||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Trustees' Annual Report for the period**|||||||||| |**From**||**Period start date**|||**TO**||**Period end date**||| |||01|01|2023|||31|12|2023| |Section A
Reference and administration details|Section A
Reference and administration details| |---|---| |**Charity’s name**|Help Street Cats and Dogs| |**Other names the charity is known by**|| |**Registered charity number (if any)**|1176632| |**Charity’s principle address**|2 Lady St John Square, Goldings
North Road
Hertford, Hertfordshire
SG14 2WS| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |
**Trustee Name**|
**Office (if any)**|
**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of the person**
**(body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---| |Isabel Dowsett|Founder and Trustee||| |Chris Dowsett|Trustee||| |Stacey Mclaughlin|Trustee||| ||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Names Date if not acted for whole year** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of advisor Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## Section B Structure, governance and management ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** |Type of governing document
(eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
(eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed by, elected by)|Constitution| |---|---| ||CIO| ||Appointed by management/trustees| ## **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; - ●relationship with any related parties; - ●trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. |Section C
Objectives and activities|Section C
Objectives and activities| |---|---| |**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its governing**
**document**|| ||To promote humane behaviour towards cats and dogs in Turkey by
providing appropriate care, protection, treatment, shelter and security for
animals which are in need of care and attention by reason of sickness,
abandonment, maltreatment and poor circumstances. Actively seeking
new permanent homes for rescued animals. Promoting spaying and
neutering to prevent future unwanted street animals being born.| March **2012** **TAR** 2 |**Summary of the main activities**
**undertaken for the public**
**benefit in relation to these**
**objects (include within this**
**section the statutory**
**declaration that trustees have**
**had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit)**|We are dedicated to reducing the street cat and dog population through
our spay and neuter programmes to prevent unwanted cats and dogs of
tomorrow.
We aim to transform the quality of life for street cats and dogs by helping
neglected, abandoned and abused street cats and dogs via partnerships
with on the ground volunteers providing food, medical treatment, fostering,
boarding and finding loving forever homes in the UK, USA, Canada and
Europe.
**We achieve our mission by:**
**Volunteers**- Support volunteers on the ground by making donations
enabling them to provide food, water, treat and protect animals in their
communities.
We also buy pet food online to be delivered directly to volunteers to feed
animals dumped in the mountains and remote areas where animals are
left to die of starvation.
**Spay/Neuter**- Actively promoting and organising spay and neuter to help
reduce street animal population.
We educate and promote the benefits of spay and neuter to deal with the
root cause of street animal population. We support and enable on the
ground volunteers in their spay and neuter efforts by partnering with local
veterinarians.
**Protection**- Rescue cats and dogs from neglect, abuse, cruelty and
abandonment. We provide veterinary care, security and a safe
environment for those in need of protection.
**Treatment**- Funding life saving treatment for the sick or injured cats and
dogs and subsequently finding loving homes.
All animals that come into our care are tested for a variety of illnesses,
vaccinated, wormed and spayed or neutered.
The Trustees have given careful consideration to and complied with the
Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
We provide public benefit through:
**Treating injured and sick street cats and dogs:**This helps control the
incidence and spread of disease and suffering through appropriate
treatment and vaccination, benefiting both human and animal health.
**Offering volunteering opportunities:**We provide opportunities for those
who wish to support our work, including people who feed cats and dogs on
the ground, foster animals, organise spay and neuter programmes or
organise transportation.
**Supplying cat and dog food:**We provide pet food supplies to those who
wish to feed animals in their communities.
