TOE BEANS CAT RESCUE CHARITY NO: 1194490
JANUARY- DECEMBER 2023 ANNUAL REVIEW
CONSTITUTION
l. For the benefit of the public to rescue, rehabilitate, rehome or otherwise provide for the welfare
and relief of suffering of unwanted or unowned cats in need of care and attention in and around
Uttlesford District Council area, Essex, and to provide accommodation and facilities for those
purposes.
2. To promote humane behaviour towards cats by advising and educating the public on welfare
matters and the prevention and relief of cruelty and suffering.
CATS
Toe Beans helped 143 cats throughout the year. Cats coming into Toe Beans are cared for by Foster
Carers in their own homes and some in addition have catio's. We lost the use of one of our catio's
when a volunteer chose to go and help another cat charity and refused to return the catio.
Rehoming has been successful (l on a supported adoption) and we are always pleased to hear how
they have settled.
Of the 143 cats that Toe Beans helped throughout the year, 4 were rehomed on a Home-to-Home
basis, this is where we help an owner who for whatever reason can no longer look after their cat, but
continue to look after it until we find a suitable home, 7 were feral cats and 33 came from the
streets, the rest were found or handed over. We had I cat that tested for FIV and was rehomed as an
indoor cat. Strays are tested for FIV & FeLV and cats that are judged to be at risk, injured or ill, or
after discussion with a vet, as per Cats Protection Vet Guide 2019 are also tested.
All cats are neutered (if old enough), vaccinated, defleaed, wormed and microchipped before they go
to their new homes.
Trapping has occurred to some extent throughout the year with the help of a local independent
trapper with whom we have a good relationship.
Microchipping, was initially through our vet practice but we now have a good relationship with a
local microchipping company who visits the cats in their own homes and for a very fair price.
Examples of cats we have cared for:
Success stories
Stray to home: Donut
Donut was found after straying miserably in a car park for months. Unfortunately, no owners were
found despite us advertising him on social media, putting up posters. searching lost databases and
contacting vets. He wasn't in the best of health when he came to Toe Beans. He was very
underweight and had a swollen mouth, a growth on his cheek and diarrhoea. After numerous vet
visits and lots of TLC, Donut started to put on weight and looked much better in himself. He had
some teeth removed as he had a few rotten ones and a broken canine. He also had the growth
removed and sent off for testing. Donut stayed in long-term foster with us until he was well enough
to be re-homed. Donut's growth was cancerous but luckily for him it was a rare, non-aggressive
cancer. He was re-homed on a supported adoption, which means Toe Beans will pay any vet's bills
related to the cancer. Donut is now living with a family and is enjoying his very best life.

Found kittens: Domino and Dash
Domino and Dash were found as feral kittens aged around 12 weeks. They were terrified, would hiss
and occasionally bite or slap with their paws. Found in a remote area, they had not had any human
contact. They were fostered in one of our foster carers, homes, and the family worked hard to turn
the feral kittens into pets. This was a long process and there were lots of times when progress went
backwards, especially if they met new people, but eventually they were deemed friendly enough to
go to their forever home. We found a home that was understanding and would be happy for the boys
to take the time they needed to come out of their shells and trust humans. Domino and Dash settled
well and became happy pets.
Trap, neuter, return: Dudley
Dudley was a stray who had been living in a small community for a few years. Locals had got used to
his presence and nobody seemed bothered about him hanging around. But then, due to his hunger,
Dudley started taking risks. He would break into people's homes to steal food and started terrorising
local cats. When he ate all the ducklings on the village pond, several people reported Dudley to us.
After searching for an owner, we realised he was a stray. We set a trap to capture him at sunset and
within the hour Dudley had been caught. He was starving hungry. He turned out to be an unneutered
tom cat with a few war wounds- but no microchip. The person who allowed us to trap him on their
land was happy for Dudley to be returned if he was neutered. So we got Dudley neutered, as well as
having him FIV and FeLV blood-tested. He was given a clean bill of health. He was also microchipped,
with our charity's contact details linked to the chip on the database. Dudley was returned and the
person who found him set up a feeding station and bed in one of their outbuildings. Dudley is still
feral but much happier and far less aggressive now.
Abandoned cats: Barbie and Ken
Barbie and Ken were found abandoned in a small, locked cat carrier in thick undergrowth. A member
of the public heard them crying as she was walking her dog. She immediately took them to a vet,
who called us for help. We went to collect them. It was established that they were an unneutered
male and female, around a year to 18 months old. We ran a social media campaign asking for the
owners to come forward, with no judgment, but the appeal proved fruitless. Barbie and Ken had
been traumatised by their ordeal and spent a long time hiding. We got them vet-checked, blood-
tested and neutered. They spent time in our care getting lots of TLC and learning to trust humans
again. After a period in foster care, we noticed Barbie was very dominant over Ken and we felt he
was not able to be himself around her. When we separated them and put Barbie with a new foster
carer, both started to flourish as single cats. We eventually found them new homes, where they are
both very happy.

