2024-04-19-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 20/04/2023 Period start date To 19/04/2024 Period end date

Charity name: Chesterfield Animal Rescue

Charity registration number: 1194151

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	Relieve the sufering of animals in need of care and attention, provide and maintain rescue homes or other facilities for the reception, care and treatment of such animals and to educate the public in matters pertainingto animal welfare ingeneral.
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	Fundraising events providing information on animal welfare, animal fostering and adoptions.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	In planning our activities for the year, we kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit at our trustee meetings.

Achievements and Performance

SORP reference We rescued, rehabilitated and rehomed numerous animals with volunteering opportunities at fundraisers. Fundraising consisted of monthly tombola’s, raffles, coffee, cake and dog equipment sales. Summary of the main Para 1.20 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.

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	Unrestricted cash funds were 2.5k at 19/04/2024
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	No holding reserves
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	Zero
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	On going expenses
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	Rising costs, potential loss of fosterers.

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:		Not applicable.
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Constitution
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	Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name Chesterfield Animal Rescue Other name the charity uses NA Registered charity number 1194151 Charity’s principal address 3 Loundes Road Unstone Dronfield S18 4DE

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	James Keeble	Chair
	Tina Varley
	Rachel Bradley
	Adam Cook

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets NA held in this capacity

Name and objects of the NA charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for NA safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

Other optional information

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s)

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)

Date

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Ch8Stetheld Animal Re5CU8 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the p•rlod from To 20104r2023 19ffj412024 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrttted fund• to th• n•rq¥t Resiricled lund• Endowment funds Tothi fund• Last yoar to th• rrtsi£ tolli rMf••t E toth• ng•rn•t t toth• n••r•4t £ A1 Recel AdLVtions Imfyl Swn8ry5hips Don8uoThs Vei 0(￿￿0￿S Sales Comm15 202 24,55Q 202 Sub total (Gross income for AR) A2 A••et and Inmtmgnt ule•, l•ee tabl•l. Sub total Tot41 r•c•lpts 28.449 2J.449 A3Pa m•n Anim•1 Iterr Fu Car Nan Hirè Mobile A¢tountarcy InauraKe Kenn￿8 Stor Vets 1.174 J41 194 8.969 14.910 14,910 Sub total .•1JJ A4 AJ•et and Investm•nt urch*8e8. •¢• tsbl• Sub total 20,￿s 24915 Net of rn¢eiptsl(payments) AS Transltrs between lund8 A6 Cash funds last year end Cash fun(ts this yvr end 1,134 CCXX R1 accounts ISSI 0910212025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Un￿stricted funds Restricted fund¥ to £ Endowment funds Catègorie$ Detalls to rthirost £ to nHrnst £ 81 Cash funds Total cash lunds UnY••tri¢tod funds ReBtdct•d fund8 to n••rg•t É Endowment fund8 to n••rtst £ Detalls Fund to whlch Curr•nt v41 loft•l DetAIIg B3 Inv￿tment •M•t• Fund to whlch Curr•nt valu• Details 84 A880ts r•L91n•d for th• charlty's 1)wn us• Fund to whlch Ajnounf du• Wh•n du• Detalls BS Llablliti68 Signed by one or tru$t•8s on behow of all the trusts8S Signalu Print Name Date of roval me 25 CCXX R2 accounts Issi 09102r2025

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustsesl members of Cbanly Narn- Chesterfield Animal Rescue On a¢¢ounts for the year ended 19° April 2024 Charity no {If any) 1194151 Set out on pages 1￿M￿be¥ tè IrKluds thÉ* p8ge numbers of additional Èhttstsi I report to the twstees on my exarnination of the account$ of the above charity {Ihe Trust") for the year ended 1910412004. R88pon8ibiliti98 and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are re5pon5ible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (°the Acf). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under s8Ction 145 of th8 2Q11 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5){b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no rnaterial matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in. any material respect: accounting records w￿re not kept in accordan(% with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord wth the accounting records Indopèndent examinerfs statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding cf the accounts to be reached. . Please delete th8 words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Slgned: Date: 6th Feb 2025 Name.. Jeanette Cutts ACMA GGMA Relevant professlonal quallflcation(s) or body (if any): CIMA Qualified Member Address: 80 Ringwood Ave Newbold Chesterfield IER October 2018

Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32, Independent gxamination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners)- Glv• hor• brlof dotalls of any Items that the examlnerwlshes to dlsclose. IER October 201 B