2020-12-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1 January 2020 Period start date To 31 Deember 2020 Period end date

Charity name:Banbury Animal Rescue & Kindness Service

Charity registration number:1163343

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	To rescue animals in distress, to provide medical care and treatment and to find suitable homes for rescued animals
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	BARKS’s activities benefit, in the main, people who own or care about animals. We take on animals from people in distressed circumstances who cannot afford to keep their beloved pets; we take over distressed, injured and lost animals from kind people who have tried to help them.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	All 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
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	Not applicable
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38	Not applicable
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	We welcome vulnerable people as volunteers, helping them to take the first step back towards a working life, and also work with local colleges to offer work experience for youngsters.
Other		BARKS is 100% run by volunteers, even to the extent that administration costs, event costs, website costs, are paid for by volunteers. We work all year round to raise funds to support the

animal care, and every year we strive to attract grants to support either specific projects, or to - help with our ever growing veterinary costs.

Achievements and Performance

SORP reference Summary of the main Para 1.20 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.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41
Other

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	Income £45,359.00; Payments £61,230.58
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	Reserves are held with a view to future property purchase, as one of our key locations is currently sited on rented property, with the necessary approvals but nevertheless we have a vision of affording a permanent home in the future.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£71,993
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	Not applicable
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	Our charity’s finances are not in deficit
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	Not applicable

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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:		Not applicable
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	Nominees approved by Members at the AGM

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51
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

Charity name	Banbury Animal Rescue & Kindness Service
Other name the charity uses	B.A.R.K.S./BARKS
Registered charity number	1163343
Charity’s principal address	80 Wykham Place Banbury OX16 9HZ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Ann Collins	Chairman
	Marianne Kern	Treasurer
	Dawn Colley	Trustee
	MaryDunbar	Trustee
	Alic Paget	Trustee

– 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

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of	Name	Address
adviser

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) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date
	Ann Collins	Marianne Claire Kern
	Chair
	5 November 2021
	5 November 2021

BANBURY ANIMAL RESCUE

AND

KINDNESS SERVICE

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS

FOR YEAR ENDED

31[ST] DECEMBER 2020

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