CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Trustees, Annual Report for the period From 6 April 2023 To 5 April 2024 Charity name: Merrylegs Charitsblè Trust Charlty reglstratlon number: 115S405 Objectives and Activities 8ORP reteren Para 1.17 Summary of the purposes of the charity as sel out in ils goveming document To safeguard the wellbein8 of animals. To relleve thelr sufferlng, to provide care and attentSon, and in particular to provide and maintain an animal sanctuary for the reception, care, treatment and re-homlng of animals in need. Summary of the main acllvltles in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, In particular, the aGlivilies, projects or services identified In the accounts. p￿￿1.178￿￿ The trust continued to care for all of the anlmals and local buslnesses arid familie5 8ave generously- especlally animal foods which was a 8reat help. Statement confiming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benef51 Para 1.18 The trustees have continued to have regard to the 8uldance Issued by the Charlty Comm155ion on publlc beneflt. Additional information loptionall You ma choose to inGlude further slalemenls where relevant about.. SORP rtferèn The charity is not in a flnancS3l position to make grants. Para 1.38 Pollcy on grant maklng Policy on social investment including program related investment Pard 1.38 We havè had volunteers dog walking and assisting with mucking out and caring for the animals a weekly basis. We also have Eommitted volunteers who offe approximately 70 hours per week to care for the animals out at grass. Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers other Achievements and Performance 80RP iefergfjG Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity's work has made to the circumstances of ils beneficiaries and any wder benefits to society as a whole. Para 1.20 We have reduced the number of animals taken In this year but have still taken in sèveral ponies, dogs, cats, chlckensi pigs,and donkeys. We have also placed several anlmals In home5 Including. dogs, gulnea pl8s, and ponies. We have worked hard to Improve all areas of the santtuary this year aftd have opened Anna's Ark our petting farm and animal therapy centre. Additional infomiatlon loptlonall You ma choose lo in¢lude further statements where relevant about.. Achievements agalnsl objectives set Par8 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Para 1.41 Other Financial Review Review of the charity'5 financial p051tion at the end of the period Para 1.21 The trust continued to rècèive donatlons and animal 5ponsorshlp monles throughout the year, so the reserves at the year end look healthy, but malnly ¢onsi5t of share value. Slalemenl explaining the policy for holding reserves staling why they are held Para 1.22 The trustee5 would like to be in 3 stable flnancial position to hold sufficient reservès to cope with unexpected vet or repalr bills. Amount of reserves held P8r8 1.22 Reserves at 5 April 2024 were £343,586 which were all unrestricted. Reasons for holding zero reserves Details of fund m8lerlally in deficit Explanallon of any uncertalnlies about the charSly continuing as a going conGern Paryd 1.r4 Not appllcable Para 1.24 Not appllcable P4rg 1.23 The trust Is rellant on large regular donations. The death of the maln benefactor has ralsed concerns over this, but the trustees continue to work hard to develop fundraising ideas, hen the development of the anlmal therapy centre which should provide addltlonal Income 8oln8 forwards. Addltlonal Infomiatlon loptlonall You ma choose to Include further stalemenl$ wher• relevant about., The charlly'$ prlnclpal sources of funds lincludlng any fundraising) Para 1.47 Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted P8ra 1.48 A d&scriplion of the principal risks fa¢ing the Gharity Para 1.46 Other Structure, Governance and Management Description of charity's trust5: Type of governlng document Para 1.25 Trust deed How is the charity constituted? Para 1.25 The