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Hamworthy Hedgehog Rescue

Registered Charity Number: 1186680

Trustees' Annual Report &

Financial Statements

for the Period 1[st] January 2021 to 31[st] December 2021

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Hamworthy Hedgehog Rescue Trustees’ Annual Report & Financial Statements

for the Financial Period from 1[st] January 2021 to 31[st] December 2021

The Trustees of Hamworthy Hedgehog Rescue are pleased to present this report along with the financial statement for the year ending 31[st] December 2021.

Reference & Administration Details

Charity Details:

Hamworthy Hedgehog Rescue

The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registration no: 1186680, registered with the Charity Commission on 29[th] Nov 2019.

Prior to registration as a CIO, Hamworthy Hedgehog Rescue was an unregistered (below the £5000pa threshold) small charity of the same name.

Charity’s Address and Contact Details

40 Egmont Road, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, BH16 5BZ Phone: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Website: hamworthyhedgehogrescue.org.uk Facebook: facebook.com/HamworthyHedgehogRescue/ Twitter: twitter.com/RescueHedgehog

Names of the Charity Trustees who Manage the Charity

James Matthew Dunne Tracy Elizabeth Dunne Howard Skelton Sally Louise Dark

Names & Addresses of Advisors

None

Bank

CAF Bank, 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4JQ.

Structure, Governance & Management

Type of Governing Document:

Constitution – based on the Charity Commission’s model governing document for Foundation Charitable Incorporated Organisations, ie: where the Trustees are the only Members of the charity.

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Governance

The charity is governed by the Trustees and meetings are held quarterly, or more frequently if it is deemed necessary. Additional Trustees can be appointed by way of an annual general meeting. All newly appointed and existing Trustees are reminded regularly of their responsibilities.

Risk Management

The Trustees have identified the major risk which face the charity and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate the effect of those risks.

Organisation

The Trustees continue to discuss the financial affairs and management of the charity and leave the day to day running of the charity to its Founder Tracy Dunne and Co-Founder Jim Dunne. In the event of any need to acquire capital items, this is presented to the trustees for their decision.

Trustee Selection Methods:

There must be at least three charity trustees. In accordance with the Constitution, Trustees are appointed or re-appointed for a term of four years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees.

In appointing Trustees due consideration is given to ensuring that the Trustees have, between them, the skills and experience necessary to manage the charity effectively and in accordance with charity law.

Objects

Statutory Declaration on Public Benefit

The object of the CIO is for the benefit of the public;

To further the conservation and preservation of the hedgehog species by providing a rescue, care and rehabilitation service for sick, injured, or orphaned hedgehogs, with the aim of eventually releasing them back to the wild, or appropriate protected sites for those with lifelong disabilities, and who can benefit from quality of life within a controlled "wild" environment.

Activities & Performance

Statutory Declaration

The Trustees of Hamworthy Hedgehog Rescue confirm that they have paid due regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.

Hedgehog Care and Rehabilitation

The charity relies on voluntary funding which comes by donations from finders and well-wishers, and needless to say this has been challenging during the pandemic. Local veterinarians continue to support the charity through the provision of discounted healthcare and advice, and the charity is very grateful for this contribution.

We have achieved an 80% successful outcome rate for returning hedgehogs to the wild, thanks to the commitment and hard work of our volunteers and the continuing support of local vets.

Hamworthy Hedgehog Rescue currently has a team of 40 volunteer helpers.

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We saw a small reduction in the number of hedgehogs in care over the previous year.

• 642 Hedgehogs entered Hamworthy Hedgehog Rescue

• 513 hedgehogs were released to the wild

• 41 hedgehogs were fostered out for the winter

• 118 hedgehogs were overwintered in the rescue

• 224 hedgehogs were euthanised or died due to their injuries/illness. This figure includes those hedgehogs that were dead on arrival, as we record these too.

• 19 litters were hand reared, with a total of 71 hoglets between them.

Hedgehog Admissions by Month

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Other Activities

Hamworthy Hedgehog Rescue has successfully continued to raise public awareness of conservation issues relating to hedgehogs, and the way individuals might support our work, through our website and social media. Posters and leaflets offer seasonally appropriate information and advice. Information was also available from our stand at our two fundraising events. Our Facebook page has over 7,000 followers, and posts regularly receive over 1000 reactions.

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted heavily on the charity’s operations during 2021, with talks and other scheduled events cancelled and availability of volunteers somewhat hit and miss at times. The Charity has been able to continue operating and supporting the hedgehogs under its care.

