**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 02 April 2021 **To** 01 April 2022
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Tiny Paws MCR
**Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1186507 **Charity's principal address** 14 Sandbach Road
Sale Greater Manchester **Postcode** M33 2QU
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 Suzanne Wright
2 Nicola O’Brien
3 William Herbert
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**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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## **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**
CIO Foundation Model Constitution – 3rd November 2019 Type of governing document
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
- Charitable Incorporated Organisation
- How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustees are appointed by the current trustee panel every 3 years Trustee selection methods or sooner if required
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **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**
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## **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
For the benefit of the public to relieve the suffering of domestic species of rodents and rabbits in need of care and attention, in particular, to provide and maintain rescue homes or other facilities for the reception, care and treatment of such animals.
The charity has taken in rodents and rabbits from members of the public who needed to rehome their animals for various reasons including financial issues, health problems, relocations, work commitments, or general inability to care for the animals (often as a result of a lack of research carried out prior to obtaining the animal).
We have also worked with other rescues both locally and nationally to provide rescue space for rodents or rabbits from large welfare cases, including animals surrendered to the RSPCA.
**Summary of the main** Similar to the previous reporting period, we have taken in **activities undertaken for** animals from situations where members of the public had **the public benefit in** purchased mis-sexed rodents or rabbits, resulting in unexpected **relation to these objects** and unwanted offspring. In some cases, multiple litters were **(include within this** born back to back and the owners were unable to cope. Without **section the statutory** the assistance of rescue charities, animal numbers increase **declaration that trustees** exponentially in these situations where owners are unable to **have had regard to the** accurately sex the offspring and separate them at the **guidance issued by the** appropriate time. **Charity Commission on public benefit)** Echoing the previous Annual Report, trustees draw attention to the lack of due diligence performed by retailers and individuals who breed and/or sell rodents and rabbits, and the knock-on effect this has on the public and welfare of these animals.
The charity receives a very high volume of requests to take in animals from the public, which sadly far surpass our capacity. We operate a waiting list for rescue space and advise on alternative reputable rescue organisations where we are unable to assist. We are very aware that the demand for rescue space exceeds availability on a wider scale in the UK. Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.
**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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## Section D Achievements and erformance p
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
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Species Taken Rehome Deceased Awaiting Sanctuar
in d * Adoptio y
n Resident
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Chinchilla 3 2 1 0 0
Degu 5 3 1 1 0
Gerbil 5 4 0 1 0
Guinea pig 9 4 4 1 0
Hamster 28 24 1 3 0
Mouse 47 39 6 2 0
Multimammate 10 10 0 0 0
Rabbit 8 2 2 3 1
Rat 31 19 5 7 0
Total 146 107 20 18 1
*The main cause of death of animals in the charity’s care was ill health
(including where animals were euthanised on the advice of a veterinary
surgeon due to untreatable illness).
**1 rabbit remained in our care as a sanctuary resident (bonded with a
trustee’s own rabbits to meet the sanctuary rabbit’s companionship
needs) due to ongoing issues with polydipsia and polyuria with an
unknown cause.
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**Section E Financial review**
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## **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
We aim to keep at least £4000 of unrestricted funds in reserve for the running of the charity, in particular to allow prompt veterinary treatment of any animals when required.
## **Details of any funds materially in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
During the reporting period, the charity was very grateful to receive grants from the Vera Haworth Animal trust and Animal Canopy towards veterinary costs. These grants were used towards both routine veterinary treatment (neutering and vaccinations) and for the diagnosis and treatment of sick animals.
The charity ended the financial year under the reserves limit due to large vet bills for recent intakes, and had paused taking in any further animals until the reserve was met again.
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
It is noted that the cash funds last year end were reported incorrectly in last year’s accounts, due to £1289 of cash funds in the rescue bank account, raised prior to registration, not being included. Clarification was sought from the charity commission who confirmed these funds prior to registration should be listed, so this has been included on this year’s accounts.
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature( s)** Nicola O’Brien William Herbert **Full name(s)** Suzanne Wright **Position (eg** Chair Trustee Trustee **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
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Date
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**Tiny Paws MCR**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
4/2/2021
4/1/2022
**For the period from**
**To**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted funds**
**to the nearest £**
**Restricted Endowment Total funds funds funds**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £ to the nearest £**
## **A1 Receipts**
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Donations 14,057 - - 14,057
Sale of goods 1,306 - - 1,306
Grants - 1,500 - 1,500
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
15,363 1,500 - 16,863
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 15,363 1,500 - 16,863
A3 Payments
Vets 11,937 1,500 - 13,437
Animal care (Bedding, food, housing,
equipment, enrichment) 2,398 - - 2,398
Fundraising (Merchandise for sale, postage
& donation platform fees) 381 - - 381
Insurance 171 - - 171
Administration 54 - - 54
Website 17 - - 17
Expenses - - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ 14,958 ] 1,500 - 16,458
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments 14,958 1,500 - 16,458
Net of receipts/(payments) 405 - - 405
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 2,111 - - 2,111
Cash funds this year end 2,516 - - 2,516
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Bank account|**_Total cash funds_**|**to nearest £**
**2,516**
**-**
**-**
**2,516**|
|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||OK|OK||
||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**|
||||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**||**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**||
|**charity’s own use**||||
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**||**liability relates**|
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**(optional)**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees||Signature|Print|Name||
||||Suzanne Wright|||
Nicola O'Brien
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## **Last year**
## **to the nearest £**
**11,780 1,652 - - - - - - 13,432**
**13,432**
**9,561 1,668 877 - 246 73 185 - - 12,610**
**12,610 822 - 1,289 2,111**
## **Endowment funds**
## **to nearest £**
**-**
OK
**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -**
**Current value (optional)**
**-**
**Current value (optional)**
**When due (optional)**
Date of approval
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1/12/2023
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112012023