2020-12-31-accounts - Music Against Animal Cruelty

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 1st January 2020 To 31st December 2020

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

MUSIC AGAINST ANIMAL CRUELTY

Other names charity is known by

M.A.A.C

Registered charity number (if any) 1170221

3 ST MICHAELS CLOSE

SOUTH LITTLETON WORCESTERSHIRE

Postcode WR118FZ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any)
	Shannon Mack
	Wade Cawood
	Brett Rosenburg

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address Independent Examiner Old Mill Accountancy LLP Bishopbrook House, Cathedral Avenue, Wells, BA5 1FD

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Foundation model constitution

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

The Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) was constituted by model How the charity is constituted constitution on 16 November 2016 (eg. trust, association, company)

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Trustees are elected by existing trustees. Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

The trustee status remains as it was at the end of last year. Jack Baucher resigned end of 2018.

Tears for Tigers will be acting as consultants on the wildlife trade and the demand side of wildlife conservation whilst Jack Baucher manages the charity.

the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

For the benefit of the public to distribute funds between various, selected Charities and charitable organisations that are focused on the conservation and protection of wildlife that is endangered or at risk of Summary of the objects of the extinction and to relieve the suffering of animals in need of care and charity set out in its attention with specific attention given to charities and charitable governing document organisations supporting wildlife in Africa and Asia.

In planning the activities for the year, the trustees reviewed the guidance issued by the issued by the Charities Commission on Public Benefit. The trustees confirm that they have complied with the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Charity’s aims and objectives and in planning future activities. Summary of the main The main goal in 2020 was to continue building the MAAC brand and activities undertaken for the profile, working on intelligence to expose the illegal wildlife trade, public benefit in relation to campaign to create awareness of poaching and trade in order to these objects (include within campaign to end the trade in wildlife products forever. MAAC’s short-term this section the statutory goal is to close down the illegal markets worth USD $ 20 billion per declaration that trustees have annum. had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Alongside the intelligence work, MAAC looked to focus on various Commission on public fundraising events to raise money to continue the ongoing field work. benefit) However, with the global Pandemic the events space came to a halt and MAAC was unable to host fundraising events and parties. With this came a total change of direction and focus. The charity was targeting high net worth individuals and family offices to keep things ticking over. Securing a place on THE ARK has enabled the charity to engage with a community of this calibre. Donors to engage and

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support the wildlife intelligence work, resourcing sources to continue investigations with the goal of enforcement - www.theark.co

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include The trustees apply funds of the charity at their discretion and in further statements, where accordance with the charitable purposes and objective of the charity relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

This year we have been exploring other avenues to raise money outside Summary of the main of the music space and secured a partnership with THE ARK. achievements of the charity during the year

THE ARK is a global business network and data platform for wildlife conservation organisations, investors, donors, scientists, projects, and technology providers.

Section E Financial review

The charity has secured reserves from the Ushuaia event. The reserves Brief statement of the are now there and will be monitored by the trustees and reviewed on an charity’s policy on reserves annual basis.

The future reserves will be forecasted based on future income. We maintain those reserves at a level, which is at least equivalent to 12.5% given to or committed to in the financial year, to the maximum of £100,000.

The board will regularly review the amount of reserves that are required to ensure they are adequate to fulfil our obligations.

Details of any funds materially Not applicable in deficit

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Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

The charity relies on events as sources of funds. In 2021 we continue to target private donors, angels and philanthropists to raise money and become the principle source of fundraising. We want to create a model whereby every single penny we raise at our events goes into impact work on the ground.

Our expenses this year have enabled us to develop our wildlife conservation programs, strengthen our fieldwork partnerships and grow the organisation. A focus on the live animal trade and the stealing of primates and elephants from parts of Africa and placed into captive settings in the Gulf and China.

investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Wade Cawood Full name(s)[Shannon Mack ] Trustee Trustee Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date 18/10/2021

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	Music Against Animal Cruelty	Music Against Animal Cruelty	Music Against Animal Cruelty	1170221	1170221	CC16a
	For the period from	01 January 2020	To	31 December 2020

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 9,176 - - - - - - - 9,176 - - - 9,176 20,500 2,435 8,606 4,870 12 - 16,563 - - - - - 52,986 - - - 52,986 (43,810) - 43,931 121	Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -		Total funds to the nearest £ 9,176 - - - - - - - 9,176 - - - 9,176 20,500 2,435 8,606 4,870 12 - 16,563 - - - - - 52,986 - - - 52,986 - 43,810	Last year to the nearest £
Donations	9,176					107,958
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	9,176					107,958

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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*Total receipts* A3 Payments
						107,958

Intelligence,fieldwork and consultancy	20,500					21,800
Governance costs - legal andprofessional	2,435					4,184
Website costs	8,606					5,564
Advertising	4,870					6,101
Travel and subsistence	12					624
Administration and office expenses	-					750
Cost ofgeneratingvoluntaryfunds	16,563					17,171
Donations	-					7,833
Subscriptions	-					189
Foreign exchange/bank charges	-					1,031
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**Sub total **	52,986					65,247

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
						65,247

	(43,810)	-	-		- 43,810	42,711
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	43,931	-	-		43,931	1,220
	121	-	-		121	43,931

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets	Signature Details Bank Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Details	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 121 - - - - - 121 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Shannon Mack Wade Cawood	Endowment funds to nearest £

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			Date of approval
		Shannon Mack	18/10/2021
		Wade Cawood	18/10/2021

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