Prickles and Paws Hedgehog Rescue Annual Report and Unaudited Financial Statements for the financial year ended 31 March 2025 Prickles & Paws Hedgehog Rescue Forth Accountancy LLP The Gn)und Floor Office 5 Marktrt Squar• MEvag155¢y PL26 6UD GB Charity Number. 1174597 Prfckle8 and Paws Hedgehog Reseua coKrENTS Statement ofTrustees' Re5wisibllltles 10 11 BalarTh Sheet 12 1& 17 Prlckles and Paws Hedgehog Rescue REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Charfty RegL*•Oon Nwnbor 1174597 Cubert Ne￿UaY Mrs DLqne S*Julh <￿￿) Ms Zoe Pknbotts (*epFed 20 J8nLMry Mr Dam Thrynas (ap￿￿nted 29 2￿24) Mrs Thompsl￿ (SI￿¢d dLwi 8 Februwy 2025) M8 G￿k￿rnm￿ Ms Colette Holden filrranaker. L￿¥$ ljonlan: a I(￿￿ surfer, modd ¥nd TV after featsthng on the th Lm bknd. As a 80aal Irffly￿ Lu(le Is hdpthg ralse ar[￿K1 tho (rffr￿￿ge1V WMI ways to cwnb8t Ihls Forth ACc￿nt8nCY LLP The lknjnd Floor Ollko 5 Mathet SqLW PL26 6UD Skelmor8da 101N8 6V Prlckles and Paws Hedgehog Rescue TRUSTEES. REPORT sta¢wnonts ol Ihe dwrity for ttte yew w#Jed 31 2025. Standartl #ppi1C8b￿ In thg UK and Repubffc of Irg18nd" and ard Ra￿liting by Charlites.. Stst•m8nt of R¢porUTrJ s￿dard in ts UKard Rewbk of Ireland IFRS 11r2 applfc8ble tn the UK and Re￿b￿C of Irelwd FRS 101 the orywts&tiDn has ifs reo7rnmeThlalt￿ whwe rd6v¥nl in these fa￿￿￿al ststemerts. 1174597. waso)nstitutsd on 12 S*thr2017. The tharftyl5govem￿ *thichwasapproved the b08rd In ordw to ensure effi￿￿t wnnirvj d the tharity artd Ihe abthty to move tho foThvard. The Crynmssslon webkn for thfonnakn and all gc¢85$ 10 thg 1)writy CA)Thrni8yon guid8nco Tr essential InJstee'. best pracllce. wjsuring ¢frf)fidence for our (knots. The c*arity is a memberofthe BribshV￿Idl[re Reh8b11tt8tkm C￿J￿￿1 g￿rt￿ty. The tru*g8s are 84w4rg rfsks In all arnas avB 58115f￿￿ thal measuras 8rg rnnl1m￿l bdro put In pkn to fflltyie thase. sid• ofthe thrity. fundrnisng arKI proied manwent ofthe ofthe H(¥s￿. The day to dayrunntTNJ of Prickles and Paws Hedgehog Rescue TRUSTEES. REPORT ftx the finanLial year ended 31 Ma￿h 2025 Alms and Objetheg The arn5 and oty'ecttves of the tharity are as foll For the benefil of the public to further the ConSe￿￿tiOn and preservati￿ ofthe hp4Jgehog speii&s In Comwall and the south west of England. For th¢ benefil of the Plsblic to relieve the suffering and distsess vf hedgehogs in need of carp and aitention by provtding rescue. care and rehabilitstion se￿￿ for si(*. injured or orphaned hedgehogs wth the aim of relèasing such hedgehogs bad( into Ihe wld vtherever p0S￿ble. To advance the e{JU¢￿I￿on of the public in Ihe Study of h8dgètkigs. Thls Indudes the ￿re. methods of treatrnen( conservaiion arxl habltat of hedgehogs. To advance research In￿ rnelhlxts ol rehabillWit￿ pmcew and treatrnerts to Improve suTrival rates in ￿habilItatiOn. Achlevements Calendar year 2024 was another record-breaking year for the charity 1.428 admi%gth)s from acsoss Comwall and into Devon. only made p05sbs le by the dedI￿ti￿ of our many v(Aurrteer drivers. The rescjje was for mu** of the year running beyond ¢8pa¢ity and often had to rety veterinary practices holding hedgehogs until space was avall8ble, highlvJhting the urgent the new H&3sp¢tsI to be completed. The finanaal year ended 31 Marth 2025 was a year of u)nsdidation, ensuring the ch8tity was in a positi'on to move forward to the next slage of its development. As w81 as dealing wilh reo)rd nurnbews ol hedgeho3s, Ihe leafn continued fundraisinq iowards the