## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 January 2024 Period start date To Period end date 31 December 2024** **Charity name: Banbury Animal Rescue & Kindness Service (BARKS)** **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, re-home and care for animals in
Need
To care for animals to the highest possible
standards and to give them quality of life,
safety, security and happiness, by means of
adoption or long-term foster care
To support and encourage our**volunteer**s
and helpers
To seek new volunteers at all times to
ensure continuity of care
To raise funds and seek financial support to
safeguard our work and the future of the
charity| |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 rescue and rehoming activities
benefit members of the public who are
distressed and need help with their animals,
or who have taken in a lost or injured animal
and need a charity to take over.| |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 **n/a** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **n/a** Policy on social investment Para 1.38 including program related investment BARKS is 100% managed and staffed by Para 1.38 volunteers, who even pay for many of the Contribution made by day to day costs volunteers Other BARKS works to raise funds with raffles, lotteries, stalls and online sales. We look regularly for new opportunities, encourage members of the public to raise money for us, and work to secure grants whenever possible ## **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|The rescuing and rehoming of numerous
small animals. The beneficiaries in human
terms were for the people whose animals
were taken on and cared for, relieving them
of stressful problems, and the people who
gained new animals to care for.
Additionally helping our volunteers to
overcome mental health and social
problems, enabling them to gain confidence
and find a more fulfilling
lifestyle.
We have also developed a network for long-
Term sanctuary care of elderly animals who
would otherwise not find new homes, giving
peace in many cases to elderly people
unable to care for their elderly pets.| ## **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|| |||| Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Income £52908.00
Expenditure £64265.00| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The small reserves that we hold are
intended to protect us against emergency
situations.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£4000.00| |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|Essential maintenance drained our reserves
in 2023, and until we can rebuild these
reserves we are vulnerable| ## **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** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||n/a| |---|---|---| |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|Trustees are nominated and elected by the
members at the AGM in accordance with the
Constitution| ## **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|| |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|47 Park End
Bodicote
BANBURY
Oxfordshire
OX15 4DQ| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Ann Collins|Chair||| ||Marianne Kern|Treasurer||| ||Dawn Colley|Trustee||| ||Patricia McCombes|Trustee||| ||Alic Paget|Trustee||| ||Mary Dunbar|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)**
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**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Ann Collins|Marianne Claire Kern| ||
Chair|| ||28 October 2025|| ||28 October 2025|| BANBURY ANIMAL RESCUE AND KINDNESS SERVICE STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 ## **BANBURY ANIMAL RESCUE AND KINDNESS SERVICE** ## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT** ## **For the Year Ended 31st December 2024** |£
**RECEIPTS:**
Donations(inc adoptions/events/sales
41408
Sponsorship
3628
Membership Subscriptions
807
Commissions
3962
Interest Received
0
Gift aid received
2182
Other
920
loan
0
**Total Receipts**
**PAYMENTS:**
Vets Fees
37376
Litter & Food
17838
Utility bills
6035
Costs of Events
467
Insurance
408
Website and course fees
0
Professional fees and licences
1341
Loan
800
**Total Payments**
**NET RECEIPTS/(PAYMENTS)**
Total Bank Account balances as at beginning of year
**Total Bank Account balances as at end of year**
**2024**|£
52908
64265
-11,357
20274
8,917|£
£
58010
3607
452
2756
10
0
0
2600
67435
31689
50008
9252
464
347
0
1133
2100
94993
-27,558
47832
20,274
**2023**| |---|---|---| ## **BANBURY ANIMAL RESCUE AND KINDNESS SERVICE** ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AT 31 DECEMBER 2024** |Nat West current account
Cash Float
CAF Gold Fund
Nat West savings account
Paypal
**Total funds**
**Less: Current liabilities**
Loan overpayments
**Total Funds Available**|**2024**
£
4516
23
0
3938
440
**8917**
-400
**8517**|**2023**
£
5724
23
0
14320
207
**20274**
-1200
**19074**| |---|---|---| 21 October 2025 28 October 2025 **The accounts were approved by the Trustees on ………………………………** ……………………………………………… Marianne Kern (Treasurer) …………………………………………………….. Ann Collins (Chairman) ## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the Banbury Animal Rescue and Kindness Service** I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31[st] December 2024 which are set out on pages 2, 3 and 4. ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act) does not apply. It is my responsibility to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 43 (7)(b) of the Act, whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of independent examiner’s report** My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It is also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the Act; and - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have not been met. ## **Unusual Items:** The overpayment by Theresa Grant mentioned in the 2022 accounts still remains but has been Repaid in the 2024 year together with a further loan advanced in the year. Total outstanding for repayment is £400 as at 31.12.24 TaxAssist Accountants 2a Cope Road Banbury Oxon OX16 2EH 28.10.25 1