## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period**
**From: 1 January 2023**
**To: 31 December 2023**
**Charity name: Free The Wild**
## **Charity registration number: 1173936**
## **Company number:**
## **Objectives and activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To protect and assist abused and**
**mistreated wildlife in captivity.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The ongoing assistance of animals in**
**captivity being abused and mistreated in**
**captivity all around the world**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees have regard to the**
**guidance.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Grant making is undertaken with the**
**assistance of qualified professional**
**including zoologist and veterinarians.**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Social investment is undertaken with the**
**assistance of qualified professional**
**including zoologist and veterinarians.**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Currently no contributions are made by**
**volunteers.**|
Other
## **Achievements and performance**
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**See separate full trustees report in pdf on**
**file**|
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## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**See separate full trustees report in pdf on**
**file**|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**We have undertaken little fundraising and**
**most money has been raised from the**
**Trustees.**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**The investment received has been**
**applied against the objectives.**|
|Other||**The work is ongoing.**|
## **Financial review**
|**Financial review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**At the end of the period the charity**
**remained liquid with GBP 47,984 in the**
**account.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity only hold sufficient reserves**
**to remain liquid - £20,000**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**GBP 83,441**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**There is no uncertainty about the charity**
**remaining a going concern.**|
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Predominantly Trustees with a little**
**public support.**|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**There is currently no investment policy**
**as there is not sufficient capital to invest**
**beyond the day to day work of the**
**charity.**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The charity has virtually no overheads**
**and is supported by the Trustees. There**
**is no current risk facing the charity.**|
|Other||**N/A**|
## **Structure, governance and management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:||**Charitable Trust**|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document:
for example,trust deed,
memorandum and articles of
association etc|Para 1.25|**Memorandum of Articles**|
|How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
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for example limited company,
unincorporated association,
CIO
Trustee selection methods Para 1.25 The Trustees are appointed by selection
including details of any and vote of other Trustees.
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees
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**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Para 1.51
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees
Para 1.51
The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works
Para 1.51
Relationship with any related
parties
Other
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## **Reference and administrative details**
Charity name **FREE THE WILD** Other name the charity uses **NONE** Registered charity number **1173936** Charity’s principal address **Unit 7C, Chelsea Wharf, Lots Road, London, SW10 0QJ**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Mark Cowne 2018
Gina Nelthorpe- 2018
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Cowne
3 Cher 2018
4 Anika Sleem 2019
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name N/A**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets
held in this capacity|NONE|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|N/A|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **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 company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Mark Cowne **Position (for example** Chair **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date**