## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 01/01/2020 **Period start date To** 31/12/ 2020 **Period end date** **Charity name:** Lilongwe Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (UK) **Charity registration number:** 1157171 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The objects of the CIO are:**
To promote humane behaviour towards
animals through:
1) The provision of appropriate care,
protection,
treatment
and
security
for
animals suffering from sickness, injury,
maltreatment, poor circumstance or ill usage
2) Educating the public about animals and
their care, treatment and welfare needs
3) Advancing education and good practice in
veterinary care
4) The prevention and suppression of cruelty
and relief of suffering among animals
generally - in particular by funding and
supporting the work and related programmes
of the Lilongwe Society for the Protection
and Care of Animals (Malawi).| |Summary
of
the
main
activities in relation to those
purposes
for
the
public
benefit,
in
particular,
the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para
1.17
and
1.19|-
LSPCA
UK
focuses
on
supporting
veterinary and education programmes for
the benefit of animal welfare, particularly
with: LSPCA Malawi (including the Centre
for
Animal
Welfare’s
programmes
and
LSPCA’s Veterinary Hospital, the only one in
Malawi), Malawi’s Veterinary School at
Lilongwe
University
of
Agriculture
and
Natural Resources (LUANAR) and the
Malawi Veterinary Association.
In 2020 LSPCA UK provided two grants to
LSPCA Malawi. Firstly an emergency grant
to
cover
a
temporary
shortfall
in
salaries/overheads/PPE due to COVID-19,
when other sources of income and grants
fell. Later in the year, when the COVID-19
situation was much improved in Malawi,
LSPCA UK provided a grant to support the
launch of LSPCA Malawi’s new ‘Centre for
Animal Welfare Mobile Clinic’.| |||LSPCA UK continued to support LSPCA in
Malawi
through
veterinary
and
animal
welfareguidance.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|LSPCA
(UK)
trustees
have
all
been
provided with a copy of the Charity
Commission guidance on Public Benefit and
will have due regard to the guidance on
public benefit when exercising any powers
or duties to which the guidance is relevant.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|LSPCA (UK) has developed a grant making
process, which includes submission of a
proposal,
review
by
all
trustees
and
successful grantees sign grant conditions
and provide reports. We will adopt the
recommendations
in
the
Charity
Commission’s
‘Charities
and
Risk
Management’
June
2010
guidance
for
administering grants.| |Policy on social investment
including
program
related
investment|Para 1.38|LSPCA (UK) does not currently hold, or plan
to hold, any investments.| |---|---|---| |Contribution
made
by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The Secretary to the Board volunteers time
to cover administrative duties. LSPCA (UK)
does not plan to hire staff or recruit
additional volunteers at this time.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary
of
the
main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the
circumstances
of
its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|- LSPCA Malawi faced significant challenges
in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
LSPCA put into immediate force a range of
measures to protect staff, partners and
veterinary
clients.
LSPCA
was
given
exemption status by Government as an
essential service, and so the Veterinary
Hospital was allowed to remain open,
although operating initially on a skeleton
staff and for emergency/serious cases only.
Most activities, with the exception of urgent
response to suspect canine rabies cases,
were paused for several months. As COVID-
19 cases dropped in Malawi, community
activities, such as the donkey clinics, which
are held outside, resumed.
- LSPCA UK responded to an urgent grant
request for emergency funding to LSPCA
Malawi
to
cover
shortages
in
salaries/overheads/PPE
equipment
as
several donors paused or reduced funding
and income from the veterinary clinic fell.
The emergency grant of £9718.00 provided
immediate support to cover these shortfalls.
- In November 2020, LSPCA was operating
almost as normal and was able to launch a
new ‘Centre for Animal Welfare Mobile
Clinic’. LSPCA UK provided a grant of
£21793.64 to cover:
1) Vehicles for the Community Animal
Welfare Centre fieldwork: £18248.51
2) Veterinary equipment, medicines and
consumables: £3545.13
The aim is for this project to become self-
sustaining. The mobile clinic will operate
‘commercial days’ in high income areas 1-2
days per week where pet owners have
limited access to veterinary services, mainly
around Lilongwe but with visits also to
Mzuzu (400 km from Lilongwe) where there
is currently no veterinary clinic. The income
on commercial days will be boosted by the
selling products such as flee & worm
treatment, dog biscuits, collars etc.
