Trustees. Annual Report for the period Period start dale eriod end date From 01 April 2024 To, 31 Reference and administration details March 2025 Section A Charity name Hedgehog Welfare other names charity is known by Registered charity number lif any) 1194494 Charity's principal address PO Box 8686 Granlham Lincolnshire Postcode NG31 OAG Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole ear Trustee name Office lif any) Nome of person lor body) entitled toa oint trustee if an Philip Leonard Arthur Braund Chairperson Appointed 02-05-2022 Sally Elizabeth Ellen Key Claire Louise MyeTS Janel Patricia Pelo Appointed 06-08-2024 Treasurer Appointed 03-06-2023 Resigned 05-08-2024 Appointed 06-08-2024 Appointed 26-02-2025 Jayne Porter Alison Fyson Victoria Louise Robinson Minutes Secretary 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole ear TAR March 2012 Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) e of adviser Name Address Accounts Auditor Tara Kemp FCCA Astar Certified Accountants, Unit 16, Blackthorn Way, Five Bsc Hons Mile Business Park, Lincoln, LN4 1 BF Krzysztof Vets4Pets- Somercotes, 159 Nottingham Road, Kozarzewski Somercotes, Derbyshire DE55 4JH Veterinary Professional Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) Section B Structure, overnance and mana ement Description of the charity's trusts Type ofgoverning document Constitution - Foundation Model How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisalion {ClO) Trustee selection methods {1) Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeling of the charity trustees. {2) 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. Additional governance issues (Optional information) Due to an oversight in 2023-24 AGM meeting, Jayne Porter {who has now resigned) and Janet Peto were relrospectively re-elected as Trustees from 2023. TAR March 2012 You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about". Organisational structure remains as a board of trustees with no paid executive. policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Iraining of trustees., the charity's organisational structure and any wider ne￿Ork with which the charity works., rélationship with any related parties.. trustees, consideration of major risks and the system and procedures lo manage them. Jayne Porter resigned as Minutes Secretary abd Trustee on 05-08-2024 Philip Braund was elected as Chairman on the 02-05-2022 Section C Ob"ectives and activities For the benefit of the public lo advance animal welfare by.. Providing rehabililalion of sick, injured or orphaned hedgehogs wilh the aim of releasing healthy hedgehogs back into the wild., Providing support by way of advi￿ to hedgehog rehabilitation establishments., and promoting public awareness of the hedgehog and its welfare in the wild and of conservation in general. Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document TAR March 2012 Regular activities". In our second year as a registered charity we took in 146 hedgehogs, 78 returned to the wild, mostly to the person who found them. Sadly 68 had to be put to sleep or died on they way to the vel. Plus we took in 126 calls about hedgehogs lor other wildlife) during this period not always from our area. but members of the general public desperate for help. We held our Annual Fund Raiser on the 15-09-2024 in Foston Village Hall, which was very well attended and raised after expenses £2,147.44 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) One of our volunteers ran 5 different quizzes. on our behalf raising £1,788.00 this included the £1.00 entry fee per quiz and thanks to the generosity of those doing the quiz, donations as well. We renewed our membership to the British Wildlife Rehabilitation Council as an Associate Organisational Member. We ran several face to fa￿ training courses to train new carers to help with our work. We also ran several training courses for our established carers to, where they wished, to advance their training. We completed our Information Booklet, which is sent by email or post to nearly everyone who finds a hedgehog andlor telephones wilh a question on hedgehogs. We also sent out 3 newsletters giving information on what we have been doing, and some slories of the hedgehogs we have received. These newsletters are received well. Additional details of objectives and activities {Optlonal infomiation) You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about.. policy on grantmaking., policy programme related investment., ontribulion made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance TAR Mar<*i 2012 Section D Achievements and performance Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year We increased our Friends of Hedgehog Welfare, (people who donate regularly each monthl lo 32 Friends raising a total of £4,314.76 during the course of the year plus Gift Aid. Section E Financial review Reserves {generated by donations, small grants and from the 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. Brief staternent of the charity's policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information) TAR March 2012 You may chooso to indude additional information. whe relevant about.. the chanty's winapal sources of funds (indudiThJ any fur¢draising)'. how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity: investment policy and objectives induding any ethical investment policy adopled. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature(s) Full namels) Position (eg Secretary, Chair. etc PHiu f &éty N*rtp Tr. 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