## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From: 7[th] April 2024 To: 6[th] April 2025**
## **Charity name: Tynemouth Seal Hospital**
## **Charity registration number: 1197677**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To provide primarily rehabilitaton and rescue
services within the United Kingdom but
predominantly the North East of England, for
marine mammals that are in danger or in a
positon where rehabilitaton and rescue is
required by providing trained volunteers to
look afer these animals at a set site or in a
shore side or river environment, and also to
provide educaton and enrichment for the
wider communitythough our work.|
|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|Volunteers for Tynemouth Seal Hospital
have given, during the above period,
approximately 2,200 hours of voluntary
time seeking the rehabilitation of 8 common
(harbour) seals, Of these animals, 5 were
rehabilitated to release and 3 were too
weak to survive.
To undertake this work, we received
donations from the general public totalling
£3921. During this time we spent £4245,
broken down thusly: (all figures are
rounded to the nearest whole number):
£2085 (49%) was spent on equipment for
the seal hospital.
£681 (16%) was spent on consumables for
everyday use in the seal hospital.
£647 (15%) was spent on veterinary costs.
£449 (11%) was spent on maintenance and
repair of existing equipment in the seal
hospital
£195 (5%) was spent on charity
administration costs.
£70 (2%) was spent on frozen fish.
£80 (2%) was spent on travel and transport
expenses
£35 (1%) was spent on merchandise to
sell.|
|||Representatives from our charity have
been active in giving talks to local groups
and schools who are interested in our work.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees have had regard for the guidance
on public benefit.|
## **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|Volunteers for Tynemouth Seal Hospital
have given, during the above period,
approximately 2,200 hours of voluntary
time seeking the rehabilitation of 8 common
(harbour) seals, Of these animals, 5 were
rehabilitated to release and 3 were too
weak to survive.
Our work has contributed to the
strengthening of the local populations of
harbour seals, which are particularly
vulnerable.|
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|At the end of the reporting period the
charity held £8773 in the bank.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|It is felt by the trustees that our reserves
should not be less than £1000 at any given
time.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£8773|
|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|We foresee no financial reasons why we
would cease our operations at anytime in
the near future.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Primarily donations from the general public,
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|though we may begin exploring applying for
grants in the next financial period.||
|---|---|---|---|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|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|Charitable incorporated organisaton.|
|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|With 7 trustees at the end of the reporting
period, with a wide range of skills and
experience, we are not looking to appoint
any additional trustees in the near future.
All trustee matters are subject to a
democratic vote. All trustees are asked to
declare any conflict of interests.|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Tynemouth Seal Hospital|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|TSH, but only on social media.|
|Registered charity number|1197677|
|Charity’s principal address|23 Richmond Terrace
Whitley Bay
NE26 1SG|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4
5
6
7|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of**
**person (or**
**body) entitled**
**to appoint**
**trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Richard Nicholas
Ilderton|Chair|||