**Promoting benefits of spaying and neutering in Turkey:**We actively
promote the benefits of spaying and neutering to help reduce street animal
numbers in Turkey. We actively spay and neuter as many as we are able
to.| |---|---| March **2012** **TAR** 3 **International Adoptions:** We actively encourage the adoption of street animals, not only to save lives but also to raise awareness about the challenges faced by street cats and dogs. Our goal is to inspire prospective adopters to join our cause by connecting with one of the animals we've rescued. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** - You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: ● policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - ● contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance The province we cover was struck by a major earthquake in February **Summary of the main** 2023, where it claimed thousands of lives, both humans and animals. **achievements of the charity** This has impacted our efforts to care for and protect the animals, as our **during the year** operations were hampered by the loss of life in the area. We joined the earthquake relief efforts, delivering pet food using our own rescue vehicle to towns and villages where no relief was reaching due to heavy snow or unsafe roads. We've rescued countless cats and dogs stuck or abandoned in unsafe buildings, bringing them to safe locations and providing outdoor shelters and installed feeding stations. We still care for those earthquake victims. Animals had a tough time finding food following the earthquake, especially in town or city centres. There were no bins or any leftover food from restaurants or shops. Veterinary clinics collapsed, resulting in closures - we lost experienced vets and specialist clinic equipment in the area. It took about a few months before we were able to normalise our operations. Spaying and neutering efforts are always our top priority. However, this was also slowed by experienced vets leaving the area after the earthquake. Despite the challenges, we've managed to spay and neuter over 30 female dogs and 10 cats. We are always looking for sustainable ways to provide care and protect the animals. As it's common for animals to be dumped in desolate places such as roadsides, fields or mountains, we locate these animals and March **2012** **TAR** 4 build feeding stations and water dispensers, distributing food on a regular basis. We provide veterinary care for those who need it. We continue to strategically reduce international adoptions due to a lack of foster homes and the cost of preparing an animal for adoption abroad. Instead, we aim to use funds for spaying and neutering to help reduce the population and improve the animals' lives locally. However, we prioritise special needs animals for international adoption, such as blind, tripod or other conditions meaning they won't survive for long on the street. We adopted 5 animals, 4 to the USA and 1 in the UK, all of whom were special needs. The rising cost of veterinary care, pet food, transportation, and boarding facilities means we are getting less for our money. Prices almost quadrupled in the last year. Sometimes, we have to ration the amount of food we distribute or supplement with appropriate leftover food from restaurants and shops. We were able to secure two grants to provide emergency relief, treatment, medical supplies and food support for animals. It has been a challenging year, and animals need support more than ever before. We continue to provide vital veterinary care, supply food, and help reduce the street animal population through our dedicated volunteers on the ground, who are making a huge difference and inspiring others to be compassionate towards animals. |Section E
Financial review|Section E
Financial review| |---|---| |**Brief statement of the**
**charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially**
**in deficit**|| ||The aim of the charity is to ensure that the charity’s ongoing and future
activities are reasonably protected from unexpected variances in its
income and expenditure.
We aim to keep a minimum level of unrestricted general fund, currently
set at £1000.| ||| ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any March **2012** **TAR** 5 ethical investment policy adopted. Section F Other optional information |Section G
Declaration|Section G
Declaration|Section G
Declaration|Section G
Declaration| |---|---|---|---| |**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**|||| |
**Signature(s)**|||| |**Full names(s)**||Isabel Fadime Dowsett|Christopher John Dowsett| |**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc**||Trustee and Secretary|Trustee| ||||| |**Date**|15th January 2024||| March **2012** **TAR** 6 |**HELP STREET CATS AND DOGS INCOME AND EXPENSES SUMMARY FOR THE**
**FINANCIAL PERIOD 01 JANUARY 2023 TO 31 DECEMBER 2023**|**HELP STREET CATS AND DOGS INCOME AND EXPENSES SUMMARY FOR THE**
**FINANCIAL PERIOD 01 JANUARY 2023 TO 31 DECEMBER 2023**|**HELP STREET CATS AND DOGS INCOME AND EXPENSES SUMMARY FOR THE**
**FINANCIAL PERIOD 01 JANUARY 2023 TO 31 DECEMBER 2023**|**HELP STREET CATS AND DOGS INCOME AND EXPENSES SUMMARY FOR THE**
**FINANCIAL PERIOD 01 JANUARY 2023 TO 31 DECEMBER 2023**| |---|---|---|---| |**Date**|**Description**|**Income**|**Expenses**| |3-Jan-23|Donations|75|| |3-Jan-23|Donations|150|| |4-Jan-23|Donation||300| |10-Jan-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||89.81| |10-Jan-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||156.15| |13-Jan-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||89.65| |13-Jan-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||154.01| |16-Jan-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||18.92| |16-Jan-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||32.13| |16-Jan-23|Donations|511.66|| |20-Jan-23|Supplies||8.99| |23-Jan-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||18.71| |25-Jan-23|CurrencyConversion||0.65| |25-Jan-23|Pet Food||23.8| |27-Jan-23|Donations|20|| |30-Jan-23|Supplies||8.99| |30-Jan-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||653.34| |30-Jan-23|Donations|79.12|| |30-Jan-23|Donations|1,500.00|| |31-Jan-23|Donations|26.02|| |9-Feb-23|Donations|24|| |9-Feb-23|Donations|810.87|| |10-Feb-23|Earthquake Support||500| |10-Feb-23|Donations|300|| |10-Feb-23|Donations|500|| |13-Feb-23|Earthquake Support||500| |17-Feb-23|Donations|695.41|| |20-Feb-23|Supplies||8.99| |21-Feb-23|Grant|5,000.00|| |6-Mar-23|Supplies||5| |6-Mar-23|Donations|371.2|| |9-Mar-23|Donations|44.77|| |9-Mar-23|Donations|279.77|| |13-Mar-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||226.7| |13-Mar-23|Donations|525.57|| |15-Mar-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||38.59| |**HELP STREET CATS AND DOGS INCOME AND EXPENSES SUMMARY FOR THE**
**FINANCIAL PERIOD 01 JANUARY 2023 TO 31 DECEMBER 2023**|**HELP STREET CATS AND DOGS INCOME AND EXPENSES SUMMARY FOR THE**
**FINANCIAL PERIOD 01 JANUARY 2023 TO 31 DECEMBER 2023**|**HELP STREET CATS AND DOGS INCOME AND EXPENSES SUMMARY FOR THE**
**FINANCIAL PERIOD 01 JANUARY 2023 TO 31 DECEMBER 2023**|**HELP STREET CATS AND DOGS INCOME AND EXPENSES SUMMARY FOR THE**
**FINANCIAL PERIOD 01 JANUARY 2023 TO 31 DECEMBER 2023**| |---|---|---|---| |**Date**|**Description**|**Income**|**Expenses**| |3-Jan-23|Donations|75|| |3-Jan-23|Donations|150|| |4-Jan-23|Donation||300| |10-Jan-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||89.81| |10-Jan-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||156.15| |13-Jan-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||89.65| |13-Jan-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||154.01| |16-Jan-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||18.92| |16-Jan-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||32.13| |16-Jan-23|Donations|511.66|| |20-Jan-23|Supplies||8.99| |23-Jan-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||18.71| |25-Jan-23|CurrencyConversion||0.65| |25-Jan-23|Pet