8 Below Husky Rescue Report and Financial Statements Year ended.. 31" March 2024 Registered Charity No.. 1156670 Reference and odmlnlstmtive infomiation Trustees Timothy John Wicks, Choir of Tru5tee5 Nicolo Suzonne Atkinson Jade Hoyley Brightmore Lorraine Robson Principle Office 23 Brackendale Road, Wakefield, West Yorkshire. WF2 8WA. Correspondence Address 4 Carnelion Drive. Sutton in Ashfield, NGI 7 INY Charity Number.. 1156670 Independent Examiners Premier Tox Solutions Ltd Trent House, 234 Victorio Rood, Stoke on Trent. ST4 2L W Report of the trusteesfvr the year ended 31Jt March 2024 The trustees present their annuol report andfinancial stotements of the chorityfor the year ended 315t Morch 2024. The financiol stotements hove been prepared in accordonce with the accounting policies set out in note I to the occounts and comply with the charity's constitution & the Chorities Act 2011 ond the statement of recommended Proctice.. Accounting and Reporting by Charitie5. Strurture, governonce and management 8 Below Husky Rescue is on unincorporated association registered Charity, number 1156670, was constituted 10th Februory 2014 and established on 14th April 2014. Prior to this dote we ran as a rescue for a year. When we recognised how successful both re-homing rate5 and donated income from supporters hod become, the next step was to register with the Charity Commission in England and Woles. It would allow us to be seen os o registered charity, which would open up more avenues for us such os applyfor grant5 andfunding and eventually gift aid on donotions. We alsofelt thot with the transparency requiredfrom charity status and the oppointment it would put people at eose more when it come5 tofundroising and donations as being a 5tondord rescue with no chority statu5 ha5 no official governance. New trustees are oppointed by the current trustee boord based on their commitment to the charity. Trustees will continually serve unless either porty 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 hove four with Timothy Wicks hoving the deciding vote if required. There are no plans to increase our board of trustees in the comingfinoncial year. All trustees give their time freely ond no trustee remunerotion was poid during the yeor. Details of trustee expenses ond related party transactions ore disclosed in note 2 to the account5. Trustees are required to disclose oll relevant interests and register them with the Choirmon. Risk Monagement The Trustees octively review ony major risks which the Charityfoces on a regulor basis ond believe that mointaining reserves at current levels, combined with on annual review of the controls over key financial systems, will provide sufficient resources in the event of adverse conditions. The Trustee5 have olso examined other operotionol ond business risksfoced by the Charity and confirm thot they hove estoblished system5 to mitlgote the most significant risks. Oblertives ond artlvltlesfvr the publlc benefft The objects of the Charity ore to promote humane behoviour towards animols ond sled dog breeds by providing educotion to orders and potentiol owners, to prevent neglect ond suffering to onimals. The Chority olso provides security, pmtection ond core appropriate for such dogs which need care and ottention by reasons of sickness, moltreatment, poor circumstance5 and ill usoge. The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidonce contained in the Charity Commission's general guidonce on public benefit when reviewing the Charity's oims and objectives ond in plonningfuture activities. The Charity corries out these objects by.. Seeking new homesfor the dogs by publicising via 50cioI medio ond ottending events. We odvertise on our web51te and use posters to do this. Providing educotion and advice regarding onimal welfare. Home checkingfoster/odoption home5 to match the dog's requirements. Tronsporting dog5 to theirfoster/odopted homes. Rehoming dog5 ond providing lifetime backup should they require assistance at a future dote and provide permanent support to those dogs thot connot be rehomed. Undertake checks ond provide support throughoutfosters and odoption continuing POSt adoption. Poyfor all veterinary treotment required whilst dogs are in our core and in some coses post adoption. Highlighting dogs that are under our care that have been in rescue for some time or is an urgent Case that needs help as part of our 50cioI media campoigns. Offering breed specific advice to the public via the telephone, sociol medio and at events. Grants Received During this financiol yeor no Gronts were received. Achievements ond Performance 2023-2024 saw continued pressure on our rescue, with ongoing issues from the pandemic os well a5 the stort of the cost of living crisis across the UK- more pound dogs needing our help with behoviour issues due to the lock of socialisotion along with dogs needing veterinary care from bosic levels of vaccinations, porosite treatment and neutering/spoying to more complex urgent core of undiagnosed lumps ond amputations of limbs due to car accidents which puts a stroin on usfinonciolly. We continued with our lorgest in personfundroising events Leeds & 8akewell Camp and Open Day with great success, all our supporters had an amazing time ond help raised vitolfundsfor our rescue. We olso attended o number of other events across the country and of course this included our store days with Pets at Home Pontefroct. 