trust is unincorporated. Trustee selection methods Including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entit18d to appoinl one or more trustees Para 1.25 Trustee change5 are all discussed at meetings nd voted upon unanimou51y. The trust deed state5 that there should be no le55 than three trustees at any one time. Addltlonal information (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: Poll¢les and procedures adopted for the inducllon and training of trustees Pare 1.51 The charity's organisation81 structure and any wider network with which the charity works Parn 1.51 Relallonship with any related partles Para 1.51 Other Reference and Administrative details Chari name Other name the chari uses Re istered chari number Charity's principal address Mer s Charitable Trust 1155405 104 DunGombes Road. Turves, Peterborough PE7 2DS Names of the charlty trustees who manage the charity Mrs N Paterson Mis5 S Green Miss S Ferguson Miss S Ferguson Miss A Feltell Mrs M Peacock Resigned 22 Septembér 2023 Ms C Paternoster Re8igned 21 September 2023 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Cor orate Iruslees- names of th& directors al the dale the re DlrKtor nam• rtwasa roved Name of trustees holding title to property belonglng lo the charity Trustee nome Dat85 acted If not for whc¢le ear Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others DeSGription of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whos8 behalfthe assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity's obj8Cts Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charlty's own assets Additional Information (optional) Names and addresses of advlsers (Optional informatlon) Type of Name Address adviser Name of chlgf executlve or names of senlor staff members (Opiional Informatlon) Exemptlons from disclosure Reason for non-dlsclosur8 of ke ersonnel detalls Other o tional information Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charty's trustees Signature{s) kfr Full name(s) N iCcLA f*r&z& Posillon (eg Secretary, Chair, ete) CHAIQ Date CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Merrylegs Charitable Trust 1155405 Annual accounts for the To eriod Period start date Pèriod en dale 0610412023 0510412024 Section A Statement of financial activities R•stricted Unrestrlcigd Ineom? funds lunds R•commènded cat•gOTi88 by a¢tlvlty Endowment funds Prlor y•ar funds Totsl fund8 Incomlng resources (Nots 3} F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 com• ondowm•nts from.. DDnabofyyaThY Wd88 ChariLqY6 S01 128.924 1,045 24,815 3,532 132.456 1,045 24,615 127.443 100 15,719 S*&￿￿te mAtefjd Itqrn cllrw ¢JhBr sos Total Resourcès expended (Note 6) 1 $4,586 3,532 158,118 143.262 Expondltum On.. Ra151ng fyJndA aCUvI￿e 4,737 105,937 4,737 109.469 3,532 72,018 S10 other S11 65,554 176,228 Total 65.554 179,760 56,338 130,145 812 3,532 Not Incomellgxpondlturel boforè Invo$tment g•lnslllos$o81 813 21,642 21,642 13.117 N4tQ8lnfllk>sse81 on inve8lmenis 814 Net Incomel{expondlturo} Extraordlnary items Transf8rs between fund5 other rocognI￿d gainslllos$o8): Sl5 21.642 21.642 13.117 S16 $17 on ro¥￿u￿ oflw oNot•forthèchBrW6 (r< Other gH1￿j1￿￿¢sI Net movement In funds 518 36 36 S19 S20 21,606 13.117 Reeon¢lliatlon of funds." Total fund& brouk*l loywa 821 356,703 335.097 356,703 335,097 Total funds canied fonvard 343,586 356,703 Section B Balance sheet Restrirt¢d Incomt funds Unrestrlcl•d funds Endowm•nt Total th18 funds year Total last Fixed assets Intanglble ass•ts Tangbbl• assets Hgrltage assets I￿￿$t1?10nts F01 F02 F03 F04 FOS (Not• 151 (Not• 141 (Note 16) (Note 171 Tolol fix•d assets B01 02 27,167 27,167 11.294 B03 307.380 ,547 307,380 4,547 307.380 318,674 BC6 Current assots stocks (Nole 18} O•btors (Note 191 Investmènts {Note 17.41 Ca¥h at bank ynd In hand (Not• 241 Tot41 eurront•ss•ts 607 9,824 9,824 3,927 45,601 49,528 B10 Cr6dltor5: amounts 14111ng duo wlthln on• y•ar IN<)t• 201 20.609 20.609 11,499 N•t current •ssots1(IlJbllltl8s) è12 38,029 Total 45s•ts