## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period: 01/01/2022 to 31/12/2022**
## **Charity name: Silk Cat Rescue**
## **Charity registration number: 1180331**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP
reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|For the benefit of the public to relieve the suffering of
feral, stray and unwanted cats who are in need of care
and attention, in particular, to provide and maintain
rescue homes or other facilities for the reception, care
and treatment of cats.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17
and 1.19|**Homing**– the rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of
stray and unwanted cats and kittens
**Neutering**–i) the neutering and release of feral and
garden cats to humanely controlled environments and
ii) encouraging and assisting, where possible, in the
neutering of domestic cats
**Education**– improving understanding of cats and
their needs and prevention of cruelty and suffering to
cats and kittens|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees are mindful of the Charity Commission
guidance that our activities should benefit the public|
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**Additional information**
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The charity is run entirely by volunteers from their own
homes. The charity does notown land or property.
This permits the charity to keep overheads to an
absolute minimum.
The charity is managed by a committee of four
voluntary trustees.
Volunteers manage the day-to-day care and rehoming
of cats and kittens and with fundraising and publicity.|
|---|---|---|
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP
reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Homing**
Cats come into our care from a variety of sources – for
example, strays, unwanted, abandoned, evictions,
bereavement, via Social Services, police and vet
referrals. Whilst we are unable to accommodate all
requests, we help if we can. If we are unable to accept
a cat, advice and alternative suggestions are always
offered.
Before being rehomed, all cats undergo a health
check from a qualified veterinary surgeon, are
neutered (if not already), wormed and deflead,
vaccinated, microchipped and for peace of mind, all
are homed with four weeks of free health insurance
from Petplan.
All cats that come into our care are assessed as to
their homing suitability (eg. with small children,
inexperienced owners, dogs and other pets.) We will
only home a cat if we feel there is a good match with
their new environment and new owners.
We do not normally home animals on, or near, busy
roads to reduce the risk of traffic accidents.
Everybody who adopts a cat or kitten is given verbal
and written advice about how to settle a new cat into
the family. Cats will always be accepted back into care
should their new owner’s circumstances change or
newly adopted cats fail to integrate into their new
family - in such cases, we will offer to refund the
money given as an adoption donation.
**_In the period under review, 53 cats_**
**_and kittens were rehomed._**|
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**Neutering** At every opportunity we encourage volunteers and members of the public to neuter their cats - it is beneficial to the long term health of the animal and helps limit the number of unwanted cats and kittens. Unowned cats can become a nuisance in the community and on factory sites when they are roaming, fighting with neighbouring cats and having unwanted litters of kittens in inappropriate places. Most are semi-feral or feral; a few have had a home at some point. Cats are trapped then spayed or castrated, treated for parasites and ear-tipped for identification before being released back into their territory after recovery. On rare occasions, if the original trap site is considered unsafe for release, cats can be relocated to other safer sites e.g. farms, smallholdings and stables. Kittens young enough to be easily socialised are taken into foster care and subsequently placed for adoption. Truly feral cats do not fare well in confinement and cannot be successfully socialised. They are released as soon as possible. Any trapped cats suffering from serious medical problems (e.g. an injury not able to be fixed with a single treatment) are usually euthanised with agreement of a veterinary surgeon if that is the best welfare option overall. There are many benefits to TNR. Once neutered, a cat has a better quality of life, reduced fighting and disease. Female cats are prevented from having up to three litters a year. Nuisance behaviour is reduced or eliminated, thus improving the public’s perception of cats. This year our volunteers continued to grow our TNR programme. _**In the period under review, a total of 21 cats received help under our TNR programme.**_ **Advice and Education** The charity periodically produces a free newsletter which highlights our recent work and also gives advice on cat-related topics. All cats and kittens are rehomed with a comprehensive information pack and new owners are actively encouraged to stay in touch so we can help with the integration into their new homes. Owners often ring and ask about behavioural and medical problems associated with their pets and, if appropriate, we do our best to signpost advice and help.
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Official organisations sometimes also contact us and ask for help when faced with situations, for example, involving tenants and their cats.
## **Fostering Facilities**
Last year we reported our volunteers had made a start building a bank of foster cabins. This work continued over the winter and our first cats were admitted in early April.
