## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period from 1.1.2025 to 31/12/2025**
## **Charity name: Pumpkin’s Wildlife Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre (PWHRC)**
## **Charity registration number: 1196339**
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|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|2025 was the second year of being fully operational
with the purpose of rescuing and rehabilitating sick,
injured and orphaned British - ie native - wildlife. We
attended 24 events and organised two fundraising
events ourselves. We also delivered 20 outreach
events in schools and at scouts and adult
community groups.|
|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.|
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|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|The charity is staffed exclusively by volunteers,
including vets, nurses, animal care assistants, fund
raisers, outreach assistants, receptionists and
transport volunteers. The charity would therefore not
exist without the volunteer contribution. We currently
have 95 ‘active’ volunteers registered, some of whom
contribute 3 days a week while others give us a day
a month or less.|
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## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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|In 2025 the charity focused on recruiting
additional volunteers, fine tuning its policies and
procedures to benefit our volunteers and
patients and expanding the facilities available.
The following initiatives were undertaken
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Temporary aviaries were replaced with
structurally more suitable enclosures for
our birds
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A dedicated space was created for
birds of prey
-
We increased the number of enclosures
for hedgehogs from 16 to 24.
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The profile of the charity was raised
through networking, events, social
media and appearances on national TV.
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In 2025 we held 12 outreach sessions
reaching a total of 534 young people
and adults.
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In addition to the events we attended
we organised two specific fundraising
events of our own as well as ‘sponsor a
cub’ packages.
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The first issue of our digital quarterly
magazine ‘Whiskers and Wings’ was
published in November 2025.
During the course of 2025 we admitted 987
animals of which 248 were released back into
the wild and 56 went into longer term foster to
evaluate their potential for release in the longer
term.|
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|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|||
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## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s financial
position at the end of the period|Para 1.21|A total income of £117,365 was held in the
charity’s bank account|
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|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 for any emergencies or unforeseen
purchases within the charity. This amount is
kept under regular review by the trustees. As
the charity is growing we are currently looking
to more effectively reserve a higher amount for
larger purchases.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£5,000|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|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|N/A|
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The charity’s principal sources
of funds (including any
fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
General fundraising from events held for and in
the local community. Appeals to the public,
local businesses and large organisations such
as local councils and HS2, grant applications,
legacies.|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any social
investment policy adopted|Para 1.46|N/A|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Closure due to outbreak of disease, end of
lease. Breaking of licence agreement with
Defra. Lack of funds. Lack of trained, competent
volunteers.|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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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|
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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.|
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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.|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
works|Para 1.51|Please find our organisational chart for 2025 in
Appendix A on page 8 of this document. This
was updated in early 2025 to better reflect our
growth and the organisational structure of the
hospital itself.|
|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|
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Charity’s principal address|Registered address 196 Falloden Way, London NW11 6JE
The hospital is located at:
Stockers Farm Road Rickmansworth WD3 1NZ|
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**Names of the trustees who managed 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**|**Jessica Klein**|**Planning**|**1 January - 9**
**September 2025**|**Ana Lapaz-Mendez**|
|**3**|**Laura Smart**|**Social content**||**Ana Lapaz Mendez**|
|**4**|**Patricia Mary Marks**|**Volunteer**
**Coordinator**||**Ana Lapaz-Mendez**|
|**5**|**Sarah Louise Arnold**|**Fundraising Lead**||**Ana Lapaz-Mendez**|
|**6**|**Ramzy Nabil Bamieh**|**B2B marketing**||**Ana Lapaz-Mendez**|
|**7**|**Kirsti Hummel**|**Operations**|**Aug 2024 - now**|**Ana Lapaz-Mendez**|
