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2024-04-05-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period start date Period end date Period end date
6 April 2023 5 April 2024
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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

ANIMAL FRIENDS OF TURKEY (AFOT)

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1182513

Charity's principal address 31 Honeypot Road

Brompton on Swale Richmond, North Yorkshire Postcode DL10 7HT

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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20		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
**year **		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
Carol Holbrook Chair
Lisanne Hillen Secretary 01/10/2023 – 05/04/2024
Gail Tyson Treasurer
Katrina Baker Secretary 06/04/2023 – 01/10/2023
Grainne Cuerden 01/10/2023 -12/11/2023

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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January 2022

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted TRUST

TRUST DEED

How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

ELECTED BY OPERATING COMMITTEE (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the Charity’s Objectives:

  1. To assist in the relief of suffering of animals in desperate need of intervention as a result of abandonment or abuse.

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

  1. To provide a safe haven for rescued animals during their period of recovery, rehabilitation and preparation for rehoming.

  2. To seek where relevant high quality permanent homes for rescued animals and to oversee their transition from rescue care into their new forever homes.

  3. To continue to provide lifetime back-up guarantee to all dogs rehomed through the charity in the event that any adopter is no longer in a position to provide suitable long-term care.

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January 2022

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Main activities of charity during the year designed to meet these Objectives:

  1. Maintained the reach of the charity’s rescue operation to areas outside the immediate Fethiye region to dogs in urgent and dire need.

  2. Continue and maintain the sanctuary on the outskirts of Fethiye,

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

  1. The offering of full veterinary and rehabilitation care to all dogs in need that came into our care either into our Sanctuary or through placement within our foster care network.

  2. Continuation of successful rehoming of dogs into thoroughly vetted homes following completion of their period of recovery, rehabilitation and preparation in accordance with regulations.

  3. Confirmation that the Trustees have had regard throughout the year to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission in the execution of the charity’s work.

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Thanks to our fundraising department with specific appeals we were able to make improvements to our existing sanctuary to facilitate more dogs.

We saw the introduction of new committee members and a Trustee who resides in Turkey and speaks Turkish.

We maintained our policy of having no paid staff throughout this financial year. All work within the charity continued to be carried out by a small but active group of volunteers in the UK.

TAR

January 2022

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Section D Achievements and erformance p Summary of the main Summary of the main achievements and challenges of the achievements of the charity charity during the 2023-2024 year: during the year The financial year ending 5[th] April 2024 brought some new developments for AFOT that would broaden avenues for rehoming. The new ortaca sanctuary was up and running successfully and we were able to facilitate immediately 40 plus dogs with spaces being taken up straight away. We carried out significant fundraising for improvements including the fortifying of the outer fence and therefore being able to build more internal enclosures. Mid way through the financial year a new Trustee, Lisanne Hillen joined our existing trustees. She brought with her a wealth of knowledge on the Turkish rescue side currently running her own sanctuary (Melez) 3 hours away in Aydin from our existing Ortaca sanctuary. She speaks fluent Turkish as well as English and this has proven invaluable. It also opened up new avenues for more dogs to be re-homed as she was only able to re-home the majority of dogs in the Aydin sanctuary to Holland. Through this working together we were able to find some dogs from the Melez sanctuary homes in the UK but without the related veterinary/vaccination/blood test costs associated with re-homing in the UK. Lisanne has been a great asset to AFOT and also is currently helping with all associated rehoming works. We also added new volunteers to our Re-homing and Fundraising teams and our aim is to continue to recruit new volunteers to help keep the charity not only steadfast but to keep growing. The AFOT sanctuary in Ortaca continues to be our main location for our dogs in Turkey, with a couple of local foster homes also taking care of a small number of dogs. Hyperinflation continues in Turkey, constantly driving up prices of paperwork, veterinary care and transport, despite more fundraising than ever being carried out this has had a knock on effect reducing our ongoing capital quite significantly and have not been able to increase our capital as we had hoped. D However, despite donations been down on last year by £15000 due we assume to the UK cost of living crisis we still continue to gain good support in the UK with a dedicated supporter base. We experienced ups and downs with regards to adoption interest. By the beginning of the Financial year we had re-introduced physical home

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

checks only and engaged with one of the National Home checking charities to help us with this in all areas of the UK. We had periods of good activity and during these periods we were very pleased to see some of our long-waiting dogs get adopted, but still have dogs in our care that have been waiting for up to three years to be adopted. We continue to advertise and continually look for more avenues to re-home.

The transport van was sold at the beginning of the financial year and the proceeds went back into the Charity account with the permission of the original donator. We reverted back to employing the services of commercial transporters and increased our adoption donation to help with costs.

