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| Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe charity during the year |
Like everyone, this year has been shaped by the pandemic. Animal Antiks managed to remain open throughout the lockdowns, supporting vulnerable children and adults but in the first lockdown we had to furlough the majority ofthe staff. To keep everyone safe we limited the number of |
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| new children who could start and cancelled visits for new placements. |
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| Fortunately, we were in a position to welcome all staff back in July 2021 |
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| and, due to increase demand for our services, have taken on additional |
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| staff for the second half ofthe year. At the start of2021 we were |
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| supporting up to70members attending each week, and despite the |
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| pandemic we have seen over 100members attending our regular |
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| sessions during this last year. Some attend forjust a couple ofhours a | ||
| week, whilst others attend for five days a week. | ||
| Our Countrymen club was due to open in April 2020 and we had to delay |
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| the start ofthat club, and again having rescheduled itto start in October |
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| 2020. However, we were fortunate enough to get the grant providers to |
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| roll over the funding to the next financial year sothat we are on track to |
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| start the club in May 2021. This will support men over 50who enjoy the |
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| outdoors like but are suffering social isolation or various health issues. |
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| A group which was successfully started in 2020 was our Walk &Talks. |
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| Initially we teamed up with the mental health charity Bucks Mind in |
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| Aylesbury and, with the help ofanother charity operating the Bemwode |
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| Bus, transported a number ofpeople being supported by Bucks Mind up |
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| to the farm. Once at the farm they were teamed up with a group ofour |
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| alpacas and headed out across the tracks and fields ofthe farm to enjoy | ||
| a walk in the fresh air. On average g or 10 people attended each week |
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| and as they increased their stamina we were able.to walk furfirer and |
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| they started to grow in confidence and started to chat and socialise as a | ||
| group. Just before we entered Tier4when the walks had to stop, we |
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| managed to walk tothe highest point ofthe farm and enjoy the far |
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| reaching views on a lovely clear November day. These walks were |
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| funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and thanks to their |
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| generosity we were able to offer 'March Mental Well Being Walks' as the |
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| lockdown started toease. We continued to team up with Bemwode Bus |
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| as there was still anxieties about public transport but we successfully |
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| walked 3times a week for around 90walkers. | ||
| During the school holidays we offered 'Family Farm Tours' thanks for | ||
| funding received from a variety ofsources. We worked with a number of |
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| different support charities (such as Child Bereavement UK, Young |
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| Carers, Florrles children hospice etc)to provide a small number oftheir |
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| families an opportunity to visit the farm, interact with the animals and |
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| have fun on the farm fora couple ofhours. Each family was given a |
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| specific start time and allocated a team member to show them round. | ||
| Additional safety measures were put in the place to keep everyone safe |
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| and all families reported having an enjoyable time. Having secured |
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| funding to weatherproof our main animal barn from the Coronavirus |
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| Stabilisation Fund we were able to schedule more ofthese sessions |
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| during the winter months as weIL Unfortunately, the tier 4 lockdown |
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| delayed these but they were eventually rescheduled for Easter 2021 |
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| For obvious reasons we have been unable to run our usual fundraising | ||
| events but in December 2020 we did introduced Encounter Experience |
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| vouchers for alpaca walks, animal encounters and mini farmer |
