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|**Contents**|||||||
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|Officers, advisers. andcontactdetails||||||2|
|A personal message fromthe Trustees||||||3|
|Ourmission|||||,|4|
|Ourimpact||||||5|
|Events &promotions||||||5|
|Ourfutureplans||||||5|
|Case studies||||||6|
|Our partners, supporters,and collaborators||||||7|
|Our otheractivities||||||7|
|Media||||||7|
|Our merchandise|,|,|,|||7|
|Operational||||||8|
|Objective||||||8|
|Structure, Governanceand Management||||||8|
|Public Benefit||||||8|
|Fundraising||||||8|
|Covid Pandemic|||||**Error! Bookmark not defined.**||
|Financial review||||,||9|
|Results forthe period||||||9|
|Reservespolicy||||||9|
|Going concern||||||9|
|Statement ofTrustees responsibilities||||||11|
|Independent Examiner's Report||||||12|
|Statement of Financial Activities||||||13|
|Balance Sheet||||||14|
|Notes to theaccounts|||||,|15|





|Charity registration|A foundation model Charitable|A foundation model Charitable|Incorporated<br>Organisation|
|---|---|---|---|
||Registered in Englandand Wales; number 1190959|||
|Registeredoffice|Horpenden Holl, Southdown Road, Harpenden,AL5 1TE|||
|Trustees|Kieron Stonbridge|reappointed _18 May 2023_||
||Jennifer Roy|_appointed 31 _|_January 2023_|
||Gemma Warde/|resigned31|_January_2023;|
|||reappointed|_1_ March _2024_|
||||**Resigned:**|
||Megan Rowley|appointed_31 _|_January_2023;|
|||resigned|_1 March 2024_|
||DaveWordell|31|_January 2023_|
|Banks:|||Metro Bank|





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|Whatwe|hovedone|Sinceour launch,we hove:|||
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|||Signedup 447dogs in total (with 390currentlyregistered);|||
|||Issued more than£250,000ingrants,to dote;|||
|||In the year to March 2023,we paid outalmost £75,000 in 169|||
|||claims<br>supporting<br>62 dogs<br>for a<br>range|of|treatments,|
|||medication and therapy. Since April 2023 we|hove paid out||
|||for furtherclaims in excessof £100,000;|||
|||Provided free dog food to 180dogs thanksto|our|partnership|
|||with Barking Heads;|||



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||Note|**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|**31 March**<br>**2022**|
|||£||£|£|
|**Incoming resources**||||||
|**Income and endowments from:**||||||
|Donations|2|173,549|45,000|218,549|196,816|
|Othertradingactivities|3|13,607||13,607|19,050|
|Investments||237||237|17|
|Other||||||
|**Total**||**187,393**|**45,000**|**232,393**|**215,883**|
|**Resources expended**||||||
|**Expenditure on:**||||||
|fundraising costs|4|47,404||47,404|32,235|
|Charitableactivities:|5|||||
|Grantsand donationsgiven||74,267||74,267|46,768|
|Eventsandpromotionalcosts||27,527|45,000|72,527|36,952|
|Administrationand supportcosts||48,974||48,974|51,474|
|Othertrading activities|3|12,362||12,362|17,235|
|**Total**||**210,534**|**45,000**|**255,534**|**184,664**|
|**Net Income**||**(23,141)**||**(23,141)**|**31,219**|
|**Total funds brought forward**||122,376||122,376|91,157|
|**Total funds carried forward**||**99,235**||**99,235**|**122,376**|






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||Note|**31 March 2023**|**31 March 2022**|
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|||£|£|
|**Fixed assets**|7|5,618|8,782|
|**Current Assets:**||||
|Stockof merchandise||1,149|930|
|Debtors||3,818|2,956|
|Cashat bank||101,943|121,024|
|**Total current assets**||106,910|124,910|
|**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**|8|13,293|11,316|
|**Net current assets**||93,617|1 13,594|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**||99,235|122,376|
|**Total net assets**||**99,235**|**122,376**|
|**Charity funds**||||
|Unrestricted funds|9|99,235|122,376|
|Restricted funds|9|||
|**Total funds**||**99,235**|**122,376**|





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|.<br>Donations|||||
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|||**Year to 31 March 2023**||**Period to**|
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|**March 2022**|
||£|£|£|£|
|Donationsandgifts|159,764||159,764|157,011|
|Corporatepartnerships||45,000|45,000|30,000|
|Gift Aid|13,785||13,785|9,805|
||1 73,549|45,000|218,549|196,816|





|.<br>Othertrading activities|||
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||**Year ended**|**Period to**|
||**31 March 2023**|**31 March 2022**|
||£|£|
|Salesof merchandise|13,607|I9.050|
|less: Merchandisecosts|(12,363)|(17,235)|
||1,244|1,815|



|.<br>Fundraising costs|||
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||**Year ended**|**Period to**|
||**31 March 2023**|**31 March 2022**|
|||£|
|Advertisingandmarketing|33,436|20,929|
|Platform fees|9,058|1 1,306|
||47,404|32,235|



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|.<br>Charitable activities|||||
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|||**Year to 31 March 2023**||**Period to**|
||Unrestricted|Restricted|**Total**|**March 2022**|
||£|£|£|£|
|Financialassistance|74,267||74,267|45.890|
|Othercharitable support||||878|
|Grantsand supportgiven:|74,267||74,267|46,768|
|Eventsandpromotionalcosts:|27,527|45,000|72,527|36,952|
|Supportand administration:|||||
|Administrationand professional fees|35,753||35,753|34,834|
|Depreciationand impairment (note 7)|4,163||4,163|5,227|
|Office andgeneralcosts|7,959||7,959|10,413|
|Independentexamination|1,100||1,100|1,000|
|Total supportandadministration|48,974||48,974|51,474|
||150,769|45,000|195,769|135,194|





|.<br>Fixed assets|||
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||2023|2022|
|Cost:|£|£|
|Brought forward|14,464|4,557|
|Additions|2.339|10, 107|
|Dis osols|4,173||
|Carried forward|12,890|14,664|
|De reciotion:|£|£|
|Brought forward|5,682|655|
|Charge for theperiod|4,163|2,803|
|Disposals|(2,773)||
|Impairmentadjustment||2,424|
|Carried forward|7,272|5,682|
|Net bookvalue31 March|5,618|8,782|



|.<br>Creditors and accruals|||
|---|---|---|
||31 March 2023|31 March 2022|
||£|£|
|Tradecreditors|5.115|180|
|Accruals forfinancial supportcommitted|6,630|1 1,874|
|Otheraccrualsand deferred income|1.348|1.828|
||13,293|1 1,316|



||1|April 2022|Income|Expenditure|31 March 2023|
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|Unrestrictedfunds:||**122,376**|**187,393**|**(210,534)**|**99,235**|
|Restricted funds:||||||
|Event sponsorship:||||||
|Animal Friends|||35,000|(35,000)||
|Pet Food Limited|||10,000|(10,000)||
|Total restricted funds:|||45,000|(45,000)||
|Total funds:|**122,376**||**232,393**|**(255,534)**|**99,235**|



