## **Trustees’ Annual Report** for the period 5 November 2021 to 31 March 2023 Charity name: The Waterfowl Sanctuary Charity registration number: 1196417 ## **Objectives and Activities** The objects of the CIO are to promote humane behaviour towards waterfowl by providing appropriate care, protection, treatment and security for waterfowl which are in need of care and attention by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or ill usage and to educate the public in matters pertaining to waterfowl welfare in general and the prevention of cruelty and suffering among waterfowl. The Trustees are aware of their obligation to have regard to the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant. Our many volunteers play a hugely important role in the running of our charity by rescuing birds, assisting with patient treatment and caring for our residents. The Trustees would like to thank all our volunteers for their contribution to the success of our charity. ## **Achievements and Performance** This year has seen exciting changes notably reaching the important milestone of becoming a registered charity. There has been a great need to help our wild waterfowl in Cambridgeshire and the surrounding counties, made apparent by the daily calls received from the public for us to rescue or receive birds requiring care. As our growing reputation has increased demand on our services, we have needed to adapt and improve our on-site facilities accordingly. During this year we have built two additional swimming enclosures complete with water filters and sheds and these have been home to many convalescing ducks, geese and swans as they progress through the stages of rehabilitation. Over 500 ducklings and goslings have been raised here, mostly rescued from being trapped in gardens and unable to walk free with their mother. Many were also brought in that had been lost during their travels. 378 swans received our help in this period and as a result our knowledge and experience had broadened significantly. We are very fortunate that several of our volunteers work in professional healthcare, and so our in-house skills for wound management developed with each case. We were able to publicise some of our successes so that others may learn from our efforts. Much of the infrastructural development to date has been financed by the owners of the site personally, but as public support increases we hope to sustain growth and cover our operating costs through ongoing donations. A bungalow on site, formerly used for storage, has become the focus for growth with the intention of becoming a fully equipped hospital. A 3m x 3m wet room in the hospital building was completed in early 2023. This can comfortably contain several swans whilst they receive treatments prior to moving on to the outside swimming enclosures. Wildlife is rarely cared for by commercial vets, and so rehabilitation rescues and sanctuaries are the organisations that are best suited to care for patients that may require some short to long term care. The vision for next year will be to complete the hospital building with more wet rooms, a treatment room, a ward and a veterinary surgery so that operations can be performed on-site. ## **Financial Review** ## Financial Position Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, the Charity generated donations of £54,794 in the period. These funds were used for the Charity’s general operating costs (feed, medical supplies and fuel costs), and to improve site infrastructure as detailed in ‘Achievements and Performance’ above. At the end of the period the charity had generated a surplus of £3413, which is sufficient to maintain operations for 3 months. The Trustees have no concerns regarding the financial stability of the Charity. ## Reserves Policy The Trustees have considered Charity Commission guidance on reserves. The Waterfowl Sanctuary aims to maintain a sufficient level of reserves to enable normal operating activities ensuring that the Charity is able to continue over a period of at least 3 months should a shortfall in income occur. It also takes account of potential risks and contingencies that may arise from time to time. Therefore, the Trustees have set a minimum reserves level of £3,000 at the end of the financial period November 2021- March 2023. The Trustees are satisfied that the year-end surplus of £3413 serves to meet this minimum level. ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Type of governing
document|Foundation model constitution| |---|---| |How is the charity
constituted?|Charitable incorporated organisation (CIO)| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions|Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must
be appointed by a resolution passed at a properly
convened meeting of the charity trustees. 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.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Waterfowl Sanctuary| |---|---| |Registered charity number|1196417| |Charity’s principal address|Clyde Farm
Silver Street
Godmanchester
PE29 2LF| |Names of trustees who
manage the charity|Graham Edward Porter (Chair)
Rebecca Mary McCaffry
Ann Margaret Porter
Rachel Olivia Young
Lesley Ann Christine Percival
Stuart Dunsby
All trustees served throughout the accounting period.| ## **Declarations** The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees |Signature(s)
Full name(s)
Position(eg Secretary,
Chair, etc)||| |---|---|---| |||| ||Graham Edward Porter|Stuart Dunsby| |||| ||Chair|Trustee| Date 270424 **Charity Name No The Waterfowl Sanctuary 11** ## **Receipts and payments accoun** Period start date **For the period from To** 11/5/2021 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **Unrestricted funds** ## **Restricted funds** ## **Endowment funds** |**to the nearest £**
**A1 Receipts**
Voluntaryreceipts
**46,557**
Non-cash donations
**8,237**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**54,794**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 54,794**
**A3 Payments**
Cost of charitable activities
**43,897**
Cost ofgeneratingvoluntaryreceipts
**127**
Value of non-cash donations
**8,237**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 52,261**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 52,261**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 2,533**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**880**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 3,413**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**
**table).**
**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see**
**table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**-**
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**-**
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**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**|**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||| |||**-**| |||| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||| |||**-**| |||| ||**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**
Cash in hand
Bank account
Paypal balance
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**|**Unrestricted funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---| |||**331**| |||**2,593**| |||**489**| |||**3,413**| |||OK| |||**Unrestricted funds**
**to nearest £**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **B3 Investment assets** |**Details**
Ponds, filters, bird housing, medical equipment
**Details**
Signature
|General
Print N
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Fund to which liability**
**relates**| |---|---| ## **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** ## **B5 Liabilities** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Graham Edw Stuart D **----- Start of picture text -----**
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|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**46,557**
**8,237**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**54,794**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**54,794**
**43,897**
**127**
**8,237**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**52,261**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---| ||**-**| ||**-**| ||**-**| ||**-**| ||**-**| ||**-**| ||**-**| ||**-**| ||**-**| ||| ||| ||**-**| ||**-**| ||| ||**-**| ||| |**43,897**|**-**| |**127**|**-**| |**8,237**|**-**| |**-**|**-**| |**-**|**-**| |**-**|**-**| |**-**|**-**| |**-**|**-**| |**-**|**-**| |**52,261**|**-**| ||**-**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**-**||||| ||**-**|||**-**|| ||||||| ||**52,261**|||**-**|| ||||||| ||**2,533**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||| ||**880**||**-**||| ||**3,413**||**-**||| |**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---| |**-**|**-**| |**-**|**-**| |**-**|**-**| |**-**|**-**| ## OK ## **Restricted funds** OK ## **Endowment funds** |**to nearest £**
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