## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 06 04 2024 **To** 05 04 2025 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Large Breed Dog Rescue **Other names charity is known by** LBDR **Registered charity number (if any)** 1154504 **Charity's principal address** 9 Old Foundry Close St Just Cornwall **Postcode TR19 7QS** ~~—~~ **Registered charity number (if any)** 1154504 **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Sharon Farrington Chairman 2 Tania Grimstead 3 Angie Raper 4 Karen Wylde 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ~~ae~~ **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution - (eg. trust deed, constitution) Association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General Trustee selection methods Meeting (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - 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** FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF DOGS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RESCUE HOMES OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH DOGS. **TAR** March **2012** 2 IN PLANNING OUR ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR WE KEPT IN MIND THE CHARITY COMMISSION’S GUIDANCE ON PUBLIC BENEFIT AT OUR TRUSTEE MEETINGS. **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)** LBDR TAKE IN AND RE-HOME LARGE BREED DOGS. WE HAVE A STRICT NON DESTRUCT POLICY AND NEVER PUT A DOG TO SLEEP UNLESS ADVISED BY A VET. ALL DOGS ARE NEUTERED, VACCINATED & MICROCHIPPED BEFORE RE-HOMING. ALL POTENTIAL HOMES ARE VETTED, WE DO FOLLOW UP CHECKS ONCE THE DOG HAS GONE TO A HOME & GIVE LIFETIME BACK UP SHOULD THERE BE A PROBLEM. WE ALSO WORK WITH DOG WARDENS WHEN DOGS RUN OUT OF TIME IN COUNCIL POUNDS. SEE MORE AT: WWW.LARGEBREEDDOGRESCUEUK.CO.UK ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** March **2012** 3 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main** WE ATTENDED A NUMBER OF FETES IN THE YEAR WITH STALLS **achievements of the charity** FOR FUNDRAISING, AND HAD ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL **during the year** FUNDRAISING FUN-DAY IN SEPTEMBER 2024. WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS WHO KEEP OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATED, AND WE HAVE INCREASED WAYS TO DONATE (DIRECT DEBITS, CARD MACHINES ETC) WHICH HAS ALL HELPED IN OUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. WE ALSO HOLD REGULAR EVENTS IN A PETS AT HOME STORE TO RAISE FUNDS. **TAR** March **2012** 4 Section E Financial review WE HOLD CASH AT BANK AND PAYPAL OF £114.175, ALL OF WHICH IS UNRESTRICTED FUNDS. THESE FUNDS ARE HELD IN ORDER TO MEET URGENT EXPENDITURE ON VETERINARY TREATMENT FOR OUR DOGS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE HIGH RESERVES AS WE ARE EXPECTING TO MOVE PREMISES AND NEED TO COVER ADDITIONAL COSTS, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PURCHASING OUR OWN SPACE. Brief statement of the charity's policy on reserves Detalls of any funds materially in deficit NIA Further financial review details (Optlonal Information) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about: the charity's principal SoUr￿S 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 option_al information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signèd on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Sharon Farrington Chairman Date TAR March 2012 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Large Breed Dog Rescue **On accounts for the year** 05/04/2025 **Charity no** 1154504 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 8-9 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 05 / 04 / 2025. - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed: Date:** 04/12/2025 **Name:** Joanne Wood ~~Cs~~ **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 30 jessica mews Sittingbourne Kent ME10 2LB 1 **October 2018** **IER** **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **October 2018** **IER** |**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Charity Name**
**No (if any)**
**CC16a**
**Large Breed Dog Rescue**
**1154504**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
**For the period**
**from**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
06/04/2024
05/04/2025
~~—_—————~~|| |---|---| |**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**Last year**|| |**to the nearest**
**£**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**|| |Donations
**30,285**
**-**
**-**
**30,285**
**35,909**
Bank interest
**1,707**
**-**
**-**
**1,707**
**2,238**
Sales of goods
**1,456**
**-**
**-**
**1,456**
**2,172**
Adoption
**5,850**
**-**
**-**
**5,850**
**14,028**
Events etc
**7,420**
**-**
**-**
**7,420**
**5,979**
Amazon/PayPal/Easyfundraising
**11,574**
**-**
**-**
**11,574**
**2,662**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,284**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_**58,292**
**-**
**-**
**58,292**
**68,272**
~~===22==~~|| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**58,292**
**-**
**-**
**58,292**
**68,272**
~~SSR~~|| |**A3 Payments**|| |Rent and premises costs
**46,138**
**-**
**-**
**46,138**
**37,308**
General admin
**1,315**
**-**
**-**
**1,315**
**770**
Bank charges
**191**
**-**
**-**
**191**
**282**
Vet
**20,076**
**-**
**-**
**20,076**
**34,230**
Travel
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**310**
Legal fees
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Insurance
**1,245**
**-**
**-**
**1,245**
**570**
Merchandise costs
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**990**
Other
**1,249**
**-**
**-**
**1,249**
**1,142**
**_Sub total_ 70,214**
**-**
**-**
**70,214**
**75,602**
~~mttaer~~|| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**PA rig**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**730**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**730**
**_Total payments_**
**70,214**
**-**
**-**
**70,214**
**76,332**
~~——————~~|| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**- 11,922**
**-**
**- - 11,922**
**- 8,060**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**126,097**
**- -**
**126,097**
**134,157**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**114,175**
**-**
**- 114,175**
**126,097**
~~===>>~~|| Section B Staternent of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds to nea￿t£ Restricted funds to n￿reSt£ Endowment funds to nearest£ Categories B1 Cash funds Nal West and CAF 88nk 113.503 Paypal 672 Cash held by trustees Total cash funds 114.175 lagtye balances re¢oip15 and p3yThents 8CeWrt($ll Unrestricted funds to ngar•st £ Restricted funds to nearost £ Endowment funds to nearest £ Details Fund to whlch asset bolon DeLiils Cumint valu• tlonal Co8t {0ptlonall B3 Investment assets Ftsnd to whl¢h asset bolon Dètails Cost (optlonall Curr•nt valuè lonal B4 Assets retalned for the charity'8 own use ni- Fund tg which relates Unrestric￿1 Amount due When d optlonal B5 Liabilities Blackbrook Ken￿15 2.120 New Hope Stray Sèrvicos UNestricted 744 Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name Date of roval Sharon Farrington