## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
**From** Period start date **To** Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 01 04 2024 31 03 2025
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Waggin’ Trails Rescue
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1172184 **Charity's principal address** Wytchwood Cwmavon Road Cwmavon, Pontypool Torfaen, South Wales **Postcode NP4 8UZ** ~~——~~ **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Karen Gilbert Chair 2 Charlotte Amon Secretary 3 Lidia Nistor Vet Advisor 4 Emma Crompton Fundraising Meeting of charity trustees 5 Michelle Barrow Treasurer
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
Meeting of charity trustees Meeting of charity trustees
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
~~————~~ **Name Dates acted if not for whole year TAR** 1 March **2012**
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution
Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted
(eg. trust, association, company)
Appointed by meeting of 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 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 relieve the suffering of dogs/cats in need of care or attention (medical care or otherwise) and to provide assistance (physically or financially) in providing care, treatment, food and medicines. **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** Also funding for spray and neuter campaigns in Romania (but not restricted to this area) and coordinating rescue places in the UK where adoption will follow assessment.
March **2012**
**TAR**
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The Trustees have had regard to the charity commissions guidance on the public's benefit to facilitating rescue spaces for the dogs/cats in need. We also continue to aim to improve the conditions for the dogs in the Botoșani Public Shelter in Romania.
We will focus our efforts on our ongoing spray/neuter campaign. Continually fundraising for free spray/neutering in the rural areas in and around the Botoșani county. We hope to reduce the suffering of strays and puppies being born on the street and abandoned in or around the public shelter. Also to raise funds to feed the dogs in the public shelter.
We hope to bring in new volunteers to bring in new energy and ideas to **Summary of the main activities** our efforts. **undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
March **2012**
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
Our charity will continue to focus on our search for rescue placements in the UK. We will continue to work with and support the volunteers in the Botoșani public shelters.
We contribute to our ongoing spray/neuter campaign within the Botoșani county also extending out to the villages on the outskirts.
We continue to raise funds for travel and prep to dogs offered rescue places here.
We will continue to raise funds for the monthly food order for the 800+ dogs in the public shelter, also include medicine, veterinary treatment for sick/injured dogs and any supplies and shelter maintenance required. We hope to continue our efforts to support the dogs in Romania and the ones here in the UK.
March **2012**
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**Section E Financial review** ~~a~~
**Brief statement of the**
- The charity relies mainly on donations from our supporters and sponsors. We do not have any borrowing facilities.
**charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
## **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;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration** ~~Se~~ **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Karen Anne Gilbert ~~ee~~ **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc)** ~~ee~~ **Date** 13/01/2026 ~~|~~ **TAR** 5 March **2012**
**TAR**
## **Waggin Trails Rescue Trading Profit and Loss Account For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
|**TURNOVER**|**2025**
**£**
**£**|**2025**
**£**
**£**|**2024**
**£**
**£**|**2024**
**£**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Income/Donations
**GROSS PROFIT**
**Administrative Expenses**
Transport European
Kennel fees
IT/Computer
Postage and printing
Professional fees
Vet fees
Licences
Bank charges
Donations
Dog food
Misc
**OPERATING (LOSS)/PROFIT AND (LOSS)/PROFIT**
**FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR**|9,696
1,461
307
3,109
1,500
16,783
40
12
200
5,107
36|37,048
37,048
(38,251)|-
2,510
257
-
1,400
10,170
-
1,113
-
6,283
81|40,923
40,923
(21,814)|
||||||
|||(1,203)||19,109|
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FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees
JAG6iFJ' AftAIL3 RESGUÉ
On accounts for th8 year
ended
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ('the Trust.) for the year ended
Responslbllltles and
basis of report
As the charitls trust8es, you are responsib16 for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charltles Act 2011
(°the Act"}.
I report in respect of my examlnation of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directlons given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(51(b) of the Act.
Independent IThe Gharity's gross income exceeded £250.000 and l am qualified to
examiner's statement undertake th8 examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of
applicable listed body]]. Delete [ l if not applicable.
I hav8 completed my exarnination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that
disclosed below") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordanc8 with section 130
of the Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requlrement
that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a Matter
consldered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters In connection
with the examination to which attention should b8 drawn in this roport in
ord8r to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete the words in ths brack8ts rf they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
11 /ol /z6
Name:
LI64r OANJIES
Relevant professlonal
qualification{s) or body
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IER
Oct 2018
(If any)..
Address:
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Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of
any Items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018