|**8**|**Minesh Pareek**|**Marketing**|**Aug 2024 - now**|**Ana Lapaz-Mendez**|
Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved
|**Director name**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Ana Lapaz-Mendez**|**Chair/Founder**||
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Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**||
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|**N/A**|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in N/A 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**
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**Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signatures**|||
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||**________________________**|**________________________**|
|**Full Name**|**Ana Lapaz Mendez**|**Kirsti Hummel**|
|**Position**|**Chair**|**Trustee - Operations Lead**|
|**Date**|**11/5/26_______**|**____11/5/26____________**|
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## **APPENDIX A**
## **Organisational Chart**
## **Pumpkin’s Wildlife Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre 2025**
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**Pumpkin's Wildlife Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre**
**1196339**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
## **CC16a**
**For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/01/2025 31/12/2025
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Donations & Legacies|**82,481**||**-**||**-**||**82,481**||**71,382**|
|Charitable Activities|**11,008**||**-**||**-**||**11,008**||**8,917**|
|EbayTradingActivity|**260**||**-**||**-**||**260**||**551**|
|Volunteer clothingcost recovery|**1,652**||**-**||**-**||**1,652**||**1,200**|
|Other income - compensation from court
order|**1,100**||**-**||**-**||**1,100**||**600**|
|Refund from suppliers|**3,652**||**-**||**-**||**3,652**||**397**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**100,153**||**-**||**-**||**100,153**||**83,047**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||||**83,047**|
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|
Refurbishmentproject(buildingcosts)|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**209**|
|Animal care costs
(feed/supplies/cleaning/transport/meds)|**17,218**||**-**||**-**||**17,218**||**7,876**|
|Property/running costs
(rent/utilities/refuge/subscription)|**14,184**||**-**||**-**||**14,184**||**8,440**|
|Office costs
(printing/postage/stationery/ink/mobile
charges)|**1,464**||**-**||**-**||**1,464**||**1,272**|
|Fundraising/Communications
(Advertising/quiz night exps/event costs)|**620**||**-**||**-**||**620**||**743**|
|Equipment|**23,031**||||||**23,031**||**5,259**|
|Volunteer clothing|**2,306**||||||**2,306**||**1,482**|
|Refund to an eBaybuyer|**-**||||||**-**||**88**|
|Finance(fees/charges)|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|Sundryexpenses|**702**||**-**||**-**||**702**||**151**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**59,525**||**-**||**-**||**59,525**||**25,520**|
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|**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_**||||||||||
||||||||||**25,520**|
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||**40,628**||||||||**57,527**|
||**-**||||||||**-**|
||**76,737**||||||||**19,210**|
||**117,365**||||||||**76,737**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
**Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £** 21/06/2026
**Categories Details**
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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|**B1 Cash funds**|METRO Bank A/c||**117,365**|**117,365**||||**-**|||**-**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|
|||||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|
||**_Total cash funds_**||**117,365**|||||**-**|||**-**|
||(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))||OK||||OK|||OK||
||||**Unrestricted**||||**Restricted funds**|||**Endowment**||
||||**funds**|||||||**funds**||
||**Details**||**to nearest £**||||**to nearest £**|||**to nearest £**||
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|Gift Aid reclaim||**3,135**|||||**-**|||**-**|
|||||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|
|||||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|
|||||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|
|||||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|
|||||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|
||**Details**||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||||**Cost (optional)**|||**Current value**
**(optional)**||
|**B3 Investment assets**||||||||**-**|||**-**|
|||||||||**-**|||**-**|
|||||||||**-**|||**-**|
|||||||||**-**|||**-**|
|||||||||**-**|||**-**|
||**Details**||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||||**Cost (optional)**|||**Current value**
**(optional)**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**||||||||**-**|||**-**|
|**charity’s own use**||||||||**-**|||**-**|
|||||||||**-**|||**-**|
|||||||||**-**|||**-**|
|||||||||**-**|||**-**|
|||||||||**-**|||**-**|
|||||||||**-**|||**-**|
|||||||||**-**|||**-**|
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||||**Fund to which**||||**Amount due**|||**When due**||
||**Details**||**liability relates**||||**(optional)**|||**(optional)**||
|**B5 Liabilities**||||||||**-**||||
|||||||||**-**||||
|||||||||**-**||||
|||||||||**-**||||
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|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Signature||Print|||Name||||Date of approval||
||**Sarah Arnold**||Sarah Arnold (Trustee)|||||||**27/02/2026**||
||WaiYinLo||Wai Yin Lo (Finance Officer)|||||||**27/02/2026**||
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
21/06/2026
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