## Charity registration number 1179613 Annual Report 2022- 2023 Year ended 1st May 2023 ## **Trustees annual report** ## Reference and administrative details Registered charity name Pet Foodbank Service Charity registration number 1179613 Registered office Unit 21 Ty Verlon Industrial Estate Barry CF63 2BE The Trustees Debi Emmett (Chair) Cherise Pridham Delphine Casey Reed Bankers Santander Bank Cardiff Metropolitan University Western Avenue Cardiff CF5 2YN Webpage www.petfoodbankservice.co.uk ## **Message from the Chief Executive Trustee** We launched our biggest campaign yet to raise funds to purchase a warehouse as renting would have been expensive versus purchasing, plus it would have been year-on-year fundraising. Unfortunately, the financial turmoil of 2022 and 2023 changed grant-making trusts into a quicksand of changing priorities, with grantors now trying to help a greater number of charities with smaller one or two-thousand-pound grants rather than their usual larger grants to fewer charities. This made applying for large capital grants nearly impossible, and we struggled and would never have raised enough funds to complete our purchase. So a battle plan was drawn up where we would rent a warehouse for three years, giving us the following advantages: - Instant capacity building boost we needed to keep up with demand for our services enabling us to expand and add more outlets. - Capacity for larger donations - Start a volunteering program, with the space for volunteers, who have provided 108 hours in just the first six months - Space for a comfort station for visitors and volunteers - A venue to hold events and meetings - Giving us three years to fundraise towards our own home, when hopefully financial conditions changed. Debi Emmett Chief Exceutive Trustee 1 ## **About the Pet foodbank Service** # **Our vision and values** ## `keeping pets at home.` The relief of poverty - With the aim of breaking the poverty cycle of people sharing their human food with their pets, causing the owners to suffer from malnutrition. The relief of mental anguish of being unable to afford to feed their pet or worse having to give up their companion to a shelter. We are passionate about pets and have worked in animal rescue for many years, we understand that sometimes people can suffer a financial crisis. We believe every pet should stay with their family and not have to go into animal rescue centres through no fault of their own. Due to people giving up lockdown pets the shelters are full and it is difficult for them to find room for more pets in a time where responsible people aren’t currently adopting due to uncertain times. Also, not everyone responsibly re-home their animals, a great many will simply be dumped or worse. We firmly believe no pet should go hungry, nor should their owners go without food to provide for their pets. 2 **This year we had rent a warehouse** From struggling with 2 shipping containers, to moving into a 2,000 square foot warehouse. We have the capability to accept large deliveries on pallets now. 3 **Our goals for 2023 - 2024** So our goals for the financial year 2023 - 2024 remain all most the same: - Find a regular supply of cat food. - Find more volunteers to help with the work load. - Raise our charities profile. - Run pop up shops. - Raise funds for a Permanent home for the pet foodbank. - Add more outlets, to provide better coverage of South Wales. We provide pet items as well as pet food to people in need. 4 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** Pet Foodbank Service is an incorporated charity. It is governed by a constitution (CIO). ``` Methods of Recruitment, Appointment, Induction and Training of New Trustees ``` All trustees have agreed to continue their role for another 2 years. The accounts have been approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by: Signed ........................................................ Debi Emmett Name......................................................... Date.............10/02/2024................. 