Trustees, Annual Report for the period Period start date Period end date From 01 1 April 2023 To 31 Reference and administration details March 2024 Section A Charity name Hedgehog Welfare Other names Gharity is known by Règistered charlty number Ilf any) 1194494 Charlty's prlncipal address PO Box 8686 Grantham Lincolnshire Postcode NG31 OAG Names of the charlty trustees who manage the charity Dat¢8 acted11 not for whol0 Trustee n*m• Offic• Ilf any) ear Name of por80n lor body) •ntltled toa olnt trustee Ifan Sally Elizabeth Ellen Key Claire Louise Myers Janet Patricia Pelo Treasur8r Appointed 03_06.2021 Jayne Porter Philip Leonard Arthur Braund Chairperson Appointed 02-05-2022 10 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Names of the trustees for th• charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees} Name Dates acted if not for whole ear TAR March 2012 Names and addrosses of advisers (Optional Information e of adviser Name Address Accounts Auditor Tara Kemp FCCA Astar Certified Accountants, Unit 16, Blackthom Way, Five Bsc Hons Mile Business Park, Lincoln, LN4 1 BF Ktzysztof Vets4Pets- Somercotes, 159 Nottingham Road, Kozarzewski Somercotes, Derbyshire DE55 4JH Veterinary Professional Name of chlef executlve or names of sènior staff members (Optional infomiation) Section B Structure, overnance and mana ement Descriptlon of the charity's trusts Type of governing document Constitution - Foundation Model How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisalion (CIO) {1) Apart from the first charity trusle88, every trustee must be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed al a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. 121 In selecting individuals for appointmenl as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. Addltlonal govornan¢o18suo3 {Optlonal Infom)atlon) Trustee selection methods TAR March 2012 You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about.. policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees., the charity's organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works., relationship with any related parties., trustees, consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. Organisational slructure remains as a board of trustees with no paid executive. Section C ectives and activities For the ben8fil of Ihe public to advance animal welfare by Providing rehabilitation of sick, injured or orphaned hedgehogs with the aim of releasing healthy hedgehogs back into the wild, Providing support by way of advice to hedgehog rehabililalion establishments., and promoting public awareness of the hedgehog and its welfare in the wild and of ¢onservation in general. Summary of the objects of the charity set out In Its governing document TAR March 2012 Regular activities: During this period we took in 304 hedgehogs, 197 returned to the wild, mostly to the person who found them. We held our Annual Fund Raiser on the 17th September 2023 in Foston Village Hall, which was very well attended and raised after expenses £2,336.09 We gave 3 talks to various groups within the area. One of our volunteers ran S different quizzes, on our behalf raising £765.50 from the quizzes but this also brought in several donations W8 continued our membership of the British Wildlife Rehabilitation Council as an Asso¢iate Organisational Member. Three trustees attended the International Hedgehog Conference at Hartpury University near Gloucester in January 2024 We ran several face to face training courses to train new carers to help with our work. We also ran several training coursès for our established carers to, where they wished. to advance their training. We completed and updated our Information Booklet. which is sent to every finder of a hedgehog when we first up date them, for those that do not have email, they are Posted out. We produced three n8wsl8tters of our activities and stories of hedgehogs which we had tr8ated {not all successfully) Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaratlon that trustees have had regard to the guidanco issued by the Charity Commission on publlc beneflt) Additlonal details of obJectlve$ and actlvltles (Optional inforniatlon) You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about.. policy on grantmaking., policy programme related investment., contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance TAR March 2012 Section D Achievements and performance We increased our Friends of Hedgehog Welfare, {people who donate regularly each month) to 31 Friends raising a total of £3,833.76 during the course of the year plus Gift Aid which is to be claimed in the next financial year.. We website is still being worked on, our new logo has been agreed and is now in use. Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year Section E Financial review Rese￿e$ (generated by donations, small grants and from th8 Friends of Hedgehog Welfare} are used to pay costs directly related to the functions of the charity including trustee's training, hedgehog food, veterinary bills, and caring equipment. Brlef statem8nt of the charity's policy on reserves Detalls of any funds materlally in deficit Furthor flnanclal revlow details (Optional Information) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about., the charity's principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)., how expenditure has supported Ihe key objectives of the charity., investment policy and objectives including any ethical investm8nt policy adopted. Section F Other optional information TAR March 2012 Some of our meeting are face to face and some are by Zoom. Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, r8port above. Slgned on behalf of the charity's truste88 Signature{81 Full name(sl Po8ltlon (ag Socretary, Chalr, 8tc) e￿iLl4 0 CHl¥I R T• Date 1 6L TAR March 2012 Hed9eho9 Welfor¢ 01-04-2021 to 31-03-2024 Incom Donolio￿ for HedgtWCare DDna*ions for Talks 2023-24 2QZI-22 £ 1.595.10 242 15 £ 2.722 17 £ 1.49S64 153.50 £ 0979) £ iooc*i £ 3,773.47 £ 3.833.76 E 40.00 619.00 146 00 5.075.08 3.l63.ao Friends of Htd9thty WÈlfar Do￿TIonS Dog Siitif4 &Cake Total Salts & Anwl kal**- Taki CakndllrS- 5ak% EqUiP￿nI Hed9ehts9 FoDd- SAI .644.73 9.043.8ts 6.20456 l.254.50 £ 362.00 1.24170 26800 1.672.51 257.00 40nO 7.50 274.21 287.75 144 80 Spllllsowd Ewnts £ 765.90 890.50 £ I,36Z.S0 Trdiniry F￿- Reinb￿rxd Fe,8J3.97 96.71 355. 649.89 9671 396,15 lJ.724.12 £ 12.929.01 10.414.60 Exp¢ndlture Veis 9111$ Jnd tsrL Hed9thog Food M¢Mbership fc Wildlit Qryohisofioni Ctrifig E4uipmEnt 1.816.40 £ 501.62 810,53 75.C 7900 1,98$ 62 7SOQ 196.24 269.21 1.99844 5,096.42 ?.453.06 cr0ft/Ppi￿ for FU￿ Auiiing e 141.03 99.00 274.04 I￿& Aalilry ¢¢ C4upi* ExpondiYur¢ 236.03 1>9 e8 274.04 Ttainir9 Po E¥penses Trainir86iv¢n l R¢¢. ExF¢n*e* Anlwl Rofll•- Cos11 i(o.00 95.00 Bank Choryts Wibsit¢ Exp¢*Jey £ 204.00 2.424 J04¢0 2.SO4. 9).00 A¢(Ouhts a Chtsrify Regiitrolion Cosis £ 970.33 12. £ 1,$62. 19.49 Extra FI￿1 T4k•n £ 3lSOO 3SS.00 1293.33 20.44 1.930.49 Rvpllymenlof Loan fotsi EX￿n￿kUr• J.¢Ji. 7.020.74 4.789 19 SurP￿1(￿*fIjC1}on th¢ywp £ 7.892.32 £ 5.108.27 £ J.659.49 C4•h Fknllt Hqld D¢ptssit Paid Ill AdwonM- VII Httll Hire Nationol W4stmlst*r A¢¢fj￿t Old AccO￿t Savirw .iJd A¢¢¢tht Ckn New Cwr¢nt Accoun* 126.00 126W 126.00 25.00 20 25.00 159.93 21￿35 18 ?h92.01 zr.144.38 30.123.54 06/ot/i* astar Inde endent examinerfs re ort to the trustees members of the Hed eho Welfare I report to the trusteeslmembers on my examination of the accounts of the Hedgehog Welfare for the year ended 31 March 2024. Responsibilities and bè5is of report., As the trusteeslmembers of the Hedgehog Welfare you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts In accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (The Act'l. I report In respect of my examinatlon of the Hedgehog Welfare accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the appllcable D1￿ctionS given by the Charlty Commission under section 14515llbl of the Act. Independent Examinerfs Ststement 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.. 11 Accounting records were not kept In respect of the Hed8eho8 welfa￿ as required by section 130 of the Act,. or 21 The accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Tara Kemp FCCA 27 July 2024 Unit 6, Blackthorn Way Five Mile Business Park Lincoln LN4 IBF