**April 2022 - our first resident, Charlie, checks out the new foster block:**
The five new cabins and play areas are sized to current DEFRA standards. The living quarters have thermostatically controlled space heating in addition to individual heat pads, a combination which worked well over the coldest of nights.
All the cabins have low level windows overlooking the fields behind the shelter to provide stimulation for fostered cats and, in addition, they have numerous enrichment toys to make their stay as stress free as possible.
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**One of our new penthouse cabins with play area under:**
The five cabins have a common safety corridor to stop the loss of a cat or kitten in the case of escape and also provides an area for consumables, such as food and PPE, and clean litter trays. The corridor also contains the daily record sheets for each cat in care and communal equipment such as a first aid kit and extinguisher.
## **December 2022 - the safety corridor gets a Christmas makeover:**
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**The Prince’s Trust** Early in 2022, we were proud to offer help to The Prince’s Trust facilitating a two week placement for participants as part of their 13 week courses hosted in Macclesfield by Cheshire Fire and Rescue. Over their two week placement with us the students follow a structured programme and, as well as learning about animal husbandry, learn about how the charity runs, its policies and its governance. We welcomed three participants over the course of 2022 - all very different and with different aspirations. For some, even getting to the rescue at the agreed time every morning proved quite a challenge but we think they all benefited from the experience. We hope to continue the relationship next year. **Working with others** Over the year we have continued to build our links with other local charities - sharing surplus food and loaning equipment has helped to reduce our expenses and theirs too. Support and advice is freely exchanged. We have enrolled in Battersea’s Academy so we can keep up to date with current rescue thinking and techniques. We’ve continued our partnership with PetPlan so we can home our cats with four weeks’ complementary health insurance. **Ukraine** In the summer, we provided short term foster care for a cat belonging to a lady and her family who had fled Ukraine at the start of the war. They were going back home for a month to meet up with their conscripted husband/father. It’s not something we would normally do but felt, in this instance, the circumstances warranted it.
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## **Summary**
||**_2019_**|**_2020_**|**_2021_**|**_2022_**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Rehoming**- cats and kittens homed|7|39|49|**53**|
|**Trap Neuter Return**- cats helped|-|-|9|**21**|
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para
1.21|During the year under review our overall income
remained comparable to last year whilst expenditure
increased in line with activity.
However, because we were awarded a large grant at
the end of 2021 towards our TNR programme, our end
of year position was slightly improved and remains
comfortable.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para
1.22|The charity’s policy is to hold a minimum of between six
and twelve months of unrestricted reserves to provide a
buffer against unexpected events.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para
1.22|At the end of the year, we held £16,000 unrestricted
reserves (9 months.)|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para
1.22|Not applicable|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para
1.24|None|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para
1.23|None|
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**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|1.
Donations from adopters and the general public,
either one-off or by standing order.
2.
Fundraising - sale of good quality donated goods
through our eBay shop continued to do well and
helped us finance our work.
A local mico-brewery / pub have started to run
regular pub-quizzes on our behalf which
supplements our income.
3.
Grants from other organisations and charitable
trusts|
|---|---|---|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The charity’s principal risk is receiving a large,
unexpected vet bill for a cat taken into our care.
