**Charity Registration No. 1178917** 

## **TREAT ME KIND INTERNATIONAL** 

**ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2020** 



## **TREAT ME KIND INTERNATIONAL** 

## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION** 

**Trustees** Mr Pope Ms McParland Mrs Macintosh Ms Smith **Charity number** 1178917 **Registered office** 1-7 Station Road Crawley West Sussex RH10 1HT **Independent examiner** Darren Harding ACA FCCA DChA Richard Place Dobson Services Limited 1-7 Station Road Crawley West Sussex RH10 1HT 



## **TREAT ME KIND INTERNATIONAL** 

## **CONTENTS** 

||**Page**|
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|Trustees' report|1 - 3|
|Independent examiner's report|4|
|Statement of financial activities|5|
|Balance sheet|6|
|Notes to the financial statements|7 - 10|





## **TREAT ME KIND INTERNATIONAL** 

## **TRUSTEES' REPORT** 

## _**FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2020**_ 

The trustees present their report and financial statements for the Period ended 30 November 2020. 

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the charity's a constitution for charitable incorporated organisations, the Charities Act 2011 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)". 

## **Objectives and activities** 

The prevention of cruelty towards and alleviation of animal suffering by promoting humane behaviour towards animals and higher animal welfare standards through the provision of education, advice and support to individuals and communities for the appropriate treatment and care of working and other kept animals. 

The trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the charity should undertake. 

## **Achievements and performance** 

The charity has been growing and has increased engagement with supporters. One of our long-term goals is to open a rescue and rehoming centre for vulnerable older cats. We have been researching and preparing for this goal, including creating an online brick appeal to ask people to donate a brick to build a rescue centre. We are currently recruiting volunteer experts to join our advisory expert committee which is to support the charity and the board of trustees. This group of people will help provide expert advice and experience for various areas of the charity and its work, including feline animal behaviour, veterinary, fundraising, property/construction, finance, and PR/Media. 

We are in the process of applying for grants and local community funding to help support our financial plans for the charity. 

In 2021 we plan to open our first charity shop to increase our income. Due to Covid-19 our plans this year to open have been delayed, although we will continue to open an online virtual charity shop to help us grow and build our supporter database and income. 

Within the last financial year, we have been distributing shoeboxes full of essential items such as pet food and blankets to local animal rescue centres. We have been preparing and working with volunteer experts to design a new website, content and branding which was launched in October 2020. This includes a new membership scheme where we invite people to become a friend of the charity for a £2 donation. 

In addition to support our appeals we have created online initiatives to help engage with supporters and increase brand awareness and bring in some new income streams. This includes a new online gift catalogue for our supporters, which also includes a new small vegan chocolate hamper. Online ecards available to use and an option for people to donate to the charity. 

Preparations for our first main UK fundraising event in 2021 have begun, where we will invite people to abseil for charity. 

We will be distributing over 100 shoeboxes to rescue and rehoming rescue centres both in the UK and abroad. Delivering some essential items to those rescue animals in need. 

Our shoebox initiative continues to grow as we are now going to distribute shoeboxes to elderly people with pets in the community, which we hope will continue to grow each year. 

We have successfully engaged with two leading older people charities to work on a joint promotion to help provide a shoebox service to those in need with pets. 

We will also be distributing shoeboxes to a local homeless charity in Brighton, to give to those homeless people with pets this Christmas. 

Richard Place Dobson 

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## **TREAT ME KIND INTERNATIONAL** 

## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2020**_ 

## **Financial review** 

During the financial period the charity made a surplus of £242 (2019: £3). 

The trustees are in the process of reviewing the position with their reserves and deciding on a suitable policy. 

## Launch 1st November till end of December 2020 

Shoebox appeal – distributing essential items to animal rescue and rehoming centres and shelters both in the UK and abroad. Providing some shoeboxes to a local homeless charity in Brighton for homeless people and their pets, also providing shoeboxes for older people and their pets in the local community. 

## Launch October 2020 – ongoing 

Brick appeal – an online appeal asking people to donate a brick to build a rescue and rehoming centre. 

## Ongoing 

Celebrity supporters – we will be approaching celebrities to help support and join the charity. 

October 2020 – ongoing 

Launch an online charity shop, gift catalogue, and become a friend of Treat me kind initiative where people can join the charity and receive quarterly magazines to read about our work. 

## Summer 2021 

Launch of our first large fundraising event – abseil for Treat me Kind 

2021 – recruitment of a full advisory expert committee in place to support the charity and board members 

In 2021 we will continue to distribute shoeboxes to homeless rescue animals, homeless people and older people and their pets in the community. 

The board will regularly update and reassess the charity’s business plan, so we are ready to respond to any changes and developments. 

One of our long-term goals is to open a rehoming and rescue centre for animals as well as to open up our first charity shop in 2021 to increase our income for the charity. 

## **Structure, governance and management** 

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a constitution for charitable incorporated organisations, the charity registered with the charity commission on 25th June 2018. 

The trustees who served during the Period and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were: Mr Pope 

Ms McParland 

Mrs Macintosh 

Ms Smith 

Apart from the first charity trustees, every appointed trustee must be appointed for a term of one year by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. 

In selecting individuals for appointment as appointed charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. 

The charity trustees will make available to each new charity trustee, on or before his or her first appointment: 

- a. a copy of the current version of this constitution; and 

- b. a copy of the CIO’s latest Trustees’ Annual Report and statement of accounts. 

Richard Place Dobson 

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## **TREAT ME KIND INTERNATIONAL** 

## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF TREAT ME KIND INTERNATIONAL** 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of TREAT ME KIND International (the charity) for the Period ended 30 November 2020. 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act). 

