## **Forgotten Felines Cat Rescue** ## **No:1181190** ## **Trustees Report** The Trustees present their report for the 12 month period to 31[st] October 2023 ## **Objective** The primary object of Forgotten Felines Cat Rescue is to relieve the suffering of cats and kittens that are often overlooked by other charities. As people rush to adopt kittens, we rescue, rehabilitate and rehome the “other” cats such as amputees, blind, deaf, elderly and FIV cats. We hope to educate people and change opinions on and stereotypes about FIV cats, to see the cat not the virus and to embrace them for the time they have with us. Our rescue is about quality of life, not quantity, We depend on voluntary contributions, donations and fundraising. ## **Trustees.** The Charity is governed by 6 trustees who meet 6 times a year to discuss the numerous challenges that face our rescue. Bev Hibbert (Trustee/Founder) Celia Mahar (Trustee) Nicola Kemp (Trustee) Rhian Vaughan (Trustee) Julia Card (Trustee) Sadie Hibbert (Trustee) This year has been particularly difficult and the cost of living has hit us badly. Adoptions have decreased and donations to the rescue have also declined. Despite this, our dedicated volunteers, have strived to ensure the rescue survived. We fully recognise and thank them as this year would have been impossible without the support of our loyal volunteers and supporters. The Trustees, during the 5th year of the Charity’s registration also recognise the importance of maintaining proper accounting records which should be sufficient to disclose at any time. ## **Selection of Trustees** The intention last year was to extend our trustees within the Charity. We believe we now have a skills balance to achieve our objectives. All potential trustees will be interviewed by existing Trustees and if approved will be appointed. All appointed Trustees will undergo training and an induction. Day to day management of the charity’s operations is delegated to the Trustees. Volunteers are delegated tasks by the Trustees. In a changing economic environment the charity needs to actively fill key appointments in the Charity, whilst working within legislation and health and safety. Going into 2024 Nicola Kemp resigned as a Director due to personal reasons and we intend on appointing Eryl Lloyd. ## **Review for the Year** Forgotten Felines Cat Rescue continues to respond to the challenges of working in the charitable sector with growing pressures from changing legislation. Our dedicated and passionate team of volunteers continue their hard work to support us and look for avenues of continued fundraising ideas. With preparation of the Charity’s 5th year accounts applications for funding to support running costs and specific projects can be achieved. Bev Hibbert is in the process of applying for such grants. We believe this is the only way our rescue can survive the economic climate. We have been very fortunate to submit Gift Aid submissions. We were extremely fortunate to receive grants totally 26K this year. This was definitely the reason we survived another year. We have achieved in rehoming over 180 special needs cats in our 5th year. We actively work with local veterinary practices in taking FIV cats that had no other space in a rescue. We have informed and educated through social media and events, the importance of neutering to stop the spread of FIV and control the ever increasing cat population. Success in rehoming 8 FIV cats has been achieved. We have demonstrated that feral cats can be socialised and had successful rehoming figures for such cats. By linking with the community, class room talks to primary schools and Brownie groups on how to be kind to all animals have successfully taken place. We believe we provide public benefit in helping to control the incidence and spread of illness by educating the public on cat welfare and FIV, providing neutering to all cats before adoption, working with other local rescues in ensuring no cat is left to suffer. Liaising with schools in the local area to help young people understand their role in society in terms of kindness to all animals. Working in partnership with fosterers who have mental health issues and promoting “cat” therapy. ## **Aims for the Future** To Value and respect our volunteers. To Recruit and develop volunteers To provide a high quality service to our cat residents To continue to find good homes for our cat residents To be transparent, open and honest to our supporters To develop a fundraising strategy To actively promote the neutering and micro chipping of cats To educate and inform the public about FIV cats and to improve people’s understanding of cats and their care. To stop the suffering of cats that are trapped, neutered and released by increasing our foster base to accommodate the socialisation of more feral cats. To improve its financial performance and to keep the charity viable. To continue to increase our fundraising events and to continually review our outgoings To continue to build relationships with neighbouring charities to work as a team for the benefit of the cats. To develop links in the community, especially schools. Education and understanding about cat welfare is the best way to ensure the number of cats needing help is minimised. To educate the public on the importance of neutering to control the ever increasing cat population. To work with local mental health units in promoting cat therapy for rehabilitation Reserves Forgotten Felines Cat rescue does not have a reserves policy. We propose to continue applying for grants which will hopefully help us to build a reserve in the next coming years of operation. Financial Review The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose accuracy at any time in the financial position of the charity. They are also responsible for safeguarding any assets of the company and taking steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The Charity saw income of £50K with the main income