2021-04-30-accounts

	Trustee name	Trustee name	Office (if any)		Dates acted ear	if not	for whole	Name of person (or to a oint trustee	Name of person (or to a oint trustee	body) entitled ifan
	Pamela	Weaver	Rescue Manager
			/Chair
	Elaine Lame		PR / Fundraising
			Manager
3	Maureen	Killip	Social Media Manager
4	Louise Gammon		Webshop / Website Manager		Appointed current	20/05/2020—
	Names	ofthe trustees for the charity,		if	any, (for example,		any custodian		trustees)
	¹me				Dates acted if not for whole				ear

Tr st I ti n methods u ee selection i d &	Trustees are aPPointed or reaPPointed every 3years, or i required, by current Trustee panel	sooner if
Additional governance issues	(Optional information)
You may choose to include	CoVID 19policy for adoptions, collections and handovers.
additional information, where relevant, about:	Conflict-of. Interests Mitigation Policy and Money Handling place.	Policy are in
~ policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and	Regular risk assessments are carried out by the Trustess	and trained H&S
training oftrustees;	Manager.
~ the charity's organisational	Fluffy Retreat Ferret Rescue works with other small rescues and
structure and any wider network with which the charity works;	sanctuaries around the country and does on occasion provide small donations / funds to these rescues / sanctuaries to assist them in meeting veterinary needs for ferrets in their care, when there has been a big influx
~ relationship with any related parties',	or a particularly challenging case, or when they take in ferrets that we are unable to help with due to capacity.
~ trustees' consideration of major risks and the system--	All trustees give their time voluntarily and other than occasional training opportunities, receive no remuneration or other benefits.
and procedures to manage
them.
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	To promote humane behaviour towards ferrets by providing appropriate
	care, protection, treatment and security for ferrets which	are in need of
Summary ofthe objects ofthe charity set out in its governing document	care and attention by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or ill usage, and to educate the public in matters pertaining to animal welfare in general and the prevention of cruelty and suffering among ferrets.

								To offer rescue placement, rehabilitation and rehoming of stray and
								otherwise unwanted ferrets, found by or surrendered by the general
								public, vets or other animal organisations.
								To carry out home-checking and advising potential new owners to ensure
								the ferrets safety and care, and that the new owners are prepared.
								PR events and ferret racing to raise awareness and remove the stigma
								attached to ferrets, as well as raising funds for the rescue.
Summary	of the			main				Education days / Training / Volunteering —where possible to provide
activities undertaken						for	the	volunteering opportunities to suitable candidates to learn aspects of
public benefit			in	relation			to	animal husbandry as weil as many aspects of running a charity.
these objects			(include			within
this section		the statutory						Where possible to work with and support other rescues.
declaration		that		trustees			have
had regard	to		the guidance					Where possible to work with other animal organisations and veterinary
issued by	the		Charity					organisations to promote welfare and teaching.
Commission		on		public
benefit)								To disseminate information from government organisations regarding
								specific legislation or changes in legislation that affect ferret keeping,	or
								changes to known information regarding zoonotic diseases.
								The Trustees have had due regard to the Charity Commission guidance
								on public benefit.
Additional	details of				objectives			and activities (Optional information)
								2020 was a very challenging year, with a lot of short notice changes	in
								government advice regarding CoVID. The way that we do everything
								changed, repeatedly, and this meant that we were unable to offer much
								in the way of volunteer opportunities on site. However, our volunteers
								were still so critical to the day to day aspects of rescue life, picking up
								strays, doing vet runs and even shopping for the rescue. Without this
								contribution from our volunteers we would have struggled to meet all	of
You may choose further statements, relevant, about:				to include where				the demands. We welcomed a huge input to improvements in the rescue led by volunteer carpenters, which has had a massive impact on improving set ups for our ferrets, and those working with them.
~ policy on grantmaking;								Whilst 2020 was abnormally quiet during the early part of the financial
~ policy programme					related			year, we took in more ferrets than we have in any previous year.
investment;								We would also like to recognise here the benefit that our foster carers
~ contribution			made		by			bring to the rescue, enhancing the lives offerrets that cannot be
volunteers.								rehomed, or short term foster in emergencies. This also means that we
								can free up much needed emergency space at the rescue, whilst still
								supporting the foster carer with challenging cases.
								Any surplus funds are placed into our Business Savings Account to future
								proof the rescue as it continues to grow.

