2021-09-30-accounts - Sos Romanian Rescues South West

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Objecti		ves and	Activ	itie	s
					SORP reference
Summary		of the purposes		of	Para 1.17	The purpose ofthe charity is to relieve
the charity as sel oui			in iis			the suffering ofdogs in Romania that are
governing		document				in need ofcare and attention and to build
						safe and healthy environments for them.
						We also try to educate the public in all
						matters pertaining to animal welfare and
						particularly the prevention ofcruelty and
						suffering ofdogs in Romania.
Summary activities		ofthe main in relation to those			Para 1.17and 1.19	We offer financial help to our long- standing Romanian rescuers in order to
purposes		for the public				rescue as many dogs as possible from
benefit,	in particular,		the			public kill shelters and the streets,
activities,		projects or	services			providing food, veterinary treatment and
identified		in the accounts.				ongoing care. We also help with the cost
						ofneutering in order to reduce the over
						population ofdogs in the country.
						We find homes in the UK for rescued
						dogs and we also fund/sponsor dogs that
						cannot be brought to the UK. This
						includes dogs that are elderly, recovering
						from an illness or have been in a shelter
						for a long time that need extra care and
						possibly veterinary treatment in their
						declining years.
						Some dogs brought to the UK may need
						additional care and ongoing medical
						treatment, even following adoption and
						we continue to support these financially.
						We also try to rehome dogs to people
						who have been rejected by other rescues
						due to being elderly, disabled, do not
						match their criteria or unable to find the
						right dog to match their home and
						lifestyle. All dogs are assessed to ensure
						the right type of home is found.

Statement	confirming		All trustees of	the charity have	read the
whether the trustees		have	guidance ofpublic benefit issued by the
had regard	to the guidance		Charity Commission and have		regard to
issued by the Charity			this guidance,	where relevant,	during our
Commission	on public		regular trustee	meetings.
benefit

You ma choose to	You ma choose to	You ma choose to	include	further statements
				SORP reference
				Para 1.38
Policy on	grant making
				Para 1.38
Policy on	social investment
including	program		related
investment
				Para 1.38
Contribution		made	by
volunteers
Other

Achieve	men	ts	and Per	formance
				SORP reference
					Our rescuers in Romania prepare the
					dogs for travel to the UK. This includes
					neutering, vaccinations, tests, microchip,
Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe charity,				Para 1.20	health checks and arranging passports. We pay these costs as well as the travel
identifying	the	difference the			expenses for the dogs to be transported
charity's	work	has made to			from Romania by a specialist animal
the circumstances			of its		importer. The dogs are taken to our own
beneficiaries and			any wider		rescue centre in Somerset orto local
benefits to society as a					experienced fosterers to be assessed.
whole.
					Their stay must be for a minimum oftwo
					days and then depending on each dog's
					needs they will go to adopters who will
					have already been vetted by our home
					check team.
					Due to the current pandemic and
					movement restrictions into the UK we
					have been unable to bring over as many
					dogs as normal. We also expect Brexit
					and importing restrictions to impact on
					movement ofdo s next ear.

This year we have paid 65,960to our
rescuers in Romania this year to provide
support for dogs in shelters and on the
streets and preparation costs for rescued
dogs.
This also includes neutering and
emergency care on an adhoc basis for
dogs found on the streets that are in
immediate danger and/or may need
veterinary treatment.
This is lower than last year due to the
current restrictions and less dogs being
able to be rescued to the UK.
Donations ofdog food, bedding etc have
also been sent via the transport company
on their return to Romania to distribute to
our rescuers.
This year due to donations and support
we have also been able to help dogs
needing the most care, extra treatment
and also for older dogs. The cost of
veterinary care in the UK for dogs
rescued has totalled 611,169 this year
which has increased substantially from
last year's figure of 65,152. This is partly
due to providing medical care in the UK
that could not be carried out in Romania.
This is in addition to their travel costs.
We have social media pages where
adopters share videos, photos and
provide advice and support to each other.
We also continue to offer support and
advice after adoption, where needed.
We also provide a facility for supporters
to make donations to Romania through
us. We simply accept donations and
forward them straight to a particular
rescuer or cause as requested by the
donator.
Due to the pandemic and Brexit
restrictions we are unable to predict what
we will be able to achieve next year but
we aim to increase what we have done
this year. In addition to rescuing as many
dogs as we can we hope to provide more
funding for neutering programmes to
help towards solving the over population
ofdogs.

