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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Trustoes. Annual Report for the perlod From 1 May 2021 Pèrl¢xl start dats To 30 Aprll 2022 Por1(￿ end dats Charlty name: Durham Dlstrlct Retlred Greyhounds Charfty reglstratlon number: 1178882 Objectlves and Actlvftles Surnmary ofthe purposes of the charity as set cwjt in its Parn 1.17 Seek potential adoption homes for retired racing greyhounds. Educate the public In the husbandary and care of former racing unds.. Raise avraTer￿. promote greyhounds as pets and seek Wential ad(￿tion homes for ex racing greyhoLtnds that have retired dL to age, injury or unsuitability. Also to aid the education of Ihe publ￿ in t husbandry and care offomier r￿r￿a ounds. I tnjstees are actlvety knvolved In the charity by assistiry at thè k8nnèls, raswNJ 8w3rèness at èvents 8nd Intor8¢tlng wtrt s￿￿1 medla. Summary ofthe main actrvibes in relalion to those purposes for the public benefit, in parbcular. the activ￿eS. prcyeds or Paro 1.17 accounts. Statement confimiing whether the trustees ha had ragard to thè guld8nt issued by the Charlty Cc¥nMi5S￿ on publi benèfft P4r* 1.18 Addlllonal Intorn)•tion loptlonal) Youm ctrKX)89 to include further 3tsleTnents whero about. SORP ref8￿[￿0 IJB Policy on grant maknng Paa P￿iCY on ￿￿al investment induding program related Investment Volunt88rs contrfbLrte thglr Im&. and thoir grèyhoutKls, lo raising 8W8fon8ss of grgyhijunds as l￿ts at pubk events. Volunte￿5 also 855181 at the kennels, eaning, feeding and interacting wih potential adopters via email. Facetojk arKI durin visils to Iho k8nn81s. volunteers Olher

Achlevements and Porforniance During the repo￿ng perlod 79 relired greyhounds have been homed thrwgh the tharity. Thls Is up on last re￿ting pericJ. We gNe guidance arKI suppcwt to all adopteTS as and whon they n88d it. We currenty have 35 greyhounds in ow carg and this 15 the average at any on8 tim9. We are a chosen tharity of Pets at Home Consett store and re¢oiv& quartarly vouthers. We ¥tivety encourage our supporters lo bec¥)¥ne Membe￿ of Amazon Smile where we raceive a percentage of thoir s￿nd. In Feb￿￿ry 2022 we b￿me a partner of Agrla Insuran¢9 whereby we can off8r our adopters 5 weeks free insurance and should Ih&y tske out a full pollcy we are paid commlssion. We are an approved homing ￿ntre for the Greyhound Board of Groat Britsin. This entitles us to a bond payment of £400 for every dog we take in underthe schem$ an¢J this is our maln single SOU￿ of Fncome at Eyosent. Where th8 ￿nd hasn't fully paid to the GBGB by the ownerrtrainerwe have made an oullay but we get this rghjmed in the £400. Cknr the nexi rerM)rting Fer)d our outlay will redLKe dramaticalty as 811 bonds wll ￿ (x)vered by the ownerltrainers. We have a website and have 3082 followers on our laceboc page and 440 followers on Insta Summary ofthe main achi8V6m6nls ofthe tharity. identsfying tho drffergn¢8 thg tharity's work has made to the ciroJm5tsnces of Ils benefi￿arieS and any wider beneffts to society as wholo. Para 120 Additional informatlon loptlonall You ma thoose to include further statsments where rdevant about: Wg have contributed financially to major improvements within the k8nn81 environmont by maktng extra paddc with various Surfa￿ to enable all to te out on exercsse logelher. This work is ongoing due lo the delays caused by the pandemic and bad weather. In De¢8mber 2021 we finished fry our van. Our morthly walk5 stsrtod up again after covid during this reporting period. However they were cancelled be￿een Novemb 2021 arwj Jan 2022 duo to stomis aNI resurgence of covid. We didn't hold a dog show during this period. In Septornber 2021 we att8nded a kKg1. but large. agricul￿ra[ show for the first time- Wolsingham Show- 8TKI this was a Very successfijl èvent for raisiNJ awareness and funds and will become a regular event in our fundrdising calendar. We have Achtevements against obiecioves set Pwa 1.41 Performarv of fundraising athibes againsi objectives set P•i 1A1