being public donations with income above £25K threshold Mrs Angela South FCCA was appointed to perform and external examination of the accounts. The Trustees to the best of their knowledge believe the financial accounts to be a true and fair view of the state of the Charity’s affairs as at 31st October 2023. Full details of the financial figures can be found in the financial accounts provided. ## Risks The Trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, in particular those relating to receiving fewer donations by the public. Although satisfied that these will continue steps will be taken to register the charity for Gift aid and to encourage grant application to sustain a level of income needed to run the charity satisfactorily. Financial controls on Income and expenditure will be monitored on a monthly basis and remedial steps taken where ||**Forgotten Felines Cat Rescue**
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|**1181190**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|11/1/2022|**To**|10/31/2023| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Donations and Events
**50,964**
Grants from Animal Welfare
**26,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**76,964**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 76,964**
**A3 Payments**
VeterinaryBills
**54,724**
Food,Litter,Toys,Beds
**12,402**
Traps,Cages,Carriers
**3,777**
Raffle Prizes
**331**
Volunteer Expenses
**105**
Printingand Stationery
**504**
CleaningMaterials
**127**
Insurance
**291**
Paypal and Bank Charges
**229**
Waste removal
**600**
Misc
**657**
**73,747**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**73,747**
**3,217**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**_Total payments_ 3,217**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**50,964**
**26,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**76,964**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**76,964**
**54,724**
**12,402**
**3,777**
**331**
**105**
**504**
**127**
**291**
**229**
**600**
**657**
**73,747**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**73,747**
**3,217**
**-**
**-**
**3,217**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| ||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**50,964**|**-**| |||||**26,000**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**76,964**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**76,964**|**-**| ||||||| |
VeterinaryBills|**54,724**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**54,724**|**-**| |Food,Litter,Toys,Beds|**12,402**|||**12,402**|**-**| |Traps,Cages,Carriers|**3,777**|||**3,777**|**-**| |Raffle Prizes|**331**|||**331**|**-**| |Volunteer Expenses|**105**|||**105**|**-**| |Printingand Stationery|**504**|||**504**|**-**| |CleaningMaterials|**127**|||**127**|**-**| |Insurance|**291**|||**291**|**-**| |Paypal and Bank Charges|**229**|||**229**|| |Waste removal|**600**|||**600**|| |Misc|**657**|||**657**|**-**| ||**73,747**|||**73,747**|**-**| ||||||| ||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||**-**|||**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**|**-**| ||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**73,747**||**-**|**73,747**|**-**| ||||||| ||**3,217**|**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**3,217**|**-**| |**_Sub total_ **
**_Total payments_ **|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**3,217**|**-**||**3,217**|**-**| _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ ## **A5 Transfers between funds** |**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**Details**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
Cash
Bank Account
**Section B Statement of**Paypla Account
**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**Details**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**Details**
**B3 Investment assets**
**Details**
**Details**
**B5 Liabilities**
Signature
Bev Hibbert
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**Details**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
Cash
Bank Account
**Section B Statement of**Paypla Account
**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**Details**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**Details**
**B3 Investment assets**
**Details**
**Details**
**B5 Liabilities**
Signature
Bev Hibbert
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**70**
**-**
**6,547**
**-**
**616**
**-**
**7,233**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Bev Hibbert
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||Cash||**-**| ||Bank Account||**-**| |**Section B Statement o**|**f**Paypla Account||**-**| |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|||**-**| ||||OK| ||**Details**||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||**Details**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||**Details**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||**Details**||**When due**
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approval| ||Bev Hibbert|Bev Hibbert|8/7/2024| ||||| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to tho trnsteesl members of FORGOThEN FELINES CAT RESCUE On accounts for the year ended ST 31 OCTOBER 2023 Charity no (If anyl 1181190 S•t out on pag•s I report lo the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the atjove charrty (Ihe Trust") for Ihe year ended 3111012023 Responsibillties and A$ the chanty trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the a￿oUnts in accordance wilh the requirements of the Chanties Act 2011 {Ihe Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's ac(xJunts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I have follow￿1 the applicable Direth'ons given by the Chartly Commission under section 145{5){b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in conneth'on wrth the examination which gives me cause to believe that in. any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in ac£ord8nce with section 130 of the Ad or the a