## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1[st] Sept 2021 Period start date To 31[st] August 2022 Period end date**
**Charity name: Makants Greyhound Rescue NW**
## **Charity registration number: 1161079**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|For the benefit to the public to relieve the
suffering of abandoned and ex-racing
greyhounds and to promote humane behaviour
towards the greyhounds by providing
appropriate care, protection, treatment and
security for the dogs in need of attention by
reason of retirement, abandonment,
mistreatment or ill usage.•To re-home/foster
the greyhounds in line with Makants’ strict re-
homing/fostering policy.•To educate the public
regarding responsible dog ownership and to
offer comprehensive help to all
adopters/fosterers of ex racing greyhounds|
|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|In order to maintain the day-to-day care for its
rescued ex-racing greyhounds, Makants’
charitable trustees supported by a team of
exceptionally dedicated volunteers raise funds
by way of store and street collections, car boot
sales, auctions, raffles and other activities, such
as summer and Christmas fairs and local dogs
shows. In addition, a raft of other tasks are
undertaken by the trustees and volunteers such
as administration, social media
communications/updates, re-homing checks,
fostering dogs, transporting dogs for veterinary
care and attendance at fund raising events.
Raising awareness of the plight of racing
greyhounds and educating the public about
responsible dog ownership with an offer of
comprehensive help to all adopters/fosterers is
an integral part of Makants’ work and this is
woven into all its activities. By way of example,
volunteers are welcomed each day to assist with
the collective group walk which ensures each
kennelled dog receives appropriate daily
exercise, can be assessed in a group situation
and allows individuals to ‘get to know’ the breed
and the work undertaken byMakants;this|
support is invaluable on many levels. Experience to date has shown that in many instances, the rescue of an ex-racing greyhound is an acute situation whereby third parties will make the dog available to Makants at short notice with no financial donation. Dogs that are taken in are often in need of basic care and veterinary treatment, with some inevitably having more complex medical needs such as epilepsy, impacted vertebrae, gum disease, chronic fracture injuries or amputated toes giving rise to joint/mobility issues and tail injuries; all of which Makants has experienced and dealt with. Makants implements a strategy of spaying and neutering all greyhounds within two weeks of rescue unless the dog is prior neutered, in season or the veterinary surgeon advises otherwise, in which case spaying or neutering will be undertaken when advised by the veterinary surgeon irrespective of whether the dog is kennelled, fostered or adopted. A positive focus is placed on assessing and rehabilitating each dog received so they may be successfully rehomed and enjoy a normal life – a healthy dog is never euthanized, and this is Makants’ promise to each and every dog that it receives. Each dog’s adoption is conditional and subject to the new owner entering into a written adoption agreement with Makants, whereby the new owner agrees: • to guarantee the health and wellbeing of the dog. • to maintain yearly vaccination boosters. • not to allow the dog to stray unsupervised. • to ensure the dog wears a collar at all times with owner’s details and the disc Makants provides. not to pass the dog to any third party without Makants’ written consent. • to abide by Makants’ spaying & neutering policy. to allow a representative from Makants to visit to ensure the dog’s welfare and care is appropriate. • any breach of the contract allows Makants to reclaim the dog. Each adoption is subject to the satisfactory completion of a vetting process to ensure the prospective home offered by a new owner meets the needs of the dog. Makants’ charitable trustees are aware of the statutory declaration and guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. Statement confirming Para 1.18 whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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|Makants has been able to maintain a highly
motivated team of volunteers who have ensured
that the care of its rescued ex-racing greyhounds
has been of prime importance and a consistent
achievement during the past year. During its
financial year 2021/22, Makants has:•rescued
and rehomed 76 ex-racing greyhounds in line
with its strict re-homing/fostering policy and
been able to offer comprehensive help to all
adopters/fosterers. It is to the credit of all those
who volunteer their support that Makants’ was
able to achieve this rehoming rate.•This
demonstrates (despite the continuing pandemic)
a consistent, positive annual rehoming rate from
2020/21 (74 rescued and rehomed ex-racing
greyhounds), 2019/20 (73 rescued and rehomed
ex-racing greyhounds), 2018/19 (83 rescued and
rehomed ex-racing greyhounds), 2017/18 (91
rescued and rehomed ex-racing greyhounds
which included by exception the rescue,
vaccination etc and successfully rehoming of a
brooding bitch and all of her litter of 9
greyhound puppies (4 weeks old)), 2016/17 (72
rescued and rehomed ex-racing greyhounds)
and 2015/16 (57 rescued and rehomed ex-racing
greyhounds) which reflects the dedicated
commitment supporting this charity.•made
continuous necessary maintenance
improvements to its existing kennel facilities.
This included the upgradingof all kennels,the|
inclusion of an enrichment room to enhance our rehoming process , ensuring our rescue greyhounds have the best possibility of being rehomed , the carpark facility was upgraded and the new drainage system was completed in order to comply with kennel regulations • promoted humane behaviour towards the greyhounds by providing appropriate care, protection, treatment and security for the dogs in need of attention by reason of retirement, abandonment, mistreatment or ill usage. • been able to educate the public regarding responsible and safe dog ownership, not least by its attendance at many public events where information has been made available and members of the public have been able to seek guidance and advice and necessary equipment such as leads, harnesses, coats and muzzles (if required) but also online.
