**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period from 1.1.2023 to 31/12/2023 Charity name: Pumpkin’s Wildlife Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre (PWHRC)** ## **Charity registration number: 1196339** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The purposes are twofold: to relieve the
suffering of animals in need of care and
attention through veterinary and rehabilitation
services, and to advance public education on
the welfare and conservation of British wildlife
species. These objectives guide our work and
drive our efforts to create a positive impact on
wildlife and society.| |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|The centre opened its doors with a soft opening
in November 2023. Fundraising and other
activities to raise awareness were carried out
throughout 2023| |Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard to
the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees confirm that they have taken into
account the Charity Commission's guidance on
public benefit in fulfilling their responsibilities
during the reporting period covered by this
Annual Report and Accounts.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| ||SORP
reference|| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|N/A| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Volunteers were recruited from the summer of
2023 for fundraising and training and to
renovate the facilities. From November 2023
animal care team members were on site
volunteering with the first intakes.| |Other||| 1 ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
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.|Para 1.20|The Charity was focused on developing its
organisation strategy further prior to launch.
The following initiatives and key documents
were added to the initial strategy developed in
2022:
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Staff handbook
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Fundraising diary and events
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Recruitment of additional trustees
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Recruitment of a core group of
volunteers
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Centre Standard Operating Procedures
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Animal Handling Standard Operating
Procedures
It has also continued to form collaborative
networks with local rescues and veterinary
practices in preparation of the provision of
veterinary care and rehabilitation to future
wildlife patients.
Relationships have also been built with local
environmental organisations, the local
community, and initial corporate sponsors.
Since admitting our first patient on 25
November 2023 the local community has
voiced and demonstrated strong support for the
charity.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|N/A| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives set|Para 1.41|N/A| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A| |Other||| 2 ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s financial
position at the end of the
period|Para 1.21|A total income of £19,210.02 was held in the
charity’s bank account| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the policy
for holding reserves stating
why they are held|Para 1.22|It was agreed by the Trustees to hold £5000 in
reserve funds for any emergencies or
unforeseen purchases within the charity. The
target level of these reserve funds is kept under
regular review by the Trustees and is likely to
increase when the charity has fully opened.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£5,000 of reserved funds| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the charity
continuing as a going concern|Para 1.23|As the Charity is in its infancy, the focus was on
creating a stable infrastructure based on clear
strategic development and appropriate
planning.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
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You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal sources
of funds (including any
fundraising)|Para 1.47|General fundraising from the local community.
Approaches to local businesses and large
organisations such as local councils and HS2.| |Investment policy and
objectives including any social
investment policy adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Closure due to outbreak of disease, end of
rental agreement. Breaking of licence
agreement with Defra. Lack of funds.| |Other||| 3 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |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|The selection of trustees was based on skills,
experience and knowledge by invitation.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|Documents pertaining to the founding and
management of the charity are shared with all
new trustees. Trustee meetings are held on a
regular basis and minutes of all former
meetings are made available to all trustees. A
WhatsApp group for trustees is set up.