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| experiences. These proved popular on the run up to Christmas and as |
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| the financial year was coming toadoss we were able to start welcoming | ||
| eo le to the farm to have their animal encounter ex eriences. |
| Since moving to our new farm in September 2017whenever funding has been available we have continued to improve the facilities and services |
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| we olfer our members. However, over the next 12months our big plans are to improve our accommodation and facilities by creating new classroom spaces, a new office/shop area but more importantly, new toilet facilities so we can llnally move away from our existing portaloo facilities. This will obviously be a big undertaking for the charity but one we think is necessary to continue to improve what we offer. As well as |
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| finally starting the Countrymen Club we also hope to expand the number ofWalk &Talks we can offer and are starting to look at introducing group farm school sessions in September 2021. |
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| Briefstatement ofthe charity's policy on reserves |
Animal Antiks policy on reserves is to minimise the amount ofmoney kept aside to maximise benefits for members. |
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| A reserve is required to be set aside to protect Animal Antiks against a drop in income or late payments from members or rsferrsrs. The policy is to build up reserves and hold funds equivalent to three months of |
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| operating costs. | ||
| We currently have a some reserved funds which have been awarded to |
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| us and are set aside for use on our accommodation improvements and with the Countrymen dub. |
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| Details of | any funds materially | |
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| Further financial review details | (Optional information) |
| For 12months to31"March 2021 | For 12months to31"March 2021 | For 12months to31"March 2021 | For 12months to31"March 2021 | For 12months to31"March 2021 | For 12months to31"March 2021 | This Year | Last year | |
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| Sales | 288927 | 149079 | ||||||
| Donations | 12249 | 11133 | ||||||
| Grants | 86129 | 31240 | ||||||
| Total Income | 387305 | 191452 | ||||||
| Expenses | ||||||||
| Animal service costs | 69713 | 50746 | ||||||
| Rent, rates, | utilities and insurance | costs | 70462 | 50934 | ||||
| Salaries, Ni |
IL | Pensions | 99540 | 58960 | ||||
| Maintenance | &Service charges | 15219 | ||||||
| Staff costs | 2551 | 696 | ||||||
| Telephone, | stationery | and office costs | 2732 | 2493 | ||||
| Advertising | and fund-raising | costs | 15754 | 10604 | ||||
| Accountancy, | legal and | other professional | fees | 1271 | 851 | |||
| Depreciation | 2120 | |||||||
| Total Expenses | 307023 | 192623 | ||||||
| (Loss)/progt | 80282 | 1171 |
| Balance s | heet | heet | |||
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| As at 31« | INarch 2021 | This | year | last year | |
| Fixed assets | |||||
| Equipment, | machinery | and motor vehicles | 40766 | 14154 | |
| Cash | 6100 | ||||
| Debtors | 31237 | 16831 | |||
| Creditors | (6316) | (3584) | |||
| Net Assets | 113783 | 33501 | |||
| Capital account | |||||
| Balance at | start ofperiod | 34672 | |||
| Net(loss)/profit | 80282 | (1171) | |||
| Capital introduced/(taken) | |||||
| 113783 | 33501 |
| Plant and machinery | |
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| Cost 1stAprg 2020 | 21201 |
| Additions | 55612 |
| At 51*March 2021 | 56815 |
| Depredation 1"April 2020 |
7047 |
| Charge forthe year | |
| At $1»March 2021 | 16047 |
| Net Bookvalue 51"March 2021 | 40766 |
| Net Bookvalue 1"April 2020 | 14154 |
| For 12months to31"March 2021 | For 12months to31"March 2021 | For 12months to31"March 2021 | For 12months to31"March 2021 | For 12months to31"March 2021 | For 12months to31"March 2021 | This Year | Last year | |
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| Sales | 288927 | 149079 | ||||||
| Donations | 12249 | 11133 | ||||||
| Grants | 86129 | 31240 | ||||||
| Total Income | 387305 | 191452 | ||||||
| Expenses | ||||||||
| Animal service costs | 69713 | 50746 | ||||||
| Rent, rates, | utilities and insurance | costs | 70462 | 50934 | ||||
| Salaries, Ni |
IL | Pensions | 99540 | 58960 | ||||
| Maintenance | &Service charges | 15219 | ||||||
| Staff costs | 2551 | 696 | ||||||
| Telephone, | stationery | and office costs | 2732 | 2493 | ||||
| Advertising | and fund-raising | costs | 15754 | 10604 | ||||
| Accountancy, | legal and | other professional | fees | 1271 | 851 | |||
| Depreciation | 2120 | |||||||
| Total Expenses | 307023 | 192623 | ||||||
| (Loss)/progt | 80282 | 1171 |
| Balance s | heet | heet | |||
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| As at 31« | INarch 2021 | This | year | last year | |
| Fixed assets | |||||
| Equipment, | machinery | and motor vehicles | 40766 | 14154 | |
| Cash | 6100 | ||||
| Debtors | 31237 | 16831 | |||
| Creditors | (6316) | (3584) | |||
| Net Assets | 113783 | 33501 | |||
| Capital account | |||||
| Balance at | start ofperiod | 34672 | |||
| Net(loss)/profit | 80282 | (1171) | |||
| Capital introduced/(taken) | |||||
| 113783 | 33501 |
| Plant and machinery | |
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| Cost 1stAprg 2020 | 21201 |
| Additions | 55612 |
| At 51*March 2021 | 56815 |
| Depredation 1"April 2020 |
7047 |
| Charge forthe year | |
| At $1»March 2021 | 16047 |
| Net Bookvalue 51"March 2021 | 40766 |
| Net Bookvalue 1"April 2020 | 14154 |