## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
## **From**
Period start date Period end date
## **To**
**01 01 2022**
**31 12 2022**
Section A Reference and administration details
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**Charity name**
## WARWICKSHIRE HEDGEHOG RESCUE
## **Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)**
1183331
**Charity's principal address**
45 Mallory Drive
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## Warwick
## **Postcode**
## **CV34 4JD**
## **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)**
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Clare Watson Chair and Secretary
Two trustees
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Elizabeth Lyne Two trustees Gemma Smith Two trustees
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4
Sally Ellis
Two trustees
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
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## **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)
Constitution
How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)
Charitable Incorporated Organisation
Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Appointed by trustees
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
## **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
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1. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF HEDGEHOGS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING RESCUE FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH ANIMALS IN THE WARWICKSHIRE AREA.
2. TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE STUDY OF HEDGEHOGS. TO INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE INCLUDING THE CONSERVATION AND HABITAT OF HEDGEHOGS
## **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)**
In operating our charity, the trustees have regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on providing a public benefit.
For the public benefit, our main activity is to provide a point of contact for any member of the public in Warwickshire and adjoining borders who has found a hedgehog they are concerned about.
Following a telephone triage process, any hedgehog who is deemed to be requiring in person assessment and/or intervention will be brought to one of our rehabilitators. If a hedgehog is deemed not to require assessment or intervention, appropriate advice will be given to the finder about supporting the hedgehog in the environment where it was found, generally the finders garden.
The rehabilitator will provide the rescued hedgehog with safe housing, artificial heat when necessary, food, water, bedding, closed monitoring and any required treatments. If the hedgehog has a condition requiring intervention by a vet, it will be taken to one of our hedgehog-friendly veterinary practices nearby.
Rehabilitators are distributed throughout Warwickshire and each uses a veterinary practice near him or her. It would be impossible for us to continue our work without the support of vets on whom we rely to:
1. Advise on difficult/unusual medical conditions;
2. Recommend treatment for stubborn or complex problems;
3. Supply medication for use by rehabilitators;
4. Examine and, if possible, treat hedgehogs with serious injuries or conditions
5. Euthanise hedgehogs that are very ill or badly injured.
We provide, 24-hour care. Our rehabilitators will provide care and, where appropriate, treatment for the hedgehog until it can be released back to the wild or handed to one of our foster carers to provide continuing care in preparation for its release. In the late autumn, hedgehogs that are considered too small to be released, or who are later arrivals still requiring treatment, will be overwintered with us until such time as the weather has improved and they reach an appropriate release weight. There may be small number of hedgehogs each year are not suitable for release and these are found long term homes suitable to their condition.
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## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
Members of the organisation are all volunteers who have been helping hedgehogs, as a cohesive group, since the formation of the organisation in 2014. Some members of the group have worked with hedgehogs independently for many years prior to that date.
The group comprises 10 rehabilitators and many foster carers, dedicated to making a positive impact on the survival of the Warwickshire hedgehog population. All operate from their homes and gardens in Warwickshire where they provide, between them, a wide range of rescue facilities. Rehabilitators are trained in the care of hedgehogs and, specifically, the administration of medication to sick or injured hedgehogs. Foster carers, typically, provide shelter, food, care to the hedgehog during the recovery period until they are at an appropriate release weight. Many of the rehabilitators and some of the foster carers have attended the Vale Wildlife Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre where they have completed the First Aid, Care and Rehabilitation of Hedgehogs Course.
The task of nursing a hedgehog back to health can be a lengthy process, sometimes taking a number of months. This involves feeding, cleaning, medicating, keeping records of care, vet visits and communicating with finders.
During the year we are often invited to attend events to raise public awareness about supporting hedgehogs, and also to give talks to a variety of groups, including schools. We have display stands and educational material to support the team on these occasions. Over the previous two years such events were severely curtailed by COVID restrictions but, in 2022, we returned to several events and venues.
Volunteers form the backbone of the charity and donate their time, personal funds and expertise for the benefit of the public and Warwickshire’s hedgehogs. Thanks to them the charity continues to generate goodwill amongst the hedgehog loving public, It is that goodwill, often accompanied by generous donations of money and supplies, that keeps our doors open and the trustees wish to thank all our volunteers and supporters for their generosity of spirit.