Ixjilding of the new Hogspiial. In Aulumn 2024 the decision was tsken to employ a CEO. and John Lewis joined the ieam on 2 December 2024. John has broughl new energy to Ihe team and the new Hogspiial is now bec4Jmlng 8 reality. With the 2>year lease IFF tAace, water and electri¢ity have been brought to the ste and contracior has been engag&Y to begFn on the sile in the first week in April 2025. The first tha5e will erect"Building A" whith wll house a reception a￿a, veteiinarytreatrnenl rocm. nursery room and hedgehog wards. The second phase, '8uilding B", will hopefully foHLYW in 2027. Hedgehog Care A5 in the previous hyo cafendar year5. 2024 saw the resc￿0 tey￿d capaoty duiing the surrdner and autumn months, wlh July being Ihe busiesl mcmth 239 admissicffls. 373 hoglets weTr admitted. 77 of which were under 2 weeks old. STrence ¢￿tinUeS lo be al the heart of all %wyk al the rescue. PfOtcoJLs are continually being reviewed with vets, based on the lale5t scienlth reSe3￿h and are always evidence based. Excitsngly a crowdfunder successtylly raised enough lunding lo enable the purthase ol a handthetd ultraswnd scanner. This enables slaff to SC3n female he(Igehogs lo for pregnancy which helps to deterrn1r￿ treatrnent ￿anS as many medicatic￿S cannol LE given uring pregnancy. Our vet has also used it to diagnose Wphoma. March 2￿5 saw 8 new ￿terkn8ry partnership for the rescue wlh SL Clement Velerinary Clinic, Perr8llP)rth 8nd Tnjm. Hedgehog Admissions 21x1 Jan Feb Mar Apr Ma¥ Jun Jul Aug Sep Oa Oe£ The Tea This year the CO￿ leam ￿M￿seS hyo bJ114ime slaff, one part-time ¢arer thjring the busy m¢Mths and one Ivll-time volunteer. The part-tiffle administration and fundraising role was replaced followng the aFriYal of our new CEO. John. in December 2024. The nLsmberofV￿unteErs Lwtsnues to growv￿ 25 helping with hedgehog care. and 170 8$ drivers or wmmunity ambassadors. Our drtvers giv8 Iheir OMÈ and fuel lor free and are vital in transporttng hedgehogs to the resoje from veterinary practices and member5 of the public. We cannol thank them enough: wilhoth thwr support we coukl nol oJnb"nue. Prickles and Paws Hedgehog Rescue TRUSTEES. REPORT for the financial year ended 31 March 2￿25 The board of truslees has agaln seen changes 8$ noled atrfwe LKrt Ls stable arx1 provldos a wide and balanc*il skill base and a deterrninats￿ to succeed with the develo￿1 ol ￿ new faditses. Educatton 2024 Saw the expanston of our work pbcemenls. Thirteen 51udents over sevenieen weeks Ylilh. for (he first time, three intemalional placemenls. Two of Ihese wcffked ￿ resrJJes In Gemwny and France and wshed to gain more experience. This has led to usefvl links wilh the Gennan rescue. Twenty-nlne edLK8tional t￿kS were gNen as well as gugst lectures. Many of Ihese wgrg delivered wa Zoom or Teams wheTe students can see beh*r)d the s(£nes at the re5oJe bnd meet some of Ihe residenls during care shifts. Ayeterinary CPD offer has been devised and trialled ￿ exitllent leedbad( trom the pracuce. Th￿ ofler wll be openea crtrt to other pr8ctic8s In the comlng year. Many events were attended by the #aff andlor voluntee[5. As Ihe cl¥)sen Charity of the Year for the bc81 Waitrose supemiarkel, we were able to h8ve a stsnd In thè siore on￿a rn￿th. This pmved io be a goc¢J wayto ralse aw8renes5 and get educational messages at70SS to the community and. being run purely by volunleers, this helped to fostef a sense ol cornmunity amony tho v￿Un￿efS wlth many new frienUSPM"ps being fom&J. Soual m8dia conlinues to be al the heart of our edU￿tiOn progfamrne arKI wr re8ch is c￿tinuIng lo grryw with Iwr sor4al medla a¢counts reaching wdl over habf a mll[(￿ Jast year. L42& Juty. Pdckles & Paws Hedgehog Rescue 373tha￿ttts, YY 2 weelsold Edut&th 29 ovd ? 