## **FELINE FRIENDS LONDON** **ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS YEAR ENEDED 31 DECEMBER 2022** **CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1186959** ## **FELINE FRIENDS LONDON** ## **ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR 2022** The committee presents its annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022 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 2022 and in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011. ## **Patrons** Jerry Coyne Jane Fallon ## **Executive Committee and Trustees** The executive committee members who served during the year were as follows: Chair of Trustees Barbara Read Trustee Milou de Castellane Trustee Frances Bell Trustee Vanessa Steele **Charity number:** 1186959 ## **Bank** Lloyds Bank 31-33 Holloway Road London N7 8JU ## **Independent Examiner** Nicola McGlennon 78A Elgin Avenue Maida Vale London W9 2HB ## **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 admin@felinefriendslondon.uk. Information about the charity can be found on the charity’s website www.felinefriendslondon.uk ## **What has been achieved over the year** In 2021 we had appointed a part-time Administration Support Officer, funded by Battersea Dogs & Cats Home. This role continued into 2022, when we were fortunate to receive further funding to cover the post, which also involved taking the lead on our Adoption Team and training volunteers to help with adoptions. The cats we took in over the year included strays from vet practices, as well as cats and kittens we rescued ourselves, cats signed over by owners who could no longer keep them, and cats we were asked to take in by vet practices, including a 12 year-old hyperthyroid cat, Jessie, and a semi-feral stray, Robert, who learned to trust while in our foster care. One kitten we took in had clearly been abused by his owner and was the subject of a successful RSPCA prosecution case. In December we rescued Bernie Bear, a 3 to 4 year-old unneutered black male, who was reported to us as injured. We rescued him from where he sat immobile under a hedge with a badly damaged left eye, a lacerated tongue and bleeding from a wound in his ear. Just after we got him home there was heavy snowfall and, had we not rescued him when we did, we doubt he would have survived the night. A cat we had suspected to be semi-feral turned out to be a most affectionate and responsive cat. Other cats we took in, included Butterscotch, a feral ginger male with a gaping facial wound, following a burst abscess. Cats have extraordinary powers of healing and Butterscotch’s wound closed and healed with only dressing changes, a veterinary gel and antibiotics with no surgery being necessary. Alvin, a young tabby and white male, was another feral cat we rescued, with a gaping neck wound that required cleaning and closing with sutures. We took in a mum and kittens, where two kittens had such advanced eye infections, most likely due to herpes virus, that each had a left eye removed. These two kittens and a third later developed ringworm and were successfully treated. 198 cats and kittens were rehomed over the year including some being rehomed to sanctuaries. We around 100 cats and kittens in our foster care at any one time. Our social media team, as always were a great help in publicising our work and keeping in touch with our supporters and followers. Pickle, a cat we rehomed in 2020 and who has many followers on Twitter continued to do appeals to help our cats, when it was the anniversary of her adoption, when it was her birthday and at Christmas, helping to raise substantial funds. Fundraising initiatives brought in £6,436 and adoption fees and donations accounted for £42,457 of our income. In December 2022, we were successful with a grant application to Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, and was awarded a grant of £15000, for which we were extremely grateful. This was towards our Admin Support Officer post, for vet fees and to offer a basic veterinary support package for people struggling to care for their pets. Our income for the year was **£60,521** , of which £25,000 was grant funding from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, £258.04 was from fundraising, £1,581.65 was commission on pet insurance. The rest of our income comprised of donations and adoption fees. Total expenditure for the year was £46,377, with £40,470.08 being spent on vet fees. Barbara Read Chair of Trustees 27 November 2023 ## **FELINE FRIENDS** ## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022** ||**Unrestricted funds**|**Unrestricted funds**| |---|---|---| ||**Year end 31.12.'22**|**Year end 31.12.'21**| |**INCOMING RESOURCES**|**GBP**|**GBP**| |Donations and Adoption fees|33,561|42,457| |Fundraising|58|6,436| |Commission on pet insurance|1,582|1,020| |Grant|25,000|| |**Total incoming resources**|**60,201**|**49,913**| |**RESOURCES EXPENDED**||| |Vet fees|40,470|44,644| |Medical & food supplies|1,924|541| |Fostering Expenses|3,107|1,409| |Fundraising Expences|299|71| |Other operating expenses|457|1,319| |**Total resources expended**|**46,257**|**47,985**| |||| |**NET INCOMING RESOURCES**|**13,944**|**1,928**| |**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**||| |**Total funds brought forward**|**6,490**|**4,562**| |**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**|**20,435**|**6,490**| ## ##