l•s¥ curr•nt IlJbllltl 813 335,062 335,062 356,703 Crodltors: amounts falllng du• aftgr one yo•r (Note 20) Provl8lons for Ilabllltles 814 Bl5 Total not assots or Ilabllltlo$ Funds of the Charlty Endowm•nt funds (Note 27) Regtrlct•d Incom• funds INot• 271 Unr•strlcted lundg R•valuatlon r•g0r40 816 335,062 335,062 356,703 B17 18 B1 335.097 335.097 356,703 B20 Total funds 335,097 335.097 356,703 Swjned by one orM*) ￿1$1088 on bghalf of all the trustees Date of approval ddlm Signature Print Name CC17a (Exc811 0310212025 Se¢tion C Nol&s to the accounts Not8 1 Basls of preparation Thls sètttlon sI￿Uldbg ¢pmpletOLI by aNeharfNes. 1.1 Bas18 of accouJ)trn9 Thes& deeounts have been prepared underthe historfc81 c08t ctsnvention ￿1h items r8cogth8d 8t C08tor transgction value unle55 OthETwse stal¢d in the re￿vant N)tél$l to these accounts. Thè accounts have been prepared In a¢cordanc8 ￿1h. the StateTn8ntof Recommended Practlce.. Accowllng and Rewrtrfig byCh8ritles preparing Ih8lr accounts ITh accordan￿ %*ilh the Flnancial ReporUn9 Standard applicable In tha UK and RÈpublic ol Ireland IFRS 1021 issued on 18 Juty2014 ènd *ith' 8nd wlh. the F(nandal RepDrtlng Standard appIl￿ble In United Klngdorn and R8publlc of Ireland IFRS 1021 and wlth th8 char￿88 Act 2011. The ch8rtty con8111utes 8 public b8nelTt enuty a5 defin8d by FRS 102.. 1.2 Golng concern Mlher•&r¢ matgrlal un¢¢rtokntlesrel¥tsd k> •vents orcondlflons th•1 ¢a5tslgnlfle•nt doubl on th• chorlty* ¥bllity to contlnuè •s • golng concern, pl••s•prowdg tIM followlng dgt411s orst•te "Nol appllttabl•", If8pproprfat•.' An explanauon aB lo those fAclorn that support tho concluslon Ihstlhe charfty Is a golng ¢oncem', Dl8closyro of any uncertalnde81hal makè the Ing concern 885umptlon doubtlul,. Nol •ppllv*l)l• Whore accounls are not prepared on a golnp conc8m b8515, ple8s8 dlsdose th1$ fact tcg8lherwllh Ihe b8818 on Y4hi¢h the Irusle88 wep8r8d the a¢¢ounts and the raèson why th& charftyle not rpgarded as a golng o)ncem. Not8ppll¢•bl• 1.3 Ch4ngg of accounting pollry Th8 8¢wunts prosenl a Iru? 8ntl fairview and lh• Accounllng pollcles adepled are Ihw oulllned In nolo 1.1. Y88, .mck 88 apprO￿at* 1.4 Changes to accounllng •stlmat•8 No thange5 to accounlSng eslimate8 have occuffe(J In Ihe reporttw perknd13.40 FRS 102 SORPI. Yes. -Ti¢k 46 appropria 1.5 Mat0￿#1 prforyearerror8 No mètsrfal pr10ryeare￿0r have been Idenbfied in rgportlng period13.47 FRS 1Q2 SORPI. Yos. -T(ck 39 approprlalo CC17a (Excel) SEctiDn C Nolos its Ihe accotjnis Note 2 AccauoliJi5 pollcios 2.2 INCOME Il•coBniifon of In¢om¢ Yes ND NIA ONw•ttlng pwmllèdbylhFRS 102 SORPWFRS Iwd. YBS ND Gr•ni8 l•ar•mAIIS.101o &12 ffiSt0250RP 1nU)•worOp8rfoTmbr￿er￿1￿t￿dY￿rA6,l￿¢trre mL¢¢(￿Yb￿ rIcq￿Sqdtoth*lthrrt uwdi Or￿￿5 BS DnliffemaNlothogroTht Yo8 FR8 102SORPk LegaGl•i In￿0 sOFAwl)mMce*ll•wdM￿. IhAtIs.whEn Ihqtq Y•& r•e41¥•d 9￿￿rr￿le￿il1￿I&1lhlrWt￿ p•lod |$• I￿￿or￿T. knIGWiAWJr*iunlfewvgwdona*JWbDn iietsrt**•tqd woflhot9Ktqnd T&*ro¢l￿m1On Cpnlrnwu•l In¢oMd •nd TNIIIW1rdL￿￿Okn1hpSoFA(￿￿1 pTrbj•dth•rO￿tIdw0da oi rtommhllq ral* Mrt••wm•t1h)porfom￿nCl¢•￿￿ Yis ND #x￿￿￿1 Inkni$impr4gik4110do Y&¥ Y•¥ Ooud•dw•ithJiOrowh)u￿ byifvochArfV•Tor•¢ognh4d IDih&SoFAbl InCtsth*¥MgLUC￿￿h￿n re¢th¥al*•. No Y• Yes p￿dlld ¢On￿ Ye5 NLI ISOF YES W4 Yp Voknt••rh•i V4tyJoolBrrywIrt•rytdp¥e￿trmdkn Irhcom•fmm Ini*rn*L roy4ltt¢* *ndthld•nd* oe W9UpEd ND iubscrtptkn rf￿￿t0￿￿jOtV￿eSQYQu NO Wa Yea Insuran0• d￿rn￿ ¢rlth8aNJrnel{5.IDtoS.12FRS102S0RPl￿5r0k￿IL￿e￿￿￿￿rt1nknol(4￿T LomeknthpSOF No Itw••b￿ntV1￿s 9Bln Dr￿￿Ss r8sdllnB 2.3 EXPENOITURE AND LIABILITIES u1￿11￿1¥¢•9fftnlOTr Y99 *nd •upport Yes Nu w￿ycl￿ es Granthwlth pwfoTEnino• condth No Gramts pwbt•*llhout Yes No ThGhÈrNymwJ* Y46 rqrrtd*¢4m• Plo BA•12￿￿ne1 11.7FRSIOISORP. SL*H9￿￿￿￿*￿￿1m•￿￿￿•WIPUMfjrn￿h#1%.l7tts 11.15. FRS102 SORP. Ye8 2.4 ASSETS by ¢￿v$ty No Thy•ro v41￿d alc￿1. kIDn1l￿ub￿1ThJ￿+WMiI0￿tylh0o￿IiIYtrWhc￿*I0oy Thyw•vdwd4twrft Y*s IrCh￿￿￿1.9QUthok4l(rf grN*onffleThtslquthle& IMI 8F¢ #NJ m•kn1￿￿odp￿￿￿Ipll1yto¢YIell¢o￿l￿￿iI¢niO kr￿E￿90 