## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/07/22 Period start date To 30/06/23 Period end date** ## **Charity name: London Retired Police Dogs Trust** ## **Charity registration number: 1188072** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference||| |---|---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17||**To promote humane behaviour towards**
**retired Police dogs by providing**
**financial assistance to owners of retired**
**Police dogs who have charge of animals**
**that are in need of appropriate care and**
**attention by reason of sickness, poor**
**circumstances or welfare.**| |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||**London Retired Police Dogs Trust**
**launched in November 2019 with**
**ongoing fundraising through public**
**events as a priority and then affected by**
**the worldwide Covid pandemic we were**
**forced to re-evaluate and find other**
**ways of fundraising.**
**Online Shop and Merchandise**
**We have been successful in launching**
**an online shop within our website**
**www.lrpd.uk**
**where we sell merchandise**
**directly via the shop and also through**
**third party volunteers and public facing**
**events where possible following**
**government guidance.**
**Yearly LRPD Calendar**
**Our yearly Calendar is produced and**
**paid for by Metfriendly, supporters of**
**LRPD, with all profits from sales going**
**direct to the fund.**
**Give as You Earn Initiative**
**With the assistance of the Charities Aid**
**Foundation we now successfully run a**
**give as you earn scheme within the**
**Metropolitan Police Service where**
**employees can sign up to contribute a**| ||||**monthly donation direct from source to**
**LRPD.**
**Ongoing Volunteer Supporter**
**Fundraising Activities**
**Throughout the year supporters have**
**undertaken a variety of events with**
**fundraising on behalf of LRPD being the**
**driving force, we have had volunteers**
**run the Race to the King 50KM run,**
**Great North Swim, London Marathon,**
**Ride London, Open Days, Fetes, Fairs,**
**Cake Sales, and Raffles to name a few.**
**These are our staple fundraisers to date.**| |---|---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18||**In the initial Chaired AGM all trustees**
**were introduced to the guidance on**
**public benefit issued by the Charity**
**Commission which is applicable when**
**exercising any powers or duties to**
**which the guidance would be relevant.**
**This was reviewed again in the last**
**AGM.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Every application received for financial**
**assistance is reviewed on an individual**
**basis. Once the application has been**
**reviewed by an independent vet and**
**verified then the trustees discuss the**
**individual application details and the**
**current financial position of the charity**
**and thus a decision on reward is**
**reached. We are proud to be in a**
**position to offer 100% of the claim**
**amount requested in the majority of all**
**claims to date.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Volunteers are integral to LRPD and**
**have assisted in fundraising by various**
**ways. Volunteers have shaken buckets,**
**sold merchandise, held raffles and taken**
**on enormous challenges all in efforts to**
**assist us being able to meet**
**applications for assistance relating to**
**retired police dogs.**| |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 the launch of London Retired**
**Police Dogs Trust and registration as a**
**registered charity LRPD have continued**
**to grow.**
**Despite fundraising efforts being**
**drastically effected by the global**
**pandemic LRPD has overcome**
**obstacles and developed new and**
**innovative ways to be able to continue**
**to fundraise.**
**We have awarded over £91,000 since**
**our launch in direct response to**
**applications received for assistance**
**with regards to the welfare of retired**
**police dogs up to 30/06/2023. (In this**
**accounting period our award**
**settlements totalled £53.282). The**
**number of applications increases month**
**on month as to be expected as a new**
**charity with more people becoming**
**aware of LRPD month on month.**
**Since launch the London Retired Police**
**Dogs Trust has grown to include retired**
**City Of London Police Dogs and more**
**recently has also expanded again to**
**include retired London Fire Brigade**
**dogs.**
**LRPD has also secured a working**
**partnership with Goddards Veterinary**
**Group who are able to offer a %**
**discount on fees relating to retired**
**police dogs treatment.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**As a charity our biggest aim is to meet**
**the needs of the retired Police dogs of**
**London requiring help and assistance**
**financially to enable them to live their**
**retirement in the best welfare position.