Training sessions were held throughout Autumn
2023 by Ana Lapaz-Mendez to enable the new
animal team leaders to work independently in
providing triage and first aid to our early
admissions.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
works|Para 1.51|Please find our organisational chart for 2023 in
Appendix A on page 8 of this document| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|N/A| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Pumpkin’s Wildlife Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|PWHRC| |Registered charity number|1196339| |Charity’s principal address|196 Falloden Way, London NW11 6JE| ||| 4 ## **Names of the trustees who manage the charity during the reporting dates** |||||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not**
**for whole year**|**Name of person or**
**body entitled to**
**appoint trustee**| |**1**|**Ana Lapaz- Mendez**|**Chair, Founder**||| |**2**|**June Redrup**|||**Ana Lapaz-Mendez**| |**3**|**Jessica Klein**|**Planning**||**Ana Lapaz-Mendez**| |**4**|**Laura Smart**|**Social content**||**Ana Lapaz Mendez**| |**5**|**Patricia Mary Marks**|**Volunteer**
**Coordinator**|**From 30 April**
**2023 - current**|**Ana Lapaz-Mendez**| |**6**|**Sarah Louise Arnold**|**Fundraising Lead**|**From05 August**
**2023 - current**|**Ana Lapaz-Mendez**| |**7**|**Ramzy Nabil Bamieh**|**B2B marketing**||**Ana Lapaz-Mendez**| |**8**|**Pippa Alldritt**|**Operations/Finance**||**Ana Lapaz-Mendez**| |**9**|**Melissa Sian Rees**|**Branding**|**From05 August**
**2023 - current**|**Ana Lapaz-Mendez**| |**10**||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved |**Director name**||| |---|---|---| |Ana Lapaz-Mendez|Chair/Founder|2023| |||| |||| |||| Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|| |---|---|---| |N/A||| |||| 5 ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held N/A in this capacity Name and objects of the charity N/A on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details N/A ## **Other optional information** _Unfortunately, wewere unaware that we were required to have an Independent Examiners Report for the 2023 accounts, hence our submission to the Charities Commission is late. Our apologies for this oversight and we will ensure all reports are filed in good time going forwards._ 6 **Declarations** The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees |||| |---|---|---| |**Signatures**||| ||Kirsti Hummel
**___________________**|Sarah Arnold
**___________________**| |**Full Name**|**Kirsti Hummel**|**Sarah Arnold**| |**Position**|**Operations Lead & Trustee**|**Fundraising & Finance Lead & Trustee**| |**Date**|**____30/10/24___**|**_____1/11/24________**| |||| 7 ## **APPENDIX A** **Organisational Chart Pumpkin’s Wildlife Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre 2023** 8 8 **Pumpkin's Wildlife Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre 1196339** ## **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts** **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/01/2023 31/12/2023 |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**44,611**
**15,552**
**688**
**503**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**

**61,354**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**61,354**
**33,454**
**2,511**
**4,550**
**367**
**1,220**
**19**
**356**
**42,477**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**42,477**
**18,877**
**-**
**333**
**19,210**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**- **
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**44,611**
**15,552**
**688**
**503**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**61,354**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**61,354**
**33,454**
**2,511**
**4,550**
**367**
**1,220**
**19**
**356**
**42,477**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**42,477**
**18,877**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations & Legacies|**44,611**|||||**333**| |Charitable Activities|**15,552**|||||**-**| |EbayTradingActivity|**688**|||||**-**| |Other income - sale of volunteer clothing|**503**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**
|||||**-**| |~~**_Sub total_**~~~~_(Gross income for_~~
_AR)_|
**61,354**|||||**333**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**333**| |||||||| |
Refurbishmentproject(buildingcosts)|**33,454**|||||**-**| |Animal care costs
(feed/supplies/cleaning/transport/meds)|**2,511**|||||**-**| |Property/running costs
(rent/utilities/refuge)|**4,550**|||||**-**| |Office costs
(printing/postage/stationery/ink/mobile
charges)|**367**|||||**-**| |Fundraising/Communications
(Advertising/quiz night exps/event costs)|**1,220**|||||**-**| |Finance(fees/charges)|**19**|||||**-**| |Sundryexpenses|**356**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**42,477**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| ||**18,877**|**-**|**-**|**18,877**||**333**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**333**|**-**|**-**|**333**||**-**| ||**19,210**|**-**|**-**|**19,210**||**333**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 11/11/2024 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Gift Aid reclaim
METRO Bank A/c
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
N.Zeid
Signature
S.Arnold|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**19,210**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**19,210**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**992**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
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Print Name
Sarah Arnold (Trustee)
Nicola Zeid (Finance Officer)|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||S.Arnold|Sarah Arnold (Trustee)|**30/10/2024**| ||N.Zeid|Nicola Zeid (Finance Officer)|**30/10/2024**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 11/11/2024 2 ## ## ## ##