I￿(￿41￿D. dBm¢laM Y•B y•r9¥AINd4tcuL In¥#tm•n¢• ¥abAd RI1￿1￿ly￿1¢ojI 4nd SL*iequBnMyill¥livBkn lthdimaik•v4kNJlal Y•$ ¥1¢0￿*￿ Imp4limonl. mthrrtydatpof*sBknI No Slook&andworklTr prOW•• Nl8 r￿￿1alp(0vthd bySlimso15to¢k. Ylls wi NO Irty••￿*￿ta luntsvtha m41untyo0iè￿￿S￿<￿8Ypat￿ftywl￿S1￿￿nI￿￿Me5r￿r1hw1O POLICIESAOOPTED ADDMONAL TO OR DIFFERENTFROIA SectlDn C Nolcs to the ?c¢oJnts Noié 3 Analys1$ of intomè Ro¥lrlstid inC*lm• Endowm¢nt luffld• Don•llorts DonaiEon8 and GitiAid acles G8neral grants provid8d by overnm8nVotheTchBrili M8mbD15hip sulwrfpttonts and stM)nsorshipg ￿1ClI are In substanc don8tlDns Donat￿ ood$. fau15U89 Ind £eNicé8 other 72.843 70 375 107136 31.540 31.540 24.541 24,541 20,307 Total 128.924 3,532 132A56 127.443 ¢harltabl U￿ry inwme fr¢m eiabl8S 1.04S Olh•r Totsl 1,045 100 oth*rtradlng knitnal SPOTwr$hlp F8t8s and fa Anna's Aik onlm•llher4 gnlro oth•i- nsored 8En N•vl8¢llmb Total 15.719 In¢orno from Inv••tmnis= l*t6rnSl Incorn Olvldend income Flenial I¢8￿￿ Other hcome Tot41 8•par•l• matorlal Itgffl of In¢tymè.' Totlll Oth•r'. Conver¥ioD Ot0ndo￿T￿MI funds Inio Incorn• Guln on di$po$il ol a langib￿flX•d #wl Iiald ftsr¢na 0￿) U50 Gain on dl8posgl of a pmornmm• relRtqd Invosifflonl Roytylllas from the exptdialKx)of ir*lellfjclutsl h18 Qlher 36 38 Tolal 36 TOYALINCOIIE 154.622 143 CC179 IExcg11 Section C otes to the accounts Icontl Donated 9oods. faGilitie8 and servlce5 Thls year Last yéat Se¢ond&d staff U88 of proppTty Other Th18 year Lasty¢8r PIM$e provide deta115 of tho accounllng pollcy for th* recognition and valuallDll of donat•d goodB, fa¢liitl&8 and 5¢Th4¢es. Donalbns of8nlmal faed ond Wdlno Ora recD nlsed atOqLdvolenl Df cosi Don&￿￿nI of 8nlmBI faed and bBddiny ar* reco nl8ed al e Iv81enl of cos1. Pleasfj providg d*ts118 of any unfulfilled condition$ and other ¢ontlnuencie$ attaching to ro$ourG•S from donated goods and s•NIc85 not re¢tygnised in In¢omo. Non• Non• not afvo unleers 8$151 malnlgDgnce and rylrB tothè $18bl89 et and 0￿0 85sl$ted wllh dogwalking ond ffluGklng oul dulla5, Th8yal80 88$lstgdvAih convartino tho liveryyard io en onlm8ltherapy centre. Pl•88• glve d•tsllB of othwlormB of other donated uaod8 and 8frr¥SGqg not r•GO9ni$•d In the ac¢ounts, 89 conlributl¢4n of unpald volunteorn. OY￿n9 Ihe yeor vdunl8er8 aJi¥tgd whh malnlenan¢o repèlrn lothe 81attss •￿, •nd 8E60 a$$￿tOd wllh dollw•IXlhg mucklng out ¢JuUes. CC178 {Exrell 03￿￿20 SeGtion C Notes to the a¢¢ounts Note 6 Analysis of eJKpendltLTr Thls y•ar Lalt y•ar R•S￿ded rt*biei•d R•slrlthd EndoknThnt lundv lund u￿r￿￿¢t•d Analy>i$ 0ndi￿r• on r&lsln Incurred segking doDatsons Incutred Soo￿n9 legaci86 lunth Tolallundl IKutred geeklng grant& Operdhng mèmbbrship Sch￿￿￿ and Social ￿)tte￿$ staging fu￿r¥I￿n9 events 626 628 632 632 Fudr8lslng 4genis SW8 Operabng a trading compAny undertaking nonoharftoble lTrdlno tTrvil AdVer￿sing. matkvllw. dlrect mal Slart up ci)818 in¢uffed In gen8raling ew80ur¢e ¢1 future incorny Dèlabo50 dovelopm•nl Olherlt8diw aeWvili05 ID¥o$imeni rnanagerneni ¢oslo'. Podfollo man emvni ¢0$16 Co81 of oblalnlng InveslTnpni odvl¢B Invo$tm8ntLdmhl8ir8tlon Inth1￿￿al property Ikendrw ct R•nl cc41e¢tlon, propety r•pairn •r rnaint8n8nce Totsl •xpvn(Utur• on r•lBlnB futtdl 4.737 4.737 1,789 1,789 EXp￿dItu￿ on ¢h&rltabl• a¢ll¥ltl•B.' Anlm&l Co81A- bBddlny. f88d, vat I￿5 Farm ￿818, mllchk￿ VX￿r￿¥, 210 Total *Np4ndltur• oth eh•rlt•bl• 105 937 r4lo mTht•rl*l It4ffl of •x Total Olh•r Wa es and salaFioS Premi5e& costs AdrniD e en9es Tolal oth•rqxp•ndllur• TOTAL EXPENDITURE 65.554 176.228 65,554 179.760 56.338 127.288 56,338 130.145 3.532 2.857 CC17a IExe*ll Seclion C Notes to the accounts Noto 10 D8tall¥ of certaln Items gf expendllur• 10.1 F808 lor 8x¥mlnatlon olth• account8 Plo•$gprovldo detalls of the amountpald for&ny 518tutgry 8Xtem81 scrutlny of •ccounts otherJgThlc•spmvld8d byyourlndopondent•xanrln•r. If nolhlng was p8ldpl•8Jg •nt8r t)'In th• 8pproprlat• bo¥(•sJ. Th1• year Lastyoar Indep¢nd•nt oxamln•r'8 1••8 150 A88uMnce $•r¥lce8 oth•rthan 4udlt or Indaptyndent •xamln8tlon r•x advlg0ry18•¥ Oth•rf•eg Ifor ex4mplo: lJnanclal advl¢o, ¢on8ultancyi acwuntAnGy 8¢rvlr081 pald tr• tho Indopend•nt •xarnlnor ¢C17a l&xcdl 10 0310212025 Section C Note5 to the accounts conti Notè 11 Paid employees Please complete tbls note If tho charlly has any employees. 