The commercial days will generate income
to fund the other 3 days/week when the
mobile clinic will attend clients in low income
areas where residents cannot pay more than
cost price for treatment and medication, and
often are not able topayat all. Clinic days| will be divided between domestic and farm animal days in rural areas. Any serious cases, which cannot be dealt with ‘in the field’ will be referred to the LSPCA hospital. LSPCA UK was delighted to support this new initiative, which will reach thousands of animals per year, many of which would otherwise never have access to veterinary care. Ensuring the health and welfare of domestic and farm animals brings significant public health benefits and can help to support livelihoods of farmers. ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements
against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|The donation from IVC to LSPCA UK in
2019 was much welcomed and as well as
enabling LSPCA UK to deliver a very
successful veterinary work experience visit
to Scotland for 12 Malawi vet graduates and
their professor in 2019, it also enabled us
this year to support LSPCA Malawi’s new
communityanimal welfare mobile clinics.| |Investment
performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review
of
the
charity’s
financial position at the end
of theperiod|Para 1.21|At the close of this period, i.e. 31stDecember
2020, LSPCA UK had a balance of £24 235| |Statement
explaining
the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|LSPCA has a reserves policy agreed by the
Board to retain £10,000 to enable an
immediate response to any emergency
requests for funding from Malawi partners.
The full Board agrees all requests for
funding.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£10,000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation
of
any
uncertainties
about
the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The
charity’s
principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment
policy
and
objectives
including
any
social
investment
policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How
is
the
charity
constituted?
(e.g
unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including
details
of
any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|As a CIO, the trustees are the members, and
a voluntary secretary to the Board handles
administrative duties. An ex-officio trustee
post is held by the Chair of LSPCA Malawi.
Trustees are nominated by current members
of the Board and are seconded during Board
meetings. New trustees are agreed by the
full Board.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies
and
procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|Trustees sign a Code of Conduct and are
provided
with
all
relevant
Charity
Commission
documents
on
the
responsibilities of being a trustee.| |The charity’s organisational
structure
and
any
wider
network
with
which
the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Lilongwe Societyfor the Protection and Care of Animals(UK)| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|LSPCA UK| |Registered charitynumber|1157171| |Charity’s principal address|c/o Donnamarie O’Connell, Secretary to LSPCA UK Board,
22 Hazelhurst Crescent, Horsham, RH12 1XB.| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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8|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not**
**for whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Adam Tjolle|Chair||LSPCA (UK)| ||Professor Tim Gondwe|Ex-officio|30/11/2020|LSPCA (UK)| ||Mark Richard Palmer|Trustee||LSPCA (UK)| ||Ruth Petricia Anne Maclean|Trustee||LSPCA (UK)| ||Irene Robertson Bradley|Trustee||LSPCA (UK)| ||Sandra Tjolle|Trustee||LSPCA (UK)| ||Keith Chandler|Trustee||LSPCA (UK)| ||Jo Spiller|Trustee||LSPCA (UK)| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** N/A Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |N/A||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|N/A| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|N/A| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |N/A||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |N/A||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details N/A ## **Other optional information** N/A ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s)** Tjolle **Full name(s)** Adam **Position (eg** Chair **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 30 October 2021 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Lllon9w• So¢loty for the Protgctlon and Care olAnlma15 lu 1157171 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe perlod from To 01101r2020 3111212020 Section A Receipts and payments Unre$tyiet¢d fund8 to th• noarest Restrlcte(I funds Endowmont lund$ Totsl funds Last yèar to tho neorest£ to the rtearést£ tothe #oamt t to th¢ neJrest£ A1 Recelpts 100,1￿0 Sub total(Gross income for ARJ 100.000 A2 ASS￿ and Inv•stment sales, (see table}. Sub total 100,000 A3P ments ErnergenGy COVID-19 grant lst8ff . ovw*eod¥, PPEI . ..£9.737.WJ -9,737 Weware Centres fieltrM)th1 £18248.51> + vetequipmentlMed￿tt)nSvmables £21,793.64 21,794 8ankdTr 19 19 Sub total 31.550 31,550 A4 Asset and Investment urchases, see table NIA Sub total 31,550 31,550 $4,223 Not of recelpts/(payments) A5 Transfer8 betsveen fund$ A6 C•sh lunds lastyear end Cash funds this year end -31,550 31.550 45,777 55.785 24235 55,78S 24,23S 10,008 55.7BS CCXX R1 account5 ISSI 2911012021 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted lund Restricted funds to nearost t Endowment funds to n¢aretrt£ categari6￿S Details lo noargst£ 81 Cash fund8 Bank Acwurrt LSPCAUK 24.235 Totsl Cash funds 24,235 14ree b*arKfjl￿b iewpls4nd Unrestrlcted funds to rn¥rest£ Re$trf¢t•d funds Endowment furtds to nearest£ lo IMarA5t£ NIA Fyndto whl¢h 8$$gt belon eo$t loptlonall utrent valuo ortal Details t41A Fur￿ towhleh agget Det4lls riiA eostloptlonal) urront valvo onal 84 Ass•ts retsln8d for the ¢harlty's own u8• Fund to which liabuity r•lales Amoyntdup lona Whon duo oTral Details NIA 85 Liabllltle8 Signed by Or￿ erhvo trustees on bohaif of all the tru$taes Dale of roval Slgnature Prfnt Name Abam Tolle 29-Oct-21 2911012021 CCXX R2 a￿Unts ISSI Irene Bradl 29M012021 CCXX R3 accounts ISSI 2911012021