2020-12-31-accounts

FELINE FRIENDS LONDON

ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS YEAR ENEDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1186959

FELINE FRIENDS LONDON

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR 2020

The committee presents its annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020.

The accounts have been prepared on the receipts and income basis as the charity is a non-company charity and had an income of less than £250,000 during the year 2020 and in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.

Patron

Jerry Coyne

Executive Committee and Trustees

The executive committee members who served during the year were as follows:

Chair of Trustees Barbara Read Trustee Irene Slegt Trustee Emily Runc (resigned September 2020) Trustee Frances Bell Trustee Nicola McGlennon

Charity number: 1186959

Bank

Lloyds Bank 31-33 Holloway Road

London

N7 8JU

Independent Examiner

Helen Leonard

23 Portsmouth Wood Close

Lindfield Haywards Heath RH16 2DQ

Structure, governance and management

The charity is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, whose only voting members are its charity trustees.

The charity is administered by a management committee who have a shared and statutory responsibility to ensure that the charity carries out its functions in accordance with its constitution. Committee members were appointed with three members serving for a period of three years and two members for a period of four years, after which time they will retire and be eligible for reappointment. New members to be appointed by agreement with existing members of the management committee.

All committee members are required to contribute to the management of the charity. The charity does not have a registered office and all members are unpaid volunteers who work from their homes.

A copy of the charity’s constitution and accounts are available by emailing [e-mail]. Information about the charity can be found on the charity’s website www.felinefriendslondon.uk

What has been achieved over the year

COVID-19 restrictions after the first lockdown in March 2020, meant that the bigger charities were doing less frontline rescue work and it was left to the smaller cat rescue organisations to step in and rescue stray and feral cats and kittens, including those who were injured or unwell. Some of these cats included cats needing orthopaedic surgery and periods of care. Cats and kittens were rescued from hoarding situations and from colonies. Some cats were pregnant at the time of rescue or had newborn or very young kittens. In total around 200 cats and kittens were rescued. Other cats were taken in after being left at vet practices or handed over by owners who could no longer care for them. Such cats included a diabetic and a hyperthyroid sibling pair of brothers and an elderly cat, who was being fed as a stray.

Approximately 300 cats and kittens were rehomed over the year. Around seven feral cats were returned to site. Around 100 to 150 cats were neutered.

Like all animal charities in the first few months of lockdown, we were inundated with requests to adopt of foster cats. A volunteer created an online system, whereby people could register their interest in adopting or fostering and we soon ended up with a waiting list, which reached 2500 and we soon closed.

We developed a good social media and fundraising team, who managed to raise sufficient funds in donations to cover our vet costs.

Total income for the year was £44,958

Total expenditure for the year was £43,549, with £39,494 of this being spent on vet fees.

Barbara Read

Chair of Trustees

25 October 2022

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INCOMING RESOURCES

Donations and Adoption fees Fundraising Commission on pet insurance Total incoming resources

RESOURCES EXPENDED

Vet fees Medical & food supplies Fostering expenses Other operating expenses Total resources expended

NET INCOMING RESOURCES

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total funds brought forward

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD

Bank balance as at 31 Dec 2020 Difference - accrual for Cat Cuddles cat rescue vet bill

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

Unrestricted funds Year end 31.12.'20 GBP 43491 783 684 44958 39494 3047 714 294 43549 1409 3121 4530 4562 32

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name Feline Friends London members of On accounts for the year 31.12.2020 Charity no 1186959 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1 and 2 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 / 12 / 2020 .

• 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.

Signed: Date: 03/09/2022 Name: Helen Leonard Relevant professional Chartered Institute of Management Accountants qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 23 Portsmouth Wood Close Lindfield, Haywards Heath RH16 2DQ

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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 .

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