2022-12-31-accounts - Here For Cats

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Here for Cats Cat Rescue for Surrey

Charity Number 1172317

Report of the Trustees and Independently Examined Accounts for the Year Ended 31st December 2022

Ref: HFC Accounts 2021

Here for Cats Index

	Page
Company Information	3
Trustees’ Report	4
Independent Examiner’s Report	7
Balance Sheet	8
Notes to the Accounts	9
Detailed Trading and Profit
and Loss Account	11

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Company Information 31st December 2022

COMPANY NUMBER 1172317 VAT NUMBER 336 8150 96

TRUSTEES

Jan Watson appointed 22.2.17 Lesley Baughan appointed 22.2.17 Joyce Wilson appointed 16.6.22 Catherine Wood appointed 22.11.22

PRINCIPAL OFFICE

Here for Cats PO Box 338 Hampton TW12 9DS

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER

Michele Sutcliffe Park Associates 2 Wolsey Drive Walton on Thames KT2 3AY

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Trustee’s Report

For the Year Ended 31st December 2022

Governing document

Here for Cats (HFC) is a Charitable Incorporated Organization registered on 29 March 2017. No amendments have been made to date.

Charity Trustee Selection Methods

The charity was formed by a small group of individuals with many years of experience in cat rescue and rehoming. We are actively looking for additional trustees with wider experience to help grow our charity to the next level. Trustees must be appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the existing trustees. Trustees will be selected with regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.

Summary of the Objects of the Charity

The charity aims to rescue and rehabilitate cats and kittens without homes, to find them loving new homes and to assist the public to rehome animals they can no longer care for. A further aim is to promote higher welfare standards through public education and involvement in the care of animals.

Main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects

Figures for the year

18 Direct Rehome
89 Neutered
35 Assisted with vet fees
21 Released back into the wild (TNR)
154 Rehomed

We have garden pens in homes, dedicated pens in a local cattery and space in others when available, and a growing and flexible network of caring foster homes throughout Surrey and neighbouring counties to enable us to take cats into our care.

In addition we operate a direct rehoming service to rehome cats from existing homes where possible. This policy makes it a less stressful process for the animals and owners and allows HFC to help more animals as our pen spaces can be used for homeless animals and urgent cases.

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Main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects cont.

HFC works with a number of veterinary practices, in Surrey and surrounding areas.

We also work in cooperation with other local charities thus maximizing our ability to help members of the public and animals in need.

Trustees have regard to Section 17(5) of the Charities Act and the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 in the operation of the charity and work hard to ensure that the money raised is spent to benefit the animals, either directly on their health and welfare, or to raise the profile of the charity to attract more homes, supporters and volunteers.

Our vision statement is: To give every cat its best life.

Our mission statement is: Working together to improve the lives of cats now and in the future.

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

This has been a tough year. Following the effects of Covid and with a difficult economy more and more people are struggling to give their cats the homes they need. We, like all other animal charities are overwhelmed with requests for help. There are fewer homes being offered and a long waiting list. We are now supporting a couple of local pet food banks with donated food and also purchasing and distributing food where necessary. The current situation has seen an increase in feral colonies with an increased need to trap, neuter and release (TNR) where appropriate, as demonstrated in our figures.

Our ability to take cats in was severely curtailed at the end of the October when we faced the blow of the closure of Five Acres cattery, who have always been generous in their support and use of accommodation. This left us without any regular cattery pens. Our search for replacement pens has led us to a cattery on the Hampshire border where we are in negotiation and need to have our dedicated pens up and running as soon as possible.

Online homechecking is now standard except in certain circumstances, and following on from our course last year with ICC to become a Cat Friendly Rehoming Centre we now have more comprehensive intake interviews so that we can best understand the needs of the individual cats. With the increase in administrative tasks we have made the decision to employ a part time second person to oversee the adoption process and support various other admin tasks.

Our Golden Oldies policy continues to be popular where we will cover certain conditions in older cats to increase our ability to find them suitable homes.

