REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1164303
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 FOR AMATE ANIMALIA
Prepared and checked by Xisco Vives Nadal Associates Accountants, C.B
AMATE ANIMALIA CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY
2025
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Page Reference and Administrative Details; Page 1
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Report of the Trustees; Pages 2 – 3
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Statement of Financial Activities; Page 4
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Detailed Statement of Financial Activities; Page 5
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Notes to the Financial Statements; Page 6
AMATE ANIMALIA
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
TRUSTEES;
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➢ Primary Trustee – Name Protected by anonymity
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➢ Secondary Trustee – Name Protected by anonymity
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➢ Tertiary Trustee - Mr Neil James
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➢ Quaternary - Ms M Stoneham
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➢ Quinary – Mr. Francisco Vives Nadal
PRINCIPAL ADDRESS;
Amate Animalia Sterling House C/O N C Designs 19-23 High Street Kidlington, Oxfordshire OX5 2DH
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER; 1164303
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AMATE ANIMALIA REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 January 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Objectives and Aims
The aims of the charity are;
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To relieve the distress and suffering of ill, injured, orphaned, unwanted or confiscated exotic creatures of all kinds (exotic mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians and invertebrates) and to provide and maintain rescue facilities for the reception, care and treatment of such animals.
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To provide assistance, advice and education to the public in the subject of the care and protection of exotic animals and their natural habitat in the hope to help with the conservation and protection of such species in the wild.
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To help individuals suffering with mental health issues or any individual suffering with any physical impairment by offering our pets as therapy sessions.
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To offer dog training and advice to dog owners in order to educate the public/dog owners about responsible dog ownership and dog care, both mental health and behaviour as well as nutritional and physical wellbeing.
Significant Activities
We rescue and rehabilitate exotic animals (as well as some domestic species). We also educate and support exotic animal keepers. We provide educational encounters for schools, universities and veterinary professionals.
We offer pets as therapy sessions to disabled adults and children, and we also offer such therapeutic sessions to individuals suffering with mental health issues or any individuals suffering with any physical impairment. We visit facilities such as hospices, care homes, hospitals, and specialist residential facilities.
Public Benefit
The Trustees have referred to the guidelines contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing their aims and objectives and in planning the future activities. In particular the Trustees consider how planned activity will contribute to the aims and objectives they have set. The achievements and performance of the charity are shown in this report and the public are the direct beneficiary of those activities. As stated in the objects and activities the primary objects of the charity are to relieve suffering of exotic animals and provide educational and therapeutic opportunities for a range of beneficiaries.
Volunteers
The charity is grateful for the services of many unpaid volunteers who give their time to care for the animals and participate in educational and therapy visits.
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FINANCIAL REVIEW
Financial Position
We are still doing educational encounters and pets as therapy sessions in order to raise funds for the charity, but we still do not receive any sizeable or regular donations from the public. We literally would receive one or two donations a month from the same two individuals, despite us publishing pleas for help online.
We haven’t received any supportive grants, despite us applying for as many as we can. We are therefore not receiving the funds we hope for. Despite there being an increase in educational visits and pets as therapy requests, donations are something we just rarely receive. We want this to change.
This year, we started the charity on the relevant social media channels that seem to be very popular in raising awareness about causes etc. We hope that by sharing what we do on the day to day and by being able to share with viewers or followers of Instagram etc what we do and what animals we rescue, we are hoping that we will get more support in the future.
Yet again in this financial year, due to the rise in the cost of living and higher electricity bills etc, we have noticed that fewer and fewer people are able to keep their pet reptiles, so we have seen a huge increase in the number of animals surrendered to us.
So, despite us having many bookings for educational talks and pets as therapy, the increase in animals surrendered this year along with the lack of people making donations (which is still a mystery to us as to what we are doing wrong… it really is soul destroying) we still struggled to survive this financial year and we are in deficit. We need to do better next year; the key we feel to this is getting supporters to actually donate to the charity (and not just use our free call out and rescue services).
It is very confusing to us if we are honest, that we give and give and give to the public, all hours of the day and night getting calls for animal collections, getting calls for advice or help – and we offer help no questions asked. Yet the people we help never ever give a donation, not even a gesture.
Also, we seem to get a lot of traffic on our social media platforms finally, with views or rather traffic through the page at around 69,000 a day and some posts reach over 110,000 people. YET, no one will make a donation when we share a post asking for help. We really are so confused by this and we just don’t understand it. We see people who keep guineas pigs or one person with a tortoise who raise huge amounts from the public, and these animals are not rescues they are just their pets!
So, we are clearly doing something wrong or missing something and this year we really want to try to increase our charity awareness on social media and see if that will yield any positive results. We must have someone out there who will support us? Surely?
