## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 6/4/23 Period start date To 5/4/24 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Pink Paws Cat Rescue** ## **Charity registration number: 1199627** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|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, vaccinatng and promote responsible
cat ownership.| |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|
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

Scrutnise applicatons from members of the
public who wish to adopt one of the cats in
our care. Carrying out home checks and
charging an adopton 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
afer 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 waitng list
process and can ofen help the cat at a later
date. A stray cat in need of any vet treatment
will always be given priority.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees confrm they are aware of and
adhere to the guidance on Public Beneft.| |---|---|---| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| ||SORP reference|| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|| |Other||| ## **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|While the rescue primarily looks to rescue, care
for and rehome abandoned cats / cats in need
we are highly motvated to educate the
populaton on the need to neuter cats to help
reduce the number of unwanted / stray cats.
During the year we were again able to ofer a
reduced cost neutering scheme to encourage
people to neuter their cats. We were able to
neuter 252 cats / kitens during the year. All cats
that would probably not have been neutered.
The ofer at the start of the year was open to
anyone with no need to prove income levels,
however part way through the year the policy
was changed to primarily people on benefts
(individual cases were always considered and
help was sometmes provided to those not
receiving benefts where it was felt help was
genuinely needed).
Overall making a good contributon to the
reducton of the overpopulaton of cats without
homes or support.| In September 2023 the charity and its supporters carried out a leaflet drop in a specific postcode where there was a huge problem with unneutered cats – 7000 leaflets were posted in the area promoting neutering and giving details of where to get help. Over the year we rehomed around 100 cats / kittens, providing them with any necessary vet treatment, and finding suitable adopters to place them in new homes. 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 over £33000, which equated to approx. 90% of our total expenditure (excluding expenses) in the year. We continued to have accounts with 3 vet practices, primarily one was used for our neutering scheme. But we were able to offer a selection of vet practices for our neutering scheme and cat treatments. ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Although our fundraising has been consistent
throughout the year, with a number of regular
donators, our income was signifcantly reduced
this year (in the previous year we had been very
fortunate to have been the benefciary of a large
amount from an Estate and also a large donaton
from another Cat Charity – approx. £50000 in
total). In additon, the cost of living crisis
appears to have had a knock on efect and
reduced the amounts donated and raised
through our fundraising.
Our online auctons / rafes contnued and we
again atended local galas / events to raise
money.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Our fnancial positon at the year end was stable,
widely the charity has been able to raise
amounts similar to those spent over the year,
with expenditure and expenses exceeding
income by £4373.77 This shortall was covered
by funds held at the beginning of the year and
was not a concern. Monthly reviews of income
and expenditure were carried out to identfy any
issues.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity has a policy of restrictng the
actvites of the charity if funds held fall below
£2500.
The amount is set at this amount to allow for
unforeseen emergencyveterinarytreatment.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|No lower than £2500| |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|None| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
Our principal source of funds is.

Supporters’ donatons

Fortnightly online auctons (all items are
donated by supporters) which ran for
around 10 months of the year (not
operated between the end of November
and Mid February.
Fundraising actvites such as local galas, markets
where we are able to run a stall promotng the
actvites and purpose of the rescue and raising
funds through actvites such as tombolas / gif
sales.| |---|---|---| |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|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Consttuton| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated Associaton| |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|Trustees are appointed / reappointed at the
Annual General Meetng.| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Pink Paws Cat Rescue| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charitynumber|1199627| |Charity’s principal address|32 Kent Road
Bingley
West Yorkshire
BD16 4PF| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**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|||||| |||Britany Snowball|||||| |||Annmarie Lobley|Secretary||||| |||Ruth Brown|Treasurer||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| |||Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
N/A|||||| |||**Director name**|||||| |||N/A|||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |N/A||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for 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 ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **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,** Treasurer **Chair, etc)** **Date** 27/01/2025 ||**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
4/6/2023|**To**|Period end date
4/5/2024|| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts**
All donations /gifts
**34,462**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**34,462**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 34,462**
**A3 Payments**
Vet Fees / Medication
**33,570**
Business Stock Other
**3,484**
Van Purchase
**-**
Van Costs
**1,368**
Event Insurance
**-**
Postage / Admin
**98**
Advertising
**220**
Other expenses
**96**
Legal / Prof
**-**
**_Sub total_ 38,836**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 38,836**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ - 4,374**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_ - 4,374**
**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 £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**34,462**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**34,462**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**34,462**
**33,570**
**3,484**
**-**
**1,368**
**-**
**98**
**220**
**96**
**-**
**38,836**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**38,836**
**- 4,374**
**-**
**-**
**- 4,374**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| ||||**-**|**34,462**|**101,744**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**34,462**|**101,744**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**34,462**|**101,744**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**33,570**|**69,455**| ||||**-**|**3,484**|**16,930**| ||||**-**|**-**|**5,500**| ||||**-**|**1,368**|**4,263**| ||||**-**|**-**|**201**| ||||**-**|**98**|**104**| ||||**-**|**220**|**439**| ||||**-**|**96**|**161**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**38,836**|**97,053**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**38,836**|**97,053**| ||||||| |||**-**|**-**|**- 4,374**|**4,691**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**- 4,374**|**4,691**| |**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 in Bank @5/4/24
Cash in hand @6/4/24
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
Ruth Brown
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**10,622**
**-**
**3**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,625**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
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**-**
**-**
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RUTH BROWN
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**funds**
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**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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approval| ||Ruth Brown|RUTH BROWN|1/27/2025| ||||| ## **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 **On accounts for the year ended** 5 April 2024 1199627 **Charity no (if any)** ## **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 05/04/2024. 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 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._ M Pullan 02/02/2025 Michael A Pullan **Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** A.A.T. **October 2018** 1 **IER** **Address:** 5 St Michaels Close Cottingley, Bingley BD16 1SZ **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** . **October 2018** 2 **IER**