.63 £ - £ - £ - £ 51.81 £ 76.16
Utilities £ 26,059.77 £ 1,919.86 £ 1,886.01 £ 1,945.93 £ 2,677.57 £ 2,238.15
Vet services £ 1,557.29 £ - £ - £ - £ 340.02 £ -
Monthly totals £ 74,592.73 £ 4,460.28 £ 4,917.72 £ 6,653.02 £ 8,172.25 £ 6,439.96
Credit £ 11,459.63 £ 59.50 £ - £ - £ 1,600.28 £ 1,966.41
Donation £ 53,002.75 £ 1,797.00 £ 2,546.61 £ 957.80 £ 2,377.10 £ 4,644.38
Total £ 64,462.38 £ 1,856.50 £ 2,546.61 £ 957.80 £ 3,977.38 £ 6,610.79
NMD 2020-21
Donation £ -
Goods £ -
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Independent Examiner’s Report

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year 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 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
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 Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the a consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The p is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner's statement

In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understand

Mark Anderson (FCCA - 0866021) August 2022

5 Clifton Road, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1BJ

y 1151912) 1 March 2021

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Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
£ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ 23.63
£ 163.13 £ 96.94 £ 97.95 £ 492.71 £ 96.48 £ 92.50 £ 115.88
£ 67.62 £ 600.11 £ 218.43 £ 241.99 £ - £ 261.54 £ 45.00
£ 94.82 £ 198.59 £ 164.39 £ 549.74 £ - £ - £ -
£ 107.22 £ 120.97 £ 152.33 £ - £ - £ - £ -
£ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ -
£ 585.25 £ 149.80 £ - £ 51.85 £ 26.58 £ - £ -
£ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ -
£ 101.05 £ 518.39 £ 212.34 £ 202.18 £ 103.24 £ 64.53 £ 329.29
£ 3,116.86 £ 3,221.48 £ 2,776.69 £ 3,286.42 £ - £ 5,299.28 £ 2,641.12
£ 65.36 £ 292.10 £ 66.00 £ 228.20 £ - £ - £ -
£ 2,830.19 £ 2,318.07 £ 2,319.96 £ 2,079.01 £ 771.01 £ 3,418.34 £ 1,655.67
£ - £ 222.27 £ 48.02 £ - £ - £ - £ 946.98
£ 7,131.50 £ 7,738.72 £ 6,056.11 £ 7,132.10 £ 997.31 £ 9,136.19 £ 5,757.57
£ 2,329.65 £ 2,361.00 £ 601.99 £ 2,071.83 £ 23.80 £ 396.29 £ 48.88
£ 5,271.62 £ 7,396.13 £ 1,348.31 £ 7,604.08 £ 1,851.26 £ 4,031.33 £ 13,177.13
£ 7,601.27 £ 9,757.13 £ 1,950.30 £ 9,675.91 £ 1,875.06 £ 4,427.62 £ 13,226.01
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under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes rocedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion

ding of the accounts to be reached.

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Expenditure Totals
Consumables (domestic) £ 1,831.17
Consumables (general) £ 2,633.32
Equipment (general) £ 741.52
Equipment (hedgehogs) £ 1,099.47
Food £ 1,042.61
Maintenance £ -
Marketing £ 23.63
Mileage/receipted reimbursement £ 779.63
Mobile phones £ 1,944.49
Other £ -
Premises (shop) £ 744.00
Premises (units) £ 23,371.28
Salaries (Prickles) £ 25,524.80
Salaries (shop) £ 9,086.28
Shop £ -
Stationery £ 36.00
Subscriptions, transaction costs £ 2,102.09
Veterinary services (LVS) £ 1,557.29
Veterinary supplies (other) £ 2,075.15
Totals (expenditure)
Income Totals
Charity shop £ 10,459.36
Donations (members of the public) £ 2,866.77
Donations (on line) £ 11,619.67
Donations (standing orders) £ 3,329.32
e-Bay £ -
Events £ 989.59
Gift aid (other) £ -
Gift aid (shop) £ -
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Income Totals
Charity shop £ 10,459.36
Donations (members of the public) £ 2,866.77
Donations (on line) £ 11,619.67
Donations (standing orders) £ 3,329.32
e-Bay £ -
Events £ 989.59
Gift aid (other) £ -
Gift aid (shop) £ -
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Legacies £ -
Other £ 16,088.65
Talks and training £ 10.68
Trust fund £ 19,098.34
Totals (income)
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consistent with annual report