11.1 Staff C08t$ Th1$ year Last year Sal8rles and wage3 Soclal $vGurity ¢05ts Pension costs Idellned contrlbutltsn s¢h8mel other employee benèfits 43,728 35.932 1,232 1,028 Th18 year: rotal ¥tsff ¢osl$ 44.960 36.960 Plea8e provld9 detalls of expèndltur• on 8taff worf41ng lor tho charitywhose contracts are with and are pald bya relat•d party Last year: Ncne Please provlde detarls of 8xp•nditure on glaff worklng for the eh8rlty who$0 contracts art wlth and Brè paid by a related paty Non& Pl••$• glve d6t•ll$ of th8 numbor of 8mployggs whos• tot81 employe8 bengfi¢8 fexcludlng omployer p•nslon costs) fell wlthin each b•nd of £10,000 from £60.OOQ upwords. If there ar• no such ¢ransa¢tlonB. please enter Yrue'ln thè box pmvld•d. No emplo￿￿& rocelved èmployèo beneflts lex¢ludlng employer penslon ¢ost81 for the reportlng perlod ot more thon £60,000 TRue Band Numb•r of em lo ès Thls y•ar Last yeor £80,000 to £69.999 270.000 to £79,999 £80,000 to £89.999 £90,OlJO to £99,999 £100,OOD to £109,999 Thi5 ear Last Pleasg provld• the total amount pald tts k•y Inan?gèinent p8rsonn¥l Ilnclddeg tru5*eos and è¢rlror managemontl for thelr S8rvl¢o$ to th¥ ¢harlty. For sp8¢lflc amounts pald to tru$tse8, see Notb 28. 11.2 Avaragè héad count In th? Yhe parts Ot th• Gharltyln whlGh the •mployee¥ work Th1$ year Number Last year Ndtrntser Totsl CC172 IEKcell 0310212025 Section C Note5 to thè account5 Icontl Notè 12 D8fln¥d contrlbulion pènÈlon scheme or d•flned b•n*fit scheme accounted for as a doflnod contrlbutlon 8ch8m•. 12.1 Pleas• cc+mplote thls not8 If a d•fined ¢ontrlbutlon ponslDn Kh•me Is OPOTated. Thls yéar La$t AJn¢4unt of ¢on¢rlbutlonB r•¢oqnl•8d In th• SOFA a8 an &xpeng• 1.232 1.028 Plea$9 &xplaSn th• ba519 for allo¢atlng th• Ilablllty and •xpensg of dgllned contrlbJtlon p6n¥lon 8ch•me bo￿ten o¢tlvltlo8 and bètween r¢strf¢t¢d and unr•strlct8d tund5. None of thB fvstrlctod Incom018 rolated lo ¥taffing. so all onlrilJutlon8 ar• out ol unrestrlctad lund8. Norg of the reslrl¢tod Incom• Is reloted to Etsfflng. 80 411 contrlbutSons aro oul of unrestrlrtgd funds. CC17a IEx¢¢ii 12 03102R025 Section C Notes to th# account$ Nate 14 Tanglble flxed as$¢l$ Plea8• completé thKs Thi¢*lfthe charltyh•8 &ny t4nWble Ilx•d0s￿ts 14.1 Cost or valuatlon Frt•hold land & bu*idlng£ 01thorland & b￿lIdIng• FIxiur•&, ffttings d •qulpm•nt mlchlnery and rnotor ¥•hl¢l¢¥ T4)tal Al thè be9lnnkng of the year Addit￿nS R8V81u81io DIsp09als Tmn5f8rn' Al 6nrf ¢1 ihe y¢ar 35,373 22A68 22,460 1,800 1,800 56,041 56.041 142 0•pr•¢l•Uon and Impo1￿0n*4 Bi•ls SL or Rg Istralotti Llng or Redu¢ln 0818ncel SLorR8 RB SLorRB 8LorR8 15% At bep5nnlng of tho ya•f DI$pDS?18 24.079 24,079 Dwocielhln 4,795 4.798 Im￿rmeNt Tr•wl8r8' Alend of U)0 year 28.874 28.874 14.3 Not book valu* N81 bDDk value al the baginnln9 ofihe year Netbookvaluè •1 th> bhd ol tho year 11,294 11,294 27,167 27,167 C¢f7a IExcdl 03I021202S IQ4 lrnpalrmnt Th15 year.. Please pmvld• a do$¢ripllon of tlje events and ck¢um$tano•s tlJ8r 18d to thorecognlllon orrevor88lof impalrm•ntlos& Nla LJgtyear.' Phas•pmvld• • rf•svrfptlon of the Ovenls •ndrlrcum8iances that lad lo there￿ll￿All￿n orr¢veis81 olan Impalrnr•ntlos&. Nla 14.6 Rgvaluatlon Irtrt •¢wuniitsqpollcy olr•valua¢lon 14 •dopl•d. pl••s•pMvi¢le.' th¢ •ff•etlv• dat• oliho revalu8tlan Th18 Last th• nanw 011ndep￿d￿nI valuer. If •ppllc•ble Nl4 tho m¢thod8 •pplleil8ndslgDlffcant8ssunppllon$ th• eaftylng •mountth*two¥kl h•v•been r•¢opnls•dh•<he atrs•l4 b••h cwrlad und•rlh• co8¢n¥pd•l. Nla 14.1 Olh•r dlsdg•ur•s Thli Last (11 Plea¥gsl•t& th amountofborrowlng ¢outs. Il•nyp eWlafls•Llln Ihe con8trvcllon of lanplblg IlxFd88SOts and Ihe cèpltlllsalion rale used. 1111 Plea¥oprovld• th•amouni of ¢ontl&¢¢U•l commltm¢nl8 for