## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date **From 6 April 2020 To 5 April 2021**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name Settusfree Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1173327 Charity's principal address Ellhurst, Five Ash Down Uckfield East Sussex Postcode TN22 3AP**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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15|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Thelda Bryant|Chair
Adoptions Manager
Fund-Raising
Manager|Elected Chair from 11th
October 2020 at AGM||
||Keith Bowden|Treasurer
Membership
Secretary|||
||TerryBryant|Secretary|||
||Chiara Carella|Adoptions Co-
ordinator|Elected from 11th
October 2020||
||Gina Whittaker|Adoptions Co-
ordinator|||
||Marybeth Stafford-
Jones|Adoptions Co-
ordinator|Elected from 11th
October 2020||
||Audrey Maud
Leather||||
||Patricia Jane
McCuthceon|Chair|6thApril – 11thOctober
2020 (resigned as
trustee)||
||Pat Yarrow||6thApril – 11thOctober
2020(resigned)||
||Claudia Price|Adoptions Co-
ordinator|6thApril 2020 – February
2021(resigned||
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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**
## **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**
Type of governing document
Constitution dated 12 May 2016
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
Charitable Incorporated Organisation
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Under Constitution Clause 13.1, trustees will seek re-election at the AGM. Trustee selection methods A new trustee can be appointed at any time under Clause 13.4
(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;
The management committee was re-structure at the AGM and now consists of the seven trustees together with seven administrators
The charity works closely with a number of recognised rescue organisations throughout mainland Europe in the pursuance of rescuing and caring for abused and abandoned Setters and Setter Cross Breeds, offering financial and moral support.
Allocation of donations are considered on merit and agreed by trustees vote.
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
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## **Section C Objectives and activities**
For the public benefit to promote human behaviour towards animals by Supporting European rescues in the provision of appropriate care, protection, treatment and security for abandoned Setters and Setter mix breeds which are in need of care and attention by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor **Summary of the objects of the** circumstances or ill usage **charity set out in its** To ensure that all dogs that we help are either neutered or **governing document** spayed before adoption or if too young then we ensure that the adopter does this at the appropriate age Securing safe permanent homes within the United Kingdom by matching appropriate dog owners living in suitable settings as adopters of such animals and facilitating their relocation Raising funds to support these activities.
All dogs coming into the UK are imported in compliance with the DEFRA/APHA regulations on the import of animals.
All adoption homes are checked for suitability, safety and security and are made aware of escape behaviour of Setters that have been used for hunting.
All dogs come with five weeks free pet insurance and the owners are encouraged to continue with pet insurance.
**Summary of the main** All adopter homes are contacted by the charity’s animal behaviourist **activities undertaken for the** within six weeks to discuss any issues that may have come to light **public benefit in relation to** together with general advice on exercise etc. The charity reserves the **these objects (include within** right to re-home the dog should it feel it necessary to do so. **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)**
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All grants and donations made by the charity are ratified by the trustees and fully documented with regard to how these funds were used.
All volunteers and members of the Admin Team, of which the trustees are a part, give of their time freely without pecuniary reward.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
Home checks carried out by outside volunteers are done at no expense to the charity.
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main** In this fiscal year a total of 129 dogs were successfully adopted into new **achievements of the charity** caring homes with a few others in the safety of a foster home whilst **during the year** waiting for adoption. This number is down slightly on the previous year, despite borders in Europe being closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic preventing travel to the UK. However, our activities in the counties where borders have opened up have increased. Our support and fund-raising has helped improve facilities for our European partners where they are able to offer intermediate shelter for rescued dogs being held in appalling conditions in large municipal pounds.
During the year we took on a foster home co-ordinator whose function it is to arrange temporary homes for rescues where the permanent home is not ready or for various reasons must be moved to a safe place before a permanent home can be found. The foster co-ordinator will, also, recruit new foster families.
## **Section E Financial review**
We have no set policy on holding reserves, but allocations are made with **Brief statement of the** a knowledge of what the bank balance is and what we are likely to **charity’s policy on reserves** receive in the way of donations. **Details of any funds materially in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)**
The charity’s funds are raised in the following ways; You **may choose** to include additional information, where The generous donations of our supporters, some by monthly standing relevant about: orders. • the charity’s principal sources of funds (including Annual membership fees – current membership circa 200 any fundraising); • how expenditure has Fund raising events such as fun-day get togethers, coffee mornings, raffles, auctions etc. supported the key objectives of the charity; Sale of charity branded goods and other items displayed in the on-line • investment policy and shop. Individual appeals for a specific purpose such as emergency objectives including any veterinary treatment. ethical investment policy adopted. Monies bequeathed upon the death of a supporter.
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**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) Thelda Bryant Full name(s) Terry Bryant Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Secretary Chair etc) Date 10th May 2021**
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WAIES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Sactlon A
Independgnt Examlnor's Report
Report to the tru#te••l
m•mb8r8 of
Settu8Free
On •¢¢ounts for the year
•nd•d
5th Apdl 2021
Charity no
Ilf anyl
1173327
Set out on pages
Tnjslees Report TAR 14 Receipts & Payments CC16a R1 & R2
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accounts in 9¢TanCe with the requirements of the Chariti88 Act 2011
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under section 145 01 the 2011 A¢t and in carrying out my exgminallon. I
havè Ic>llowed all the applicable Directs'ons given by the Charity Cornmi881on
un(Jer section 1451511bl ol the Act.
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appllcgble Il$tod bodyll. D&l8t81 l ilnol 8ppIic8ble.
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come lo my attention in conntction with the exominolion lolher than that
disc105ed below'l which gives m8 cause lo believe that in. any materi81
respect..
the accounting record5 wo1& not kept in accordanca wllh sociion 130
of the Charities Act., or
the 8ccounls did not accord wllh the 8c¢ounling records". or
the accounts did not comply wllh the appllcable requirements
conceming the form and conlenl of occoun18 8el out in the Ch8ri1ies
(Account8 and Reports) Regulations 2008 oth81 than any requiromenl
Ihal the ac¢ounls give a 'true and lalr, view which is not a matter
onsidered as part ol an independent examination.
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Date..
1810612021
Name:
Nlgel James Southerin9lon FCA
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Charterad Accountarrts
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Disclosure
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guidance lor examiners).
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