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Categories £ 74,592.73
2020-21
Advertising 23.63
Charges/fees 2,102.09
Charity shop 0.00
Cleaning 1,831.17
Clothing
Equipment 1,840.99
Event
Food 1,042.61
Hire
Kitchen
Kitchen equipment
Maintenance 0.00
Medication (excluding Langford) 2,075.15
Misc 0.00
Office materials 2,669.32
Salary 34,611.08
Transport 779.63
Unknown debit
Utilities 26,059.77
VAT
Vet services 1,557.29
Monthly totals 74,592.73
Credit 11,459.63
Donation £ 53,002.75
Total £ 64,462.38
Annual surplus/ (deficit) -£ 10,130.35
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Conclusion

The above movements are consistent with the narrative in the Trustees An

Average monthly running costs Opening Balance 2020/21 movement Closing Balance	£ 6,216.06 £ 33,601.19 [Agreed to 20 -£ 10,130.35 £ 23,470.84

Reserves policy: 3 months running costs

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Categories £ 87,841.81
2019-20 Movement
Advertising 804.01 -780.38
Charges/fees 825.73 1,276.36
Charity shop 0.00 0.00
Cleaning 1,384.96 446.21
Clothing 0.00
Equipment 4,313.46 -2,472.47
Event 0.00
Food 849.86 192.75
Hire 0.00
Kitchen 0.00
Kitchen equipment 0.00
Maintenance 70.00 -70.00
Medication (excluding Langford) 1,330.28 744.87
Misc 0.00 0.00
Office materials 3,208.56 -539.24
Salary 39,461.64 -4,850.56
Transport 1,952.12 -1,172.49
Unknown debit 0.00
Utilities 30,584.58 -4,524.81
VAT 0.00
Vet services 3,056.61 -1,499.32
Monthly totals 87,841.81 -13,249.08
Credit 36,960.49 -25,500.86
Donation £ 34,607.88 18,394.87
Total £ 71,568.37 -7,105.99
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-£ 16,273.44

Query

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nnual Report.

019/20 Accounts working paper]

3.78 months available at 31 March 2021

Achieved

202021 notes Notes

[1]

[2]

[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] (£19k charity shop reduction and £4k events reduction) [8] £7k online donations; other +£14k; -£2k Trust Fund

Explanation

Charges are variable - primarily relate to card readers payment terminals.

In 2019/20 - Replacement of key white goods and specialist animal equipment

Reduced activity levels due to Covid - reduction in costs expected.

Always variable due to nature of injuries illnesses etc and stock replacement of prescribed medications

[7] (£19k charity shop reduction and £4k events reduction)