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives Para 1.41
set
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
Other
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## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Makants, as a growing voluntary charity working
directly to improve the welfare of ex-racing
greyhounds, aims to achieve its objective to at
least maintain and, if possible, increase its cash
reserve of c £203,635 to ensure:•it can
maintain an appropriate contingency fund
(equivalent to 12 months’ operating costs) is
maintained to support, sustain, improve and
assure continuity of future operations.•it can
fund any exceptional and urgent welfare rescues
which may require exceptional and costly
funding for veterinary treatment and feeding
care.•it can continue to accept more complex
rescues where the ex-racing greyhound may
require extended rehabilitation and kennelling
rather than selecting only those greyhounds that
may be more easily rehomed.•it can
accumulate (in a high interest deposit account) a
cash deposit towards its long-term strategic aim
to purchase of a suitable property for Makants’
kennels to bepermanentlylocated at.|
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|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22||
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) 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
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25||
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25||
|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||
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Para 1.51 training of trustees 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
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Makants Greyhound Rescue NW|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1161079|
|Charity’s principal address|Makants Farm
Mort Lane
Tyldesley
M29 8PF|
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
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||Siobhan Hoppley|Founder, Trustee &
Chair||Siobhan Hoppley|
||Susan Sewell|Trustee - Rehoming|||
||Joanne Maxwell|Trustee – Media &
Admin|||
||Fiona Hughes|Trustee -
Fundraising|||
||Wendy Draper|Trustee –
Fundraising,
Secretary|||
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David Balmer|Trustee & Treasurer|Resigned 31.08.22||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity 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 of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Fiona Hughes **Position (eg Secretary,** Fundraising Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 26/06/2023
**Charity Name**
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## **Receipts and payments acco**
## **For the period from**
Period start date
**To**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £ to the nearest £**
## **A1 Receipts**
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Donations 65,766 - -
Fundraising Events 44,219 - -
Bank Interest Received 614 - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
110,599 - -
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - -
- - -
Sub total [ - ] - -
Total receipts 110,599 - -
A3 Payments
Dog Food and Care 2,549 - -
Vet Fee 24,713 - -
Insurance 1,073 - -
Kennel Services 34,335 - -
Building Running Costs 7,119 - -
Transport Costs 1,473 - -
Cost of fund Raising Events 2,155 - -
Cost of Sale of Goods 9,608 - -
Printing , Post , Stationery & Computer
Supplies 953
Grants and Donations Paid
Bank Interest and Charges 96
Building Maintence 20,669
Miscellaneous 811
- - -
Sub total 105,554 - -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - -
- - -
Sub total - - -
Total payments 105,554 - -
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_**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **5,045 - - A5 Transfers between funds - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 212,645 -** _**Cash funds this year end**_ **217,690 - -**
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of**
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|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Bank Accounts|and Paypal
**_Total cash funds_**|**to nearest £**
**217,690**
**-**
**-**
**217,690**|
||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||OK|
||||**Unrestricted**|
||||**funds**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**||**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||||**Fund to which**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**||**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**||**asset belongs**|
|**charity’s own use**|||**Fund to which**|
||**Details**||**liability relates**|
## **B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Print N
**o (if any)**
## **ounts**
## **CC16a**
Period end date
## **Total funds**
## **Last year**
## **to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
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65,766 81,957
44,219 34,326
614 217
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- -
- -
- -
- -
110,599 116,500
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110,599 116,500
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2,549 3,607
24,713 23,149
1,073 721
34,335 18,700
7,119 3,633
1,473 2,077
2,155 11,381
9,608
953 407
-
96 380
20,669
811 77
- -
105,554 64,132
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105,554 64,132
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5,045 52,368
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212,645 160,277
217,690 212,645
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funds funds
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- -
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funds funds
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- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Current value
Cost (optional)
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Makants Greyhound Rescue NW
On accounts for the year
ended
31 August 2022
Charity no
(if any)
1161079
Set out on pages
Receipts and Payments pages 1&2
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 3110812022.
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention (
") in connection with
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Independent
examiner's statement
Signed:
Date:
Name:
Justine Garner
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
Chartered Accountant
Address:
CIO Makants Greyhound Rescue
Makants Farm , Mort Lane
Tyldesley , M29 8PF
IER
October 2018
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight 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.
IER
October 2018
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Receipts and payments accounts
For the period
from
CC16a
To
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Endowment
funds
Total funds
Last year
to the nearest
to the nearest £
to the nearest £
to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations
Fundraising Events
Bank Interest Received
to the nearest £
65,766
44,219
614
65,766
44,219
614
81,957
34.326
217
total (
ross Income
or
AR)
110,599
110,599
116,500
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
Total receipts
10,
99
110,599
A3Pa
ments
Dog Food and Care
Vet Fee
Insurance
Kennel Services
Building Running Costs
Transport Costs
Cost of fund Raising Events
Cost of Sale of Goods
Printing , Post , Stationery & Computer
lies
Grants and Donations Paid
Bank Interest and Charges
Building Maintence
Miscellaneous
2,549
24.713
1,073
34,335
7,119
1,473
2,155
9.608
2,549
24,713
1,073
34,335
7,119
1,473
2,155
9,608
3,607
23,149
721
18,700
3,633
2,077
11,381
953
953
407
96
20,669
811
96
20,669
811
380
77
Sub total
105,554
105,554
64,132
A4 Asset and investment
urchases
see table
Sub total
Total payments
105,554
105,554
64,132
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
5,045
5,045
52,368
212,645
217,690
212,645
217,690
160,
212,645
77
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
0910612023
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
te
tai
Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
B1 Cash funds
Bank Accounts and Paypal
217,690
Total cash funds
217,690
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
Details
etails
Fund to which
asset belon
Cost (optional)
Current value
tional
B3 Investment assets
Det
Fund to which
asset belon
Current value
tional
B4 Assets retained for the
charity's own use
Cost (optional)
Details
Fund to which
relates
Amount due
tional
When due
tional
B5 Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
Signature
Print Name
Date of
roval
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
0910612023