Rumours started to circulate at the end of the financial year regarding a new law that was due to be implemented mid 2024 which would result in hundreds of thousands of Turkish dogs being destroyed. This would be looked into during the following financial year.

Our main achievements during the financial year has been the changes to the AFOT Team and the addition of an inspiring new Trustee, together we continue to work hard to rehome dogs with little or no future in Turkey. The new additions to the AFOT team have enabled us to carry out more fundraising activities and create more awareness for the charity. Our reach continues to grow and with our loyal supporter base and our team of new volunteers, we feel confident that we have some strong building blocks in place for an exciting future for AFOT.

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January 2022

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the AFOT continues to be challenged in terms of building up any charity’s policy on reserves meaningful reserves. However at the end of the financial year we were in a better position than the previous year holding deposits sufficient to cover 2 months running costs very easily. Our aim continues to be to increase this to 3 months running costs and to eventually be able to build to at least 6 months reserves and eventually extend this to 12 months. Details of any funds materially None in deficit

Section F Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Carol Holbrook Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 30th December 2024

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January 2022

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Animal Friends Of Turkey (AFOT)

Charity Name		 Animal Friends Of Turkey (AFOT)

Charity Name		 Animal Friends Of Turkey (AFOT)

Charity Name		 No (if any) No (if any) CC16a
For the period
from		 06/04/2023
Period start date		 To 05/04/2024
Period end date
Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest
£
12,640
82,739
9,495
22,209
15,500
142,583
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142,583
25,736
43,224
16,804
33,812
1,695
636
8,624
1,820
396
132,747
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132,747
9,836
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915
10,751		 Restricted
funds
to the nearest £
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funds
to the nearest £		 Total funds
to the nearest £
12,640
82,739
9,495
22,209
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15,500
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142,583
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142,583
25,736
43,224
16,804
33,812
1,695
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636
8,624
1,820
396
132,747
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132,747

9,836		 Last year
to the nearest £
Donations for dogs/cats 12,640 -
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other donations 82,739 82,739 91,029
events & merchandise 9,495 9,495 10,122
Gift aid 22,209 22,209 26,499
Refunds - 579
Misc 15,500 15,500 4,800
Grants -
DogRefund Reversal -
Sub total(Gross income for
AR)		 142,583 142,583 157,804
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total - - -
Total receipts
A3 Payments
- 142,583 157,804
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Vet fees 25,736 40,295
Foster,kennels & all food costs 43,224 33,615
Sanctuarycosts inc repairs(not food) 16,804 20,860
Transport 33,812 59,675
Events & Merchandise 1,695 1,850
DogDonation Refunds
DogSupport 636 1,602
Donations made to other charities
Miscellaneous(Postage etc.) 8,624 3,586
Consultancy 1,820
Pay pal fees & international fees 396 1,223
**Sub total **
- 132,747 162,706
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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**Sub total ** - - -
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
- 132,747 162,706
9,836 - -
9,836		 - 4,901
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915 - 915 5,816
10,751 - - 10,751 915

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

24/01/2025

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B5 Liabilities
B3 Investment assets		 Signature
Details
AFOT bank account 37878068
AFOT bank account 78827868
Pay Pal account
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Details
Details
Details
van acquired during year		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
3,428
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7,277
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46
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10,751
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OK
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funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
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Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
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Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
unrestricted
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Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)
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Print Name		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
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OK
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
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Current value
(optional)
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Current value
(optional)
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When due
(optional)
Date of
approval

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

24/01/2025

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Animal Fnends Of turkey {AFOTI On accounts for the year 0510412024 ended Charity no {if any) 1182513 Set 04rt on pages I report to the Iruslees on my examination of the accounts ofthe above charrty l-the Trust-) for the year ended Responsibilities and As the charity Iruslees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordan￿ with the requirements of the Charitie5 A¢t 2011 I-the Act-l I report In respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Acl and in carying out my examination. I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)Ibl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention lother than that disclosed below ') in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect." accounting records were not kepl in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examinerfs statement I have no cOn￿mS and have come across no other matters in connection with the exarnination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a Proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached. Please delete the words in the braGkets if they do nol apply. Date: 2110112025 Signed." Name: Martha E McGarry Relevant professional ACA qualification(sl or body {if any}: Address: 26 Gilling Road Richmond North Yorkshire DL10 SAA IER October 2018

Section 8 Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs lo highlight matters of concern (see CC32, IndeFendent examination of charity accounls". directions and guidance for examiners) Give here brief details of any rtems that the examiner wishes to discl( IER October 2018