th• acqulsltlon ol¢•nylbl• flxed as$eis. Nl• Nla Nl8 (111) Datalls ofihg ¥xlstenc6¥nd conying ¥fftounts ofpropety. pla￿tand equlpmenllo whkh thfy ¢h•rityha$restrkièd titlo wthatw•pl•dg•d•s $e¢vrrty lorll*bllld•J. Nla Nla The Yrnnsfer$"row18 Icrmovemenlsbelwfj6n lixed a$setcafew7ès. ' Pleasg indic818 Ihe méthod of clepreci81￿n by dtrlelin9 th8 methodr￿1 applicablè ISL 2 $lrsi¢hllMe,' RB * réduciRg bBlancel. Al80 pIo8$tr IndlG81e lh& rsie ofdfyprecyaiion.. lor8lr819hl IM￿, whal Is ihg anbC￿&t0￿hfV oflho &ss•l years),. lorr8duc￿￿)￿le￿tre, wh8t Is t perc8nt898 Annu•ldeduoll¢)n, cct73 IE￿1) 14 03mW2D25 SL'CtIDn C Noles to tho accounts Nots 17 Invesknènt as$¢ts plew¢0￿81etbls￿ot?1I￿e¢h•r￿h¥¥nylttV•5lmWt1S$ets. 17.1 Fixed a*sets Invesknpnts Ipl•ase prtsvlde foreach ¢lass ollnvèsfmentl r*w4tstmnt wopert ¢4ulv4&7rt$ 8uGlal Invmimon Inv&*monli Othv Caryng Il*lvwlug 81 pBraod Add.. a&dilon9 iDThe9trnenisthm9 portod. 255 3Q7.125 2OT.3llO L•¥•.' Imp￿rn￿￿ts Add: Rov4r••l ollrnpalrm•nl¥ Addl(dpdu¢t}.. transfér￿￿0111}1￿tkè pertod Addlldoducll.. ndwI￿o0¥S1On rovalwllo cal￿Nd Ifalrl v•kneal•ndofy¢ 25S 307.125 307,3BO 'Pl•isfrsp•¢lfy*ddlllon$ r•￿￿￿{￿1 from cquliltloni through builnei*tomblnthni. 11 ¥ny. PkfjLr•J￿I•th•lhlr VAlu• In Ihl4 th)FJliTrxlli th•W￿￿￿oI10r￿hI￿h ￿ll1¥•i •xni of knn* Ort￿ uvj of h•dglngt• rnaTrig•flninci*l ri•k. F•ral In¥￿￿ntS mDMuvJd •tfilTv•lu¥,th• sls fofd•tsmlnlTh9 lh•￿[￿•, 1￿Clu￿nIN￿Y 16$umyti•na appll•d*hBn uslng •v•tUllllo As ￿￿1Year Aslhe¢harttyinheribJ the3hBreSar￿ Lhe ¢oM98ny Isunlkledthevoluo e8rrDA mullp1i•r•$ rgcomTnqn6Bd Tor v•t4rinaryprofBSStons. Whqr•litharltyh•• prn¥trt•dffin8nrl•l Jv¥•¢¥** alomiof SE¢urfty, Iho¢arrylDg •rnduiltoftho flD•n¢S•l aABetpl•dwd**s¢¢urlty ÉTrdthot•rm and cvndhhnÉ¥*14Ungtolt• ￿ed0 A*layiye Noffn£nrl4lA$6•tSh•v• bi•n WgÈd 08 CC%7#FX¢4 17 Section C Notes to the accounts (conti Notè 19 Debtors and propa￿￿&nts Plea88 ¢ompht• th1$ not• Mth• chJrlty has any debtor5 Qrprepayments. 19.1 Analysls old•btors Th18 ￿#T Last ￿#r Trade d•btor¥ Pr•payments and ar¢ru•d 5ncome Other debtor8 Total 5.533.0 4,291 9.824 3,927 3,927 178 (Excell 18 03102r2025 Spction C Notes lo the accounts (conti Not• 20 Cre¥Jltor8 and ac¢rual8 Plo4¥9 ¢omplote thls nota If thg ¢harlty has •rty crodllor8 oracoruals. 20.1 Anatysls of ¢rodltOf8 Amounts fallln9 du• wlthln ong Th1$ year Amounts falllng duo aft•r mor• than on• ￿ar Thls y•or La$t ￿ar Lagt yeor A¢crual¥ for grants Pl￿blO Bank loans and overdrafts Trade credltor Payments rocelvod on account for contrn¢ts or perforniancenfelated grants Accru•l$ and doterred In¢om• raxatlon and $¢¢lal $•¢urlty Oth•r cr8ditOTS 14,600 5,122 5,541 283 185 20,809 6,142 235 Total CC17a (Exc811 19 0310212025 Section C Noie8 to the accouiils Nol• 22 Othordl•¢lo$ur•& for d?btor* ¢redRors and oth•r baslc flnan¢lal In•trum•nts Th18 y•ir Alld•blats •nd ¢rèdllor8 ¥f• cumnl4ndp•yabl• und•r norm•1 ¢ommw¢l41 twm¥. Ltt$t yoar Alld•btors andcr•dlIo￿ 4r• rronlandpayablo urydorntvmal ¢omm•r¢lal l•nn& 22.1 Pl•as• Pro￿￿• Infomiatlon abouttha 819nl1l￿n¢• of Irn4n¢lal In•lrum•nts l•g. d•btorn, ¢r•dltor¥, Inv•blm•nts •t¢l to th• ¢hwltVs fln4n¢Jal posttlon or p•rfomi4n¢•, lor •Mmpl•, thg t•rms and condlllons ol loans orlh• ui• ol hedglng to m•nego fln&nclal T18k. Non• 22.2 Irtha chality hu provld•d flnanclal au•18 a6 8 fomi •e qcurlty, the •mount Df thv finanGlal assets pledged •S 9•curity and ¢h• i•mis 4nd conltlons r•l•t•d to It9 pl•dg• hothd be glvan horn. CC170 (Exc￿} 03I0Z12025 Note 24 Cash •t Pjank •ttd In h*nd y•w Luly•Br Shortt•rffi¢•¥hlThv•*tMnts IIMBthiDJ mohth• rn4turlty dAt•l 8horti•mi thFoAII• C4•h li ￿￿k on h4nd Oth•r Toi•l CC17H (Ex¢è11 Sectioii C Notes lo the a¢¢oun15 Not• 25 Falr v•lug of ass•ts and Irabiliti88 Th18 4r 2&1 Pl•*Mprovlde d•l•if• ofth• ¢h•rltrf •xposur• lo cr•dllrf•k (th• rf•kof Incuirln4 a Iw¥ to • d•bt•r notpaylng what l¥ w¢dl. Ilquldlty rf¥k Ilh• rfikofnol b•lttg •bl•tv mv•l•hortt• fiDlln¢lal d•rn•n41l Jjttd rlsklthTr rtiktho¢ th• v81u• of an Inv•Jlffl&nt wllll•ll 41u• to Ch￿￿• Inth• mBikeii trom In•tsumtttt• whlch oh•rlty14 •xpo8•d &tlh• •nd olthv r•pgrtbn#￿rtQd •xpl¢ln htyw th• ch•rlty ffl•nAg•i tho•• rhk•. ND rkk. All10￿ ¢unni8nd r•GDvnb1•1 No rtgk. MJI liemj vjrrfjnl rncov&rabl¥ I y8bl•. 