## TEARS ANIMAL RESCUE UK **Report and Financial Statements Year ended: 22[nd] October 2021 Charity No: 1191972** ## TEARS ANIMAL RESCUE UK ## **Reference and Administrative information** ## **Trustees** A P Chandler, Chair of Trustees C D Wehmeyer, Secretary (appointed 15/07/2021) P H Shaper (appointed 15/07/2021) M A Hoole, Non-Voting Trustee K J F Beaumont (resigned 02/07/2021) R J Beaumont (resigned 02/07/2021) ## **Principal Address** 75 Park Lane, Harefield, Uxbridge. Middlesex. UB9 6BL ## **Charity Number: 1191972** ## **Bankers** NatWest Bank, 69 The Broadway, Southall, Middlesex. UB1 1LD _**[1]**_ ## **Report of the trustees for the year ended 22[nd] October 2021** The trustees present their annual report and financial statements of the charity for the year ended 22[nd] October 2021. The financial statements where applicable have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the Charities Act 1993 and the statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities published in 2005. ## **Structure, Governance and Management** The Charity is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, and is a registered charity, number 1191972. New trustees are appointed by the existing trustees and serve for three years after which they may put themselves forward for re-appointment. A charity trustee who has served for two consecutive terms may not be reappointed for one consecutive term but may be reappointed after an interval of at least three years. The initial trustees’ meetings have been focused on setting up the infrastructure of the CIO. After difficulties of commitment by some of the initial trustees and their subsequent resignation, much time was spent on the search for replacement trustees in order to constitute a quorum of trustees. Once this was established, the process of application for banking was undertaken. This process was marred with administration failings by the bank, which prolonged the application beyond the reporting period of this report. ## TEARS ANIMAL RESCUE UK > **1** ( _It should be noted that this process was completed eventually, and therefore financial activity will be present in next year’s report._ ) **Objectives and Activities for the public benefit** The object of the CIO is to relieve the suffering of animals in need of care and attention by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or ill usage and to prevent cruelty and suffering among animals in South Africa by the provision of grants of financial assistance to charitable animal welfare organisations _**.**_ ## **Grant making policy** The Trustees will apply the funds of TEARS Animal Rescue UK at their discretion and in accordance with the charitable purposes and objectives of the charity. Any decision whether to award a grant remains solely the responsibility of the Trustees. All decisions made by the Trustees in relation to their distribution of grants are subject to Section 6, Conficts of interest and conficts of loyalty, of TEARS Animal Rescue UK Constitution. The Trustees will not authorise any grant for purposes which are not charitable according to UK law and in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and Section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. The amount of work or number of projects that can be supported by the Trustees is necessarily limited to the amount of funds that are available for distribution each year. The Trustees have determined that the current priorities for funding are the advancement of animal welfare, particularly, but not exclusively, for companion animals, in the areas of, but not exclusively, the prevention of cruelty, provision of animal sanctuaries and rehoming centres, and the provision of veterinary care and treatment with the application of the aforementioned being to charitable organisations working in local communities in South Africa. The priorities for support will be reviewed by the Trustees every year and may be changed depending upon circumstances and the perceived effectiveness of the application of funds. Any change to these priorities must still fulfil the charitable purpose and objectives of the charity. The Trustees will consider any requests or known situations that are eligible for consideration from any geographical area within South Africa that are from organisations deemed charitable under UK Charitable law or the equivalent status in South Africa. When considering whether to make a grant, the Trustees will also consider the following: - is the requested grant to be used for purely charitable purposes under UK law - does the grant further the objects of TEARS Animal Rescue UK ## TEARS ANIMAL RESCUE UK - will the grant be applied primarily to provide services related to animal welfare for companion animals - has the grantee organisation operated for more than 3 years (normally TEARS Animal Rescue UK will not make grants to organisations which have been operating for less than 3 years) - does the grantee organisation have a history of success when dealing with animal welfare - does the organisation have charitable status under South African law - has the grantee received international grant funding in the past? ## **Financial Review** Since no banking facility was available to the charity in this reporting period, no income or expenditure were either received or spent. Consequently, there are no accounting records to disclose. This also meant the charity was not yet able to consider any grants. The charity also had no assets nor a website for the period of this report. ## **Trustees’ responsibilities in relation to the financial statements** The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards. The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires trustee(s) to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to: - Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently - Observe the methods and principles of the Charities S O R P - Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent - o State whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements - Prepare the financial statements on the ongoing concern basis unless inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business. The trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the charity and enable them to ascertain to ensure that the financial statements comply with the charities Act 1993, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the charity and financial information included on the charity’s website. Approved by the trustees on 30 July 2022 and signed on their behalf by: TEARS ANIMAL RESCUE UK n,Pgu A P CHANDLER CHAIR ofTRUSTEES