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Section D Achievements and performance
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## Section D Achievements and performance
Our rehabilitators received into care nearly 700 sick and injured **Summary of the main** hedgehogs in 2022. About 60% of these recovered fully and **achievements of the** were released back to the wild. Sadly, some hedgehogs with **charity during the year** serious injuries or advanced conditions could not be saved despite, where necessary, veterinary intervention. The very hot and dry conditions in 2022 made it a very difficult year for hedgehogs. We received many hedgehogs with severe dehydration as well as more babies and juveniles than previous years. In the autumn, the admissions arrived with complex parasitical and bacterial problems. We continue to develop our practices to respond to these changing circumstances. Hedgehog numbers nationally continue to decline, mainly due to loss of habitat, although the numbers of hedgehogs we receive into our care is increasing. This is due to the raised awareness amongst members of the public about what to do if they find a sick or injured hedgehog and national and local press and social media campaigns. We have worked to improve our social media presence this year and now have a large number of followers on our Facebook and Instagram sites. Users are directed to our website www.warwickshirehedgehogrescue.org where educational material and contact information for rehabilitators can be found. During the last two years the trustees have developed and agreed policies covering the following areas of business: Finance Foster Caring Risk Management Complaints
Other policies in line with national guidance are also being written and discussed prior to approval.
The charity is pleased to report that income has continued to be healthy, with donations and grants coming from individuals, businesses, and charitable trusts. Income is on a par with 2021 and has resulted in our reserves increasing by over 45% despite an increase in expenditure of nearly 30%. This increase has largely been due to providing additional equipment to improve the ability of our rehabilitators and foster carers to care for sick and injured hedgehogs but also includes essential medical supplies and food. Our continued thanks go to the large number of individuals who continue to support the charity financially and to the following businesses and charitable trusts for their invaluable support grants:
Rose Animal Trust, Hickman Animal Trust, Woolhope Dome Trust, Richard Cadbury Trust, TD Paton Trust, Dibnah Foundation, Waitrose Kenilworth, Kenilworth Books.
Thanks to everyone for their support!
## **Section E Financial review**
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The charity aims to keep sufficient funds in reserve to cover at **Brief statement of the** least one year of operational costs should the annual required **charity’s policy on** income fail to be achieved. Year on year the charity aims to **reserves** increase its reserves at least in line with inflation. **Details of any funds** None **materially in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
- Our principal source of funds in 2022 were unrestricted funds
- You **may choose** to include from charitable trusts and businesses and donations from the
- additional information, general public via GoFundMe and PayPal.
- where relevant about: the charity’s principal Expenditure in 2022 has directly supported our key objectives
- sources of funds with equipment 32%, food, care and medical supplies 51%, (including any medication and veterinary care 12%, educational activities 3% fundraising); and administration 2%
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section G Declaration**
## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
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**Full name(s)**
Clare Watson Sally Ellis
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**
Chair Trustee
**Date**
4 February 2023
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||**WARWICKSHIRE HEDGEHOG RESCUE**
**Charity Name**|**WARWICKSHIRE HEDGEHOG RESCUE**
**Charity Name**|**WARWICKSHIRE HEDGEHOG RESCUE**
**Charity Name**|**1183331**
**No (if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**
**from**|01/01/2022
Period start date|**To**|31/12/2022
Period end date|
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|
Donations General|**8,930**||**-**||**-**||**8,930**||**15,070**|
|Grants|**28,365**||**-**||**-**||**28,365**||**16,750**|
|Interest|**182**||**-**||**-**||**182**||**1**|
|Refund|**231**||**-**||**-**||**231**||**-**|
|Gift Aid|**1,436**||**-**||**-**||**1,436**||**1,270**|
|Legacies|**83**||**-**||**-**||**83**||**7,000**|
|||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**39,227**||**-**||**-**||**39,227**||**40,091**|
|||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||||**40,091**|
|||||||||||
|
Food,care and medical supplies|**8,461**||**-**||**-**||**8,461**||**4,658**|
|Medication|**480**||**-**||**-**||**480**||**611**|
|Vet fees|**1,467**||**-**||**-**||**1,467**||**6,063**|
|Equipment|**3,820**||**-**||**-**||**3,820**||**941**|
|Educational Activities|**531**||**-**||**-**||**531**||**-**|
|Administration|**267**||**-**||**-**||**267**||**362**|
|||||||||||
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**15,026**||**-**||**-**||**15,026**||**12,635**|
|||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
|Brinsea Incubators x2|**1,380**|||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**1,380**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||||||||||**12,635**|
|||||||||||
||**22,821**||||||||**27,456**|
||**-**||||||||**-**|
||**46,541**||||||||**19,085**|
||**69,362**||||||||**46,541**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
27/02/2023
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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
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Brinsea Incubators x2
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**
Bank
Cash
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**69,362**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**69,362**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**1,380**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
ClareWatson|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**1,303**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
||||Date of approval|
|||ClareWatson|04-Feb-23|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
27/02/2023
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Sally Ellis
04-Feb-23
CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
27/02/2023
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Warwickshire Hedgehog Rescue
**On accounts for the year** 31 December 2022 **Charity no** 1183331 **ended (if any)**
**Set out on pages**
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31/12/2022**
- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Date:** 14/02/2023
**Signed: Name:** Alastair C David **Relevant professional** Chartered Accountant **qualification(s) or body (if any):**
**Address:** 4 Cloister Way, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire CV32 6QE
**October 2018**
**IER**
1
**Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
**October 2018**
**IER**
2