25.2 Plvi•• glve d•lill4 oftho w•untof ¢hanBD In thefalf valuè ol baF1¢fl￿an￿lal InilrumAnts IdBbtors. rr•dltws. Invw4rmA*)t• (*•* #4ctlon 11, FRS 10E $QRPII m(tasur•d *tf•lrv•ltsththwough SoFAlhJt attrlbu¢abl• to chang•• Ihtr•dlt ¥k. No819￿￿t￿niC￿Inv1n ¥alwthJrfw ¢h• Norygdll Id•nll4•d. NoikJnTrllnl chDnor* In val￿44UrtnQ thè ar. NocMdllrfikldwiilF•d. CC17a (EKdl 0310212025 Scjction C Notes lo the accouiits Icontl Note 26 Evants after tho ond ot th8 roporting perlod Please complete th1$ note evènts {nol requlrlng adjustment to the accounts) have occtsrr8d after tho end of the reportlng periodbut beforè the eGcount$ 4Y• 8Uthorls8d whkh r•lote to ¢ondltlons Ihat amse after thè •nd ol tho La8t year Please provldg detaS18 of tho naturn olth• ev•nt Mo8tof th8 Itgms left to Ihe trust bylhe benefactor have bo8n transferred ov•r. howevar, Ihg land had not bè¢n onvgyod at th8 y?arend. Most of the Ilem818ft lo tha trust by the benef8cior havg been IrBnsferred ov8r, however, the land had noi bgen valu•d orconvgyod 01 the y8&r 8nd. Provldè an estlmate of the financlal affect of th8 event or a Statèment that SLtch on estlmat8 ¢annot b• mad• The trust Is ¥llll awalung grant of probale for Ih818nd to be recorded Sn Ihe accoun¢s as an ￿88t. Tho tNst is sllll awailing grant of probate forthe land lo be recorded In lh8 accounts 45 an a8Eel. CC17a (Excell 23 0310W2025 .¢iion C Notes lo the atCQLJnls Note 28 Yransactlryns wlth trugtee$ and t•lated port19S Illh¢ ¢h•iltyh•s tr•n¥8Gtlons wllh r•l>t•dpgrt1¢s IottJ•rth•n th8 trusi*e expensy exW•lnedln9Uld&￿Pnv¢O•) ofsu¢h hxJs&oWon4 shouldbeprovklgdln th1snot•. IlrtJ*r¢arnno transacllorjs IDreport.pleas•wJt•r YYué"In 28.1 Tru$t•¢ r•munerallon hnd b•nefit5 Thls y¢ar Nonèofthe trusts4$ have beBTh pild •wromun•iatlon orrerelved wy olherbenofft¥ from employmryntwtth thelrchartiy or• itslatDd •n￿tY{T￿* or F*lsDI FALSE In Ihp•rlodth•ch&rltyhA*p•ldtNit•o$rnmun•rallon ?1￿th*TraI￿￿ qfv• Ih*Am¢wnlvl, *Tndl•yl•utlJorllyfor. •nyr•mun•r•iknorolh•rbwMllt*paWt¢* lrnsi••byth¢ ¢haitly¢¥f¥nylnxlllullon 0rcomp4nyc0j￿10¢t•rf with it. p•ld •rts•n•fftvilu L•g•l •uthorNy1•9 order. go¥ernSng docum•Trt) R•dund4noy TOT*L Nw*oftru•t•• ¢thÈoVoX .13.2of tW$ld¢cd aiod 21 Novernber 2013 .13,2 of IDJ81 dat•d 21 Nov•rnbar fth G￿n 577 2013 PMa*tholv•dtyt•Wsolhvhyrnmvnvrniknorothw IDyM•nlb¢noflt8W￿P1I￿. rqqulrtd mo•nilh•¢thp b¥otr￿1tffl• hov•n•iirn*t• b•vmpioy•O li•wh•ra. Yhli IBnotluDtul•whDur•olin •vqnlnu-111124-7. *4 Juth N llyimdlhitth*￿Qlr￿ltI1 tram4*mallwllw In ordi*to Il¥¥. InowdDT I￿•￿1￿￿1010 bpc4TDd loi prvF•ily*nd 5ntho ¥bv•nc•oFany MtrArrA¢iuILBor llnyoth•rvolunLqrrlnB tsuilD•I.Th• ¢t4nhrl•ur•fvw7.OhLwr•1day￿ s4￿￿ *w••k. 6nd•r¢y4ddllkinil 11n￿ li HI￿nIr•￿1ybY*￿•rn ￿npaId lTrth•lrwicllyiDtru•tN. Itwi$ •gi••dlh4tlhl• Omployff￿nl￿I1 In ih•*oii InwTg•M oDir•vonolh•o•DdlllDn• ¥•l•u¢in Ih¥lrii¥i d4Fd. wh•r•4n•x￿￿¥p•y￿1n1&1l￿•Inrn￿*1V• try•i••. ovld••n•Mpl•Miionofth•Mtttt¥ ofllMp•ym•nL L*$ty• NoneolthFtsuiteoJ h•v4 pJ¥danyr•rnun•r¥tlon a¢ reEtlvqdJnyot￿Vb•nI11IIfroM on •rnploym•rntwlthtbo*¢hirltyQTa r•tst•d wtlty (Tw• orP41••1 FALSE IIyMfflurt•ALlon oroth•rb•ll•fir8pelrlQo J trusto•hy th•¢h4r1tyOr￿ylO1il￿1i￿ orc&mpatty¢onn•ctgdwifh It. knDuntspldort•nèfttY31ue Lty*l authorfty log P•n￿9 ooniwTbutlvn TOTAL ocuMeftt} rficéll•x &13.2 of thptruÈirteed dated21 November 2D13 $.13.2 of thèitusldeed daigd21 NovgmbBr 2013 Sa¥ahGrè St8wFetyust)N 4D CC17alE 3M¥202S pr¢&58glvO1*•14ilsofvknyremut)ernikn orother ThètwÉt16tEIIv￿t thEworkthno bvth*tyioiriMt4•$. birtthptlme rg4u1NdrnNnJthatlh• Iw¥iYusLqvshava notlm•to bg•rnp￿￿￿ 05•éwhÈr& Th14 5snotluJt4fow hDuri ￿￿￿OnI￿￿-111s24-7. As ¥UGhllwaB49wOthatlh•iw¢ ItUstoeioatTra Bfftallwag• 5n4rdwtr* ¢•rt144•Jr• for74 ho￿1%￿day￿ awJo•K and ifflyadd115on agrotd that IhiB•mploympnlwnslnlhq bE$tlnlereBt$ol*ho bugt4nd