## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 4[h] April 2023 Period start date To 4[th] April 2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Tenderpaws Cat Rescue** ## **Charity registration number: 1189581** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To rehome and rehabilitate stray,**
**abandoned and unwanted cats in our**
**area**| |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 trap, collect and take in cats, have**
**them vet checked, wormed and flead**
**treated neutered and chipped**
**sometimes vaccinated before finding**
**new loving homes. We offer rehoming**
**via social media for the public when no**
**space available.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**All Trustees have read the guidance**
**supplied by the charity commission**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We have volunteers that help us in the**
**hub with the care of the cats, some who**
**work in our charity shop and foster**
**carers who look after cats whilst we**
**seek new homes for them.**| |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|**In the past year we have rehomed 93**
**cats and kittens that came into our care**
**or different reasons, mainly stray**
**unwanted and abandoned.**
**We are still partnered with Café meow in**
**Blackpool who raise awareness of the**
**plight of the unwanted cat population,**
**and the cats we provide are viewed by**
**the visitors to the café and can apply to**
**rehome for us whist they are living in**
**the café.**
**We also sometimes trap and neuter and**
**release feral cats to reduce the stray cat**
**population.**| ## **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|**Fundraising via online Auctions has**
**helped with some of the bills. We**
**attended the national cat show with a**
**stand in Liverpool and we have stood a**
**few car boots . Most of our funds come**
**through the shop ,and social media**
**posts asking for donations.**| |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|**The charity owes money to the vets who**
**kindly let us pay monthly. The shop has**
**not performed as well for location**
**issues .We have relied more on social**
**media for donations to paypal and**
**adoptions**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We have been waiting for a large**
**donation from a sale of a house through**
**a bereavement which has not come**
**through yet ,we do expect it in 2025.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**No reserve**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Large Vet bills ,and low funds coming**
**in from the shop don’t allow us at the**
**moment**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **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|**The charity shop is our principal source**
**of funds. Social Media and Online**
**auctions when we can from the shop**
**floor**| |---|---|---| |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|**Three 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|**No new trustees at this time**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Two trustees are the founding members**
**and are in control of the charity jointly.**
**Third trustee is admin only**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Tenderpaws| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|-| |Registered charity number|1189581| |Charity’s principal address|Business Address:
Tender paws Cat Rescue
202 Lytham Rd
Blackpool
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Christine Meryem|||| ||Christina Walsh|||| ||Mustafa Meryem|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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** Declaratlons Th? tnffjte￿ docl•re thatthay h•vo approved th•try•t•￿' T•POrtabovo. Slgnod OD bphalf ol the Char￿.* tru8 Slgfiature(sl Chrk%tine Meryem FLbll namtl61 Pothlon1•3 Secrotsry. ¢hJir, otc) Christin8wal8h Trust* I C(Ffound8r 201112025 **Company Registration No. 1189581 (England and Wales)** **TENDERPAWS CAT RESCUE ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 4 APRIL 2024** **TENDERPAWS CAT RESCUE ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 4 APRIL 2024** |**CONTENTS**|**PAGE**| |---|---| |Income statement|3| |Statement of financial position|4| |Detailed income statement|5| - 2 - ## **TENDERPAWS CAT RESCUE INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 4 APRIL 2024** |Turnover
Cost of raw materials and consumables
Staff cost
Other charges
Profit/(loss)|**2024**
**£**
43,877
(39,997)
(1,476)
(2,094)
310|**2023**
**£**
49,086
(48,187)
(2,070)
(7,569)| |---|---|---| |||(8,740)| - 3 - ## **TENDERPAWS CAT RESCUE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 4 APRIL 2024** |Current assets
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
**Net current liabilities**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Net liabilities**
**Capital and reserves**|4,029
(13,372)|**2024**
**£**
(9,343)
(9,343)
(9,343)
(9,343)|2,575
(12,228)|**2023**
**£**
(9,653)| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||(9,653)| |||||(9,653)| |||||| |||||(9,653)| ## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS** ## **1 Statutory information** TENDERPAWS CAT RESCUE is a private company, limited by shares, registered in England and Wales, registration number 1189581. The registered office is 202-204 Lytham Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY1 6UE, England. ## **2 Average number of employees** During the year the average number of employees was 0 (2023: 0). For the year ending 4 April 2024 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the micro-entity provisions of the Companies Act 2006 and FRS 105, The Financial Reporting Standard applicable to the Micro-entities Regime. Approved by the board on 9 January 2025 Christina Walsh Director Company Registration No. 1189581 - 4 - ## **TENDERPAWS CAT RESCUE DETAILED INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 4 APRIL 2024** This schedule does not form part of the statutory accounts. ||**2024**|**2023**| |---|---|---| ||**£**|**£**| |**Turnover**||| |Sales|43,877|49,086| |**Cost of raw materials and consumables**||| |Purchases|39,997|48,187| |**Staff costs**||| |Direct labour|-|35| |Travel and subsistence|1,476|811| |Motor expenses|-|1,224| ||1,476|2,070| |**Other**||| |Rent|7,684|9,190| |Light and heat|2,904|2,107| |Cleaning|1,190|743| |Telephone and fax|1,450|1,383| |Stationery and printing|74|3| |Subscriptions|80|8| |Bank charges|294|309| |Insurance|510|449| |Software|418|360| |Repairs and maintenance|2,695|425| |Donations|(17,366)|(11,431)| |Sundry expenses|264|322| |Accountancy fees|1,871|2,054| |Advertising and PR|-|21| |Other direct costs|26|1,626| ||2,094|7,569| |**Profit/(loss) on ordinary activities before taxation**|310|(8,740)| - 5 - ## **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**
**Responsibilities and**
**basis of report**|Charity Name
Tenderpaws Cat Rescue|Charity Name
Tenderpaws Cat Rescue|Charity Name
Tenderpaws Cat Rescue| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||4thApril 2024|**Charity no**
**(if any)**|1189581| ||||| ||1-2
1-2(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)||| ||I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 04/04/2024.
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)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **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: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - • the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 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:** 09/01/2024 **Signed: Name:** Robert W Whinn-Tulip **Relevant professional** BSc. AAT3 AATQB **qualification(s) or body** **Address:**[Advance Business Services. 2b Lancaster House, Amy Johnson Way, ] Blackpool. FY3 2RP **Oct 2018** 1 **IER** ## **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** . **Oct 2018** 2 **IER**