8 Below Husky Rescue Report and Financial Statements st Year ended.. 31 March 2023 Registered Charity No.. 1156670 Reference and odmlnlstmtlve information Trustees Timothyjohn Wicks, Choir of Trustees Nicola Suzanne Atkinson Jade Hayley Brightmore Lorraine Robson Prfnclple Office 23 Brackendole Road. Wokefield, West Yorkshire. WF2 8WA. Correspondence Address 4 Carnelian Drive. Sutton in Ashfield, NGI 7 INY Charity Number.. 1156670 Independent Examiners Premier Tox Solutions Ltd Trent House, 234 Victoria Road, Stoke on Trent, ST4 2L W Report of the tru5tee5for the year ended 31 March 2023 The trustees present their annual report ondfinonciol statements of the chorityfor the year st ended 31 March 2023. Thefinonciol stotements have been prepL7red in occordance with the accounting policies set out in note I to the accounts ond comply with the charity'5 constitution & the Chorities Act 2011 ond the statement of recommended Proctice.. Accounting and Reporting by Chorities. Strutture• govemance and management 8 Below Husky Rescue is an unincorporoted association registered Chority, number 1156670, was constituted ioth February 2014 ond estoblished on 14th April 2014. Prior to this dt7te we ron as a rescue for a yeor. When we recognised how successful both re-homing rates ond dont7ted income from supporters had become, the next step wa5 to register with the Chority Commission in Englond and Wale5. It would allow us to be seen as o registered charity, which would open up more ovenues for us such 05 applyfor grants Gndfunding ond eventuolly gift aid on donations. We alsofelt that with the transparency requiredfrom charity status and the oppointment it wouldput people ot ease more when it comes tofundraising and donations QS being o stondard rescue with no chority 5totU5 hos no official governance. New trustees ore oppointed by the current trustee board based on their commitment to the charity. Trustees will continually serve unless either party decide to terminate their position for the good of the charity. The constitution requires the chority to run on o minimum of 3 trustees. We currently have four with Timothy Wicks hoving the deciding vote if required. There are no plan5 to increase our board of trustees in the comingfinonciol year. All trustees give their time freely ond no trustee remunemtion was paid during the year. Details of trustee expense5 and reloted party transactions ore disclosed in note 2 to the accounts. Trustee5 are required to disc105e all relevant interests and register them with the Chairman. Risk Management The Trustee5 artively review ony major risks which the Chorityfaces on o regular bos15 and believe that mointaining reserves at current leve15, combined with an annual review of the controls over key financial systems, will provide sufficient resources in the event of adverse conditions. The Tru5tee5 have also exomined other operational ond business risksfaced by the Chority ond confirm that they have established systems to mitigate the most significant risks. Objertives and artlvitiesfor the publlc beneflt The objects of the Charity are to promote humane behaviour towords onimols and sled dog breeds by providing education to orders and potential owners. to prevent neglect and suffering to animGIs. The Chority 0150 provides security. protection and care appropriote for such dogs which need care and ottention by reosons of sickness, maltreotment, poor circum5tonces and ill usoge. The trustees confirm that they hove referred to the guidance contuined in the Chority Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Chority's aim5 and objectives and in planningfuture octivitie5. The Charity corries out these objects by.. Seeking new homesfor the dogs by publicising via social media and attending events. We odvertlse on our website ond use poster5 to do this. Providing education ond advice regarding onimol welfore. Home checkingfoster/odoption homes to match the dog's requirement5. TrGnsPOrting dogs to theirf05ter/adopted homes. Rehoming dogs and providing lifetime backup should they require assistonce ot o future dote and provide permanent 5UPPOrt to those dog5 that cannot be rehomed. Undertoke checks and provide support throughoutfosters and L7doption continuing Post adoption. Poyfor all veterinL7ry treotment required whilst dogs are in our care and in some coses p05t adoption. Highlighting dogs thot are under our care that have been in rescuefor some time or is on urgent case that needs help as port of our social media compaigns. Offering breed specific advice to the public via the telephone, social media and ot events. Grants Received During thisfinoncial year no