Trustee's Annual Report - For the period 1/9/21 31/8/22
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Charity Name Maxi's Mates Registered Charity No: 1162442 Address Maxi's Mates Rescue & Rehoming Centre Carlin Howe Farm Redcar Rd Dunsdale TS14 6RG
Charity Trustees: Jane Galliford Secretary & Admin Antonia Boyd Chairperson Lesley Jones Treasurer
Maxi's Mates is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). The object of Maxi's Mates is for the benefit of the public to relieve the suffering of dogs in need of care and attention. We provide a safe haven for stray and surrendered dogs and to finding them their forever home. We firmly believe ALL dogs deserve another chance at finding that right home for them. We care deeply about dogs regardless of breed, age or whether they are sociable with other dogs or not. Maxi’s Mates will meet all their needs until we can find them their forever home and for however long it takes. We vaccinate, spay or neuter where possible and home check every home. Our mission is to protect our stray dogs and provide a safe place for as long as they need.
Maxi's Mates is governed by its Trustees and supported by groups of volunteers. In the year we employed 11 paid staff. Volunteers do a variety of roles including walking dogs, cleaning kennels and carrying out home checks. We also provide a practical learning environment for students from local colleges undertaking relevant studies.
Our dedicated staff are still in operation with a rota and have 2 shifts per day 7 days a week. This is enhanced by our experienced volunteers as well as new ones now all restrictions are off and we can operate as normal.
We have worked hard to ensure that the strays of Redcar & Cleveland and Hambleton councils areas have been safe in the knowledge that we have not had to close and we continued safely reuniting strays all the way through. We also continued to take in owner surrenders and rehomed dogs following the guidelines to ensure we did this safely. Between 1st September 2021 and the 31st August 2022 we took in 269 dogs in total. We also took in 166 strays with 69 of those being reunited. Our out of hours driver attended 108 call outs for strays found once the dog warden finished at 5 pm. We took in 101 owner surrenders and rehomed 175 in total from the dogs previously in our care and also unclaimed strays. We have continued to ensure that our dogs receive the best veterinary care as well as continuing our vaccination, flea and worming programme. We have also spayed and neutered 114 dogs and provided specialist veterinary treatment when needed.
We continue to be an approved homing centre for retired Greyhounds we have taken in 38 Greyhounds and successfully rehomed them into their first real home.
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In February we started work on the long termer kennels from the grant of 27K awarded by Support Adoption For Pets. These 5 bigger, brighter, warmer kennels will make their living conditions so much better for them. The solid brick walls between each have insulation so it's quieter and as most of the long termers are dog reactive, this helps soundproof as much as possible. Each kennel has access to a secure area outside, with a hatch, so they can enjoy the sunshine or allow more air ventilation in. It gives them a choice to go outside or stay inside and not feel as cooped up.
All kennels have switches to lights, heat lamps and the hatches to operate from outside the kennel which is also useful for the safety of the person if one of the dogs is difficult to handle. The flooring is concreted and tiled. The kennels are almost ready for occupation.
Summary of the main activities & achievements of last year
The Trustees of Maxi's Mates have followed the Public Benefit guidance set out by the Charities Commission in all aspects of our aims and objectives.
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We have successfully remained in operation throughout the last year helping reunite, rehome and provide a safe haven for our long-term dogs that still need a home.
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We have started and almost completed the long termer kennels for our longest residents.
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We have increased the number of dedicated volunteers and the student placements are in operation which are a big help to us and offering them invaluable experience.
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We have also been able to allow dog walking again for those in schools, colleges, rehabilitation centres, care homes, residential homes, nhs groups that come with carers/teachers/support workers to walk our dogs. This enables them to enjoy some time out or helping recuperate from either mental health issues or medical operations or simply wanting to work and be with dogs. We welcome people of ages and all abilities.
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We have ensured that all dogs requiring veterinary care have received this and that all dogs are vaccinated and free from worms’ ticks and fleas. Also 114 dogs on the spaying castration programme have been done.
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We have retained our valued supporters and gained new ones who love what we are trying to achieve and do whatever they can to help us.
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We had a successful dog show in July 2022, the first after covid, and raised £2636.43
Financial Review
Maxi's Mates is a not-for-profit organisation. We only keep reserves sufficient to cover the normal cash flow requirements of our ongoing activities with a buffer to cover unexpected costs. This year we have made some more improvements to achieving some progress towards our Reserves Policy and increased our planned surplus to cover six months running costs. The impact of Covid 19 has shown this to be a conservative buffer to ensure our financial safety.
MAXIS MATES PROFIT & LOSS
01 September 2021 - 31 August 2022 Charity Number 1162442
| Income Donations Council Fees & Grants Total Income Expenditure Gross Wages Animal Bedding, Feed & Supplies Vetinary Treatment Rent & Rates Water Rates Insurance Heat Light & Power Motor Expenses Stationery Telephone Acounts Fee & HR Premises Expenses Subscriptions Clothing and PPE Costs Suspense Total Expenditure NET PROFIT / LOSS |
£ 150,724 32,759 69,953 2,507 18,778 16,624 3,530 1,161 3,890 4,242 509 2,438 4,161 40,481 432 427 - |
£ 183,483 169,133 14,350 |
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Miss Linda Adams
19 Whernside Crescent
Ingleby Barwick Stockton on Tees
TS17 0AF
17 June 2023
To whom it may concern,
I confirm that I completed Maxis Mates Financial Accounts from the period 01 September 2021 to 31 August 2022.
Yours sincerely
Miss L Adams