||Alan Peter Harrison|Treasurer|||
||Hazel Leona Masson||||
||Sarah Jane Harrison||||
||Mark Wilhelm
Husmann||||
||Jamie Robert Dines||||
||John Anderson||||
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity 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
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
R Ilderton **Signature(s)** A P Harrison Richard Nicholas Ilderton **Full name(s)** Alan Peter Harrison **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 31.1.26
||**Private**|**Private**|**Private**|**Private**|
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|Income 2024-25|**Date**|**Detail**|**Donations**|**Justgiving**|
||**30.4.24**|Justgiving|**(Cash/Cheque)**|**£24.12**|
||**30.4.24**|Justgiving||**£4.75**|
||**1.5.24**|Justgiving||**£1.19**|
||**21.5.24**|Justgiving||**£7.12**|
||**29.5.24**|Justgiving||**£58.05**|
||**3.6.24**|Justgiving||**£1.19**|
||**12.6.24**|Justgiving||**£7.12**|
||**18.6.24**|Justgiving||**£4.75**|
||**24.6.24**|Justgiving||**£382.77**|
||**1.7.24**|Justgiving||**£29.02**|
||**3.7.24**|Justgiving||**£60.56**|
||**8.7.24**|WI cheque|**£40.00**||
||**16.7.24**|Justgiving
||**£4.75**|
||**17.7.24**|~~Marine Park First~~
~~Shl~~|||
||**29.7.24**|Justgiving
~~coo~~||**£48.44**|
||**31.7.24**|Justgiving
||**£1.19**|
||**2.8.24**|~~Workwear express~~
~~fd~~|||
||**2.8.24**|Foundation Scotland
~~reun~~|||
||**27.8.24**|Justgiving||**£68.88**|
||**29.8.24**|Justgiving||**£7.12**|
||**5.9.24**|Justgiving||**£1.19**|
||**17.9.24**|Justgiving||**£67.76**|
||**18.9.24**|Justgiving||**£16.63**|
||**1.10.24**|Justgiving||**£28.82**|
||**13.10.24**|Paypal giving Fund|||
||**13.10.24**|TeeMill Payout|||
||**20.11.24**|Justgiving||**£5.46**|
||**26.11.24**|Justgiving||**£50.78**|
||**4.12.24**|Justgiving||**£1.19**|
||**12.12.24**|Justgiving||**£57.19**|
||**17.12.24**|Justgiving||**£19.38**|
||23.12.24|Cheque, Shiela
Grifn|**£500.00**||
||**23.12.24**|Justgiving||**£21.96**|
||**8.1.25**|Justgiving||**£1.19**|
||**20.1.25**|Justgiving||**£59.78**|
||**21.1.25**|Justgiving||**£4.75**|
||**3.2.25**|Justgiving||**£28.82**|
|**5.2.25**|Justgiving||**£1.19**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**19.2.25**|Justgiving||**£4.75**|
|**3.3.25**|Justgiving||**£48.14**|
|**4.3.25**|Justgiving||**£1.19**|
|**26.3.25**|Justgiving||**£4.75**|
|**31.3.25**|Justgiving||**£48.14**|
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£540.00
£1184.08
Total Expenditure
|
**Private**
**Paypal**
|
**Private**
**Paypal**
|
**Private**
**Paypal**
|
**Private**
**Paypal**
|
**Private**
**Paypal**
|
**Private**
**Paypal**
|
**Private**
**Paypal**
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|~~**Sale of**~~
~~**Merchandise**~~|**Donations**|**Gift Aid**|**Sum Up**|**Amazon**|
**Giving**|~~**Faceboo**~~
~~**k**~~|
||**(BACS)**||||**Fund**||
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||**£180.00**||||||
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||**£1000.00**||||||
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||||||**£332.88**||
|**£24.62**|||||||
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I
£24.62
£1180.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£332.88
£0.00
Gift Aid Claimed
|**Other**|**Total**|
|---|---|
||£24.12|
||£4.75|
||£1.19|
||£7.12|
||£58.05|
||£1.19|
||£7.12|
||£4.75|
||£382.77|
||£29.02|
||£60.56|
||£40.00|
||£4.75|
||£180.00|
||£48.44|
||£1.19|
|**£659.74**|£659.74|
||£1000.00|
||£68.88|
||£7.12|
||£1.19|
||£67.76|
||£16.63|
||£28.82|
||£332.88|
||£24.62|
||£5.46|
||£50.78|
||£1.19|
||£57.19|
||£19.38|
||£500.00|
||£21.96|
||£1.19|
||£59.78|
||£4.75|
||£28.82|
Thank you card sent
£1.19
£4.75
£48.14
£1.19
£4.75
£48.14
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00 £0.00
||£0.00|
|---|---|
||£0.00|
||£0.00|
||£0.00|
||£0.00|
||£0.00|
||£0.00|
||£0.00|
||£0.00|
||£0.00|
||£0.00|
||£0.00|
||£0.00|
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||£0.00|
||£0.00|