5 ## **Pet Foodbank Service** ## **Year ended 1 May 2023** ## `Receipts and payments accounts` ||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts**|funds|funds|2023|2022| |Grants|£1,000|£30,546.50|£31,546.50|£9,800.00| |Donations|£15,127.57||£15,127.57|£1,299.24| |Fundraising|£1,398.31||£1,398.31|£741.57| |Other (sale of equpiment)|£2,602.12||£2,602.12|£0.00| |||||| |Total receipts|£20,128.00|£30,546.50|£50,674.50|£11,840.81| |||||| |||||| |**Payments**||||| |Wages|£4,719.00||£4,719.00|£8,047.00| |Pet food expenses|£405.02||£405.02|£332.48| |Other charitable purchases|£2,928.87||£2,928.87|£819.27| |PPs and other office costs|£3,106.37||£3,106.37|£2,435.35| |Repairs and maintenance|£0.00||£0.00|£56.68| |Vehicle tax & Insurance|£585.99||£585.99|£891.44| |Other Vehicle expenses|£1,873.80||£1,873.80|£2,689.35| |Volunteer expenses|£302.45||£302.45|£1,098.08| |Office and other equipment|£4,137.87||£4,137.87|£8,720.73| |Utilities|£1,278.48||£1,278.48|£0.00| |Rent|£0.00|£13,213.18|£13,213.18|£0.00| |Paypal & other bank charges|£1,725.74||£1,725.74|£0.00| |||||| |**Total payments**|£21,063.59|£13,213.18|£34,276.77|£25,090.38| |Net reciepts / (payments)|£935.59|£17,333.32|£16,397.73|£-13,249.57| |Transfers between funds|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00| |Cash funds brought forward
£8,810.87||£0.00|£8,810.87|£22,060.44| |||||| |Cash funds carried forward
£7,875.28||£17,333.32|£25,208.60|£8,810.87| |||||| 6 ## **Pet Foodbank Service** ## **Year ended 1 May 2023** ## `Statement of assets and liabilities` |**Assets**|**Total**|Total| |---|---|---| ||**2023**|2022| |Bank and cash balances:||| |Santander|£23,864.39|£8,810.87| |Amounts due from / (to) trustee|£804.21|| |||| ||£24,668.60|£8,810.87| ## **Representing the balance on the following accounts:** ||**Total**|Total| |---|---|---| |**Unrestricted funds**|£6,835.28|£8,810.87| |**Restricted funds**|£17,833.32|£0.00| |||| ||£24,668.60|£8,810.87| We confirm that the receipts and payments account and the statement of assets and liabilities are a true refection of the charity's activities and position for the year ended 1 May 2023. These accounts were approved by the trustees on 10/02/2024 and signed on their behalf by: Sign Sign Trustee Print Trustee Print D Emmett D Casey Reed 7 1nde￿ndeTrt Exambner's Report to the Trustees of Pet Foodbank SeThice I rep)rt to the charity trust￿ my ex*nw￿lTh ofthe acc(￿nts ofthe Ihe year eTKled 1 May 20ZJ whth are set LKrt on the re￿pts and payynents acc¢wnt. Responsibililies and basis of report requThnents of the Ch￿tieS Act 2011 (Ihe Ad.). I report in resF*d of my examr￿tiOn of the accowrts car￿d (Art section 145 of the Act aTrJ . e￿nIna11(￿ I have folk>wed all the aFp￿￿ DwEctKTh gNen by Ihe Chty crAnm￿￿? ￿mIer sect￿ 1495b) crf the Act Independent examiner's statement 11 have comwed my examinat￿. I ￿nfTh1 that Th) material mait•s comè k> my n c(m&cti￿ wth the exaM￿a￿n gvirvJ me cause to t￿Ye that matenal respe( shoukl be dravm rewt k) a FYW the xc(xuts lo be reathed. Paul s[n(￿ Bro*ry) FCIE DCM 2 Gef y mynydd. Hirvraun CF44%D Fetnjary 2￿24 ## **Our impact** We play a supportive role in relation to human food banks by supplying: 23 outlets across South Wales. (Our outlets consist of independent foodbanks and baby banks). We have provided 63,168 Pet meals this year distributed via these outlets. We provided 2,041 Dog treats affording pet owners the dignity of being able to reward their pets. 560 Cat treats 119 volunteer hours Created a pet friendly venue where volunteers and members of the public are encouraged to bring their dogs. We are proud to have provided 148,060 pet meals provided since we began in 2018. 9 ## **Our opening day** We held an open day and put on a little spread, to welcome in both Vip’s and the general public to see our new home and to find out what we do and to get the community involved. Jayne Hutt attended our opening day. 10 Cardiff dogs home sent a few lovely volunteers with the homes dogs who were looking for homes. With the aim of hopefully finding their new families. It’s hard to see why these cuties are waiting for homes. But by working together we are trying to keep pets at home where they belong and help the less fortunate dogs find their forever homes. 11 Now that we had a venue where people could bring their dogs, people loved that we are dog friendly and we love meeting new doggy friends Plenty of new friends were made on our open day. 12 **We would like to thank the following for donation pet food and for all of their support during 2022 - 2023** A huge shout out to our incredible backers and generous donors - you truly make a difference in our world and to pets across South Wales! Your fantastic support is the reason for our success! 13