Achievements	Achievements	Para 1.41
objectives set
			Despite the pandemic we have managed
Performance offundraising activities against objectives		Para 1.41	to increase fundraising activities and subsequently funds. We have held an
set			online auction and raffle.
			With help from our supporters and
			adopters we have produced a book which
			we have sold through social media and
			on Amazon. This includes stories from
			our adopters detailing the journey of their
			beloved rescue dogs who are now
			enjoying happy family lives In the UK.
Investment	performance	Para 1.41
against objectives
Other

Financ	ial	ial	Review	Review	Review	Review
Review	of		the charity's					Para 1.21	Our end ofyear capital totals 627,932.
financial		position			at	the end			This is made up of61,885 in our current
ofthe period									account and 626,047 in a bank savings
									account which includes our R5,000
									reserve.
									Our capital has increased this year	due to
									the kind support ofour followers and
									adopters through fundraising and
									donations.
									We have been able to keep our adoption
									fee low but this will be reviewed once we
									see the impact ofthe new Brexit &Import
									restrictions in the new year.
Statement			explaining			the		Para 1.22	We have maintained f5,000 reserve	in an
policy for		holding			reserves				account that is kept as a safety net
statin	wh		the		are	held			should an emer encies arise.
Amount	of		reserves			held		Para 1.22	55,000
Reasons		for		holding		zero		Para 1.22
reserves
Details	of	fund materially					in	Para 1.24	None
deficit
Explanation				ofany				Para 1.23
uncertainties				about the
charity	continuing				as	a going
concern

You ma ch	o	ose	tc include fur	ther statements	where relevant	where relevant	about
					The charity's		three main	sources		of
					funding	continue to be donations				from
The charity's principal sources offunds (including				Para 1.47	supporters, fundraising and adoption fees. All three areas produce healthy
any fundraising)					amounts	of	income due	to the hard work
					ut in b	our volunteers.
					The charity does not have an				investment
					policy.
Investment		policy and
objectives	including any			Para 1.46
social investment			policy
adopted
A description		of the principal		Para 1.46
risks facing		the charity
Other

Description of charity's
trusts:
Type of governing document	Para 1.25	Constitution	(Foundation)
(trust deed, ro ai charter
How is the charity	Para 1.25	CIO
constituted7
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection methods	Para 1.25	Existing trustees
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

Policies	and	procedures
adopted	for the induction		and
training	oftrustees
The charity's		organisational
structure	and	any wider		Para 1.51
network	with	which the
charity works
Relationship		with any related		Para 1.51
parties
Other

Charit	name			SOS Romanian
Other name the chari			uses
Re istered chari		number		1160999
Charity's	principal	address		Keepers Lodge
				Burlescombe
				Devon
				EX167JU

Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf	the
assets are held and how	this
falls within the custodian
charity's objects
Details of arrangements	for
safe custody and
segregation ofsuch assets
from the charity's own assets

Names an	d addresses ofadv	isers (Optional information)
Type of	Name	Address
adviser
Name of	chief executive or names ofsenior staff members		(Optional	information)

				8		Restricted
					Unrestricted	Income	Endowment	Total this	Totallest
				/p	fundsf	fundsf	funds f	year f	year
Fixed assets					F01	F02	F03	F04	F05
Intangible assets			(Note 15)	so1
Tangible assets			(Note 14)	Boa
Heritage assets			(Note 16)	sos
Investments			(Note 17)
		Total fixed assets		sos
Current assets
Stocks		(Note 18)		soe
Debtors			(Note 19)	Bor
Investments			(Note 17.4)	sos
Cash at bank and	in	hand (Note 24)		Bos	31,289			31,289
	Total		current assets	s1o	31,
Creditors: amounts		falling due within
one year (Note 20)				B11
Net current		assets/(liabilities)		s13	31,
Total assets less		current liabilities		B13
Creditors: amounts		falling due after
one year	(Note		20)	B14
Provisions for liabilities				B15
Total net assets or liabilities				B16	31,289			31,289
Funds ofthe Charity
Endowment funds	(Note		27)	B1/
Restricted Income	funds		(Note 27)	B18
Unrestricted funds				B19	31,289			31,289
Revaluation reserve
Fair value reserve				B21
			Total funds	Bet	31 289			31 289

ect to	the	sm	all	companies regIm	e and In accordanc	e with FRS102SORP.
Signed	by	one	or	two trustees/directors trusiees/directors	on behalf of ail the	Print Name	Date of approval
							od/mm/
						SHARON WEBB
							30/05/2022