**Charity Number:  1177365** 

**Trustees Report and Receipts and Payments Accounts** 

**for the year ended 28 February 2022** 



## **Annual Report for the year ended 28 February 2022** 

## **Contents** 

**Page** Charity Information .......................................................................................... 1 Report of the Trustees ....................................................................................... 2 .......................................................................... 4 Receipts and Payments Accounts ........................................................................ 5 Statement of Assets and Liabilities ...................................................................... 6 Notes to the Accounts ....................................................................................... 7 



## **Charity Information** 

## **Registered Number:  1177365** 

## **Registered Address** 

Little Oaks Bigbury Road Chartham Hatch CT4 7ND 

## **Trustees** 

Samantha Ames Michelle Suzanne Purt Suzanne Woodhead Lauren Higgs (appointed 12 April 2022) 

## **Independent Examiner** 

Laura Masheder FCA DChA Azets Audit Services Limited Triune Court Monks Cross Drive York YO32 9GZ 

## **Bankers** 

NatWest 31 High Street Deal Kent CT14 6EW 

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## **Friends Rescue (CIO)** 

## **Trustees Report for the year ended 28 February 2022** 

The Trustees present their report and the receipts and payments accounts for the year ended 28 February 2022. 

## **Reference and Administrative Information** 

Charity information set out on Page 1 forms part of this report. The accounts have been prepared on the receipts and payments basis. 

## **Governing Document** 

The charity is governed by its Trust Deed dated 28 February 2018. 

## **Objectives, Aims and Activities** 

To promote humane behaviour towards animals, by providing appropriate care, protection, treatment, and security for animals which need care and attention due to sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances, or ill treatment. To educate the public in matters pertaining to animal welfare in general and the prevention of cruelty and suffering among animals. 

We are a specialist rehabilitation centre for disabled and mobility impaired animals; often dealing with complex medical needs and taking these dogs on the road to recovery for them to go on and enjoy the rest of their lives like any other dog. The rehabilitation of these animals is more time consuming and more costly due to the surgery required and subsequent after care which can be resource hungry on volunteers and fosters, the rewards come when we see the animal fully rehabilitated and leading a normal life with their adopter. We have a specialist network of vets, suppliers and trainers who help us to take care of these dogs and get them the correct treatment for their needs. Once they have been treated physically and nursed back to health, we start to train them to use their new wheelchairs and sometimes even prosthetics. As they become used to their new wheels, we see them grow in confidence and really start to get their sparkle back. 

We take in unwanted dogs and cats from across the UK; these have been abused or abandoned and need someone to show them love. We operate a strict no kill policy working with disabled dogs and ones with behavioural problems to fully rehabilitate them; providing them with wheelchairs and behavioural therapy to allow them to enjoy their lives just like any other dog. This often means we take the ones those other charities will not touch, we work with them, no matter how long it takes, to give them the second chance to lead a happy and fulfilled life. 

We specialise in trauma and neglected cases, with 70% of our dogs having been subjected to excruciating pain, injury, and torture. Fifty percent of our animals come from killing stations in Europe. Dogs that ended up in these places are either severely abused and mishandled or destroyed using inhumane treatments such as hit around the head with hammers or injected with paint stripper. 

## **Report of the Trustees** 

## **Key Achievements and Future Plans** 

Throughout the year Flori s Friends Rescue have been able to provide support and rehome animals from both UK and Europe. In the last 12 months 104 dogs have been rescued, of which 101 have been successfully rehomed; 4 of which are disabled dogs. We currently have 10 dogs (5 disabled) being cared for in UK foster and 81 in shelter in Romania, 63 of the Romanian dogs will be available for adoption and 18 feral/unadoptable dogs will continue to be safely managed and cared for in Romania. A total of 105 cats have been rescued and rehomed, a further 41 are waiting to be rehomed and 30 feral cats are safely managed and cared for in Romania. 

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## **Friends Rescue (CIO)** 

## **Trustees Report for the year ended 28 February 2022** 

We have seen an increase in online donations due to coverage in the media and fundraising campaigns (JustGiving) to support animals who required specialist treatment. 

We have expanded our team to ensure that we continue to grow as a charity, and we now have 4 Trustees. This year we have introduced a sponsorship scheme and dogs are now available to sponsor online which provides a more interactive way for donors to support with the care and rehabilitation of animals. 

Our strategy and main goal is to expand into a permanent UK rescue centre with a disabled dog rehabilitation facility; this will allow us to expand our rescue operation in the UK for dogs and cats spending more time rehabilitating animals as and when required. Once we have a UK rescue centre base with on-site facilities, we can rehabilitate more disabled dogs rather than placing them on a waiting list until we have space. A UK rescue centre will allow us to take in animals from the local council e.g., emergency rescues. Going forward this will be a place for volunteers to visit and interact with our team and animals. Our Founder will run an after-school club for children, teaching them animal husbandry. 

Approved by the Trustees on 

and signed on their behalf by: 


S Woodhead **Trustee** 

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## **Friends Rescue (CIO)** 

## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of** 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of for the year ended 28 February 2022. 