Food||23.8| |27-Jan-23|Donations|20|| |30-Jan-23|Supplies||8.99| |30-Jan-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||653.34| |30-Jan-23|Donations|79.12|| |30-Jan-23|Donations|1,500.00|| |31-Jan-23|Donations|26.02|| |9-Feb-23|Donations|24|| |9-Feb-23|Donations|810.87|| |10-Feb-23|Earthquake Support||500| |10-Feb-23|Donations|300|| |10-Feb-23|Donations|500|| |13-Feb-23|Earthquake Support||500| |17-Feb-23|Donations|695.41|| |20-Feb-23|Supplies||8.99| |21-Feb-23|Grant|5,000.00|| |6-Mar-23|Supplies||5| |6-Mar-23|Donations|371.2|| |9-Mar-23|Donations|44.77|| |9-Mar-23|Donations|279.77|| |13-Mar-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||226.7| |13-Mar-23|Donations|525.57|| |15-Mar-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||38.59| 1 |17-Mar-23|Donations|5|| |---|---|---|---| |20-Mar-23|Supplies||8.99| |20-Mar-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||1,100.43| |22-Mar-23|Grant|8,788.00|| |27-Mar-23|Supplies||9.99| |28-Mar-23|Donations|20|| |3-Apr-23|CurrencyConversion||0.57| |3-Apr-23|Currency Conversion||5.8| |3-Apr-23|Carriers||20.75| |3-Apr-23|Pet Food||211.16| |3-Apr-23|Donations|58|| |11-Apr-23|Currency Conversion||0.82| |11-Apr-23|Pet Food||30.09| |24-Apr-23|Donations|18.05|| |26-Apr-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||24.41| |28-Apr-23|Currency Conversion||5.69| |28-Apr-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||84.75| |28-Apr-23|Pet Food||206.99| |28-Apr-23|Donations|20|| |2-May-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||100| |2-May-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||165| |2-May-23|Donations|907.04|| |3-May-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||148| |9-May-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||645| |15-May-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||230| |19-May-23|CurrencyConversion||9.75| |19-May-23|Pet Food||354.57| |19-May-23|Donations|45.13|| |24-May-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||81.79| |24-May-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||118| |30-May-23|Donations|15|| |30-May-23|Donations|111.83|| |7-Jun-23|Donations|71.72|| |7-Jun-23|Donations|223.77|| |8-Jun-23|CurrencyConversion||1.82| |8-Jun-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||50.44| |8-Jun-23|Pet Food||66.4| |12-Jun-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||88| |12-Jun-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||155| |12-Jun-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||350| |13-Jun-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||50| 2 |16-Jun-23|Postage||10.05| |---|---|---|---| |19-Jun-23|Donations|297.73|| |21-Jun-23|Supplies||43.89| |26-Jun-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||150| |10-Jul-23|ChipRegistration||30| |10-Jul-23|Transport||1,245.00| |10-Jul-23|Donations|20|| |11-Jul-23|Pet Food||24.09| |18-Jul-23|CurrencyConversion||1.39| |18-Jul-23|CurrencyConversion||6.26| |18-Jul-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||17| |18-Jul-23|Pet Food||50.62| |18-Jul-23|Pet Food||227.69| |25-Jul-23|Insurance||46.74| |28-Jul-23|Donations|20|| |31-Jul-23|Supplies||6.49| |31-Jul-23|CurrencyConversion||10.42| |31-Jul-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||35| |31-Jul-23|Supplies||43.75| |31-Jul-23|Pet Food||46.46| |31-Jul-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||150| |31-Jul-23|Pet