2023-2024 continued to see o big demand for our online fundraising which was implemented bosed on government guidelines during the pondemic, we have continued this with success to help raise vitol funds - these included the online fundraising of ouctions and roffles, virtual challenges and regular online dog show5 and taking part in the notional Big Give Christmos Compoign - we will continue with thi5 movingforward. We predicted thot the number of dogs during 2023-2024 ond beyond would see significant increoses, with current levels of dogs needing our help quodrupling from pre-covid levels. Many orriving needing medical treotment, parasite treotments, microchipping and spoy/neutering, we have over dogs waiting to come into rescue due to privote relinquishes, this doesn't include the doily collsfrom councilpounds needing our help to secare o safe rescue spoce or the dogs serving their 7 statutory doys would be euthonised on day 8 due to overcmwding ond lock of space. Our online store soles hove incre05ed, which bring5 additional revenue to our rescue. We plan to add more items in the coming year to our online store. It is important to us thot our supporters know we are responsible with their donations which is why we renewed with the Fundraising Regulator and since we hove become officially recognised by HMRCfor Gift Aid claims. our plea's to supporters to sign up for this has been successful, in the coming yeor we are going to look at trying to increase more regular donations through monthly standing orders and askfor the GiftAid sign up as this will give us more stobility with regular donations. Finondol review The principal funding sources ore generol donations sponsorship of specific dogs in care, donotions received from odopters when the dogs are rehomed, income generated from fundraising events ond income generotedfrom the sale of merchandise. Merchandise soles accountfor about 21% of our total income. This is not yet substantial but hos grown rapidlyfmm previous year5. It is possible in thefuture,. a troding subsidiary of the Charity moy be needed. Although Donations ore lower than last year, we hove mode considerable redurtions in some costs and manoged to only have o deficit of £159for the yeor. We are also now registeredfor Gift Aid with HMRC and have been oble to make claim5 where opplicable. Longer term the Chority would like to obtoin gmntfunding for specific projects ond establish o relotionship with longer term sponsors. Allfunds ore used tofurther the goals and objertives of our Chority ond help os mony dogs as we are oble. Reserves pollcy During the year it hos been the intention thot ollfunds generoted are expended in occordance with the objertives of the Chority. However, the Charity reolises that they must build bock up the equivalent of 4 month5 operoting costs into reserves. This would oct as a buffer if there was o dmp in income or allow the orderly winding down of the Chority if required. Future Plans Our oim5for next yeor are.. . To increase sociol medio presence even more to generote more followers To increase ourfundroising octivities, continue to concentrote on online fundroising more as this is where our supporters seem to engoge more ond look ot odditionol in-personfundroising opportunities in 2024/2025 Promote the benefits of regular giving via monthly standing orders to our rescue Promote GiftAid signup Look to bring on o port time staff member os port of the rehoming team Implement more training with 8 Below Husky Rescue Trustee Trustee￿ responsibilities in relatlon to thefinoncial statements The trustee5 are responsible for preparing the Trustees. Report and the financial stotements in accordance with the applicable low ond United Kingdom Accounting Stondords. The low opplicoble to chorities in England and Wales requires the trustee(s) to prepare the finoncial stotementsfor eachfinancial year which give o true ondfair view of the stote of affair5 of the charity ond of the incoming resources ond opplicotion of resources of the chority for that period. In preporing thesefinancial statements. the trustees cre required to.. Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently Observe the methods and principles of the Chorities SORP Make judgements and estimotes that are re050nable and prudent. State whether opplicoble occounting standards hove beenfollowed, subjert to any departures disclosed and explained in thefinoncial statements,. and,. Prepore the financiol stotements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume thot the chority will continue in business. The trustees are responsible for keeping occounting records which disc105e with reosonoble ccurocy thefinanciol position of the charity and enable them to ascertain to ensure that the finonciol statements comply with the Charities Act 2011 ond the provisions of the governing document. They are also responsible for safeguarding the ossets of the charity and hence for toking reosonable stepsfor the prevention and detection offraud and other irregulorities. The trustees ore responsible for the maintenance ond integrity of the charity ond financial informotion included on the charity's website. Approved by the trustees on_29/01/25 ond signed on their beholf by.. T Wicks Chairman Independent Examinerfs report on the accounts Respertive responsibllitles of trustees and examiner The Charity'5 trustees ore responsible for the preparation of the occounts. The Chority's trustees consider that an audit is not requiredfor this year under section 144 of the ChL7ritie5 Act 2011 ond that an independent exominotion is needed. It 15 my responsibility to.. examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Art, to follow the procedures loid down in the general directions given by the Chority Commission (under sertion 145{5J(bJ of the Charities Act, and to state whether particulor motters hove come to my attention. 8osis of independent examlnerfs statement My examination was corried out in accordonce with general directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes o review of the accounting records kept by the charity ond o comparison of the occounts presented with those records. It olso includes considerotion of any unusuol items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanationsfrom the trustees concerning ony such motters. The procedures undertoken do not provide oll the evidence thot would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given os to whether the accounts present o 'true andfair, view. I hove come across no other matter5 in connection with the examination to which ottention should be drown in order to enoble o proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Premier Tox Solutions Dote Premier Tax Solutions Limited Trent House 234 Virtoria Road Stoke-on-rrent ST4 2LW 8 8elowHusky Rescue Stotement oAlncome ond Expenses For the yeor ended 31st Morth 2024 2024 Unre5trirted Funds 2024 RestrirtedFunds 2024 Totoljunds 2023 Totol Funds Income Donations Merchandise Soles Investment Income Capitol GrantAmortisotion Revenue Gmnt Income 94.143 25,416 94,143 25,416 117,382 13 119.593 119,593 146,024 Dlrert Costs Veterinoryfees Emergency bot7rding Other dirert costs Fundraising Artivitie5 Wo9es Tronsportation costs 7,157 22,537 7,157 22,537 13,855 16,619 9,539 35.923 8,851 25,215 110.003 20.697 9,554 24,988 20,697 9.554 24,988 94,619 94.619 Gmm Surplu5 24974 24974 OtherAdmlnlstrotlve expenses Website costs 8onkftes Sundry expenses Printing,postage ond stotionery Telephone Advertising Accountancy Insuronce Depreciation 1,949 674 5.538 9.746 3,185 457 1,949 674 5.538 9. 746 3,185 457 3.584 3.672 1,221 4,371 6,293 2,764 402 2.310 1, 778 100 21910 25.133 25,133 hletSurplus/Deficlt -159 -159 Reconclllation oAfvnds Totalfunds broughtforwurd Exchange of Funds Surplus/DeAicit in the period 21.831 21831 -159 -159 13.112 Totolfunds carriedfvrword 21.672 21.672 21,831 88elow Husky Rescue 5totement oAFin(rn¢lol Position As ot31stMaT(h2024 2024 2024 2023 FlxedAssets Von- NU15 VYY Depreclotlon 19.020 19.020 19,020 19,020 Computer- Apple Mucbook Depreciotlon CurrentAssets Cush ut bank ondin hond 21,672 21.831 Netcurrentossets 21.672 21.831 Current Uabllltles TotalA55ets less Current Llobllltles 21,6n 21831 NoTrCurrent Uablllty Cupitol Gront Amortlsotion 11,5Q) 11,5 11,5 11,SLX) NET ASSETS 21,6n 21.831 CopftalAccount Unrestrirtedfunds RestrirtedAunds 21.672 21.831 Bolance corrfedlonvard 21.672 21831 Approved by the trustees on ond signedon theirbehalf by.. T Wick5 Choirmun Notes to the accounts l. Accounting Polldes o) Bosis of Preparntlon The financial statements have been prepored under the historic cost convention, with the exception thot investments ore included at market volue. The financial statements hove been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice.. Accounting ond Reporting by Choritie5 and opplicable UK Accounting Stondords and the Charities Act 2011. 2. Trustees. Remunerntion One Trustee is also an employee of the Chority with remuneration of £9,554 (£8,851.'2023). The Chorities Commission hos been consulted on this matterond have confirmed they have no objection to the employment. All other Trustees received no remuneration (Nil.. 2023).