## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 1.01.2024                Period start date   To Period end date** 

## **31.12.2024** 

**Charity name: Music Against Animal Cruelty** 

## **Charity registration number: 1170221** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|For the benefit of the public to distribute<br>funds between various, selected<br>Charities and charitable organisations that<br>are focused on the conservation and<br>protection of wildlife that is endangered or at<br>risk of extinction and to relieve the suffering<br>of animals in need of care and attention with<br>specific attention given to charities and<br>charitable organisations supporting wildlife in<br>Africa and Asia.<br>Our focus this year was tackling the trade of<br>wild populations into zoo facilities.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|NONE|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|We have not taken any public benefit.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|||
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|Policy on social investment|||
|including program related|||
|investment|||





**No** Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|NONE|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|**NA**|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|**NA**|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|**NA**|
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|NA|
|<br>Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|NA|
|<br>Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|NA|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|Volunteer based.|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|NA|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|NA|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|NA|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
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## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Foundation model constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|The Charitable Incorporated Organisation<br>(CIO) was constituted by model constitution<br>on 16 November 2016|
|<br>Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are elected by existing trustees.|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51|<br>The trustee status remains as it was at the<br>end of last year.|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Music Against Animal Cruelty|
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|<br>Other name the charity uses|<br>MAAC|
|Registered charity number|1170221|
|<br>Charity’s principal address|3 ST MICHAELS CLOSE SOUTH LITTLETON<br>WORCESTERSHIRE, WR118FZ|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**<br>**Nam**<br>**e of**<br>**pers**<br>**on**<br>**(or**<br>**body**<br>**)**<br>**entitl**<br>**ed to**<br>**appo**<br>**int**<br>**trust**<br>**ee (if**<br>**any)**|
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## – 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<br>held in this capacity|NA|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|NA|
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own assets|NA|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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## **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)** Wade Cawood **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 11.11.2025 



**Music Against Animal Cruelty No (if any) Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 01.01.2024 31.12.2024 **To from** eees 

## ~~a~~ **Section A Receipts and payments** 

**Unrestricted Endowment Restricted funds Total funds Last year funds funds to the nearest      £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £** 

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_**Sub total** (Gross income for AR)_ **A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - -- - -- - -- - -  - - -- - -- - -- - -  - - --** _**Sub total**_ **[-] -- - -- - -- - -  - - --** ~~===~~ _**Total receipts**_ **[-] -- - -- - -- - -  - - -- A3 Payments** Wildlife Crime Intelligence and Investigations **--  - - -  - - -  - - -  -** Website Costs **--  - - -  - - -  - - -  -** Administration and Office Expenses **--  - - -  - - -  - - -  -** ———— Advertising **--  - - -  - - -  - - -  -** 

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

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|**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|**Details**|**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|
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|**B5 Liabilities**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of<br>all the trustees|**Details**<br> <br>Signature|**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>Print Name<br>Shannon Mack<br>Wade Cawood|**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
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|||Wade Cawood|11.11.2025|



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