9￿￿tlett￿re5 dth¢ii,d 13 wcKk okxoments hostodtDtall*Dg 17 wcoks 175vclitryWr< 36 202* Ovu7r4.OWcaUsthswrye4 Resoje * Rehabilltatlon * Release * Future Plan8 The bJluTe plans forthe d)arlty 8re based arDund rnovtng lo our newpuw-built prernL%e5. Wort Is un¢JeNayto bulld the first of buildings. The new builth.ng wll enatle the thanty to move triTh its cutrent back garden location and. even with just th8 (Me buikling, this shwld grye capaoty for slighuy gmler admissi￿ numbers. Importanuy. Ihe improved layout and addrnonal space w¢ll ￿ale room for more Vc￿Untsets to te C￿ site. *aoing to shorter shifts t￿e￿bY irnproving hedgehog We￿ore. The ouldry)r area will inckjde undercover hvtth syslems for hedgehog5 acciimalising io ouldoortemperatures and a matemtyarea for mums wlth hcglets. A wildlife garden will be created showcasing feattjres vthich will attrdct and benefit all %%ildlife. includirNJ hedgehyJs. Thi5wII be used in online educatIc￿al talks and for fu￿re onsile works￿? Prickles and Paws Hedgehog Rescue TRUSTEES. REPORT for the finanaal year ended 31 Marth 2025 This reloestion wll be a huge th8TrJe ts thè thaiity and W4B of4¥LYknng wll be needèJ. somè ofwlwch a￿ being alled Ihis year tefore the move. Thè fundralsing strdiegy wll t* rewewed regularty lo ensure sustainabllty movÈng forward and the sraffing S￿re revieweLI to meet the needs of the new site. Once the rescve is setued at the new site, work will be￿n ffi luftdrai￿ng frJr Ihe second ￿fld1ng. This will h￿d a 18rge dassrryjm bthich will enable educational workshops to be held sile. induding veterinary CPD. As well as ihe classroom, there will be further hedgeFw warfs and a Lbtslty roc¥Tr. Researrh into improvirKJ Ihe survival ratys of hedgehogs in the rehab selting wll be inueased leading to ihe charity becoming a centre ol excellence central lo hedgehog conservation The completion of the new site will greaty in(Trase the capacjty ot the res¢ug ana along vmii educ8licm and research will help the conservation of thts icoThc sk￿leS. Flnanclal Revlow The resutts for the finan(i81 yw are set out in the follD*fjng pa3es and adrfrfional notes are provided showng irKfjmg and expenditure in greater detsil. Results Al Ihe end of Ihe financi￿ year the tharity has assets 01 £2b2.27212Q4- f214,382) ano ￿1)ll"￿eS of £2,325 (2024 - £3341. The net assets of Ihe chanty have incieased by £45,899. Ineome Income for the finanti81 year was £154.30212024 - £188,580). This comprwd Restricted Funds of £50.((Jo (grants and donations toward5 the Hogspilall and Unrestricted Fun*Js of £104.302 (general donation5. ts3ding income and inleresl received}. Our Ihanks go out lo al don0￿ and supporlers large and snan vkno have conbibLrted finanoa81ty or in kind 1hfwgh￿Jt me year. Maior (lon0￿ durfng Ihe year rtaLKJe(l fLrfIpv*iwvJ: Re5tr1ded fvnds Ilor th•"HogSPital" bulld) Edna Smylie Memo￿￿ Fund Jean Sainsbury Animal Vvewa￿ Tr Marthig Animal Wtslfa￿ TnJst The ￿1c8 Noake5 me￿Drfal CharitotAe Trust The Bary Green MemL￿al Fund The Nornan Family Charitabte Tnjst Unresirfcte(I The Estale ol Mrs D Leyts)ume Tli¥ Nibbei Trubt Malor Corporate Sponso aspects holidays A Cunish holiday letbng agency crffering