However, we were able to hold our two fundraising events this year, which were very successful, raising £4,883 between them. Members of the public were able to ask questions about our rescue, about hedgehogs and hedgehog care, as well as take away information leaflets and booklets about hedgehogs at these events.

We carried out research by collecting data to establish the most common causes for hedgehogs requiring veterinary help, the disposition of hedgehogs that came into our care and where they were released. This data was shared with the Dorset Mammal Group to enable County wide data to be built up.

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Disposition of Hedgehogs entering the Rescue

We gave presentations via Zoom about the Charity, and how members of the public can help hedgehogs, and were able to give one presentation in person to a local Rotary Club. These talks were well received and raised additional funds for the Charity.

Other fundraising methods used include.

• Promotional sessions at local Lush Stores

• Donations from the public via donation boxes in local shops and vets

• Sales of items via our web shop

• Adopt a hedgehog

• Online fundraising campaigns via Just Giving etc

• Signing up to Amazon Smile allowing Amazon shoppers to nominate the charity for contributions from Amazon for purchases made.

We have continued to build our social media accounts and web site and use these to help raise awareness and education the public.

The trustees would like to express their thanks to all the Charity’s volunteers, donors, and supporters - we are humbled by your support, kindness, and dedication to Dorset’s hedgehogs.

Future plans

Hamworthy Hedgehog Rescue has reached capacity not only in terms of the total number of hedgehogs that can be cared for at any one time but also in terms of room for expansion at its current location.

If the Charity is to grow beyond this point it would have to move to a new permanent location with purpose-built facilities. A lot of work to secure funds to make this a reality would be needed and it is felt that this is not possible in the short term.

Financial Review

Principal Sources of Funding and Outgoings

Hamworthy Hedgehog Rescue’s principal source of funds is private donations. It has not engaged in any specific applications for grants in the current year to 31[st] December 2021.

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Hamworthy Hedgehog Rescue are registered as a charity with HMRC so that Gift Aid may be reclaimed on donations where the donor indicates that is their wish.

Statement of the Charity's Policy on Reserves

The Charity’s policy on reserves is to generate and maintain a balance which is sufficient:

a) to preserve the financial viability of the Charity in the event that unforeseen and/or unavoidable circumstance precipitate a short-term fall in its income.

b) to enable the Charity, in the interests of meeting its objectives, to fund short-term deficits in a cash budget, e.g., money may need to be spent before donations are received and to cover the risk of unforeseen emergency or other unexpected need for funds, e.g., an unexpected large vets bill.

For these purposes the Charity will endeavour to generate and maintain reserves which are at least 20% of its annual turnover.

Details of Any Funds Materially in Deficit

The Trustees declare that the charity had no funds which were materially in deficit at the date of the statement of assets & liabilities.

State of the Charity’s Finances

Hamworthy Hedgehog Rescue’s current resources from unrestricted funds are sufficient to meet its outgoings for at least six to nine months.

All the indications are that this will remain the case for the foreseeable future.

Particulars of Any Outstanding Guarantee Given by the Charity

The Trustees declare that the charity has given no guarantee where potential liability is outstanding at the date of the statement of assets & liabilities.

Particulars of Any Outstanding Debt

The Trustees declare that the charity has no outstanding debts which are secured by an express charge on any of the assets of the charity at the date of the statement of assets & liabilities.

Statutory Statements on Liabilities

The Trustees declare that:

• The charity has given no guarantees where potential liability under the guarantee is outstanding at the date of this statement (e.g.: any outstanding/ongoing contract or legal undertaking to buy or provide specific services);

• The charity has no debt outstanding at the date of this statement which is owed by the CIO and which is secured by an express charge on any assets of the CIO (e.g.: a mortgage on property owned by the charity).

Remuneration of Trustees

All Trustees act in a voluntary capacity and receive no remuneration or other material benefits from their services to the Charity.

Out-of-pocket expenses necessarily and reasonably incurred by Trustees in promoting the purposes of the Charity are reimbursed at cost.

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Declaration

Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf,

J M Dunne, Principal Trustee.

