## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 23 April 2020 **To** 31 October 2020
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Chorlton Cats Charity **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1189165
**Charity's principal address** 19 Sandringham Avenue
Helsby Frodsham **Postcode** WA6 9QJ
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Colette Willoughby|Secretary|||
||Julie Wellings|Chair|||
||Rachel Hurst|Treasurer|||
## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document Constitution adopted 23[rd] April 2020 (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General Trustee selection methods Meeting held in October (suspended due to COVID) (eg. appointed by, elected by)
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## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
The objects of the CIO are:
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
1.For the public benefit to promote humane behaviour towards cats by providing appropriate care, protection, treatment and security for cats which are in need of care and attention by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or ill usage and rehoming such cats and to educate the public in matters pertaining to responsible cat ownership and the prevention of cruelty and suffering among cats.
2.The relief of poverty by providing support to persons who are unable to meet the costs of veterinary care for their cats due to economic disadvantage.
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In carrying out all our activities for this period we kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
Our main activities were as follows:
1. The fostering and rehoming of cats as outlined in more detail in Section D
2. Offering financial assistance (vet treatment) to those owners who could not afford to treat their cat be it neutering or an illness or injury.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
3. Providing numerous hours of online support and advice to concerned cat owners
4. Providing online advice and education on responsible cat ownership and the prevention of cruelty and suffering among cats
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
We are grateful for the many hours volunteers have spent taking care of cats they have opened their homes up to and fostered.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
Without their valuable contribution of time, energy, compassion and love for the cats in their care we would not have been able to achieve so much. The numbers of cats and kittens we have been able to rehome to their forever homes bears testament to their unwavering support for the Charity and for this we and the cats will always be grateful.
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
The CIO was established at the start of the COVID 19 pandemic and as such its activities for the period this report relates to were constrained.
There were fundraising and education events which had to be cancelled due to the rapidly changing guidance and the need to ensure public safety and adherence to COVID guidance were upheld.
During this period 46 cats were adopted through the charity - these ranged from kittens found in sheds to strays through to animals surrendered to the charity as a result of a change in circumstances for the owners - some not all of these as a result of the pandemic, others relating to house moves, allergies, or financial issues.
Of these cats, most required some form of vet intervention whether it be the minimum of vaccinations and microchips for kittens, spay and chip for female cats or neuter and chip for male cats.
All adult cats were neutered and chipped before they were rehomed as part of our education programme to prevent unwanted litters, illness etc.
In addition, a number of cats needed more intensive treatment before they were well enough to be rehomed.
Financial assistance was also provided in the form of vet treatment for owners who found themselves unable to afford the cost of treatment needed for their cats.
CATS
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## **Section E Financial review**
Cash at the bank at 31/10/20 was £1,406 in unrestricted funds.
## **Brief statement of the**
**charity’s policy on reserves**
The charity currently holds no funds in reserves although has set a minimum balance in terms of cash in the bank of £1,000.
If the balance gets close to this or drops below then fundraising activities are targeted to ensure that any unexpected vets bills are able to be settled.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
Not applicable
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
Our main source of funds this year has been donations either from regular donors, for specific vet bills or from adoptions.
We would usually hold a number of events throughout the year to raise funds and raise awareness of responsible cat ownership. However due to COVID 19 this was not possible.
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## Future Plans
The coming year is still full of uncertainty due to COVID. We know that restrictions on vet opening will have an impact on cats being neutered and are preparing ourselves for a busy kitten season together with an increase in cats being surrendered. To that end we have a constant cycle of foster recruitment in order to cope with the inevitable increase in cats needing our help
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Colette Willoughby **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Secretary **etc) Date** 2nd September 2021
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||**Charity Name**
**Chorlton Cats Charity**|**Charity Name**
**Chorlton Cats Charity**|**Charity Name**
**Chorlton Cats Charity**|**No (if any)**
**1189165**|**No (if any)**
**1189165**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
23/04/2020|**To**||Period end date
31/10/2020|
|||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**3,949**
**2,938**
**1,869**
**3,847**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,603**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,603**
**9,815**
**1,246**
**101**
**21**
**14**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,197**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,197**
**1,406**
**-**
**-**
**1,406**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**3,949**
**2,938**
**1,869**
**3,847**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,603**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,603**
**9,815**
**1,246**
**101**
**21**
**14**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,197**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,197**
**1,406**
**-**
**-**
**1,406**|
|Adoption donations|**3,949**|||||
|Vet Bill donations|**2,938**|||||
|Regular donations|**1,869**|||||
|Brought forward balance from unregistered charity|**3,847**|||||
||**-**|||||
||**-**|||||
||**-**|||||
||**-**|||||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**12,603**|||||
|||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**||||||
||**-**|||||
||**-**|||||
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||
|
Vet Bills|**9,815**|||||
|Cat Care|**1,246**|||||
|Cat Pouch recyclingschme|**101**|||||
|Drinks License for event|**21**|||||
|Web hostingand emails|**14**|||||
||**-**|||||
||**-**|||||
||**-**|||||
||**-**|||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**11,197**|||||
|||||||
|**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_**||||||
||**1,406**|**-**|**-**||
**1,406**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**1,406**|**-**|**-**||**1,406**|
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## **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
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Cash
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**1,406**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,406**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
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||||**-**|
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**(optional)**|
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Print Name Colette Willoughby
Rachel Hurst
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