We are still extremely grateful to our suppliers of animal feed, veterinary supplies, and materials for the upkeep of the animal enclosures, without whose understanding and kind donations (of items) we would be unable to continue our work. Our suppliers allow us to pay off our debt to them little by little, as and when we can raise the funds. We will try our very best to get more public support in order to raise funds, let’s see if we can.
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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing Document
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) governed according to its Constitution dated 13 March 2015. It received registered charity status on 9 November 2015.
Approved by order of the board of trustees on ............................................. and signed on its behalf by: ....................................................................... Mr N James - Trustee
Amate Animalia Financial Overview of Incomings and Expenses from February 2024 to January 2025
Funds Raised and Expenses Feb 2024 – Jan 2025
| Month | PayPal | Other Incoming | Total Incoming | Expenses | Other |
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| **Incomings ** | (BACS & Cash) | Expenses | |||
| Feb – 24 | £13.02 | £2,761.89 | £2,774.91 | £1,518.09 | £2,200 |
| March – 24 | £191.93 | £269.63 | £461.56 | £660.77 | 3,352 |
| April – 24 | £379.40 | £450.00 | £829.40 | £357.77 | 5,200 |
| May – 24 | £44.76 | £1,045.91 | £1,090.67 | £301.68 | 5,420 |
| June -24 | £98.39 | £135.25 | £233.64 | £1,283.52 | 4,580 |
| July – 24 | £92.96 | £53.85 | £146.81 | £507.78 | 4,210 |
| Aug – 24 | £49.49 | £400.07 | £449.56 | £278.51 | 2,650 |
| Sept – 24 | £73.94 | £2,274.15 | £2,348.09 | £767.06 | 6,276 |
| Oct – 24 | £25.04 | £22.00 | £47.00 | £784.24 | 10,680 |
| Nov – 24 | £183.0 | £918.73 | £1,101.73 | £895.24 | 5,620 |
| Dec – 24 | £49.49 | £1,617.92 | £1,667.41 | £1,520.74 | 6,603 |
| Jan - 25 | £25.04 | £989.13 | £1,014.17 | £520.72 | 6,363 |
| TOTALS; | £1,226.46 | 10,938.53 | £9,396.12 | 63,154 | |
| TOTAL INCOMINGS; | £12,164.99 | TOTAL | £72,550.12 | ||
| EXPENSES |
ADDITONAL NOTES;
We refer back to the information written in our ‘Financial Position’ in the Financial Review section where we state that despite doing many educational visit and pets as therapy visits, we are still not bringing in enough funds to cover the expenses, we feel that the lack of donations and grants plays a huge part in why we are struggling.
We feel that even if 10% of the people who followed us or those who asked us for help made a small donation, that would make a huge difference to our financial position.
We have also had a huge increase in the number of animals surrendered to us, so our animal expenses such as medical bills, feed, enclosure builds etc are higher than ever. We spent a lot in rebuilding after a storm.
We hope and expect to increase the number of supporters by increasing our presence on social media. We are really going to try to see if we can bring in more funds this way.
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Amate Animalia Financial Overview of Incomings and Expenses from February 2024 to January 2025
Detailed Statement of the Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31[st] January 2025
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
| Year Ending January 2025 | Year Ending January 2024 | |
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| Donations and Legacies | £210 | £1054,66 |
| Donations | £1,226.46 | £1054,66 |
| Fees From Encounter Sessions | £10,412 | £2,888.16 |
| Income from SellingItems | £526.53 | £1,220 |
| Total IncomingResources | £12,164.99 | £5,162.82 |
EXPENDITURE
| Charitable Activities | Year Ending January 2025 | Year Ending January 2024 |
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| Animal Feed | £6,645 | £4,645 |
| Veterinary& Medical Costs | £26,985 | £16,867 |
| Enclosures and Fencing | £6,610.12 | £6,299 |
| Equipment | £4,680 | £3,245 |
| Transport Expenses | £10,460 | £8,858 |
| Repairs & KeepUp | £10,490 | £678 |
| Motor Vehicles | £6,680 | £3,493 |
SUPPORT COSTS
| SUPPORT COSTS | ||
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| Support Costs | Year Ending January 2025 | Year Ending January 2024 |
| Telephone | £1,280 | £780 |
| Website | £144 | £144 |
| Marketing | £180 | £211 |
TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED
| TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED | |
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| Year Ending January 2025 | Year Ending January 2024 |
| £72,550.12 | £21,579.54 |
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
Income
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received, and the amount can be measured reliably.
Expenditure
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings, they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
Tangible Fixed Assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
- Motor vehicles - 20% on cost
Taxation
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
Fund Accounting
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
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