**
**We have been able to meet the needs of**
**every application received thanks to**
**ongoing fundraising on behalf of**
**London Retired Police Dogs Trust.**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Every fundraising activity undertaken to**
**date has been successful in securing**
**donations.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Statement of Assets and Liabilities at**
**the end of this accounting period – Cash**
**funds this year end £25,602.**
**Unrestricted cash funds of £111,192**
**available combined Natwest and Paypal**
**balance 30/06/2023.**
**(Total received for this accounting**
**period which includes fundraising via**
**direct fundraising events, donations,**
**give and you earn and merchandise**
**sales totals; £90,905)**
**(Total deductions for this accounting**
**period for application settlement awards**
**totals £53,282)**
**Total deductions for this accounting**
**period which includes advertising,**
**printed materials, sundries, postage and**
**purchase of merchandise totals £16,021)**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**A decision was made and agreed by all**
**trustees that a reserve of £5,000 to**
**remain where possible for any**
**emergency unforeseen applications that**
**require urgent assistance.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£5,000.00**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None**| ## **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|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Foundation Model 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|**First Charity Trustees in position until**
**retirement, appointment of new trustees**
**is available but to be appointed for a**
**term of 3 years by a resolution passed**
**at a properly meeting of the charity**
**trustees.**| ## **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|London Retired Police Dogs Trust| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|LRPD| |Registered charity number|1188072| |Charity’s principal address|30 Hazlewell Road
London
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||PhilipWells|Chair||| ||Kristian Leighton|Secretary||| ||Emma Dignam|Treasurer||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 None held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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)** Emma DIGNAM **Position (eg Secretary,** TREASURER **Chair, etc)** **Date** 26/04/2024 **Charity Name No (if any) London Retired Police Dogs Trust Receipts and payments accounts For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 7/1/2022 6/30/2023 **CC16a** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Sale of Merchandise
**7,741**
Fund Raisingevents
**30,027**
Donations received
**30,841**
Give asyou earn
**26,296**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**94,905**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 94,905**
**A3 Payments**
Advertising
**100**
Stationery
**1,308**
Sundryexpenses
**855**
Insurance
**96**
Postage
**1,583**
IT Cost
**478**
Application Settlement
**53,282**
Sundry gifts
**-**
Paypal cost
**-**
**_Sub total_ 57,702**
Cost of Merchandise
**11,601**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 11,601**
**_Total payments_ 69,303**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 25,602**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 25,602**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases,(see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**7,741**
**30,027**
**30,841**
**26,296**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**94,905**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**94,905**
**100**
**1,308**
**855**
**96**
**1,583**
**478**
**53,282**
**-**
**-**
**57,702**
**11,601**
**-**
**11,601**
**69,303**
**25,602**
**-**
**-**
**25,602**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**7,741**|**12,258**| ||||**30,027**|**-**| ||||**30,841**|**36,724**| ||||**26,296**|**25,880**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**94,905**|**74,862**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**94,905**|**74,862**| |||||| |||**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**100**|**675**| ||||**1,308**|**1,184**| ||||**855**|**44**| ||||**96**|**-**| ||||**1,583**|**2,281**| ||||**478**|**-**| ||||**53,282**|**35,178**| ||||**-**|**111**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**57,702**|**39,473**| |||||| |||**-**
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**-**|**11,601**|11,917| ||||**-**|| ||||**11,601**|**11,917**| |||||| |||**-**|**69,303**|**51,390**| |||||| ||**-**|**-**
