## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 04 2022 31 03 2023 **From** **To** ## Section A Reference and administration details |**Charity name**
**Other names charity is known by**|
AMWA WELFARE| |---|---| ||| ||N/A| **Registered charity number (if any)** 1192303 > **Charity's principal address** Dragons Caught, Broad Road Bacton Stowmarket Suffolk **Postcode IP144HR** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Sue Pateman|Trustee||| ||Anna Ballington|Trustee|22-01-2023 to 31-03-23|Sue Pateman| ||Heather Shaw|Trustee|12-02-2023 to 31-03-23|Sue Pateman| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||1
March**2012**|||| March **2012** **TAR** **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** |**Name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**| |---|---| |Sue Pateman|| |Anna Ballington|22-01-2023 to 31-03-23| |Heather Shaw|12-02-2023 to 31-03-23| ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |**N/A**||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** N/A ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution CIO adopted 12[th] November 2020 Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation whose only voting members are its How the charity is constituted charity trustees (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are appointed or reappointed after a minimum of 2 years unless Trustee selection methods they stand down from their position as a trustee earlier (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** AMWA Welfare is a dedicated animal rescue charity that solely specialises You **may choose** to include in funding through charitable events and sources of donations through additional information, where sales of merchandise, pet related product sales, weekly lotteries with local relevant, about: council licensing, raffles, donations from membership of the Alaskan  policies and procedures Malamute Working Association and Amazon smile donations. adopted for the induction and training of trustees; These funds are then provided for Alaskan Malamutes who have been abandoned and have been rescued by registered UK veterinary or animal  the charity’s organisational rescue organisations across England Wales and Scotland. structure and any wider AMWA Welfare are then contacted by the various rescue organisations network with which the charity and veterinary practices who come into contact with rescued Alaskan works; Malamutes and put in requests for grant funding from our charitable funds  relationship with any related to provide medical care, rehabilitation, kennelling fees and eventual parties; rehoming. - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. AMWA Welfare is a charity run by Trustees who are also members of the Alaskan Malamute Working Association who run events with Alaskan Malamutes and other arctic dog breeds across the UK and raise funds through a registered weekly lottery competition with AMWA membership. All trustees are volunteers and give their time freely and receive no renumeration or other benefits in any form. The charity has a risk assessment in place and this is deemed low risk as March **2012** **TAR** 2 the organisation does not own assets, property, undertake charitable events in overseas locations. The potential risk is through fraudulent grant requests. The trustees research thoroughly all information provided by applicants in order to negate any possible risk to the charitable funds. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** |**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its governing**
**document**
**Summary of the main activities**
**undertaken for the public**
**benefit in relation to these**
**objects (include within this**
**section the statutory**
**declaration that trustees have**
**had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit)**|For the benefit of the public to relieve the suffering of Alaskan Malamutes
in need of care and attention by the provision of grant funding to support
rescue homes, or other facilities which are registered charities, veterinary
practices in the United Kingdom established to receive, care for, treat and
rehome such animals| |---|---| ||Anna Ballington who is a member of the charity set up and runs a UK
registered Weekly lottery competition this is registered through and
regulated by local council gambling licence.
Trustees who are members of The Alaskan Malamutes Working
Assocation attend AMWA training events where Alaskan Malamutes and
other arctic dog breeds compete in authorised organised events across
the UK and during these events sell AMWA welfare merchandise in the
form of T shirts, hats, morfs and numerous other products to raise funds
for AMWA Welfare.
Donations made from members of Alaskan Malamute Working
Association.
Funds raised through a percentage of the sales of pet related products
through an online business owned by a donor.
Funds raised from donations made via ‘easyfundraising’ online shopping
Raffles for AMWA club members at club events
Selling of AMWA Welfare Merchandise – hats, hoodies, morfs and mugs
Recycle of printer cartridges
Online Lottery.
