## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] January 2023 Period start date To Period end date 31[st] December 2023** ## **Charity name: A Helping Paw – Pet Food Bank** ## **Charity registration number: 1201480** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|We aim to ensure that no pet in
Northumberland goes to sleep hungry. We
provide pet food parcels for struggling
households| |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|We complete raise donations both financial
and physical pet food to provide as much
pet food support as we can. This is typically
1 week’s worth of food for each pet in the
household up to a maximum of once per
month.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The board of trustees have had
consultation regarding this guidance. This
was supported by a one day visit to
Glasgow for free consultancy on how to
manage inline with this guidance and
general advice on managing the charity.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A – The charity currently doesn’t have**
**the size or funds available to consider**
**grant making.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A – The charity currently doesn’t have**
**the size or funds available to consider**
**social investment.**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Volunteers primarily support organising**
**& distributing the pet food parcels at**
**our locations supported by the board**
**trustees. All other activities are**
**managed by the board**| |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|**The charity has achieved the below**

**Supported hundreds of pets in**
**our first year to not go to bed**
**hungry. In the process**
**supporting struggling**
**households**

**Obtained national and local press**
**to raise awareness of pet poverty**

**Created a strong local social**
**media presence**

**Raised enough in donations and**
**support to provide continued**
**service, hold reasonable reserves**
**ready for delivering our growth**
**plans in 2024**

**Built strong relations with local**
**businesses to establish us in the**
**community**

**Set up 4 drop off points in**
**Northumberland for pet food**
**donations**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**Our main objective was to provide**
**continued stable service, build a base of**
**donations from a handful of collections**
**points and have as strong as possible**
**financial reserve at year end in addition**
**to have a working, fair platform. We feel**
**as a board we have met if not exceeded**
**our hopes in 2023**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**With not operating for very long, our**
**hope was that our fundraising would**
**allow us to meet the demands set by our**
**users. We feel that while we can always**
**do more and will set higher aims for the**
**future we hit our goal of providing a**
**consistent service.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Finishing the year with over £1,000 in**
**our account means that we can afford**
**rent for 10 months, or operate the**
**charity in full for a minimum of 4 months**
**without any additional donations based**
**on current expenditure. We are**
**delighted that because of this the**
**charity can continue to provide its**
**services to struggling pet owners.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Our policy for reserves is to work**
**towards having a total of 6 months total**
**expenditure cover or rent for 12 months**
**to enable the charity to continue**
**operating without risk.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£1000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A – due to holding £1000 reserves as**
**of year end**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A – no funds held in deficit**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**No significant risk, unless our storage**
**container rent increase exponentially**
**however this is unlikely.**| ## **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|
**All funds raised for 2023 are through**
**direct donations. Majority of fundraising**
**has been done digitally via social media.**
**We are looking to do events in 2024 but**
**aren’t looking to grants while the charity**
**donations alone are supporting our**
**strategy.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A – we are too small for social**
**investment at this stage**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Our largest risk is pet food price**
**inflation but all economic factors such**
**as the cost of living etc will increase our**
**demand and also costs. Reliance on our**
**storage unit has enabled us to avoid**
**high rent costs and keep overheads low,**
**if this changes we would be significantly**
**impacted however we feel this risk is**
**not great at this time.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust deed**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |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 board appoints trustees based on**
**an electoral system where 50% of the**
**board must agree to the appointment.**
**Criteria will vary subject to the needs**
**and strategy of the charity however**
**professional background, availability,**
**commitment and familiarity to the board**
**will all be considered**| ## **Additional information (optional)** |**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**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|**Trustee training will be provided by the**
**chair of the board directly in order to**
**maintain a consistent onboarding**
**process.**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The charity structure is contained of the**
**chair, the treasurer/co-chair and 2 other**
**trustees.**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**N/A – we are supported by various local**
**businesses but have no formalised**
**agreements with them.**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|A Helping Paw–Pet Food Bank| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|A Helping Paw| |Registered charitynumber|**1201480**| |Charity’s principal address|21-31 Park View
Whitely Bay
Tyne & Wear
NE26 2TP| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Tyesha Muncaster||3/1/2023 – Ongoing|| ||Michael
Brannighan||3/1/2023 – Ongoing|| ||AmyElliott||3/1/2023 – 23/2/2023|| ||Sophie Mason||3/1/2023 – Ongoing|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **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 N/a – No assets held held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/a – No assets held charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/a – No assets held 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**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |**Consultant**|Simon Taylor|44 Aurs Drive, Barhead, Glasgow, Scotland, G78 2LW| |||| |||| |||| ## **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** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** T Muncaster **Signature(s)** M Brannighan Tyesha Muncaster **Full name(s)** Michael Brannighan **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer & Vice Chair Chair of the board of Trustees **Chair, etc) Date** 10/10/2024 **Charity Name No (if any) A Helping Paw - Pet Food Bank 1201480 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 1/1/2023 12/31/2023 **To from** 1/1/2023 12/31/2023 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Donantion - Towards rental for 1year
**-**
Donations - Facebook campaign forpet food
**-**
Donations - General unrestricted donations
**3,970**
Expense Error Corrections
**154**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,124**
**N/A**
**-**
**-**
**Sub total -**
**Total receipts 4,124**
**A3 Payments**
Pet Food & Service Packages
**1,196**
Fuel Payments
**705**
Rent
**1,000**
Glasgow ConsulancyTripExpenses
**247**
Set upoperational costs
**401**
Marketingmaterials & Costco membership
**131**
Expenses - Animal Food & Fuel
**111**
Expenses - Error
**77**
**Sub total 3,868**
**-**
**-**
**Sub total -**
**Total payments 3,868**
**Net of receipts/(payments) 256**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**222**
**Cash funds this year end 478**
**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 £**
**1,200**
**702**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,902**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,902**
**702**
**-**
**200**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**902**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**902**
**1,000**
**-**
**-**
**1,000**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1,200**
**702**
**3,970**
**154**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,026**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,026**
**1,898**
**705**
**1,200**
**247**
**401**
**131**
**111**
**77**
**4,770**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,770**
**1,256**
**-**
**222**
**1,478**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**1,200**|**-**| ||||**702**|**-**| ||||**3,970**|**-**| ||||**154**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**6,026**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**6,026**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**1,898**|**-**| ||||**705**|**-**| ||||**1,200**|**-**| ||||**247**|**-**| ||||**401**|**-**| ||||**131**|**-**| ||||**111**|| ||||**77**|**-**| ||||**4,770**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**4,770**|**-**| |||||| ||**1,000**|**-**
**-**
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**-**|**1,256**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**222**|**-**| ||**1,000**||**1,478**|**-**| ## **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**
Unrestricted for operational costs e.g Food
Rent reserves
**Details**
**Details**
N/A - sought no investment
**Details**
Tablet
Card Reader
**Details**
N/A
Signature
M Brannighan
T Muncaster
**Total cash funds**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
N/A - as a policy we hold £0 outside of our
~~bank account. Any cash is depositied into~~|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**478**
**-**
**-**
**1,000**
**-**
**-**
**478**
**1,000**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
Unrestricted
**132**
Unrestricted
**95**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Michael Brannighan
Tyesha Muncaster
**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**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**>132**| ||||**>95**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||M Brannighan|Michael Brannighan|10/10/2024| ||T Muncaster|Tyesha Muncaster|10/10/2024|