This report is made solely to the Charity's Trustees, as a body, in accordance with Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. My independent examination work has been undertaken so that I might state to the Charity's Trustees those matters I am required to state to them in an Independent Examiner's Report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Charity and the Charity's Trustees as a body, for my independent examination work, for this report, or for the opinions I have formed. 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charitie 

2011 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. 

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 Trust 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. 

Laura Masheder FCA DChA 

**Azets Audit Services Limited** Triune Court Monks Cross Drive York YO32 9GZ 

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## **Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 28 February 2022** 

||**Note**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**£**|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**£**|**Total**<br>**2022**<br>**£**|**Total**<br>**2021**<br>**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Receipts**||||||
|Donations and fundraising||111,039|3,500|114,539|79,649|
|Adoption fees||69,626|-|69,626|45,980|
|Lottery||22,717|-|22,717|16,105|
|Legacies||-|-|-|7,000|
|Grants||20,000|-|20,000|2,670|
|Gift aid and sundry||1,203|-|1,203|782|
|**Total receipts**||**224,585**|**3,500**|**228,085**|**151,586**|
|**Payments**||||||
|Accountancy and Independent examination||6,122|-|6,122|2,650|
|Dogs transportation||45,698|-|45,698|29,107|
|Dogs training, walking and behavioural fees||6,890|-|6,890|8,516|
|Veterinary fees||50,607|-|50,607|30,531|
|Food, accessories and microchips||24,006|-|24,006|14,289|
|Lottery prizes||9,602|-|9,602|6,236|
|Events||1,179|-|1,179|-|
|Romanian aid||-|-|-|1,668|
|Contractor fees||1,876|-|1,876|1,046|
|Grants||8,000|-|8,000|-|
|Wages and salaries||9,341|3,500|12,841|2,196|
|Support costs|**2**|35,950|-|35,950|37,126|
|VAT recovered on payments|**2**|(21,475)|-|(21,475)|-|
|**Total payments**||**177,796**|**3,500**|**181,296**|**133,365**|
|||||||
|**Surplus of receipts over payments**||46,789|-|46,789|18,221|
|Cash funds at 29 February 2021||21,334|-|21,334|3,113|
|**Cash funds at 28 February 2022**||**68,123**|**-**|**68,123**|**21,334**|



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## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 28 February 2022** 

||**28 Feb**|**28 Feb**|
|---|---|---|
||**2022**|**2021**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Bank accounts|68,123|21,334|
|VAT recoverable reclaim due|10,657|16,678|
|**Total assets**|**78,780**|**38,012**|
|Accruals<br>Independent Examination and accounts|(189)|(512)|
|**Total liabilities**|**(189)**|**(512)**|



Approved on behalf of the Trustees on 

and signed on their behalf by: 


S Woodhead **Trustee** 

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**Friends Rescue (CIO)** 

## **Notes to the receipts and payments accounts for the year ended 28 February 2022** 

## **1. Accounting policies** 

## Basis of Accounting 

These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention, on a receipts and payments basis, in accordance with Section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and following the guidance for accounting for smaller charities issued by the Charity Commission. 

## **2. Support costs** 

||**2022**|**2021**|
|---|---|---|
|Advertising, marketing, merchandise and website|4,974|5,535|
|Vehicle lease fees, vehicle expenses and travel costs|15,330|21,122|
|Printing, stationery, postage and office costs|2,326|3,753|
|Computer and IT|2,895|1,341|
|Insurance|4,870|2,060|
|Telephone|1,768|1,364|
|Sundry|3,787|1,951|
|**Total payments**|**35,950**|**37,126**|



Expenses are recognised gross in the receipts and payments accounts and VAT recovered credit relates to amounts of potentially irrecoverable VAT which have been recovered by the charity. 

## **3. Employees** 

The average number of employees was 1 (2021: 1). 

## **4. Unrestricted Funds** 

|**As at 28 February 2022**||||**Balance at**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Balance at**|||**February**|
||**March 2021**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**2022**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Unrestricted funds**|21,334|224,585|(177,796)|68,123|
||**21,334**|**246,060**|**(177,796)**|**68,123**|
|**As at 29 February 2021**||||**Balance at**|
||**Balance at**|||**February**|
||**March 2020**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**2021**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Unrestricted funds**|3,113|151,586|(133,365)|21,334|
||**3,113**|**151,586**|**(133,365)**|**21,334**|



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## **Friends Rescue (CIO)** 

## **Notes to the receipts and payments accounts for the year ended 28 February 2022** 

## **5. Restricted Funds** 

|**As at 28 February 2022**||||**Balance at**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Balance at**|||**February**|
||**March 2021**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**2022**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Staff costs|-|3,500|3,500|-|
||**-**|**3,500**|**3,500**|**-**|



There were no restricted funds in the 2021 year or prior years. 

## _**Purpose of funds:**_ 

Staff costs: A donation was made by a member of the public to be used specifically for wages. This was fully utilised during the 2022 year. 

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