Date: 9[th] April 2022

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Statement of Financial Activity

Receipts & Payments Accounts for the Financial Year Ended 31[st] December 2021

Receipts & Payments for the Financial Year Ended 31-Dec-21	Receipts & Payments for the Financial Year Ended 31-Dec-21	Receipts & Payments for the Financial Year Ended 31-Dec-21	Receipts & Payments for the Financial Year Ended 31-Dec-21	Receipts & Payments for the Financial Year Ended 31-Dec-21
A1 - RECEIPTS	Unrestr'd Funds£ Restricted Funds £ Total£ Current Financial Year, Jan'21-Dec'21			Last Year
	Unrestr'd Funds£	Restricted Funds £		Total£
Voluntary Income Income Generation Investments Income	21,314 7,656 0		21,314 7,656 0	13,329 1,537 0
Charitable Income	0	0	0	0
Other Receipts	0		0	0
A1 - ASSETS & INVESTMENTS	28,970	0	28,970	14,866
Sale of Investments Sale of Assets	0 0		0 0	0 0
TOTAL RECEIPTS A3 - PAYMENTS	0 28,970	0 0	0 28,970	0 14,866
Generating Funds	-2,699		-2,699	-982
Charitable Activities	-17,495	0	-17,495	-12,704
Support Costs Othe Payments	-1,919 0		-1,919 0	-2,502 0
A4 - ASSETS & INVESTMENTS	-22,113	0	-22,113	-16,188
Purchase of Investments Purchase of Assets	0 0		0 0	0 0
TOTAL PAYMENTS NET OF RECEIPTS-PAYMENTS	0 -22,113 6,857	0 0 0	0 -22,113 6,857	0 -16,188
				-1,322
A5 - Transfers Between Funds	0	0	0	0
NET AFTER TRANSFERS	6,857	0	6,857	-1,322

Allocation of Actual Funds for the Financial Year To 31-Dec-21	Allocation of Actual Funds for the Financial Year To 31-Dec-21	Allocation of Actual Funds for the Financial Year To 31-Dec-21	Allocation of Actual Funds for the Financial Year To 31-Dec-21	Allocation of Actual Funds for the Financial Year To 31-Dec-21
Actual Funds Brought Forward Movement After Transfers Total Funds Carried Forward	Unrestr'd Funds£ Restricted Funds £ Total£ 11,253 - 11,253 6,857 0 6,857 18,110 0 18,110 Current Financial Year,			Last Year
	Unrestr'd Funds£ 11,253 6,857 18,110	Restricted Funds £ - 0 0		Total£ 12,575 -1,322
				11,253
Agency Funds_(HMRC & NEST)_	0		0	0
Total Cash Carried Forward	18,110	0	18,110	11,253

Movements in Actual Funds for the Financial Year To 31-Dec-21	Movements in Actual Funds for the Financial Year To 31-Dec-21	Movements in Actual Funds for the Financial Year To 31-Dec-21	Movements in Actual Funds for the Financial Year To 31-Dec-21	Movements in Actual Funds for the Financial Year To 31-Dec-21	Movements in Actual Funds for the Financial Year To 31-Dec-21
Cash Assets Cash at Bank & in Hand Bank, Current Account Cash Account PayPal Account Bank, Deposit Account Total Cash Held Cash held as agent Current Cash Assets Owed to Charity{Overdue Receipts} Owed by Charity{Overdue Payments} Net Cash Funds	Bt'Fwd at 01-Jan-21 11,238 15 0 0 11,253 0 11,253 498 -198 11,552	Receipts in Period 27,314 2,096 0 0 29,409 0	Payments in Period -18,252 -4,330 0 0 -22,583 0	Transfers in Period -2,250 2,250 0 0 0	Cd'Fwd at 31-Dec-21 18,049 30 0 0
					18,079 0
					18,079 0 -20
					18,059

Statement of Asset & Liabilities as at 31-Dec-21	Statement of Asset & Liabilities as at 31-Dec-21	Statement of Asset & Liabilities as at 31-Dec-21
B1 - Cash Assets	General Funds£ Restricted Funds £ Total£ Current Financial Year,		Last Year
	General Funds£ Restricted Funds £		Total£
General Fund Net Payments in Advance Designated Funds Other	18,079 0 0		11,253 0 0
Total Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds Total Restricted Funds		18,079 0	11,253
			0
Current Total Cash Assets		18,079	11,253
Money Held as Agent{eg: HMRC,NEST} Current Charitble Cash Assets B2 - Money Owed to the Charity{Other Monetary Assets} Gift Aid claim Other B5 - Money Owed by the Charity{Liabilities} Independent Examination Fee Other		0 18,079 0 0 0 0 -20 -20	0
			11,253
			0 498
			498 0 -198
			-198
Charitable Cash Assets{Net of Liabilities)		18,059	11,552
B3 - Investment assets 0 B4 - Assets retained for charity's own use. Fixed Assets 2,551 Stocks of Goods for Sale 0 Total Current Funds Total Funds(net of liabilities)		0 2,551 0 20,630 20,610	0 2,036 0 13,288 13,588

Disposition of Funds

The Charity has no designated or restricted funds

Notes to the Accounts

a) Accounting Policies

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 Section 133, using the Receipts and Payments basis available to small charities.

b) Reimbursement of Out-of-Pocket Expenses

No Trustees received any reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses in the financial year.

c) Salaries & Professional Fees

Hamworthy Hedgehog Rescue does not charge any professional fees for the services that it provides.