Gronts were received. Achievement5 and Perfomiance 2022-2023 continued with the impactfrom the pandemic bothfinancially with having to clow bock105t incomefrom concelled events and with the number of dogs needing out help. Our largestfundroiser5 Leeds Camp and Open Doy 2022 wos back, ond it was our biggest to date- it was amozing to get all oursupporters back togetherandseeing the public come along to support Us on our open day was amazing. This was followed by o number of in person fundraising events ocr055 the country and our store days with Pet5 Qt Home Pontefroct returned fully too. 2022-2023 Saw o big demand for our online fundroi5ing which was implemented based on government guidelines the year before, we have continued this with succe55 to help raise vitolfunds- these included the onlinefundr0i5ing of auction5 and raffles, virtual challenges ond regular online dog shows. We predicted that the numberof dogs during lote 2022-2023 and beyond wouldsee significont increoses, with current levels of dogs needing our help quadrupling from pre-covid levels. Many orriving needing medicol treotment, pora51te treotments. microchipping and spay/neutering, we have over 400 dogs Walting to come into rescue due to private relinquishe5. thi5 doesn't include the daily callsfrom councilpounds needing our help to secure a safe rescue space or the dogs serving their 7 stotutory days would be euthunised on doy 8 due to overcrowding and lock of spoce. Our online store sales have increosed. which brings additionol revenue to our rescue. We plan to odd more items in the coming year to our online store. We are now successfully signed up to the Fundroising Regulator and hove received confirmation that we are now officially Gift Aid eligible with HMRC. Flnancial review The principal funding sources ore generol donations, Sponsorship of Specific dogs in care, donations received from adopters when the dogs are rehomed, income generoted from fundraising events ond income generatedfrom the sale of merchandise. Merchandise sales accountfor about 19% of our total income. Thi5 is not yet substantial but ha5 grown rapidlyfrom previous yeors. It 15 P055ible in thefuture.. o trading subsidiary of the Chority may be needed. We ore working on ways to incre05e the reserves policy back to the level needed and hove made some Strides in this urea this year. Longer term the Charity would like to obtain grontfundingfor Specific projects and establish a relationship with longer term sponsor5. Allfunds ore used tofurther the goals and objectives of our Chority and help os many dog5 as we ore oble. Reserve5 policy During the year it h05 been the intention that ollfunds generated Gre expended in occordonce with the objertives of the Charity. However, the Cht7rity realises thot they must build bock up the equivolent of 4 months operating costs into reserves. This would act as a buffer if there was a dmp in income or allow the orderly winding down of the Charity if required. Future Plans Our aim5for next year ore.. _ To become members of the ADCH promoting and chollenging animol welfare with a group of likeminded people To increose social media presence even more to generote morefollowers To increase ourfundroising activities, continue to concentrating on online fvndroi5ing more as this is where our supporters seem to engage more and look at odditional in-person fundraising opportunities in 2023/2024 Implement more tmining with 8 Below Husky Rescue Trustees Trustees, responslblllties In relation to theflnanclal statements The tru5tee5 are responsible for preparing the Trustees, Report and thefinonciol statements in occordance with the applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards. The low opplicable to charities in Englond ond Wales requires the trustee(s) to prepore the financial 5tatementsfor eochfinoncial year which give a true ondfair view of the state of affoirs of the charity and of the incoming resources t7nd opplicotion of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing thesefinoncioj stotementS, the trustees t7re required to.. Select suitable accounting policies and then opply them con515tently Observe the methods and principles of the Cht7ritie5 SORP Make judgements und estimotes that are reu50nuble ond prudent. State whether opplicable accounting stondords hove beenfollowed, subject to any deportures disclosed and explained in thefinanciol statements,. ond,. Prepore thefinancial 5tL7tements on the going concern basis unless it is inoppropriGte to presume that the charity will continue in business. The trustees ore responsible for keeping accounting record5 which disclose with reosonoble occuracy