Food||379.09| |1-Aug-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||217.02| |2-Aug-23|Supplies||3| |2-Aug-23|Supplies||25.47| |4-Aug-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||76| |7-Aug-23|Donations|20.95|| |9-Aug-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||31| |10-Aug-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||31| |10-Aug-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||58| |14-Aug-23|Pet Food||45| |15-Aug-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||52.8| |17-Aug-23|Medication||26.27| |17-Aug-23|Medication||30.43| |21-Aug-23|Petrol||32| |21-Aug-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||1,149.49| |23-Aug-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||33| |23-Aug-23|Donations|32|| |24-Aug-23|Supplies||6.95| |24-Aug-23|Petrol||32| |25-Aug-23|Insurance||46.74| 3 |29-Aug-23|Donations|20|| |---|---|---|---| |4-Sep-23|Supplies||8.99| |4-Sep-23|Supplies||9.16| |5-Sep-23|Currency Conversion||1.53| |5-Sep-23|Pet Food||55.68| |8-Sep-23|Donations|60.61|| |8-Sep-23|Donations|289.17|| |11-Sep-23|Currency Conversion||3.84| |11-Sep-23|Pet Food||139.8| |13-Sep-23|CurrencyConversion||4.27| |13-Sep-23|Pet Food||155.39| |13-Sep-23|Donations|375|| |18-Sep-23|CurrencyConversion||1.82| |18-Sep-23|Petrol||40| |18-Sep-23|Pet Food||46.78| |18-Sep-23|Pet Care||52| |18-Sep-23|Pet Food||66.42| |18-Sep-23|Donations|10|| |21-Sep-23|Donations|163.02|| |25-Sep-23|Insurance||46.74| |28-Sep-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||142.8| |28-Sep-23|Donations|20|| |4-Oct-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||285| |5-Oct-23|Currency Conversion||3.03| |5-Oct-23|Supplies||8.9| |5-Oct-23|Supplies||13.98| |5-Oct-23|Pet Food||110.39| |6-Oct-23|Supplies||17.98| |9-Oct-23|Supplies||24.94| |11-Oct-23|CurrencyConversion||3.2| |11-Oct-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||37| |11-Oct-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||40| |11-Oct-23|Pet Food||116.49| |16-Oct-23|CurrencyConversion||1.82| |16-Oct-23|Advertising- FB||4| |16-Oct-23|Advertising - FB||4| |16-Oct-23|Pet Food||66.49| |17-Oct-23|Advertising- FB||12| |18-Oct-23|Advertising- FB||4| |23-Oct-23|Donations|231|| |24-Oct-23|Donations|45.48|| 4 |25-Oct-23|Insurance||46.74| |---|---|---|---| |25-Oct-23|Donations|233.09|| |26-Oct-23|CurrencyConversion||0.52| |26-Oct-23|Carrier||19.01| |30-Oct-23|CurrencyConversion||1.25| |30-Oct-23|Pet Food||45.64| |30-Oct-23|Pet Food||57.91| |30-Oct-23|Donations|20|| |30-Oct-23|Donations|709.79|| |31-Oct-23|Medication||25.27| |31-Oct-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||175.58| |31-Oct-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||1,662.37| |2-Nov-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||21| |6-Nov-23|Advertising- FB||2| |7-Nov-23|CurrencyConversion||3.81| |7-Nov-23|Medication||36.84| |7-Nov-23|Pet Food||138.6| |13-Nov-23|CurrencyConversion||5.83| |13-Nov-23|Pet Food||212.18| |13-Nov-23|Donations|50|| |14-Nov-23|Pet care||11.5| |20-Nov-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||40| |22-Nov-23|Petrol||42| |24-Nov-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||212| |24-Nov-23|Vet bills, transportation and boarding||457.38| |27-Nov-23|Insurance||46.74| |28-Nov-23|Donations|20|| |1-Dec-23|Currency conversion||1.05| |1-Dec-23|Caries, lead harness||38.48| |5-Dec-23|Materials - FeedingStation||113| |6-Dec-23|Currencyconversion||2.76| |6-Dec-23|Carriers, lead and harness||100.46| |8-Dec-23|Currencyconversion||5.06| |8-Dec-23|Pet Food||184.17| |11-Dec-23|Currencyconversion||0.51| |11-Dec-23|Currency conversion||1.17| |11-Dec-23|Pet Food||18.58| |11-Dec-23|Pet Food||42.82| |11-Dec-23|Materials - FeedingStation||113| |19-Dec-23|Petrol||42| |19-Dec-23|Materials - FeedingStation||111| 5 |21-Dec-23|Donations|20|| |---|---|---|---| |22-Dec-23|Pet Flight||497| |27-Dec-23|Currencyconversion||1.09| |27-Dec-23|Pet Food||39.83| |27-Dec-23|Materials - FeedingStation||56| |27-Dec-23|Pet Flight||46.74| |27-Dec-23|Donations|991.86|| |**Totals**||**24,846.63**|**17,786.08**| 6