## **Kevincares2018 Trustees Report 2022 – 2023**
The members of the charity are its Trustees for purpose of the Foundation Model Charitable Incorporated Organisation or CIO, and who throughout this report are collectively referred to as the Trustees.
Trustees who have held office since the initial charity registration on 17[th] August 2020
|Name|Position|Appointed|Resigned|
|---|---|---|---|
|Miss Kim Breckon|Chairperson|17thAugust 2020|N/A|
|Mrs Diane Allen||17thAugust 2020 – re‐
appointed Aug22|N/A|
|Mrs Dawn Goulden||17thAugust 2020 – Re‐
appointed Aug22|N/A|
## **– Method of appointment**
In accordance with the charities constitution all Trustees shall retire from office after a period of two years, but shall be eligible for re‐election. All Trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. Any expenses re‐claim from the charity are set out in the notes to the accounts. New Trustees are given a formal induction covering the charity aims, objectives and challenges, the funding and an overview of how the charities services and activities are carried out.
## **Principal Address**
28 Well Grove
Hove Edge
Brighouse
West Yorkshire
HD6 2LT
**Bankers** – Yorkshire Bank / Virgin Money
## **Kevincares2018 Trustees report – 2022 – 2023**
## **Governing Document**
Charitable Incorporated Organisation – Foundation Registered 17[th] August 2020, Registered charity number 1190898.
The charity is governed by its constitution, which will be reviewed annually and revised when necessary in line with Charity Commission guidance and approval.
The Charity is incorporated through the legal status of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) which means if the CIO is wound up the Trustees of the CIO have no liability to contribute to its assets and no personal responsibility for settling its debts and liabilities.
## **Objectives of the organisation**
For the benefit of the public to relieve the suffering of animals in need of care and attention by providing financial assistance to the owners of animals who cannot afford the services of a veterinary surgeon.
## **Achievements, Performance and Demonstration of Public Benefit**
The main focus of the charity during the last 12 months has been:
- Promoting and increasing the public profile of the charity
- Promote responsible ownership by increasing awareness of the benefits of pet insurance
- Continue to raise funds to support the operation of the charity
## **Fundraising and raising the charity’s public profile**
Throughout the 2021‐2023 reporting periods the UK’s economic financial pressures continued impacting on our ability to raise funds, along with having a detrimental influence on our efforts to further develop our public profile. We have since ramped up fund raising activities attending numerous events throughout 2023. Although our fundraising activities are have not yet fully recovered to pre‐2020 levels, we have made significant progress and are hoping that 2024 will see us return to normal levels of fund‐raising capability.
Dedicated members have taken part in raffles, online auctions and competitions to raise funds.
Both membership and public awareness of our mission have continued to increase through our social media presence, although at a slower rate than has been experienced previously; this is something we will review and look into ways to improve promotion.
## **Trustees**
Trustees continue to be the back bone of the charity, there are many roles the Trustees undertake for the charity, which include;
- Managing the online social media pages
- Organising and attending events
- Assisting and supporting owners when their pets are critically ill.
- Promoting the charity
- Undertaking review of applications to ascertain the severity of the care required
- Communicate closely with the veterinary professionals providing care and treatment to our client’s pets
- Fundraising
As the charity continues to grow the role of Trustees will be regularly reviewed to ensure the charity continues to carry out activities that meet the overall purpose of the charity.
The work achieved since the charity was founded is truly amazing. The families since we have supported from the period of Mar 21 – Mar 23 will give an indication of how busy we have been despite the pandemic.
## **Balance Sheet**
## **Risk Management**
The charity does not employ staff, and does not own or lease premises which makes the financial risk very low. This financial resilience will undoubtably help minimise the impact on our finances during the covd‐19 pandemic.
Funding and fundraising continue to be a priority to ensure the charity continues to deliver activities as set out in the constitution. The charity does have PLI and professional indemnity insurance in good time for the start of attending events for the period of 2023/2024.
## **Financial Review**
The statement of financial activities provides a summary of our income and expenditure from 1[st] April 2022 to 31[st] March 2023. During our third year, we have had minimal administration costs, however I do expect this to change over the coming year as we will need to increase our advertising.
Going forward we will strive to ensure that well over 90% of any funds raised by Kevincares2018 is spent on animal welfare activities. This is significantly higher than the charity sector average for charities of a similar size.
## **Financial Outlook**
Although this year the charity has spent more than the income raised this has been caused by the impact of Covid‐19 on our fundraising activities. This impact has been managed by utilising some of our initial financial reserves built up prior to charity registration.
Going forward into the 2023 ‐ 2024 period, the Trustees recognise that the impact of covid ‐19 will initially reduce our ability to raise funds at events, although this should change in summer 2024. In the meantime, we will continue to raise funds through our social media pages and minimise administration costs as much as possible.
