2023-04-05-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 6 4 2022 To 5 4 2023

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name PINK PAWS CAT RESUCE Other names charity is known by N/A Registered charity number (if any) 1199627

Charity's principal address 32 Kent Road Bingley West Yorkshire Postcode BD16 4PF

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Laura Westcough	Chair
	Lisa Westcough
	Chrissie Westcough
	Maxine Snowball
	Brittany Snowball
	Annmarie Lobley	Secretary
	Ruth Brown	Treasurer

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

	Name	Dates acted if not for whole year
	N/A

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address
N/A
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Constitution How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Unincorporated Association Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) Trustees are appointed / reappointed at the Annual General Meeting held in July.
		Constitution
		Unincorporated Association
		Trustees are appointed / reappointed at the Annual General Meeting held in July.

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

Youmay chooseto include additional information, where relevant, about:	Youmay chooseto include additional information, where relevant, about:	For 2022 the charity became the Community Partner for the Pets at Home Foundation, Keighley store. Fundraising in store and supporting their Foundation made us eligible for a share of their Santa Paws Fund, we received £2797 on 17 January 2023.
	policies and procedures
	adopted for the induction and training of trustees. the charity’s organisational structure and any wider	The charity operates alongside (but independently of) several local cat rescues and some national ones, to target specifc local areas where there are signifcant number of stray / unneutered cats. Helping to reduce the number of unwanted cats.
	network with which the charity works;	Our major risks relate to the funds we have. We control the number of cats coming into / being helped by the rescue based
	relationship with any related	on our funds available. In the year to 5 April 2023, we were lucky
	parties;	enough to receive 3 large donations, 2 from the Estate of Kirsty
	trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage	Murphy totalling £35483.05 in the summer of 2022. The 3rd donation came from another local Cat Charity – Keighley Cat Care, who donated £15000 to us on 6 May 2022.
	them.	This in turn has enabled us to donate £10400 to other small local
		rescues through theyear.

Section C Objectives and activities

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Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document 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)

Our main purpose is to rescue abandoned or in need cats in and around Keighley and Bingley (and surrounding areas). Seek to protect all cats and encourage people to take good care of them. Educate people on the importance of neutering, vaccinating and promote responsible cat ownership.

 Care for, vaccinate and neuter all cats in our care.  To have all cats in our care examined by a veterinarian and microchipped.  To ensure all cats in our care receive any treatment they require.  To locate the owners of any lost cats where possible  Scrutinise applications from members of the public who wish to adopt one of the cats in our care. Carrying out home checks and charging an adoption fee (a fee is charged in part to cover the costs of vet fees but is primarily charged at such a rate to establish that the adopters have the funds to look after the cat).  To rehome the cats in our care with suitable adopter. Members of the public are able to approach the rescue for help with their own cat or a cat they are aware of that needs help. This beneft is available to anyone but due to our limited space and funds we are forced to work on a priority basis. However, we do operate a waiting list process and can often help the cat at a later date. A cat in need of any vet treatment will always be given priority.

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Our foster volunteers are vital to our operation. We operate a foster home-based care system for the animals in our care and rely on our foster volunteers to care for the animals within their own homes.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

While the rescue primarily looks to rescue, care for and rehome Summary of the main abandoned cats, cats in need we are highly motivated to achievements of the charity educate the population on the need to neuter cats to help during the year reduce the number of unwanted / stray cats. During the year we were able to offer a reduced cost neutering scheme to encourage people to neuter their cats. With a huge boost to our funds in the year we were able to neuter a significant number of cats that would probably not have been neutered. The offer was open to anyone with no need to prove income levels. Overall making a good contribution to the reduction of the overpopulation of cats without homes or support. On average we rehomed 11 cats per month. In addition to neutering / microchipping and vaccinating, the cats in our care received any veterinary treatment they required to bring them back to health. Our vet costs for the year were nearly £70k which equated to approx. 80% of our total expenditure (excluding expenses) in the year. Prior to 2021-22 we only dealt with one vet practice, early in 2022 we set up accounts with an additional 2 practices. This made it easier to operate across our area and also helped the public by being able to offer a selection of venues for our neutering scheme. At the beginning of 2022 we applied for and were chosen as one of the Pets At Home Foundation community partners, connected to their Keighley store. This was a huge boost, not only as this would increase our donations of food and litter but also made us eligible for their Santa Paws Appeal which ran in December 2022. In the Summer of 2022, our Chair, Laura Westcough took part in interviews for a local newspaper and a local radio station to highlight the uphill struggle facing cat rescues in our local area.

Section E Financial review

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Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The charity has a policy of restricting the activities of the charity if funds held fall below £1000.

Thankfully due to our fantastic supporters this has not happened during the year.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

Our principal source of funds is.

• Supporters’ donations

• Fortnightly online auctions (all lots are donated by supporters) which run for around 11 months of the year (not operated between mid Dec and mid Jan

• Fundraising activities such as local galas, markets where we are able to run a stall promoting the rescue and raising funds through activities such as tombolas / gift sales.

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

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) Ruth Brown Full name(s) Ruth Brown Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc) Date 4/2/2024

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	Charity Name Pink Paws Cat Rescue	Charity Name Pink Paws Cat Rescue	Charity Name Pink Paws Cat Rescue	No (if any) 1199627	CC16a
	For the period from	Period start date 4/6/2022	To	Period end date 4/5/2023
Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts All donations / Gifts 101,744 - - - - - - - 101,744 - - Sub total - Total receipts 101,744 A3 Payments VET FEES / MEDICATION 69,455 BUSINESS STOCK OTHER 16,930 VAN PURCHASE 5,500 VAN COSTS 4,263 EVENT INSURANCE 201 POSTAGE/ADMIN 104 ADVERTISING 439 OTHER EXPS 161 LEGAL/ PROF Sub total 97,053 - - Sub total - Total payments 97,053 Net of receipts/(payments) 4,691 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 10,309 Cash funds this year end 15,000 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)		to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds	to the nearest £ Endowment funds	Total funds to the nearest £ 101,744 - - - - - - - 101,744 - - - 101,744 69,455 16,930 5,500 4,263 201 104 439 161 - 97,053 - - - 97,053 4,691 - 10,309 15,000	Last year to the nearest £
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			-	101,744	49,187
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			-	101,744	49,187
			-	69,455	35,236
			-	16,930	5,558
			-	5,500	3,500
			-	4,263	1,463
			-	201	201
			-	104	194
			-	439	266
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			-	97,053	46,503
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			-	97,053	46,503
		-	-	4,691	2,684
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		-	-	10,309	7,547
		-	-	15,000	10,231

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 B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Details Cash at Bank Cash in hand Details Details Details Details Vets bill outstanding at 5/4/23 Signature Ruth Brown Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	to nearest £ to nearest £ 14,793 - 207 - - - 15,000 - OK OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Unrestricted 57 - - - - Print Name Ruth Brown Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional)	to nearest £ Endowment funds
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			OK
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			Date of approval
	Ruth Brown	Ruth Brown	2/4/2024

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ members of

Charity Name PINK PAWS CAT RESCUE

5 April 2023

On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any)

1199627

Set out on pages

1,2

(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

Responsibilities and basis of report

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 05/04/2023.

As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

• accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or

• the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Signed:

M Pullan 1/2/24

Date:

Name:

Michael A Pullan

Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):

A.A.T.

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Address:

1 Woodville Terrace

Cross Roads

Keighley, BD22 9AX

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose . None.

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