a fvlty managed telting se￿￿ ft>T a vride range of propwbes. classic cottages l ESL iy7y Est8btished kn cornwa￿ In 19TT, ClassK Coltage5 Ltd fftarke15 a pothlio dholiday properties across the U Prickles and Paws Hedgehog Rescue TRUSTEES. REPORT for the finanL?al year en(led 31 Marth 2025 Star Linen Ffire and Laundry Seryices Ltd. Pnmsion of linen and {tr￿S lo the hofjday a¢u)mmodabcffl sector thrpughout st Ive5 anrj Wesl C(wtlTKdll. Star Refuse co1￿{￿10n se￿Ces Lld. Stw Refvse ts 51ar Llnen's sslero)mpany provldtng refv5e and rewcllng Se￿CeS lo the holiday homè sector. ESC Electrical Safety Consultants Ltd {ESC) provide eredrtol desi￿ and wlhcvisÉng eThJirw seryices throughotrt SLrtrth West England and S(HJth Wales. THREE MILE BEACH 7 1¥($ ¥*T CC4t*W&L' Three Mile Be8ch HcA*Jays Ltd, G*ilhian. Exp¢n4rty Operdting eXpend1trJ￿ for the finanual y8af induding de￿￿4atIOn arnounled to £108,403 (2024 - £92.8171. The main ilerns ofexptrndilv￿ were staff costs £81.68812024- £58.262). veterinary expenses and medical supplies £3.76112024 £3,841) and food, PPE and d8aning materÉals £6,78612024 - £6.1381. The wncipal factors behind the increase Is staff costs We￿ the employment of the Opewattons arwj FLbndraisw Clerft for ffl05t ol the year and the apFointment of the CEO vKth effert from December 2024. In addibon. the charity ir￿Ul￿ed c4ptsI exp￿￿11￿& d £17.884 during thè fin¥nL¥g1 w12024 _ £29.9441. Of Ihls. £14.191 wa5 spent on Ihe Hts3Sl*tal site and £3.693 wa5 SVt ￿ an ultrasOur￿ sranner and a laptop. Re￿rIeS Po15cy Finanual ¥eserves are necessary kn support the charty in case ofdffh)Jlty. suth as an incrpase in ￿terTrnary costs or drop in the level of dC￿allOn$. The reseTve5 are caTrlulty monitored by the trustees lo ensure that three tnonths running cosls are CoVe￿d together wth dissdvlion funds. Al the year ent1 Prickjes and Paws Hedgehog RwLwe's unreslrKled rBserves St(￿ al £91.473 which is comfortably higher than the largel reseThes figure of £50,000. Compllan¢6 with SectorWlld¢ Legislatlon artd Standanls The chanty engages v￿a￿elY wilh legislatim. standards *Yl L))des are develcf*d forthe secknr. Prfthles and PBWS Hedgehctyj Rescue subs(￿beS to and is (￿n￿lant wth the fotlowng: The Chartbes SORP {FRS 1021. Appvo¥ed by the Board of TNstees on 14 Juty 2025 and signed on tts bghalf by: Prlckles and Paws Hedgehog Rescue STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBILrriES fix the fmandal yearerrfl*l 31 Marth 2￿2$ finandal 5wr *trfch give a and falr tAew of the assets. Ilabaities and finar*lel r￿0ft of the thality as at th¥ ffinanclal end date ar￿ ¢rflhe •s ord8hit ofthe thity arvj 01t￿rkn c4Jmpty*ilh the Charibe8 A¢1 2011. seled 5uh8ble acmmong t￿1￿6s 8rbd apFty th&n cortslslwtr. m&keJudgements 8rKI ao)wnltTr3 g¥ltm81es thatare reaSOna￿e and wudw¢ o)nUnue In ¢yernllim. thom to ￿SUre that the fjn8n¢481 ststements l￿pty T￿ tho Charfoes Ac* 2011. also respOn￿ble for Approv•d tyth• Board ofTn•l8w on 14thJuly 2025 and on tt• bthalf br. Prlckles and PawJ Hedgehog Rescue INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF PRICKLES AND PAWS HEDGEHOG RESCUE Thls rw 18 mad9 sdely to members. &s a LW. In a￿j5keptbYtho thAiity g c Total fund• 11 214.048 small C￿￿par￿¢s, regime and in a￿OrrIa￿(£ Ibith FRS 1(r2 Tr Fin8ndal Retx)rting Standard 8POi¢abie in the UK and RepL*)Ile of Irelrf, aPPtylr•J S8clI￿ 1AolthBt Starthrd. 