[8] £7k online donations; other +£14k (COVID Grants); -£2k Trust Fund

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Expenditure Apr May Jun
Equipment (general) £ - £ - £ -
Equipment (hedgehogs) £ - £ 287.38 £ 250.24
Equipment £ - £ 287.38 £ 250.24
Salaries (Prickles) £ 1,252.44 £ 1,848.69 £ 2,379.18
Salaries (shop) £ 728.97 £ 669.86 £ 901.83
Salaries £ 1,981.41 £ 2,518.55 £ 3,281.01
Consumables (general) £ 363.28 £ 134.65 £ 359.96
Stationery £ - £ - £ -
Office materials £ 363.28 £ 134.65 £ 359.96
Mobile phones £ 40.01 £ 40.01 £ 40.01
Premises (shop) £ 53.00 £ 53.00 £ 230.00
Premises (units) £ 1,826.85 £ 1,793.00 £ 1,675.92
Utilities £ 1,919.86 £ 1,886.01 £ 1,945.93
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Income Apr May Jun
Charity shop £ - £ - £ -
e-Bay £ - £ - £ -
Events £ 59.50 £ - £ -
Talks and training £ - £ - £ -
Credit £ 59.50 £ - £ -
Donations (members of the £ - £ - £ -
Donations (on line) £ 203.00 £ 206.80 £ 543.80
Donations (standing orders) £ 264.00 £ 264.00 £ 264.00
Gift aid (other) £ - £ - £ -
Gift aid (shop) £ - £ - £ -
Legacies £ - £ - £ -
Other £ - £ 2,075.81 £ -
Trust fund £ 1,330.00 £ - £ 150.00
Donation £ 1,797.00 £ 2,546.61 £ 957.80
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Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
£ 30.45 £ - £ - £ 108.39 £ 71.80 £ 530.88
£ 176.92 £ 88.46 £ 94.82 £ 90.20 £ 92.59 £ 18.86
£ 207.37 £ 88.46 £ 94.82 £ 198.59 £ 164.39 £ 549.74
£ 2,205.12 £ 2,250.52 £ 2,044.30 £ 2,157.64 £ 2,290.19 £ 2,353.38
£ 1,051.62 £ 981.00 £ 1,072.56 £ 1,063.84 £ 486.50 £ 933.04
£ 3,256.74 £ 3,231.52 £ 3,116.86 £ 3,221.48 £ 2,776.69 £ 3,286.42
£ 128.50 £ 151.91 £ 101.05 £ 518.39 £ 176.34 £ 202.18
£ - £ - £ - £ - £ 36.00 £ -
£ 128.50 £ 151.91 £ 101.05 £ 518.39 £ 212.34 £ 202.18
£ 40.01 £ 12.50 £ - £ 40.01 £ 853.90 £ 783.01
£ 69.00 £ 69.00 £ 69.00 £ 69.00 £ - £ -
£ 2,568.56 £ 2,156.65 £ 2,761.19 £ 2,209.06 £ 1,466.06 £ 1,296.00
£ 2,677.57 £ 2,238.15 £ 2,830.19 £ 2,318.07 £ 2,319.96 £ 2,079.01
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
£ 1,600.28 £ 1,966.41 £ 2,329.65 £ 2,321.00 £ 601.99 £ 1,568.83
£ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ -
£ - £ - £ - £ 40.00 £ - £ 503.00
£ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ -
£ 1,600.28 £ 1,966.41 £ 2,329.65 £ 2,361.00 £ 601.99 £ 2,071.83
£ 240.00 £ 265.10 £ 125.77 £ 730.50 £ - £ 1,040.40
£ 383.10 £ 356.49 £ 291.85 £ 1,587.28 £ 1,007.31 £ 1,264.48
£ 264.00 £ 259.00 £ 264.00 £ 274.00 £ 341.00 £ 304.00
£ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ -
£ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ -
£ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ -
£ - £ 1,763.79 £ - £ 2,804.35 £ - £ 1,536.86
£ 1,490.00 £ 2,000.00 £ 4,590.00 £ 2,000.00 £ - £ 3,458.34
£ 2,377.10 £ 4,644.38 £ 5,271.62 £ 7,396.13 £ 1,348.31 £ 7,604.08
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Jan Feb Mar
£ - £ - £ -
£ - £ - £ -
£ - £ - £ -
£ - £ 4,538.52 £ 2,204.82
£ - £ 760.76 £ 436.30
£ - £ 5,299.28 £ 2,641.12
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£ 103.24 £ 64.53 £ 329.29 £ - £ - £ - £ 103.24 £ 64.53 £ 329.29 £ 40.01 £ 27.51 £ 27.51 £ 44.00 £ 44.00 £ 44.00 £ 687.00 £ 3,346.83 £ 1,584.16 £ 771.01 £ 3,418.34 £ 1,655.67

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Jan Feb Mar
£ 12.00 £ 21.00 £ 38.20
£ - £ - £ -
£ 11.80 £ 375.29 £ -
£ - £ - £ 10.68
£ 23.80 £ 396.29 £ 48.88
£ 20.00 £ 405.00 £ 40.00
£ 717.26 £ 1,610.49 £ 3,447.81
£ 264.00 £ 261.00 £ 306.32
£ - £ - £ -
£ - £ - £ -
£ - £ - £ -
£ - £ 334.84 £ 7,573.00
£ 850.00 £ 1,420.00 £ 1,810.00
£ 1,851.26 £ 4,031.33 £ 13,177.13
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