## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 1st April 2023 31st March 2024 **From** **To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1191439 **Charity's principal address** 96 MALLARD HILL **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any)** 1191439 ONE BUN AT A TIME BEDFORD **Postcode MK41 7QT** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Hilary Joyce
Luckett|||| ||Penelope Margaret
Spencer|||| ||Genevieve Jane
Patricia Brown|||| ||Nicola Donnelly|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **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** Charitable Incorporated Organisation Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO ow the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are appointed by the existing Trustees Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **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** **TAR** March **2012** 2 **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** a) To promote humane behaviour towards rabbits by providing appropriate care, protection, veterinary treatment & security for rabbits which are in need of care and attention by reason of abandonment, sickness, maltreatment, hoarding situations, poor circumstances or ill usage, in particular, but not exclusively, by providing a holding service and transportation to rabbit rescues who meet RWAF guidelines. b) To educate the public in matters pertaining to animal welfare in general and the prevention of cruelty and suffering to rabbits. As for last year, in fact, worse than last year, the situation with unwanted rabbits has been dire, rescues are having to turn away hundreds of rabbits, mostly bought from breeders, pet shops and online, sadly, a lot of these rabbits were neglected, some had been dumped by 'owners'. These people obviously had no knowledge of how to care for rabbits and must have been unaware that they are not the cheap easy pet everyone seems to think they are, vet fees alone are expensive, the lucky ones were found straying and caught. Then there are, of course, the genuine cases, where sickness, death and change in home circumstances etc. require their beloved pets to be rehomed. Regulation on the selling / breeding of rabbits is urgently required or the situation is going to get worse and worse (and not only rabbits but all pets). This year we have taken in rabbits from various situations, I.e. **Summary of the main** a) Strays - calls from members of the public who need our help to **activities undertaken for the** catch and temporarily hold rabbits, obtain vet treatment when required **public benefit in relation to** plus arrange vaccinations and neutering, when time allows, before **these objects (include within** placing with rescues **this section the statutory declaration that trustees have** b) Strays – calls from vets when members of the public have taken **had regard to the guidance** dumped rabbits in to them, vets don't have the facilities to keep strays **issued by the Charity** for long so ask for our help. **Commission on public benefit)** c) Assist other multi animal rescues, who don't have the facilities to keep rabbits. These rabbits come via the RSPCA, Police and Local Authorities for various reasons, mainly because breeders have died or breeding facilities they close down due to terrible conditions and particularly hoarder situations. d) Assist other rabbit rescues with dire cases when they are full and we have taken in some cases of neglect when owners have contacted us. e) We helped with the placing of rabbits and a large aviary of birds for a rescue where, very sadly, the owner had passed away suddenly. f) We assist in finding rescue spaces for concerned members of the public who see rabbits advertised on selling sites that are being kept in dreadful conditions g) We attended The National Rabbit Fesitval in Birmingham which was a great success, we were able to show attendees our objectives and how we have helped rabbits and give advice on their care. **TAR** March **2012** 3 Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** March **2012** 4 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity** Rabbits we have rescued during this year, have been assessed by our **during the year** vets, vaccinated and spayed/neutered where time allows before they are passed onto Rescues / Sanctuaries we work with. If our vets did not have time to fit in the neutering/spaying, we contributed to the Rescues costs towards these procedures. Sadly many of the rabbits were in a bad state of health, the worst ones were placed with our volunteer fosterers until well enough to go on to Rescues to be rehomed, sadly some were not able to be rehomed. We are very fortunate in that we have many volunteers who transport rabbits from ourselves to the Rescues. Not rabbits, but we are pleased to have been able to find a great place for 31 birds ( cockatiels, budgies and a Rosella) as well as the rabbits at the rescue which had to close down due to the sad passing of the owner. **TAR** March **2012** 5 ## **Section E Financial review** ## **Brief statement of the** **charity’s policy on reserves** We are extremely grateful to the kind people who continue to donate to us, this ensures we have a reserve so we can continue to take in rabbits and pay for their veterinary care, food, supplies and equipment for longer. We are well aware that, with the cost of living crisis, donations will continue to dwindle, so to have a reserve is very important for the ongoing care we need to provide. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** None ## **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); - 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** ## **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)** Hilary Joyce Luckett **TAR** March **2012** 6 **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer **etc) Date** 27/12/24 **TAR** March **2012** 7 ||**ONE BUN AT A TIME**|**ONE BUN AT A TIME**|**ONE BUN AT A TIME**|**ONE BUN AT A TIME**|**ONE BUN AT A TIME**|**1191439**|**1191439**|**1191439**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**||01/04/23||**To**||31/03/24||| ||||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
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**9,993**||**Restricted**
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**9,993**
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**1,184**
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**to the nearest £**| |DONATIONS|**9,993**||**-**||**-**||**9,993**||**-**| |GIFT AID|**221**||**-**||**-**||**221**||**-**| |AUCTION / SALES / FAIR PROFIT|**1,184**||**-**||**-**||**1,184**||**-**| |BANK INTEREST|**122**||**-**||**-**||**122**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_|**11,519**||**-**||**-**||**11,519**||**-**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
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DONATIONS TO RESCUES|**850**||**-**||**-**||**850**||**-**| |VET FEES / CREM / MEDS|**6,914**||**-**||**-**||**6,914**||**-**| |PETROL TRANSPORT RABBITS|**248**||**-**||**-**||**248**||**-**| |SUPPLIES – HAY/FOOD ETC,|**1,683**||**-**||**-**||**1,683**||**-**| |EQUIPMENT FOR BUNS|**454**||**-**||**-**||**454**||**-**| |HOLDING FAC-RENT,MAINTENANCE|**1,335**||**-**||**-**||**1,335**||**-**| |SUBS|40||**-**||**-**||**40**||**-**| |PUB LIB INS / LICENCE|**273**||**-**||**-**||**273**||**-**| |WAGES|**1,460**||||||**1,460**||| |MISC EXPS|**75**||**-**||**-**||**75**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**13,332**||**-**||**-**||**13,332**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**
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**_Total payments_**
**13,332**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ -**
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**A5 Transfers between funds**
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**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**21,383**
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