thvahknitse•RdfoThythelrusl. andltr• ompj•yftv4M6WOU￿ntsl whe￿ •ntrwa¢&paymwpth¥slJogn md•t04 Inlslafr, 28.2 TNBt•D•'eXPBnses If Ibo ¢h•rltyh¥LFpa￿1rusl•￿$ expenses loxfvllllllng ih•lrduii•B. d01411s ol$tsth tr•ns•dpnJ ¥hpuldhoprovlaTodlR Ihts tr4n¥4¢11?TrJ Ivr•port phws• •Rl•r"fru•"In Ihe boxbolow. Ifth•rn4r& Irans&ctl4ns to rnport.pM•s• ent•r"Fals9". No tr￿¥1￿• oxpoTrN•N h4wb••n In￿rr4d ITru•orFalul TRU Thkny•Dr 8ubslvlenBO gmmodotlon TOTAL Pl•a8• Prn￿d• th• numb•rolliu•t•A• r•lMburn•d for•X￿n4￿ or4¥ho hid •xp•n••i ￿labY Ih•ch•rity 28.3 Tr4n*aotlonlAI wllh ratat•d p*rtl** 4•x&¥lv• dof4llKof*nytr•nk•ellon und•rt•k*nbylorowbth•MoQ lh• thirltylhwhloh• r•l•t•rfp•rtyh•i • m•Mr￿1 Intar•st. Includln6YwhvrafundB hllv• bi•n hffldas Illhr•llrn #￿￿tr￿n5￿GI1trAsI￿1•D$••1Il•I Iruo'ln lh4 *c*xprovld•d. Thls ytar Thqrnhbw￿•Th ntyr*lot•d pJrty Ir•n•i¢ibni Ih lh• p*rlod Ifrw dtF•lul FALSE Arnounls wrf¢l•Tr oir urfnB wpDrtlng • oFlh•trust•• orrBlatBd pa Rllillon￿h1P to Eh•r5ty D•ycrlptlan alth tr•ns•GtEonlil JnouTht p•rlod•nd d*bts 41 ptythod•n OAkdAl&V•t C•ht Ltd 65%1Trtsrest In thp ¢omp•ryy dlscietlon otlhe dlr&clor• Irj r#l#tlon to th• tr•nsa£iions •bov4ple4xprovldethe Iwms4nd¢ondlkn4 onyseryYity•ndlk*n•lyre of?nypaymvntftohstdèrdflon) to b•provld•Llln s•tllwn¥iJt. CC17JlExu8 For•nyrnl•t•&tyrty, pl•M•provld• d•1411B•f•fty 9￿ra￿l￿OI91¥In Or￿￿1￿￿. C¢17a(Exc￿l 26 Q3m11025 Last year ThBr• DO r•l•t•d partytrnM•cll¢M Inthb wpgrtlnl pvrJDd (fru• ow F•lb•) FAL¥E Amounts RoI4Uon•hlp loch•rfty Owrrfpllonofth• Bol•ne• •t porlod •nd 0￿¥￿n lorb d•b1•41p•rlpdqnd or r•lit•d party r•portltt 8S%lntllrn•t O•kd•l•V•tC•nlr• Ltd eornpany t•ftto lh• lrn*tw• by DOh•VOfyi alth•totsl dhcfouon ollh• 42782 Nlthuli• Inrnl•ikn lo tho InnHcttons•bov•i pIM8•pmvld•th• l•m?* •n&l¢ottdltloty•, In¢lvdlng•ny•Kurllyandlh•nolu 011nypoym•m(¢on￿&*Mil0￿IOb•￿0w1dI￿ln ••111gm•nL For•nyr•l•tsdp4tyipl•Js•provld• tl•rillsalMy gwr•nl•o•glv•n Orre￿A¥•LI. CC17a (Ex0￿> 27 D310212025 Section C Notes to the accounts Icontl Note 29 Additional Disclosures The followlng are significant matters which are not coverod in other note5 and need to be Included to provide a proper understandlng of the accounts. If there is insuffiGlent room here¥ plgase add a separate sheeL Re note 17.. Fixed Asset Inveslmenls-. In 2021-22 65Yo of the ordinary share capital of Oakdale Vet Centre Lid Wds inherited from the main benefactor, Mlss Nicholas. The Charities SORP stales that investment interests exceedlng 200h of the votlng power should be ￿COgnised as an associate unless the Charity can demonslratg that signiffcanl Inf[￿enCe does not exist. During the period the truste88 exercised no influence whatsoever. As such. the investments are shown on the accounts at the value glfted in Miss Nlcholas. will- accepted as the Cost Ios8 Impalrmenl method. 34 % of the trust's Incoming resources in the year were attributable lo donations received from Oakdale Vet Centre Ltd, but these donations wero at the total dIsC￿tion of the direGlors. are not related lo the trust. CC17a (Exeell 28 0310212025 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees** Merrylegs Charitable Trust **On accounts for the year** 05/04/2024 **Charity no** 1155405 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (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 **05/04/2024** . **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** 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 all 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 in connection with the examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. |**Signed:**
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||10/02/2025| |---|---|---| |||| ||Wahid Rehman|| |||| ||Institute of Financial Accountants|| |||| ||TaxAssist Acccountants|| ||6 The Forum, Minerva Business Park, Lynchwood, Peterborough, PE2 6FT|| |||| **Oct 2018** 1 **IER** ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material 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** . N/a **Oct 2018** 2 **IER**