## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 03/01/2024 Period start date To 02/01/2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Companion Paws** ## **Charity registration number: 1187191** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**1. The relief of the elderly and others**
**who are in need due to loneliness and /**
**or social isolation by providing a dog or**
**cat as a companion. 2. For the public**
**benefit for the relief of suffering and**
**prevention of cruelty for cats and dogs**
**by finding them a suitable home.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**We finds homes for dogs and cats that**
**are in need of short term or longer term**
**fostering or adoption due to changes in**
**their circumstances e.g. owner needing**
**hospital care or passing away. Similarly**
**we help to find foster homes for dogs**
**which have been rescued from the**
**streets wherever that may be. We fund**
**this by means of donations form our**
**supporters and our own fundraising**
**activities, such as bingo, raffles, quizzes**
**and car boots.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Yes we have had such regard.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Our fosters are all volunteers who are**
**reimbursed for any expenditure on food**
**if requested, although the charity meets**
**any vet bills as they arrive.**
**Other volunteers help by gathering in**
**bingo and raffle prizes and assisting at**
**our fundraising sessions.**| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Since our registration in 2020, we have**
**rescued, assessed and settled 87 dogs**
**into new homes. This has directly**
**benefitted 87 lonely people and by**
**extension family members as well, plus**
**of course the animals themselves. We**
**know that loneliness is an unseen**
**illness, and we feel that we make a**
**contribution to wider society by**
**reducing demand on our health**
**services. Feedback tells us that our**
**activities have the desired, beneficial**
**effect on those we support and this**
**includes those attending our**
**fundraising and social events.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**We now have an established programme**
**of fundraising events, which provide the**
**income needed to successfully run our**
**charity, but still seek grants.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The welfare of our dogs is paramount,**
**and the majority of our expenditure is**
**on vets’ bills. We try to have a reserve**
**fund to cover any unexpected condition**
**in a dog which needs immediate**
**attention.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£1000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None. We have very committed trustees**
**who work hard to ensure we can**
**continue our mission as described in**
**our objects.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**The existing Trustees discuss the**
**merits of any potential Trustee before**
**any approach is made.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Companion Paws| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1187191| |Charity’s principal address|4 Water Lane, Blackborough End, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Ken Rout|||| ||LynseyRout|||| ||JoyChamberlain|||| ||Helen Gillard|||| ||Lianne Hitchcock||17/03/2025|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Kenneth James Rout|Lynsey Danielle Rout| ||

Chair|| ||26/10/2025|| ||26/10/2025|| ||**Companion Paws**
**Charity Name**|**Companion Paws**
**Charity Name**|**Companion Paws**
**Charity Name**|**1187191**
**No (if any)**|**1187191**
**No (if any)**|**1187191**
**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|03/01/2024
Period start date|**To**||02/01/2025
Period end date||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**10,401**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,401**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,401**
**7,630**
**2,111**
**277**
**-**
**562**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,580**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,580**
**- 179**
**-**
**-**
**- 179**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**10,401**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,401**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,401**
**7,630**
**2,111**
**277**
**-**
**562**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,580**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,580**
**- 179**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations|**10,401**||||||**10,371**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**10,401**||||||**10,371**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**10,371**| ||||||||| |Vet Bills|**7,630**||||||**6,254**| |Goods|**2,111**||||||**1,609**| |Food|**277**||||||**346**| |Equipment|**-**||||||**43**| |Insurance|**562**||||||**374**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**10,580**||||||**8,626**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||| ||||||||**8,626**| ||||||||| ||**- 179**|**-**|**-**||**- 179**||**1,745**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**- 179**|**-**|**-**||**- 179**||**1,745**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 26/10/2025 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
Business Account
**Details**
**Details**
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(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**1,940**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,940**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**liability relates**
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**(optional)**
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Print Name
LynseyRout|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||LynseyRout|19/08/2025| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 26/10/2025 2