Cats coming into our care are health checked, neutered, vaccinated and microchipped before rehoming. We follow up to ensure the animals and new owners are happy in the new relationship. We can offer behavioural advice, animal communication and bereavement counselling should the need arise.

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Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year cont.

These services have allowed a significant number of animals to remain with their original owners. We were honoured to once again be nominated for the Petplan Animal Charity of the Year Award.

This year we took part in 2 fundraising events, the RSPCA Fun Dog Fair in Chobham and at the Cranleigh Carnival where we have become well known for our great tombolas.

To attract legacies we are members of Remember a Charity. We are also members of the ADCH, the Association of Dogs and Cats Homes. ADCH represents the views of animal welfare charities to the government and is an excellent resource for the charity. Our data is provided annually to the Association of Dogs and Cats homes (ADCH) for analysis and will be used in their own impact and strategic plan.

As of the end of December 2022 we now have over 7000 facebook followers.

We use Shelter Manager to record and audit the trail of each cat that we help. This also provides us with valuable data for our impact and strategy going forward.

Policy on reserves

Based on 2019 income and taking into account 1 year’s operating costs. HFC have agreed that one year’s operating costs will be kept in reserve to cover a full time operations manager, vet bills, catfood, litter and van lease.

Jan Watson

Treasurer

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Independent Examiner’s Report (for Year Ended 31[st] Dec 2022)

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Here for Cats Balance Sheet At 31st December 2022

2022 £ £ 1,840 287,959 289,799 1,638 1,638 288,161 288,161 176,832 111,329 288,161	2021 £ £ 338 1,896 299,726 301,622 1,250 1,250 300,372 300,710 148,269 152,441 300,710	2021 £ £ 338 1,896 299,726 301,622 1,250 1,250 300,372 300,710 148,269 152,441 300,710
1,840 287,959	1,896 299,726
289,799	301,622
1,638	1,250
1,638	1,250
		300,710
		148,269 152,441
		300,710

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on October 13[th] 2022 and were signed on its behalf by

Jan Watson

Trustee

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Notes on Financial Statements

At 31st December 2022

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 2015)’, 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 recognized in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognized as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure. 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.

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.

2. DEPRECIATION

Depreciation has been provided on all fixed assets at rates designed to write off their cost or valuation less any residual value over their estimated useful lives. Office Equipment 33% straight line basis

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3. FIXED ASSETS

Office Equipment Total

Cost

As at 1stJanuary 2022 At 31st December 2021 Aggregate Depreciation As at 1stJanuary 2022 Charge for the year As at 31stDecember 2022 Net Book Value At 31st December 2022	1016 1016 1016 1016 678 678 338 338 1016 1016 0 0

4. TRUSTEES’ REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees’ remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 December 2022.

Trustees’ expenses

There were no trustees’ expenses paid for the year ended 31 December 2022.

5. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS

MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
	At 1.1.22	Net Mvmt	At 31.12.22
		in funds
Unrestricted Funds
General Fund	148269	28563	176832
Restricted Funds
Felix Fund	152441	(41112)	111329
Net movement in Funds included
in the above are as follows:-

Incoming Resources Movement Resources Expended in Funds Unrestricted Fund General Fund 66571 38008 28563

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Profit and Loss Account

For the Year Ended 31st December 2021

Here for Cats REVENUE ACCOUNT For the Year Ended 31st December 2022

Income Donations Fundraising Gift Aid Legacies Interest Received Overheads	2022 £ 50510 757 9547 5000 757 66571	2021 £ 45656 1797 7562 66311 772
		122098
Veterinary Fees	31162	32495
Food/Litter	3385	2571
Wages Employers Pension Class 1a NIC Van Leasing Motor	26064 1348 575 1308 1604	23250 505 574 1744 1122
Garage Rent	750
Boarding Fees	6565	4232
Equipment Repairs & Renewals Software Website costs Telephone Insurance Subscriptions Postage & Stationery Bank Charges Depreciation Sundries	209 505 365 1002 528 932 359 327 1514 338 280	241 365 939 365 958 318 693 1398 339 722
Profit for the Year	79120 -12549	72831
		49267

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