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Summary		ofthe main		Our main goals this year were very limited due to CoVID:
achievements of the charity during the year				To promote ferret welfare and understanding.
				This year.we have concentrated on providing more updates via social
				media and our website on ferret care. We did not know at the start of		the
				year that we would become a vital resource for the government to get
				information out to ferret owners with regards to risks posed to ferrets	from
				CoVID and then later to participating in a government level meeting	with
				a view to establishing a GB Ferret Owners register, and dissemination		of
				the outcomes ofthose meetings.
				To continue to improve our storage facilities.
				This year we had planned to focus on improving our storage facilities		to
				reduce risk of manual handling. We worked with volunteer carpenters		to
				bring ideas to life and have installed a number of improved storage
				areas.
				Toadapt to safe working with CoVID.
				Adoptions proved to be very difficult within the CoVID restrictions, and		we
				were unable to carry out adoptions for the first quarter, as these are
				usually carried out indoors. We worked hard with our carpenters to
				change one of our sheds into a safe adoption area, and also to improve
				access to the ferret garden for outdoor adoptions. This has played a
				critical part in our being able to function in the last year.

				We hold cash in our main bank account of approximately E2,000, all of
Brief statement of the				which is unrestricted funds. These funds are held in order to meet all day
charity's policy on		reserves		to day running costs, including emergency vet costs, incurred by the
				rescue.
				As trustees we have set out guidance that we need to hold a cushion of
				F2,000 to protect us against immense vet fees in the case of an outbreak
				of illness. The rescue should not continue to take in any further animals	if
				the overall funds go below this amount.
				Any funds over E2,000 will be placed in our Business Savings Account,
				this account can be accessed when funds have run low, or big purchases
				are required. This account is to help future proof the rescue and continue
				to im rove facilities.
Details of any funds			materially	We had anticipated a loss due to CoVID 19and restrictions of what we were able to do, but in fact we found support rallied and we did not make
Further financial review details				(Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about: ~ the charity's principal				In this financial year we gifted 225 to another rescue (this was the last shared payment from the collection of donation in lieu of flowers for a dearly departed volunteer —these donations were to be split between ourselves and GEM Ferret Rescue as per his wishes).
	sources of funds (including any fundraising);			We were unable to hold any ferret shows or to carry out any face to face fundraising in the financial year. Our funding primarily came in the form of
~	how expenditure has supported the key objectives			donations and sales of our charitable purpose goods to promote ferret welfare.
	ofthe charity;			We took in more ferrets in the last financial year than in any year
~	investment policy objectives including ethical investment		and any policy	previous. We saw a lot more extreme cases of neglect than in any previous year, but our vets supported us by offering discounts where possible.
	adopted.
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												Unrestricted			Restricted				Endowment
		Categories						Details				funds			funds				funds
												to nearest 2			to nearest			2	to nearest e
B1Cash		funds						Bank accounts						24,057
								Floats						75
								paypal
											Total cash funds			24,132
								(agree	balances		with receipts and payments
											account(s))	OK			QK				OK
												Unrestricted			Restricted				Endowment
												funds			funds				funds
								Details				to nearest R			to nearest			2	to nearest 2
B2Other		monetary assets						Post office	prepay	postage
								Details				Fund asset	to which baton s		Cost	(optional)			Current value o tional
B3Investment				assets
								Details				Fund asset	to which bslon s		Cost	(optional)			Current value o tional
B4Assets retained for						the		Car YT10OYJ				Unrestricted						3,000	1,500
charity's		own use
												Fund	to	which	Amount		due		When due
								Details				liabilit	relates		o	tional			o tional
B5Liabilities								Accountant	Fees			Unrestricted						820
								Hills Waste				Unrestricted						45
Signed by one or two trustees behalf of all the trustees						on			Signature					Print Name					Date of ap roval
														Maureen	Killi				21/12/2021
CCXX		3		nt	SS									Pamela Weaver