12 Prfckles and Paws Hedgehog Rescue NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the fin8n¢lai year 31 PAarth 2025 P￿. Cubort Nthgwi. TR8 &ID. urfjt￿ lfjryjtrn *thich ks *so Ihe FA3¢8 of busin88s of thè tharity. the Statemenl rf ReoJrn￿ FJr8clTrce {SORP) "PLcc4mtMig and Re[￿ting by Ch8ri1ios pr8paitng their 8CC4Junts ui acam)thr￿ *ith the Fwtanu81 Rwbro standa￿ a￿*ble inthe UKand Republlcof Ireland FRS 10r, apFdJing Section 1A Slarthrd. vAth the of th& Charilies SORP end In Q￿p￿al￿e Iwth 8qcIkn 4.7. 10.6 and 15.2 01 that SORP. golng o)n(￿ ba818 and In ac4xrdance Ststomont OfRe(￿lm￿nded Practice (SORP)'Acc¢unUng and in Ihe UK 8nd Repubfjc of tre￿￿1 FRS 10r, Sedvjn 1A olthat Slandard. Fund ac¢ounU Th8 •? th8 offund8 n¥knlthed: obledves oflho tharty. discrellon lo apply the fuThl. In¢om• 8er4lces lo be by the c*8rity. Inc*)mo frDm otsr Covfvndws b rets)grtysad the charfty Is legally entitted to the in¢))ma beca￿ It i*fuJfilllng thè ctstsin8d ui the related fundllwj agreements. lthere 13 (ntinued PrIc￿Je￿ and Paws Hedgehog Rescue NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS lor the Ilnancw yeor endgd 31 Marth 2025 Income. kn a pwtioJlarFeriod. tn thesecases Ihed• recograses Ihe IF￿￿￿t0 thg ￿1$ util1￿1 *ilhFnthe In the abEenca ofwth condilions. a$S￿nIngthat wobabkn 8nd the anvAmt w ba refi￿Y sgp8r818ly 8ccumulated arKI dk8¢1osed. and analY￿d è¢oythftg to Ihdr major o)mpMonts. Eygwdiiure Tanglble Ilx•d as¥¢ts and depreGlatk depreciaJon is cahwlated lo ￿lIe dlthg iyvJry￿ ￿>51 orv*J•lkn cl l¥oiWe fwl a88th I￿ ltstr a8llm8t8d FIxbJ1￿ IMon￿ qut Motor ¥ehides 20% Balance amolmtprnpald net0fanytsd8dsc￿jnts Iftc•YM rgoyJrlsad tylhei#wityfffjmgovgrnw*nt aggnd•5 Cash at bank and kn haDd Cash at bank and oynwl80S C49h daw*it ai banks rnquping less IIAn three nolice ol INC(XIE 3.1 DONATIONS AND LEGACES 2024 Funds 58,347 19,illJO 77J47 75,780 Fun¢ts Fundg GThnts from Go4undwv. 31JJL¥J 91,434 OTHER TIiADING ACTIVrnES 2024 Fund¥ 19.075 19.075 18.170 14 Prfckles and Paws Hedgehog Rescu• NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for tha fIn8nd￿ ye8rth¥led 31 Marrkn 2025 3A OTHER IMCOIIE 2024 Funds Funds 3.186 4.1 RALSWG FUNDS Dlrnct 2024 Rai•rwJ fw 4257 3357 pport 2024 905 108146 83.821 SUPPORT COSTS 2024 &Jpp(xt 49￿￿5 41905 75.729 NET IMCOME 2024 2tr25 2024 58.262 The 8¥ew& twmbgr of thnployw dwirvJ the yearwa5 3 (21Y24. 3) 15 Prickl•s and Paws Hedgehog Rescue NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ftrthè yaar ended 31 M•rth 2025 Flxluvts. Ilotty 8ulldlng To181 equlpment At 1 2Q24 &672 48.260 17.884 14.191 At 31 March 2(r25 12.365 47.279 144 D•prnclatlon At 1 2024 &747 1.316 1,802 Al 31 2025 4.324 9.387 Mot book valu• At31 Mgrth 2025 1176 47.279 fj6.757 At31 2024 4.W25 40,675 2024 131 102 1.496 1.733 Amounts tsIUn8 du• on•y•w 334 2025 2024 Al tho brynnry olthe yo8r Surplus forthe finandal y 214,048 118,285 95.7 Attho erKI crf thg y•or 259.947 214.048 11. FUNDS Fund• F￿d8 Fund$ A11N>rt12 Mmment ¢Jurfng thoknnd81 year 105.385 38.618 12.900 57.145 118,285 95,763 At 31 March %Y24 144.IJ03 4227 70.045 41.672 214,048 45,893 Ai 31 March 2tr25 259.947 16 U￿r￿ed Prickles and Paws Hedgehog Rescue NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for tho llr4ndal yaar end8d 31 Marth 2025 8alance 31 taalch 1 Aprfl 70.046 (8,328) 111.717 144.C 104.YJ2 108.403 148.230 15(302 101403 259.947 IIJ ANALY%S OF NEf ASSEf3 BY FiIND CuTh•nt Totsl . th•lty us• 111.T20 111.720 325) 148227 5Q7S7 208515 (1325) 259.947 There *Yre nolru¥*e¥ p* dL￿ThJ the yearend￿j 31 W25 (2024. Nil) oftho d¢rfty. 17