A percentage of profit from AMWA events
Welfare summer camp
We have a dedicated AMWA welfare charity facebook page
(https://www.facebook.com/groups/amwawelfarefundraising
)| ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include The policy on grant making is assessed by the charity trustees. further statements, where relevant, about: This is based on the application that has been made and from whom it  policy on grantmaking; was received. The applicant is required to be a registered UK rescue center and or a registered veterinary practice.  policy programme related investment; The dog or bitch that is or are required to get assistance from the charity March **2012** **TAR** 3 for a grant for help must be a pure bred pedigree Alaskan Malamute breed. A full report of the health conditions requiring medical care, fees required and what the fees are to pay for ongoing. The total likely costs that are involved. The charities policy is to assist as many of the Alaskan Malamutes as possible but the trustees must and do take into consideration the limited  contribution made by funds available and the expected outcome of any grants issued being a volunteers. success in their aims. We are very thankful to all the trustees and members of AMWA who have donated many hours volunteering and dedicating their own unpaid time encouraging our membership and other outside organisations and companies to assist AMWA Welfare in raising funds for our cause. Without that dedication and with the generosity of these organisations we have achieved so much and hope to do so moving forwards. ## Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 4 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** On-going promotion of the charity through word of mouth, social media and participation in dog shows/camps etc. Increase in funds raised. Increase in members participating in fund raising activities. Kennel fees paid for a number of dogs who have come through rescue centres and are awaiting rehoming. Medical treatment for a number of dogs which include: vaccinations, worming, grooming, castration blood tests before being accepted on rehoming programs. By paying for the above for Alaskan malamutes, this in turn has released funds for other breeds of dogs who are in the rescue system. ## **Section E Financial review** March **2012** **TAR** 5 Cash in the Bank at 31/03/2023 was £9047.97 **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** ## **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **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); 31/03/2023 was £9047.97 in unrestricted funds The main risk to the charity is loss of funding through donations. In particular at this time due to the current financial downturn. Due to this and the negate any risk each assessed grant takes into consideration the total costs for each grant applied for and to risk assess that sufficient funds are available to meet the grant being requested. - 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** Future Plans The Coming Year will see a continued emphasis on the list of activities we already undertake and to promote the AMWA Welfare Charity as much as possible to our membership and to the general public through online social media platforms and through sales via our numerous mediums. ## **Section G Declaration** ## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Sue Pateman S.Pateman (electronically signed). **Full name(s)** Sue Pateman **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee Chair **etc) Date** 24/01/2024 March **2012** **TAR** 6 **AMWA WELFARE 1192303 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 4/1/2022 3/31/2023 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds** **Total funds Last year** |**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**|**Last year**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
DONATIONS
**2,865**
RECYCLE 4 U
**68**
AMAZON SMILE
**148**
MERCAHNDISE
**822**
PAYPAL GIVING
**116**
EVENTS
**2,070**
LOTTERY
**2,488**
**-**
**8,576**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 8,576**
**A3 Payments**
VET FEES
**902**
KENNEL FEES
**1,054**
MERCHANDISE
PAYPAL
**15**
EVENTS
**1,094**
LOTTERY PAYOUTS
**930**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 3,995**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||**to the nearest £**
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**-**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**
**2,865**
**68**
**148**
**822**
**116**
**2,070**
**2,488**
**-**
**8,576**
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**8,576**
**902**
**1,054**
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**15**
**1,094**
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**-**|**2,865**|**-**| |||||**68**|**-**| |||||**148**|**-**| |||||**822**|**-**| |||||**116**|**-**| |||||**2,070**|**-**| |||||**2,488**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**8,576**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**
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VET FEES|**902**|**-**|**-**
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**-**|**902**|**-**| |KENNEL FEES|**1,054**|**-**||**1,054**|**-**| |MERCHANDISE||**-**||**-**|**-**| |PAYPAL|**15**|**-**||**15**|**-**| |EVENTS|**1,094**|**-**||**1,094**|**-**| |LOTTERY PAYOUTS|**930**|**-**||**930**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**3,995**|**-**||**3,995**|**-**| |**A4 Asset and investment**|||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|| ||||||||||||| |**_Total payments_ **|**3,995**||**-**||**-**||**3,995**|||**-**|| ||||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **|**4,581**||**-**||**-**||**4,581**||**-**||| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**4,467**||**-**||**-**||**4,467**||**-**||| |**_Cash funds this year end_ **|**9,048**||**-**||**-**||**9,048**||**-**||| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
LLOYDS BANK
PAYPAL
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
S Pateman
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**8,388**
**-**
**660**
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**-**
**9,048**
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OK
OK
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**to nearest £**
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**Cost (optional)**
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Print Name
SUE PATEMEN
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**funds**
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**asset belongs**
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**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||S Pateman|SUE PATEMEN|10/10/2023| |||||