## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/06/2024 Period start date To 31/05/2025 Period end date** **Charity name: THE VOICE FOR THE FORGOTTON DOGS OF SAL CAPE VERDE Charity registration number: 1191635** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**For the benefit of the public to relieve the**
**suffering of the Municipal Kennel**
**dogs in Sal, Cape Verde, and, in particular,**
**to provide neutering to reduce the**
**population of free roaming**
**dogs and for care and treatment of such**
**animals.**| |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|**Successful neutering campaigns continue**
**bringing our total to over 3000 dogs**
**neutered, and many cats, on the Island of**
**Sal, thus naturally reducing the future**
**population.**
**Our Charity has organised these campaigns**
**independently inviting fully qualified Vets**
**from Italy and UK joined by local volunteers**
**and workers.**
**The dogs were micro chipped and treated**
**for internal and external parasites. The Vets**
**were kept very busy with a variety of**
**surgeries including limb amputations.**
**The charity has once again found homes for**
**a considerable number of the rehoming**
**dogs and puppies after neutering and micro**
**chipping.**
**Ongoing support and aftercare is offered to**
**all rehomed dogs.**
**In November 2024 the Charity located**
**premises suitable to open on a regular basis**
**as a walk in centre for all animals to be**
**treated free of charge. This was a major step**
**forward for us. The centre is leased on a**
**yearly basis and we have a veterinary**
**technician in attendance twice a week. We**
**strive to offer all services free of charge**
**including neutering.**
**The dogs in the Municipal Kennels continue**
**to be treated monthly for parasite**
**prevention.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees are all in receipt of the**
**Charity Commissions information**
**regarding Public Benefit and understand**
**how to apply it to our charity.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 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|**The opening of our own walk in**
**Veterinary Centre Our Charity has been**
**our main achievement this year,**
**providing regular treatments not only**
**for the free roaming animals but also**
**those owned by poor families that are**
**unable to pay veterinary expenditure.**
**The total of animals now neutered by**
**our Charity is now in excess of 3000.**
**The clinic also provides treatments for**
**minor ailments and operations as well**
**as regular anti-parasite treatment.**
**We are seeing an increase in the public**
**wanting to understand how to care for**
**their pets and the younger generation**
**keen to take part. This is a real positive**
**for the future od animal Welfare on the**
**Island of Sal.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |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|**We are happy with our financial position**
**and feel we are in a good financial**
**position going forward.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**No reserves policy in place**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Not applicable**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable**| |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**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern
Para 1.23|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|| |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|**Constitution (Foundation Model)**| |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|**Trustees appointed must have full**
**knowledge of our charities work or a**
**skill/experience needed to benefit the**
**Charities administration.**
**New trustees are invited to apply in**
**writing, a selection process takes place**
**at a meeting of the Trustees after which**
**references are obtained and formal**
**checks take place.**
**All applicants are notified of the**
**outcome.**
**New Trustees receive a copy of the**
**current constitution and the CIO latest**
**TARand accounts,**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Voice For The Forgotten Dogs Of Sal Cape Verde| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|The Voice For The Forgotten Dogs Of Sal| |Registered charity number|1191635| |Charity’s principal address|6 Moorhen Grove
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||ANGELA DIANE
WALKER|CHAIR||| ||DEBORAH HELEN
EVANS|SECRETARY||| ||AMILCAR
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NACIMENTO|||| ||CAROLINE JANE
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**Date**|**y**|**y**| |---|---|---| |||| ||Angela Diane Walker|Deborah Helen Evans| ||

Chair|Secretary| ||12/08/2025|| ||12/08/2025|| THE VOICE FOR THE FORGOTTEN DOGS OF SAL CAPE VERDE Registered Charity Number 1191635 Income and Expenditure Account For the Year ended 31 May 2025 2025 2024 Opening Bank Balance 15,005 9,760 Income Donations Gift Aid VAT Refunded 24,963 2,773 654 30,762 2,005 28,390 32,767 Expenditure Bank Charges Printing, Stationery and Postage Travel - Dogs Kennel Expenses Free Roaming Animals Foster Care Motor Expenses Neuter Campaigns Clinic Costs Website Advertising and Marketing Insurance Legal and Professional Charges 410 403 5,163 857 3,539 3,452 2,478 6,535 4,645 312 1,241 134 240 442 148 2,501 3,498 2,482 1,591 15,286 336 902 136 200 29,409 27,522 Closing Bank Balance 13,986 15,005 ADÉ WITM Scanner App THE VOICE FOR THE FORGorrEN DOGS OF SAL CAPE VERDE REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1191635 Independent Examinef s Report to the Trustees of The Voice for the Forgotten Dogs of Sal Cape Verde for the year ended 31 May 2025. Responsibilities and Basis of the Report As the charrty trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requ1￿MentS 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 Charrty Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent Examinerfs Statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with those records I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection wrth the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Leonard Thompson ACA ATII Thompson Accountancy Limited 78 Ridgewood Rise Tamworth Staffordshire B77 3AQ 22 July 2025 ¥A•I WIVII Scann•r App THE VOICE FOR THE FORGorrEN DOGS OF SAL CAPE VERDE Registered Charlty Number 1191635 Income and Expenditure Account For the Year ended 31 May 2025 2025 2024 Opening Bank Balance 15,005 9,760 Incorne Donations Gift Aid VAT Refunded 24,963 2,773 654 30,762 2,CMJ5 28,390 32,767 ExperKliture Bank Charges Printing, Stationery and Postage Travel - Dogs Kennel Expenses Free Roaming Animals Foster Care Motor Expenses Neuter Campaigns Clinic Costs Website Advertising and Marketing Insurance Legal and Professional Charges 410 403 5.163 857 3,539 3,452 2,478 6,535 4,645 312 1,241 134 240 442 148 2,501 3,498 2,482 1,591 15,286 902 136 200 29,409 27,522 Closing Bank Balance 13.986 15,005 Scanner App