# **THE CHRIS RICHARDSON FUND Charity Number 1175308**
## **ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] AUGUST 2021**
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**THE CHRIS RICHARDSON FUND Year ended 31[st] August 2021**
## **Reference and administrative details**
Trustees Ms B Webb Mr J Pearson Mrs A Wignall Registered office The Little Manor 45 Tytherington Lane Bollington Macclesfield Cheshire SK10 2JS Bankers Handelsbanken 48 Alderley Road Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 1NY Independent Examiner M Heaton FCCA FCIE DChA KM 1[st] Floor Block C The Wharf Manchester Road Burnley Lancashire BB11 1JG
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## **THE CHRIS RICHARDSON FUND Year ended 31[st] August 2021**
## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT**
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31[st] August 2021.
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Objectives and aims**
The objects of the charity are:
for the benefit of the public to relieve the suffering of animals in need of care and attention and, in particular, to provide facilities for the reception, care, birth control and treatment of such animals, and to promote humane behaviour towards animals by providing appropriate care and treatment for animals which are in need of care and attention by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or ill usage and to educate the public in matters pertaining to animal welfare in general and the prevention of cruelty and suffering among animals.
The trustees have complied with the requirements of the Charity Commission with regard to public benefit.
## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE**
The charity was established by a legacy from the estate of Chris Richardson. The charity awarded grants amounting to £19,803 in the year.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
At the year end, the funds of the charity amounted to £97,689.
The charity aims to retain enough funds for urgent appeals and to ensure that sufficient cover is available for on- going projects .
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing document**
The charity is established as a Foundation Charitable Incorporated Organisation with a constitution dated 23[rd] October 2017.
The trustees are appointed by the existing trustees as and when a need arises; the trustee body meets on a regular basis to consider the making of grants from the charitable funds.
## **Risk Review**
The Trustees regularly review business risk.
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 17[th] February 2022 and signed on its behalf by:
Ms B Webb – Trustee
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**THE CHRIS RICHARDSON FUND Year ended 31[st] August 2021**
## Independent Examiners Report
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31[st] August 2021 which are set out on pages 5 and 6.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
M R Heaton FCCA FCIE DChA KM 1[st] Floor Block C The Wharf Manchester Road Burnley BB11 1JG
17 February 2022
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**THE CHRIS RICHARDSON FUND Year ended 31[st] August 2021**
## RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
|**Receipts**
Gifts and Donations
Interest on cash deposits
Total receipts
**Payments**
Grants to Nepal
Accountancy Fee
Bank Charges
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
Cash funds brought forward
Cash funds carried forward|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2020**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2019**
**£**
**£**
600
364
-
288|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2020**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2019**
**£**
**£**
600
364
-
288|
|---|---|---|
||600
652||
||19,803
16814
360
360
110
66||
||20,273
17,240||
||||
||(19,673)
(16,588)||
||117,362
133,950||
||97,689|
117,362|
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**THE CHRIS RICHARDSON FUND Year ended 31[st] August 2021**
|**Statement of assets and liabilities at 31.8.21**|**Statement of assets and liabilities at 31.8.21**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|
|||funds|funds|
|||**£**|**£**|
|**Cash funds**|General Fund|£117,362|£133,950|
Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf on 17[th] February 2022. by:
Ms B Webb Trustee
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## **THE CHRIS RICHARDSON FUND**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
- 1 Basis of preparation These accounts have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis in accordance with the Charities Act 2011.
- 2 Fund Accounting:
Unrestricted funds are those that can be expended at the discretion of the trustees in the furtherance of the objects of the charity.
- 3 Taxation
The charity is not liable to tax on its charitable activities.
The charity is not registered for VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the expense to which it relates.
- 4 Transactions with trustees
No remuneration nor expenses were paid to trustees or any persons connected with them during the year or previous year.
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