FELINE FRIENDS LONDON
ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS YEAR ENEDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1186959
FELINE FRIENDS LONDON
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR 2023
The committee presents its annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023
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 (appointed 30 April 2022)
Charity number: 1186959
Bank
Lloyds Bank 31-33 Holloway Road London N7 8JU
Independent Examiner
Rakesh Pattini London
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
During 2023 we were fortunate to have a former staff member from one of the vet practices we use, join our adoption team. This immediately made a significant difference to our rehoming figures and we were able to pay this adoption officer, who took the lead on our adoption team, a small monthly wage on the basis of the income she was generating from adoption fees. She also trained and put together a small team of adoption officers.
The cats we took in over the year were similar to those included abandoned or handed over as strays to vet practices, cats and kittens we rescued ourselves and cats signed over by owners who could no longer keep them for various reasons, including allergies, leaving the country or moving to a home to where pets were not allowed. We also saw an increase in the number of injured cats and kittens needing urgent rescue and vet-treatment.
Cats unable to be rehomed to a domestic household were placed in trusted sanctuaries, where they could live out their lives.
182 cats and kittens were rehomed over the year, plus those rehomed to rural sanctuaries. We had around 100 to 150 cats and kittens in our foster care at any one time.
From the end of March, we were no longer able to use the C4 neutering scheme but thanks to the support of Cat Action Trust 77, who funded our neutering fees from April, we were able to neuter over 150 cats during the year. We also are affiliated with Cat Action Trust 77 for rescue work in Greater London.
Our social media team helped with publicising our work, appealing for funds, and engaging with supporters and followers as well as helped to do appeals for cats in urgent need of foster homes.
As in previous years we attended the De Beauvoir Christmas Fayre, and made several hundred pounds from the sale of plants, Christmas cards and gift items to help our cats and kittens.
David & Ivor Baddiel were added to our list of patrons.
Our income for the year was £42,152, of which £720 was from fundraising and £2,082 was commission on pet insurance. The rest of our income comprised of donations and adoption fees, amounting to £39,350.
Total expenditure for the year was £53,933, with £47,952 being spent on vet fees, £3,768 on fostering expenses and £1,969 on medical and food supplies.
As in previous years we extend our thanks to Renee Andrea Davidovics for her work on preparing our accounts.
Barbara Read Chair of Trustees 24 September 2025
FELINE FRIENDS
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
| Unrestricted funds | Unrestricted funds | |
|---|---|---|
| Year end 31.12.'23 | Year end 31.12.'22 | |
| INCOMING RESOURCES | GBP | GBP |
| Donations and Adoption fees | 39,350 | 33,561 |
| Fundraising | 720 | 58 |
| Commission on pet insurance | 2,082 | 1,582 |
| Grant | - | 25,000 |
| Total incoming resources | 42,152 | 60,201 |
| RESOURCES EXPENDED | ||
| Vet fees | 47,952 | 40,470 |
| Medical & food supplies | 1,969 | 1,924 |
| Fostering Expenses | 3,768 | 3,107 |
| Fundraising Expenses | - | 299 |
| Other operating expenses | 244 | 457 |
| Total resources expended | 53,933 | 46,257 |
| NET INCOMING RESOURCES | (11,781) | 13,944 |
| RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS | ||
| Total funds brought forward | 20,435 | 6,490 |
| TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD | 8,653 | 20,435 |
Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
| Report to the trustees On accounts for the year ended Set out on pages |
Feline Friends London | Feline Friends London | Feline Friends London |
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| 31.12.2023 | Charity no (if any) |
1186959 | |
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2023.
Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
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Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
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examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
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the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report 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: 25.07.2025
Signed: Name: Rakesh Pattani
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Oct 2018
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Relevant professional Association of Chartered Certified Accountants qualification(s) or body (if any):
Address: 71 Little Ealing Lane London W5 4ED
Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material 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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IER