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||£0.00|
||£0.00|
||£0.00|
||£0.00|
||£0.00|
||£0.00|
||£0.00|
|**£659.74**|**###**|
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Private
Private Donations Sale of
Justgiving Donations Gift Aid Sum Up
(Cash/Cheque) Merchandise
(BACS)
£540.00 £1184.08 £24.62 £1180.00 £0.00 £0.00
14%
17%
Private Donations (Cash/
Justgiving
8% Sale of Merchandise
Private Donations (BACS
Gift Aid
Sum Up
Amazon
Paypal Giving Fund
30% Facebook
Other
30%
1%
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|**Amazon**|**Paypal Giving**
**Fund**|**Facebook**|**Other**|
|---|---|---|---|
|£0.00|`£332.88`|`£0.00`|`£659.74`|
/Cheque)
S)
Expenditure 2024-25
|||||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Date**|**Detail**|~~**Vet Costs &**~~
~~**Treatments**~~|**Fish**|
|**9.4.24**|New Overalls|||
|**15.4.24**|Expenses Darren Hessilhead
|||
|**24.6.24**|~~New Overalls (erroneous 2nd~~
~~t~~
|||
|**24.6.24**|~~paymen)~~
~~New Overalls (erroneous 2nd~~
~~t~~|||
|**26.6.24**|Roker Park Vets
~~paymen)~~|£103.57||
|**16.7.24**|Amazon|||
|**16.7.24**|Amazon|||
|**2.8.24**|Amazon|||
|**13.8.24**|Morris and Plumley|£20.48||
|**14.8.24**|AAA Signs|||
|**16.8.24**|Amazon|||
|**20.8.24**|Roker Park Vets|£187.86||
|**23.8.24**|Hazel(emergencyfsh)||£44.00|
|**23.8.24**|B&M,storage boxes|||
|**27.8.24**|John(Plumbingwork)|||
|**2.9.24**|Roker Park Vets|£44.11||
|**2.9.24**|Amazon|||
|**2.9.24**|Amazon|||
|**9.9.24**|Amazon|||
|**11.9.24**|Sainsburys(packingtape)|||
|**16.9.24**|John (fsh)||**£26.50**|
|**23.9.24**|John (Heatlampwork)|||
|**23.9.24**|Screwfx|||
|**27.9.24**|Safe4|||
|**8.10.24**|Amazon (tempheatlamp)|||
|**11.10.24**|John (Plumbingwork)|||
|**4.11.24**|Mad Hatters|||
|**11.11.24**|Amazon|||
|**9.12.24**|Wordpress|||
|**24.12.24**|Sherrif Highways Vets|**£56.93**||
|**6.1.25**|Karcher Jetwash (MH
reimbursement)|||
|**11.2.25**|Roker Park Vets|**£234.46**||
|**18.2.25**|Amazon|||
|**17.3.25**|Currys (Fridge)|||
|**18.3.25**|Costa (volunteer training)|||
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£647.41
£70.50
Total Expenditure
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Unit Hardware**|~~**Unit**~~
~~**Software**~~|~~**Merchandise**~~
~~**Sale**~~|~~**Misc**~~
~~**unit**~~|~~**Misc**~~
~~**Charit**~~|~~**Travel &**~~
~~**Transort**~~|**Total**|
|£659.74||||~~**y**~~|~~**p**~~|£659.74|
||||||£80.33|£80.33|
|£461.82||||||£461.82|
|£197.92||||||£197.92|
|||||||£103.57|
||£40.73|||||£40.73|
||£123.37|||||£123.37|
||£36.14|||||£36.14|
|||||||£20.48|
|||||£54.00||£54.00|
||£105.19|||||£105.19|
|||||||£187.86|
|||||||£44.00|
|£17.73||||||£17.73|
||||£239.95|||£239.95|
|||||||£44.11|
||£16.98|||||£16.98|
||£43.08|||||£43.08|
||£5.99|||||£5.99|
|||||£11.00||£11.00|
|||||||£26.50|
||||**###**|||£69.00|
||**£15.96**|||||£15.96|
||**£264.00**|||||£264.00|
|**£39.99**||||||£39.99|
||||**###**|||£140.25|
|||**£35.00**||||£35.00|
||**£16.18**|||||£16.18|
|||||**£100.80**||£100.80|
|||||||£56.93|
|**£289.00**||||||£289.00|
|||||||£234.46|
||**£13.98**|||||£13.98|
|**£419.00**||||||£419.00|
|||||**£30.00**||£30.00|
|||||||£0.00|
|||||||£0.00|
|||||||£0.00|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||£0.00|
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|||||||£0.00|
|||||||£0.00|
|**£2085.20**|**£681.60**|**£35.00**|**###**|**£195.80**|**£80.33**|**###**|
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Vet Costs & Unit
Fish Unit Software Merchandise Misc unit
Treatments Hardware
£647.41 £70.50 £2085.20 £681.60 £35.00 £449.20
2%
5%
15%
11%
2%
1%
Vet Costs & Tre
Fish
Unit Hardware
Unit Software
Merchandise
16%
Misc unit
Misc Charity
Travel & Trans
49%
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|**Misc Charity**|**Travel & Transport**||
|---|---|---|
|£195.80|£80.33||
eatments
e
port
|||**Brought**|**Income 24**|**Expenses 24**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Total**|£9,096.77
|£3,921.32
|£4,245.04
|
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Difference 24 -
Bank