VOLUNTEERS
All volunteers carry ID cards.
FOSTER CARERS
The year started with 3 Foster carers looking after 5 cats. Throughout the year we have successfully
advertised and recruited foster carers and ended the year with 12. Not all stay as they find giving up
the cat, they have cared for too hard to bear, but safe to say we have now have an experienced and
stable group, with a couple in the pipeline. Feedback from the foster carers is that it is a demanding
but rewarding job. Without our foster carers we would not have been able to help the cats that need
us.
TRUSTEES
The three trustees remained throughout the year and in August we were joined by another, who has
trustee experience in another area. Her experience will be of great benefit to Toe Beans.
LOST & FOUND TEAM
We use social media as a tool for recording lost and found cats in the area. With this information we
can try to help match cats to their owners. When owners post that their cat is missing we send a link
to them from our website with advice htt
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a-cat We also use our FaceBook page to post for owners whose cats have gone missing. Most return
within 48 Hours, we find. The team recorded 269 missing, lost and found cats, with 56% having a
known outcome.
Found cats without a microchip that are brought into Toe Beans care are all checked with the
national pet register databases for any matches and all relevant vets are written to see if the cat is
known to them. Guidelines from the RSPCA say we can rehome a cat after 7 days but we prefer to
wait longer than this and its more likely to be 28 days, with a minimum of 14 days.
Compulsory microchipping does not become law until summer 2024. There are still too many cats
that are not microchipped, even if they are, owners are not realising that the microchip is not
registered.
In addition, when a deceased cat, the result of a CRTA is notified to us, a volunteer will respond and
we will endeavour when chipped to inform the owner, otherwise the cat is taken to a local vet. For
cats that are 'found', we send out a volunteer to check for a microchip and reunite the owner with
their cat whenever possible. In all we scanned 34 cats, 8 were deceased and the rest were reunited
or came into our care.
PUBLICITY
The majority of Toe Beans publicity is via the Social Media outlets, i.e., Facebook with a business
page, (is our main source for disseminating information), NextDoor and Cat Chat. We streamlined the
number of different pages that we had to make it more manageable and in March 2023 updated our
logo. We will update our web page in the near future. We are also able to publicize Toe Beans when
doing fundraising activities. We will continue to look for the right person to help with our social
media, to add Instagram and TikTok to reach a wider audience.
We did have some local newspaper publicity when a cat Reggie was reunited with his owner after 12
months. He was found in Henham but his home was in Cambridgeshire more than 30 miles away.
Reggie was microchipped and his data up to date.

FUNDRAISING
We had a few events to raise funds, a stall at the Thaxted Fete & Dog Show, a raffle set up by one of
the volunteers, a boot sale and a bottle tombola at a charity event before Christmas. As well as
fundraising these events help with the publicity of Toe Beans as mentioned before. These events do
need a lot of volunteer hours, in the preparation, transportation, staffing the stall and packing up.
We have still not been able to find a fundraising co-ordinator, this has been a challenge to fill, but we
have managed the events with our existing volunteers stepping in to fill the gap.
We had several successful fundraising events at Pets @ Home Saffron Walden having been chosen at
the end of last year to be their chosen Charity for the year.
A grant was received from The Pets at Home Foundation. We also purchased a laptop with the
Sainsbury's grant money from 2022.
CONCLUSION
The Trustees would also like to thank all those who were volunteers in 2023 for their input and
support. Especially to our Manager/Co-ordinator who with her enthusiasm and capacity to tackle
anything has undoubtedly carried us through the tough time as we started afresh after the
vicissitudes of the previous year. Thank you to our treasurer too who has kept us on the right path
and navigated us through the changeover of our bank account.
Toe Beans has gone from strength to strength during this year. Re-establishing ourselves within the
community with a good reputation. More and more are saying to us that they have heard of Toe
Beans and have heard of the good work that we do for the cats in Uttlesford. We streamlined our
activities and prioritised others to take into consideration the availability of those involved,
volunteers give their time willingly and should not be taken advantage of.
We have re-established good relationships with other local cat rescues and support each other,
especially during the summer months when we were inundated with requests for help.
We still have plenty to do but ended the year 2023 on a high note, with a band of happy volunteers.
4 trustees and 20 volunteers.