No trustee receives any payments for the services they provide to the charity.

In the current financial year, the charity employed no staff or external contractors.

d) Fixed Assets

The charity has not disposed of any fixed assets in the current financial year.

e) Depreciation

Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets of over £100 at rates calculated to write off the cost less estimated residual value on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives as follows:

• Plant & Machinery 5 years

• • Computer Equipment 3 years

f) Creditors

Cheques issued prior to the end of the financial year but not appearing in the end of financial year bank statement are only reported as outstanding creditors if they remain unpresented at the time of producing the financial statements.

g) Rounding Discrepancies

All amounts are recorded to the penny, but in these accounts are shown as digitally rounded to the nearest pound. This can occasionally result in a total apparently not being the sum of its constituent amounts. All individual amounts, and their totals, are nevertheless correct.

Approval of the Board of Trustees

The Trustees declare that they have approved the above Annual Report & Statement of Financial Activity.

Signed on behalf of the Trustees

Date: 9[th] April 2022 ---- 9 ----

J M Dunne, Principal Trustee.

TIBBS Il;";:. Services April 2022 Hamworth Hed eho Rescue A¢countaDt's Re ort of the Committee I have been asked by the Treasurer (Jim tkn) to carry ow a iksic I￿11( of accwts suffi¢ient lo satisfy both the membership and the Chrity CLKnmission of and validity of xcounts for the year ending 31° De£emb¢r 2021. I have completed a numEr of random full checks of each iThlividu815et of ￿e1)r￿S and ￿Co￿ts well as the combined a￿OUnts of the whole charity. l arn satisfied that the accounts are maint&in¢d in extremely gwd order and fvIIy Teconciled to invoices, receipts and bank $￿ernents at the end of each month. l am therefcrt plcwd io recommend the actounts &8 prepared to the charity. b￿ed on my random partial audit of the b(M)ks and rexords Sukvlied to me. Yours sitKerely. D M TIBBS ACMA CGMA Tibbs A¢¢ountin8 Sep/ices Tlbbs Accountlng Sethces: 4 The Triangle. Poole, Dorset BH16 5PG T: 01202 621316 M: 07775 507 339 E: [e-mail] wiv.tIbbsae￿un11ngSOr¥1cOs.¢o.uk Compsry Rewstfation Number. 07818567 Company Regiration Address". 35 Wayttrn aL, (nlffll Heaih, Poole th)rsei BH17 9WF Tth4 Aerx)UftiiftE ? IfadinE n8me of TiOI)s AtCDun11neSefvices Ll(J

Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to tha tru$t•e members of Hamv￿rthy Hedgehog Rescue On accounts for the y•ar ended 3111212021 Charity no Ilf any 1188880 Sot out on pages Ro8pa¢tlv• The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. respon8lbllitlo$ of The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year trusts08 and examlner under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to.. examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under sèction 145{5)(b) of the Charrties Act, and to state whether particular matters have com8 to my attention. Basla of independent My examination was carried out in accordan￿ with general Directions given examinorfs statement by the Charity Commission. An exarnination includes a ￿VIeW of the accounting records kept by the charty and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disdosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The proc8dures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a true and fair, view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Inde￿ndent In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention •xaminer's statement (other than that disclosed below ') 1. which gives me r8asonable cause to believe that in, any material respect. the requirements.. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act" and to prepare accounts which acwrd with the accounting reGords and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities A have not b8en met; or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the br8ckets if they do not apply. Slgned: Dat•: 0810412022 Name: Tibbs Accounting Servi￿5 Ltd Relevant prof￿10nal qualificatlon(8) or body (if any): ACMA (Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) IER March 2012

Address: 4 The Triangle Poole BH16 5PG Section B Disclosure Only Complete if the examiner needs to highlight matenal problems. Nothing applicabl8 Glv• here brief detalls of any Item8 that the examiner wishes to dl8cIo•o. IER March 2012