## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Period start date To Period end date** ## **Charity name:** ## **Charity registration number:** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The purposes of the charity are to**
**promote, for the benefit of the public, the**
**conservation of flora and fauna**
**throughout the world, and in particular**
**(but not limited to) flora and fauna**
**classed as endangered, threatened or**
**near threatened, primarily (but not**
**exclusively) in Africa and India by:**
**a) The training, deployment and provision**
**of wildlife protection and anti- poaching**
**field rangers and canine units, to protect**
**rare, threatened or endangered species**
**and to promote biological diversity.**
**b) The provision of grants to**
**organisations established to conserve**
**flora and fauna for the public benefit; and**
**c) Advancing education and raising**
**awareness of the public in the need to**
**preserve and protect the environment**
**and all areas of conservation.”**| |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|**Our main modus operandi is the breeding**
**and training of specialised dogs – for**
**anti-poaching, detection, tracking, patrol,**
**research etc. We then train game rangers**
**to become dog handlers and the resulting**
**man/woman- and- dog units are deployed**
**into game reserves.**
**All expenses for the training (food, travel,**
**lodging etc.) is covered by us, as is**
**equipment for the dog.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**I confirm that all the trustees have had**
**regard to the guidance issued by the**
**Charity Commission on public benefit**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We have not used any volunteers during**
**this period**| |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|**Canines for Africa has trained and**
**deployed one anti-poaching K9 unit**
**during the period of this annual return.**
**Not only have our operations created**
**jobs for trainers and a ranger, and**
**income for breeders, veterinarians and**
**others, they have been instrumental in**
**protecting rhinos and other animals from**
**poaching.**
**Our units are also used, when requested,**
**by local communities, needing help in**
**search-and-rescue or tracking dangerous**
**animals threatening villages, thus saving**
**lives of humans as well as animals**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Fewer units were deployed this year,**
**relative to last year, due to less funds in**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Unfortunately our principal fundraising**
**was in the US this year, which turned out**
**to be a bad year due to the elections –**
**donors were giving most of their funds to**
**their chosen candidate.**| |---|---|---| |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|**Definitely not a good as hoped**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**There is no policy for holding reserves.**
**When there are funds in the account, it is**
**because funds are only spent when**
**trustees believe that a particular project**
**has all the credentials for responsible**
**funding, and this takes time to research**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**0**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**There is no requirement for reserves to**
**be held. Trustees see that there are**
**always small amounts of money available**
**to pay banking, communications etc.**
**fees, but fund are put into fieldwork as**
**soon as feasible after receipt.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**The unrestricted fund is in deficit, mainly**
**due to a high percentage of funds being**
**channeled to field operations, and higher-**
**than expected costs. We are working very**
**hard to raise enough fund to cover our**
**administrative costs.**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**There are no uncertainties about the**
**charity continuing as a going concern**| ## **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|**N/A**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The trustees see no significant risks to**
**the charity.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |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|**Only the current trustees can decide on**
**the addition of a new trustee. All must**
**agree on the choice for this to happen.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**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|Canines for Africa| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|K94A| |Registered charity number|1190104| |Charity’s principal address|Wolfson College, University of Oxford, c/o Dr Moussavi
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Ms Vianna von
Weyhausen|||Entitled if unanimous| ||Dr Kaveh Moussavi|||Entitled if unanimous| ||Mr Patrick Maina|||Entitled if unanimous| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved > **Director name** N/A Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** N/A ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A 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 N/A ## **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)**[Vianna von Weyhausen ] **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 14 October 2025 ## **CANINES FOR AFRICA Charity No :1190104 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES ANNUAL ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD 1ST JAN TO 31ST DEC 2024** |**Descriptions by natural category**|**Unrestricted**|
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**income funds**|~~**Endowment**~~
**funds**|~~**Total this**~~
**year**|**Total lastyear**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**| |**Incoming resources**|F01|F02|F03|F04|F05| |Donations,legacies and Grants|39,266||-|39,266|19,435| ||-|-|-|-|-| ||39,266|-|-|39,266|19,435| |**Resources expended**|||||| |Telephonepostage and stationery|5,385|-|-|5,385|4,981| |Bank Charges|423|-|-|423|378| |Legal andprofessional fees||-|-|-|948| |Cost of fundraisingevents|4,059|-|-|4,059|2,978| |Rent,rates and Insurance||-|-|-|14,607| |Accommodation & Meals|4,284|-|-|4,284|6,431| |Flights & Local Travel|10,189|-|-|10,189|6,022| |DogEquipment|13|-|-|13|428| |DogFood||-|-|-|253| |DogPurchase||-|-|-|7,501| |DogTraining|347|-|-|347|555| |DogVeternitary|39|-|-|39|919| |Monitoring& Evalution||-|-|-|1,777| |Ranger Training||-|-|-|| ||||||| |**_Total resources expended_**|24,738|-|-|24,738|47,778| |**_Net incoming/(outgoing) resources_**
**_before transfers_**|14,528|-|-|14,528|(28,343)| |**_Gross transfers between funds_**
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**_before other recognised_**
**_gains/(losses)_**|14,528|-|-|14,528|(28,343.00)| |**Other recognised** **gains/(losses)**|||||| |Gains and losses on revaluation of
fixed assets for the charity’s own use|-|-|-|-|-| |Gains and losses on investment assets|-|-|-|-|-| |**_Net movement in funds_**|14,528|-|-|14,528|(28,343.00)| |**Total funds brought forward**|(86,664)||-|-|| |**_Total funds carried forward_**|(72,136)|-|-|14,528|(28,343.00)| |**CANINES FOR AFRICA**|**CANINES FOR AFRICA**|**CANINES FOR AFRICA**| |---|---|---| |**Charity No :1190104**||| |**BALANCE SHEET**||| |**ANNUAL ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD**||| |**1ST JAN TO 31ST DEC 2024**||| |||| ||**Total thisyear**|**Total lastyear**| ||**£**|**£**| |**Fixed assets**|Yr 2024|Yr 2023| |Tangible assets|2,359|2,359| |Investments|-|-| |**_Total fixed assets_**|2,359|2,359| |**Current assets**||| |Stock and work inprogress|-|-| |Debtors|-|-| |Investments(Short Term)|-|-| |Cash at bank and in hand|2,073|13,981| |**_Total current assets_**|2,073|13,981| |||| |Creditors:(Due within oneyear)|-|-| |||| |**_Net current assets/(liabilities)_**|2,073|13,981| |||| |**_Total assets less current liabilities_**|4,432|16,340| |||| |Creditors:(Due after oneyear)|72,136|98,143| |Provisions for liabilities and charges|-|-| |||| |**_Net assets_**|(67,704)|(81,803)| |**Funds of the Charity**||| |Unrestricted funds|(67,704)|(93,283)| |Designated funds|-|11,479| |Total unrestricted funds|(67,704)|(81,804)| |Restricted income funds|-|-| |Endowment funds|-|-| |||| |**_Total funds_**|(67,704)|(81,804)| ## **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**|Charity Name
CANINES FOR AFRICA|Charity Name
CANINES FOR AFRICA|Charity Name
CANINES FOR AFRICA| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||2024|**Charity no**
**(if any)**|1190104| ||||| ||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 31/12/2024 **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. **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination 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._ ## SIGN **Signed: Date:** 16/10/2025 **Name:** Deborah Stone **Relevant professional** Line Producer **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 6619 La Cosa Drive 1 **Oct 2018** **IER** Dallas, Texas 75248 ## **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** . 2 **Oct 2018** **IER**