supporters who regularty ¢>)ntsibute financiall Invesimoni p9rfomiance 1A1 Financial Revlew Review ofthe charity's financial posiiion at the and P¥A 121 At the end of this acrountlng peTKwJ wa spent £2,388 more than w8 received. However, this was balanced out by the £6.382 we had in the bank account at tt end of the prgvious rermting period. The extra expense was the kennel refurbishment ￿￿tribUtionS and the increase in kennel fees due to the increa8e in number of d mi Into our ￿re. FinancAal pos￿1)￿ is heallhy and we a￿ayS have SLth¢ient funds to cover our main oul oin s of kennel f Statement explainin9 th8 policy for holding reserve5 are held Amount of rwrves held Reasons for holding xero reseNes DetsÉl$ of fund materially In Pwo 12 1.22 1.22 PArn 7.24 Explanation of any uncertainties aboul the oartty wntinuing as a oin Pwa 1.23 Thg charity is a cg)n¢xn Addltknal Inforniatlon (Op￿on41} You ma thcose to indude further slatsmonts where relevant about.. Principal sources are our donalions through adoption, GBGB bonds, walk donations and ad hoc donalion8 through our websitelPaypal. The charity's principal s(yJros of funds (IndudirKJ any furnlraisingl t.47 Investment policy and objeclives induding any social irwestment policy adoptsd IA6 A descrtption of th8 principal risks f8ung Ihe charity 1A6

Structure, Governance and Management Dèscripbon of (*8ritys Type ofgov8ming documgnl 1.25 stitution How the charity Pwa125 Charita￿e Incorporated oryJanisa￿0n- Registèred 21 Jun8 2018 ted TNstee seloctton methods induding detsils of any eonslitijlional provisions $.9. èlection to post or name of 8ny person or iy)dy entiued to appoint or more Puo 125 W8 asked volunteers lo becomtr trustees Addlttonal Infomiatlon (optional) You ma choose to include further Statem￿ts vthgra rel￿nt about Poldes and prcthjures adopted for the irKlucbon and training of twstees Pw• 1.51 The thaws OTg8nisational struthre and any wder nelAwrk wilh which tho charity works Approv9d homing ¢xntrè forthe (knhound Board of Gre8t Britain Approved tharity for Agria Insurance VIP eharity thr(KJgh Pets at H(xn8 Consett store. Approved charity for Amazon Smile. Approvad charity for Paypal Just GlvlThJ Schemè. Relationship vAth arry Pprn 1.51 Reference and Administrative details Cha name Other name Ihe cha ' Re istered cha number Charity's addre55 Dutham Districl Reti￿1 G 1178882 6 The Green. Frostgrf&y. ￿ Durham DL13 2RE

N•m8s of th• eharlty truste•s who manage the charlty Da￿ acW11 notlorhol• Olficg Ilf ahy) N•me of P2FSOll lor btwJyl•nllll•d Lynn Rochestsr Katherine Hutchinson Andrew D Wers orate trustees- names of the direclorn * the date the re Dlroctor name rtwasa roved Name of trustees ho￿￿ng liti8 to property belongÈng to the charity Funds held as custodlan trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets held in this ￿paryty Name and objects ofthe ¢artty on whose beha￿the assets are hgld and how thi8 falls within the wstod58n d)aWs objects Details of arranggments for safe cusl(Kly and segregation of8ur 8wts from the charitys ovm assets Declaratlons Th• truste￿ doclaT• that tlw have approv•d thg trusteos. roport above. Slgn•d on ￿h•ll ot tho charlty'$ tru8ts•8 S￿atur￿lS> Full noma{s) P￿511)￿ {•g Socr•tary, Ch•lr. •tc) l T). MYE&g Cwi IS

CIIARITY a)MMJSSION FOR E146LAND A140 WALES Recei and ents accounts CC16a T• Section A Receipts and payments Unrostrtctsd lund• Endowfft¢nt fund8 funds Total funth Laslyear A1 Rocei 24782 752 ARJ 10.3 Sub (o 18Ng0 ¢38 ¢¢XX RT 8tt0unts (SSI 1￿112023

Soction B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unre8trfcted nd Restrfcted funds E￿dowMonI dieguries B1 C•¥h fvnd• Totsl cash funds fvnds ) MQf•bt£ ftsnds trJ Norobt£ Funttto*thk Dètails B3 ITrvoStrn8llt Details B4 I￿0￿ ret•ln•d forth? eharlty# own us• Details 85 Llabllltlo• Jnature Prtrrt Name

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