TREASURER'S F]NANCE REPORT
2023 was a very SUCLYssful year for Toe Beans Cat Rescue in tern]s of rescuing.
and rehoming cats and kittens through adoptions. This is reflected in the Receipts
and Payments figures where we experiencKd an incre&sc in income by £11244 and
cxpenditurc by £9,954 CA)mpared to the previous financial year.
Income was generatcd through donations from the public, donations rer£ived from
people adopting cats and kittens, fundraising projects and grants. In additioo Toe
Beans also r¢L%iv¢d memorial donations during the year. During 2023, Toe Beans
were successful in obtaining a grant of £5,507 from Pets at Home. The slight
reduction in the monew value of gener￿ donations was offset by an increase in
fundraising activity, and particularly the support of a regular fundraising scheme in
the forn] of the PayPal Giving Fund.
Vets bills were the main expenditure for Toe Beans Cat Rescue. Increase in the
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value of these payments can be attributed to a growth in demand for our services.
There was also some inflationary pressure resulting in increased cost prices.
Despite th)nations from thc public of it¢ms such as cat food and litter, we did have
to increase expenditure in this area during the year. Further increases in costs were
seen in office expenses (purchase of laptop, postsge) and promotion (tD and
business cards, website), however these costs were offset by a reduction in cat
transportation and finance payments. "rhe laptop w&s purchased through the grant
award¢d in thc prcvious fllwicial year. Finance costs mainly related to the receipt
of donations rec£ived via PayPal. Toe Beans also purchased insurance which
included liability cover.
There w&s an excess of Receipts over Paymcnts at thc year end. This was aided by
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th¢ receipt of the gTant for £5,507 from Pets at Home. These funds are earnlarked
for specific expenditure during 2024, with £4,200 for expenditure on vets invoices,
and £1,307 on catios.
At the end of the financial year, Toe Beans had an outstanding financial liability of
£442 which related to outstanding vets fees and expenses incurred but yet to be
invoiced. This liability w&s sufficiently covered by the credit balance held in the
Toe Bean's bank account and the intention is to clear this liability early in the new
accounting period.
Toe Beans has yet to register with HMRC for Gift Ai(L and this will be further
cA)nsidered by the Trustees in 2024.

TOE BEANS CAT RESCUE
ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING
31ST DECEMBER 2023

T Beans Cat Rescue Statement of Recel
tsand
entsi
2023 to 3
Recel
2023
2022
Adoption Donations
General Donations
Memorial Donations
14,101
4.124
1.054
8,350
6,996
Fundraising
7￿05
3,501
Grants
5,507
2,500
Total Re￿ t
32,591
21,347
ents
Cat Food/ Inc litter (2022)
Consumables - Including litter
Consumables~ Medicine
Veterinary costs
Re-homer vet costs
Cat vaccinations
Microchipping
649
308
215
24,546
177
415
401
13,910
Cat Transport costs
Dellvery of catio
120
102
1,485
Catios
Equipment
476
658
240
Office Equipment & Expense5
Training
Website
ID Cards
Business Cards
Postage
501
232
78
188
59
69
12
Insurance
Finance costs
339
17
334
189
Event costs - Fundraising
Other Fundraising costs
100
96
Total Recel
28,751
18,797
Excess Recelpts over Payments (£)
3,840
2.550

Notes To Flnanclal Fl
res For Toe Beans Cat Rescue
23to31
12
23
(l) - Fundralslng
The following is a breakdown of funds recelved and listed under the heading of Fundraising
Amazon Europe
Easy Fundraising
Pets at Home collection
Paypal Giving Fund
London Marathon
Sue's Book sale
Thaxted Fayre
PayPal Inc
Fundraising stsll
Boot sale
Collection box
Sundry Fundraising
Charities Aid Foundation
Charitable Giving Benevity
Tombola
Craft market
Agria Pet Insurance
83
112
5,198
269
100
301
169
110
101
33
163
100
537
415
40
30
Total
7,805
(2) - Grants
The following grants were received during the year.
Pets at Home
5,507
Total
5,507
(3) - Credltors
The creditors figure relates to outstanding vets bills and expenses as at the 31st December 2023.
This outstanding arnount is expected to be paid within one month of the year end.

Toe Beans Cat Rescue Statement of Asset and Uabllltles I
2023 to 31
2023
2023
2022
Bank Account
Paypal Account
9,975
20
5,902
253
Totsl Assets
9,995
6,155
Llabilities
Creditors
442
817
Total Liabilitles
817