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

Your attention is drawn to the fact that the charity has prepared financial statements in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) in preference to the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but has now been withdrawn. 

I understand that this has been done in order for financial statements to provide a true and fair view in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Practice effective for reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2015. 

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no 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 2011 Act; or 

- 2 the financial statements do not accord with those records; or 

- 3 the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 

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 financial statements to be reached. 


## **Darren Harding ACA FCCA DChA** 

Richard Place Dobson Services Limited 1-7 Station Road Crawley West Sussex RH10 1HT 

Dated: 9 April 2021 

Richard Place Dobson 

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## **TREAT ME KIND INTERNATIONAL** 

## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT** 

## _**FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2020**_ 

|**Notes**<br>**Income from:**<br>Donations<br>**3**<br>**Expenditure on:**<br>Charitable activities<br>**4**<br>**Net income for the year/**<br>**Net movement in funds**<br>Fund balances at 1 July 2019<br>**Fund balances at 30 November 2020**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>Unrestricted<br>funds<br>2019<br>**£**<br>863<br>320|
|---|---|
||619<br>317|
||244<br>3<br>3<br>-|
||247<br>3|



The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the Period. 

All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities. 

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Richard Place Dobson 



## TREAT ME KIND INTERNATIONAL 

## BALANCE SHEET 

## _**AS AT 30 NOVEMBER 2020**_ 

|||**2020**|||**2019**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Notes**|**£**|**£**|**£**||£|
|**Current assets**|||||||
|Ca ·h at bank and in|hand|847||3|||
|**Creditors: amounts flling due within one**|||||||
|**year**|**8**|**(600)**|||||
|et cun-ent assets|||247|||3|
|**Income funds**<br>**Unrestricted fnd**|||247|||..,|
||||247|||**3**|
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|**Mr Pope**|||||||
|**Trustee**|||||||



Richard Place Dobson 

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## **TREAT ME KIND INTERNATIONAL** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2020**_ 

## **1 Accounting policies** 

## **1.1 Accounting convention** 

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity's a constitution for charitable incorporated organisations, the Charities Act 2011 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)". The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102. 

The charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities applying FRS 102 Update Bulletin 1 not to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows. 

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £. 

## **1.2 Going concern** 

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern. 

## **1.3 Charitable funds** 

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. 

## **1.4 Income** 

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. 

## **1.5 Expenditure** 

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. 

Expenditure on charitable activities includes the costs directly associated with the welfare of animals and their associated support costs. The trustees have identified one charitable activities, Animal Welfare. 

Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. Support costs include office related costs and governance costs which support the charity's activity. These costs have been allocated to expenditure on charitable activities. 

## **1.6 Cash and cash equivalents** 

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account. 

## _**Basic financial assets**_ 

Basic financial assets, cash and bank balances, are measured at transaction price including transaction costs. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised. 

## _**Basic financial liabilities**_ 

Basic financial liabilities, creditors are recognised at transaction price. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised. 

## _**Derecognition of financial liabilities**_ 

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the charity’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled. 

Richard Place Dobson 

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## **TREAT ME KIND INTERNATIONAL** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2020**_ 

## **1 Accounting policies** 

## **(Continued)** 

## **1.7 Taxation** 

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities. 

## **2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements** 

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported for assets and liabilities as at the balance sheet date and the amounts reported for revenues and expenses during the year. However, the nature of estimation means that actual outcomes could differ from those estimates. 

There were no key judgements or accounting estimates during the financial period. 

## **3 Donations** 

Donations 

|**Unrestricted**|Unrestricted|
|---|---|
|**funds**|funds|
|**2020**|2019|
|**£**|£|
|863|320|



## **4 Charitable activities** 

||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|
|---|---|---|
||**fund**|**fund**|
||**2020**|**2019**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Web hosting|3|38|
|Share of support costs (see note 5)|-|121|
|Share of governance costs (see note 5)|616|158|
||619|317|



Richard Place Dobson 

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## **TREAT ME KIND INTERNATIONAL** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2020**_ 

|**5**<br>**Support costs**<br>Postage and stationery<br>Travel costs<br>Board meeting costs<br>Sundry expenses<br>Bank charges<br>Accountancy fees<br>Analysed between<br>Charitable activities|**Support costs**<br>**Governance**<br>**costs**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>16<br>-<br>600<br>-<br>616<br>-<br>616|**2020** Support costs<br>Governance<br>2019<br>costs<br>**£**<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>-<br>21<br>-<br>21<br>-<br>28<br>-<br>28<br>-<br>24<br>-<br>24<br>-<br>48<br>-<br>48<br>16<br>-<br>8<br>8<br>600<br>-<br>150<br>150<br>616<br>121<br>158<br>279<br>616<br>121<br>158<br>279|
|---|---|---|



## **6 Trustees** 

None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during the Period. 

## **7 Employees** 

The average monthly number of employees during the Period was: 

|||**2020**|**2019**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**Number**|**Number**|
||Total|-|-|
|**8**|**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**|||
|||**2020**|**2019**|
|||**£**|**£**|
||Accruals|600|-|



## **9 Impact of Covid 19** 

As a direct consequence of the Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic, and in accordance with UK government guidelines Treat Me Kind International have been working remotely since 24 March 2020 for an indeterminate period. 

At the date of approval of the accounts it has not been possible to quantify or ascertain with any certainty the financial impact of COVID-19 in future months 

Richard Place Dobson 

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## **TREAT ME KIND INTERNATIONAL** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2020**_ 

## **10 Related party transactions** 

There were no disclosable related party transactions during the Period (2019 - none). 

Richard Place Dobson 

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