thefinancial position of the charity and enable them to ascertoin to ensure that the fin(Jnciol stotement5 comply with the Charitie5 Act 2011 and the provisions of the governing document. They are also responsiblefor safeguording the assets of the charity ond hencefor toking reasonoble stepsfor the prevention and detection offraud and other irregularities. The trustees ore responsible for the maintenance ond integrity of the chority ond finonciol information included on the charity's website. Approved by the trustees on ond signed on their beholf by.. T Wicks Chuim7on Independent Examinerfs report on the accounts Respertive responsibilitie5 of trustees and examiner The Chority'5 trustees ore responsible for the preporation of the accounts. The Charity's trustees consider that on audit is not requiredfor this year under section 144 of the Charitie5 Act 2011 ond that un independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to.. exomine the accounts under Section 145 of the Charitie5 Act, tofollow the procedures laid down in the generol directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145{5J{b) of the Charitie5 Act, and to State whether particular motters have come to my attention. B0515 of independent examinerfs stotement My examination was corried out in accordance with general directions given by the Charity Commission. An exomination includes o review of the accounting records kept by the charity ond a comparison of the occounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusuol item5 or disclosures in the occounts and seeking explanationsfrom the trustees concerning any such motters. The procedures undertoken do not provide all the evidence that would be requiredin an audit. and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present L7 true andfairf view. I have come across no other matters in connection with the examinotion to which attention should be drown in order to enable o proper understanding of the occounts to be reached. Premier Tax Solutions 21 /1 IOL Date Premier Tax Solutions Limited Trent House 234 Victoria Road Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2LW 8 Below Husky Rescue Strtement oAlncome ond Expense5 For the yearended31st Morch 2023 2013 Unre5trirtedFunds 2023 Re5tiictedFunds 2023 Totolfvmls 2022 TotqlFuftds Income Donotion5 Merchondisesoles Investment Income Copitol GrontAmorNsotlon Revenue Gront Incorne 117,382 28,629 13 117.382 28.629 13 80,895 21,895 2,875 146.024 146,024 105.665 Veterinuryfees EmÈrgencybocTrding Other direct costs FundrG15ingArtivities Woges Trun5POrtotioft costs 13,855 16,619 9.539 35,923 8.851 25.215 13,855 16,619 9,539 35,923 8,851 25,215 110.003 8.944 18,093 10.492 38,395 8,103 23,134 107,161 110.003 Gr055 Surnlus 022 OtherAdminlstmtfve expenses Website costs BonkAeÉs Sundry e¥penses Printing,postGge undsttrtionery Telephone Advertj51Alg AccountGnLy In5urunce Depreaotion 3,672 1,221 4,371 6,293 2.764 402 2.310 1,778 100 3,672 1,221 4,371 6,293 2,764 402 2,310 1.778 100 21910 5,417 3,534 4.473 3,138 109 1,640 990 4,855 34950 Z2,910 et Surphts/Deftit ,1 13.112 -26.446 Rectsndllot￿n oflunds TotCTlfunds broughtforwurd ExchGnge of Fund5 Surplus/Deficitin theperiod 16.239 -7.520 13.112 -7,52Q 7,520 8,719 35,165 13,112 -26,446 TotLTlfunds carriedfvnvord 21,831 21,831 8 Below Hu5kyRe5cue Stotement of Finun¢i#lPosltlo As ot 31stMt7rdJ 2023 2023 Z023 2022 FixedAssets Van- NU15 VYY Depreciation 19,020 19,020 19,020 19,02CI Computer- Apple Mucbook Depreciotion 400 400 4(10 400 rrentA55ets Cosh ot bonkLTnd in I￿rt￿ 21.831 8.719 Net current Ussets 21.831 8,719 Current Lrobilitles TotolAs5ets Le55 Current Llobllltles 21.831 8.719 Non-CurrentLiubllity CowtolGront Amortisotion 11,500 11,500 11.500 r4ET A55E7S 21,831 CopltulAccount Llnrestrictedfunds Restrictedfunds 21.831 44,928 -7.520 Bulon¢e ¢orrledfvrwurd 21,831 37,408 Appmved by the tnjstees on 01102124 andsigfr7ed otj their behalf by.. T Wffjcks Choirmon Notes to the occounts l. Accounting Polides aj Basis of Prepomtlon Thefinonciol statements have been prepared under the historic c05t convention. with the exception that investments are included at market value. The finonciol statement5 have been prepared in accordonce with the Statement of Recommended Proctice.- Accounting ond Reporting by Charities and applicable UK Accounting Standords and the ChGritie5 Act 2011. 2. Trustees. Remunen¥tion One Trustee 15 olso an employee of the Chority with remunerotion of £8,851 (£8,103.'2022J. The Charities Commission has been consulted on this matterund hove confirmed they have no objection to the employment. All other Trustees received no remuneration (Nil.. 2022).