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**-**|**25,602**|**23,472**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**25,602**|**23,472**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
Digitally signed by me Emma Dignam
on 30/04/24 obo all trustees|**Details**
NatWest A/c 28263685
Paypal Account balance
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))

|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**106,310**
**-**
**4,882**
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**-**
**-**
**111,192**
**-**
Agreement Error
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**to nearest £**
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Print Name
Emma Dignam
PhilipWells
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**funds**
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**funds**
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**funds**
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**asset belongs**
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**asset belongs**
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**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**80,614**| ||||**1,096**| ||||**-**| ||||**81,710**| ||||Agreement Error| ||||**to nearest £**
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**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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|Emma Dignam|4/30/2024| |||PhilipWells|| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees Chaflly Narne LONDON RETIRED POLICE DOGS TRUST On accounts for the year ended 30TH June 2023 Charity no {if any} 1188072 Set out on pages Ir8nwmbef10 Include th8 P298 ￿￿1berS of addltlonal she8ts1 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {'the Trust'l for the year ended 3011A12023. Responsibilltles and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)Ib) of the Act. Independent examiner's statement I have Completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have ome to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below ') which gives me cause lo believe that in, any material respect: the accountlng records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act., or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination lo which allention should be drawn in this report to enable a proper understanding oflhe accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: 30TH APRIL 2024 Name: MrLJFord Relovant professlonal quallfication{sl or body (if anyl: FCPA Address: HUNT FORD & CO OSBOURNE HOUSE, 143-145 STANWELL ROAD, ASHFORD, MIDDLESEX, TW15 3QN IER Oct 2018 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 6xaminer wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES No lit afiyl London Retired Pollce Dogs Trust Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the perlod from 'knooJ r-IliJ.J.-t To 0110712022 3010612023 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrlcted funds ta the 0￿reSt Restrictod funds Endowm8nt funds Total funds Last year tothe rLearesl£ the n8areslE tho r*ore8t£ to tho nearè8t£ Al Recelpts Sale of Merchandlse Fund Ralslng tsvBnts ilonalians receiv& Givo as you *am 7.741 30.027 30,841 7,741 30,027 30.84q 36.724 25,880 Sub total (Gross income for ARJ 94,905 94,905 74.862 A2 Asset and Invastment sales, l¥ee table). Sub total 94,905 94.905 74.862 A3Pa ments Advertssino Slabonery Sundry ex￿rI*S In￿rance 100 1,308 855 96 1,$83 476 53,282 100 1.308 855 67S 1,184 44 1.583 479 53.282 2.261 IT Cost Applicatlon SeillenEnt P9J￿ry gifts Paypal o)sl 35,17B Sub total 57.702 S7.702 39,473 A4 Asset and Investmènt pur¢ha8es, {see table) Cost ol Merchandis8 11.601 11.501 11,917 Sub total 11,601 11,601 11.917 Total payments 69,303 69,303 51,390 Net of re¢elpts/fpaymontsJ A5 Transfers between lunds A6 Cash fund$ la$1 year end Cash funds this year end 25,602 25,602 2J,472 25.602 25,602 23,472 K¥ Rl accounts ISSI 3010412024 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrlcted Restricted funds funds to no•r￿t £ to near•stf Endowment funds to nearest £ Categorf6S DetsllB Bl Cash funds Nalwesl Alc 28263685 106,310 80,614 Paypal Account 4,882 1.096 Total cash funds 111,192 81,710 AgrAL.Irciil Cirof Endowment funds to nearest£ Unrestrlcted funds to ￿•re¥l £ Rèstrletèd funds Delalls to near95t £ 82 Other monetary assets Fund tD whlch ass￿ bolon Detslls Cost loptlonall c￿rrenty&1Ue Fund io wbl¢h assel belo DèlJils Cost lopllonall lona B4 Assets rotalned for the charlty'5 own use Fund to whl¢h velatos Affl￿￿1 dug al Wh&n due Dotalls B5 LlabilltS9s S£gned by or trustees behalf of al the trustees D￿ltallY sKJn8d by me Emn)a Dhjnam on 30104124 obo sll trustees Signalure Print Name Oate ol roval 30104r2024 Emma Dignaw Wel CCXX R2 accounts ISSI 3010412024