Routine veterinary costs are generally known and
predictable; however, if a veterinary surgeon advises
that a cat needs particularly expensive treatment, to
mitigate the risk, the trustees will make an informed
decision, in conjunction with the vet, on whether to
proceed with treatment or, if a better welfare option,
put the animal to sleep.|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|**Structure, Governance and Management**|**Structure, Governance and Management**|**Structure, Governance and Management**|
|---|---|---|
||||
|Description of charity’s trusts:|||
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution, adopted 16th October, 2018|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Incorporated charitable organisation|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed by resolution at a meeting of
the trustees. Trustees are appointed for a term of four
years but to ensure continuity, the terms are
staggered.|
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## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||||
|---|---|---|
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|Trustees are advised to study Charity Commission
guidance CC3a and, if appropriate, attend locally
sourced training.|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Governance of, and decisions about, the charity’s
activities are made by a committee comprising of the
trustees.|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
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**Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name
Other names the charity
uses
Registered charity number
Charity’s principal address|Silk Cat Rescue|
|---|---|
||None|
||1180331|
||10 Long Lane
Pott Shrigley
Chesire
SK10 5SD|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if**
**not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee (if**
**any)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Irene North|Chair of Trustees||Appointed by meeting of
Trustees|
|Michael Raymond North|||Appointed by meeting of
Trustees|
|Sonja Margaret Coffait|||Appointed by meeting of
Trustees|
|Katie Jane Mazzieri|||Appointed by meeting of
Trustees|
## **Director name**
None
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**Names of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity**
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|---|---|---|
|None|||
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
Not applicable
## **Other optional information**
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**Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have unanimously approved this report.**
## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position**
(eg Secretary, Chair)
**Date**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|||||
|||Irene North||
|||||
|||Chair of Trustees||
|||||
|||6th October, 2023||
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||**Charity Name**|||**No (if any)**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Silk Cat Rescue**|||**1180331**||**CC16a**|
||**Receipts and payments accounts**||||||
||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
**01/01/22**|**To**|Period end date
**31/12/22**||(all figures to
nearest £)|
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## **Section A - Receipts and payments**
|||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||||**Restricted**
**funds**||||**Endowment**
**funds**|||||**Total funds**||||**Last year**|**Last year**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||||||||||||
||Donations - regular giving||**-**|**1,215-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**||**--**|||**-**|**1,215-**|||**-**||**420-**||
||Donations - adoption fees||**-**|**5,555-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**||**--**|||**-**|**5,555-**|||**-**||**4,485-**||
||Donations - other||**-**|**3,254-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**||**--**|||**-**|**3,254-**|||**-**||**1,636-**||
||Fundraising||**-**|**1,447-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**||**--**|||**-**|**1,447-**|||**-**||**3,527-**||
||Grants||**-**|**1,500-**|||**-**|**780-**|||**-**||**--**|||**-**|**2,280-**|||**-**||**4,300-**||
||Misc||**-**|**536-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**||**--**|||**-**|**536-**|||**-**||**384-**||
||**_Sub total_**||**-**|**13,508-**|||**-**|**780-**|||**-**||**--**|||**-**|**14,288-**|||**-**||**14,753-**||
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## **A2 Asset and investment sales** (see table)
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||**_Sub total_**||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||
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||**_Total receipts_**||**-**|**13,508-**|||**-**|**780-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**14,288-**|||**-**|**14,753-**||
||**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||||||||||
||Vets bills||**-**|**7,043-**|||**-**|**3,045-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**10,088-**|||**-**|**7,782-**||
||Cat Care Consumables||**-**|**1,384-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**1,384-**|||**-**|**1,449-**||
||Administration||**-**|**373-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**373-**|||**-**|**297-**||
||Fundraising costs||**-**|**49-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**49-**|||**-**|**20-**||
||Travelling||**-**|**197-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**197-**|||**-**|**25-**||
||Trap Neuter Return||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**255-**||
||Other charitable activities||**-**|**80-**|||**-**|**780-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**860-**|||**-**|**74-**||
||**_Sub total_**||**-**|**9,126-**|||**-**|**3,825-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**12,951-**|||**-**|**9,903-**||
||**A4 Asset and investment purchases**||**(see table)**|||||||||||||||||||
||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||
||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||
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||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||
||**_Sub total_**||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||
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||**_Total payments_**||**-**|**9,126-**|||**-**|**3,825-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**12,951-**|||**-**|**9,903-**||
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||**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**||**-**|**4,382-**|||**-**|**3,045-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**1,337-**|||**-**|**4,850-**||
||A5 Transfers between funds||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||
||A6 Cash funds last year end||**-**|**11,618-**|||**-**|**3,045-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**14,662-**|||**-**|**9,813-**||
||**_Cash funds this year end_**||**-**|**16,000-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**16,000-**|||**-**|**14,662-**||
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**Section B - Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
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(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
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||Signature||Print Name
**Irene North**,
Chair of the Trustees||||Date of approval|
||||**Irene North**,
Chair of the Trustees||||11th Oct, 2023|
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Chair of the Trustees||11th Oct, 2023|
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