## **Future Plans**
Over the next year Kevincares2018 will resume major fundraising at events.
We are constantly aiming to raise our number of followers and raise our profile to new members and widen the public knowledge of Kevincares2018 and what our aims and objective are.
We will continue to develop robust and fit for purpose policies and procedures to ensure that the governance of the charity goes from strength to strength.
## **Kevincares2018**
Approval of the accounts:
The annual report and accounts were approved at a meeting of the Trustees held on 8/1/2024.
Kim Breckon On Behalf of the Trustees
## **Kevincares2018**
## **Notes to the accounts**
## **For the period of 1[st] April 2022 – 31[st] March 2023**
## **1) Accounting policies**
- a) Basis of accounting
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Statement of recommended practice, accounting and reporting by charities (SORP2000)
- b) Income
Donations and legacies are accounted for when received by the charity. Other income is accounted for on an accruals basis as far as is prudent to do so.
- c) C Grants
Revenue grants are recognised in the statement of financial activities on receipt, subject to any required conditions being met or services being provided. Capital grants are recognised on receipt in the statement of financial activities. This policy has been adopted to give a true and fair view as recommended by the SORP
- d) Tangible fixed assets
- Tangible fixed assets are capitalised if they be used for more than one year and cost at least £250.
## **2) Fund accounting**
Funds held by the charity are either:
- a) Unrestricted general funds, are funds that can be used in accordance with the charity objects at the discretion of the Trustees.
- b) Restricted funds, are funds that can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
- c) Designated funds, are funds set aside by the trustee’s out of unrestricted general funds for specific future purposes or projects.
Date – 15/10/2023
I, Kim Breckon on behalf of the trustees for Kevincares2018 charity number 1190898 do hereby declare that there are no serious incidents during the previous financial year from 01/04/2022 up to and including 31/03/2023 that should have been reported to the Charity Commission.
Kind regards
Kim Breckon
Founder & Trustee of Kevincares2018 (registered charity 1190898)
Email – kevincares2018@outlook.com
Contact – 07778 981 820
## **KEVIN CARES 2018**
## **Income & expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2023**
||**£**|**£**||**£**|**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Income**|||**Charitable expenditure**|||
||||Vet Bills|(6,294.67)||
|Donations received|6,493.16||Animal Support|(1,300.00)||
|Non cash donations|0.00|||||
|Income from fundraising activities|2,100.50|||||
|||8,593.66||||
|**Fund raising expenses**|||||(7,594.67)|
|Stall fees|0.00|||||
|Event stock|(1,555.36)|||||
||||**Total expenditure (For CC statement)**|||
|Van Hire & Fuel|0.00||Fund raising expenses||(1,950.09)|
|Fund raising equipment|(249.13)||Administration costs||(388.27)|
|Prizes|(145.60)||Charitable expenditure||(7,594.67)|
|||(1,950.09)|Total||(9,933.03)|
|**Administration costs**||||||
|Mobile Phone Payments|0.00||**Defecit of income over expenditure**||( 1,339.37 )|
|Professional Fees|(160.00)|||||
|Sale of equipment|0.00|||||
|Bank Charges|(29.55)|||||
|Postage|(53.12)|||||
|Insurance|(145.60)|||||
|Other costs|0.00|||||
|||(388.27)||||
|**Net Income**||**£ 6,255.30**|||**£( 6,255.30)**|
Funds Transfer (prior to Charity registration) is monies raised prior to Kevin Cares becoming a registered charity
Donations received have come from individual benefactors
Income from fundraising activities has been generated from raffles, tombolas etc held at various events
Fund raising expenses are the costs of running stalls at the fundraising events
Administration costs represent specific items paid. The charity adminsitration relies upon the work of unpaid volunteers.
## Kevin Cares 2018 Trustees
C/O Dawn Goulden 84 Sycamore Lane Great Sankey Warrington WA5 1UL
24[th] October 2023
Dear Dawn
## Kevin Cares 2018 Charity no.1190898
The capture of the accounting information done by the charity themselves was exemplary. Everything had been ticked off to the bank and inserted into Excel and Sage database(s).
From the spreadsheet, an Income Statement is produced with notes underneath to enable other users of the information to fully understand what each category contains.
Finally, a bank reconciliation has been completed which utilises the opening and closing bank balances. The reconciliation balances and the surplus match the Income Statement for the year ended 31/03/23.
In addition, we checked that a sample of the items on the bank statements had been inputted correctly to produce the reports, as this is where errors would most likely occur. We did not find any errors during this review process for the year ended 31/03/23.
If you have any further queries, will you please contact us directly in the first instance.
Yours faithfully
Paul M Harnedy ACMA CGMA BA (Hons) For and on behalf of Accurate Tax & Accounting Solutions