2024-12-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1[st] Jan 2024 Period start date To Period end date 31[st] December 2024

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.

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	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  Had a significant increase in the number of pets we managed to feed and in the process supporting struggling households  Opened & managed 2 new Hubs in Blyth and Cramlington  Obtained more national and local press to raise awareness of pet poverty  Developed our social media awareness and grew our Facebook following by 1000+  Held successful fundraising events & raffles  Grew our reserves significantly securing more safety for the charity  Set up 4 drop off points in Northumberland for pet food donations

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	 Delivered and grew the charity services to more locations  Built up a greater reserve base  Significantly increased the number of pets helped within the year
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	 Above expectations with the raffles & events delivering above expectations. Our Christmas event especially was very successful and supported us well heading into 2025
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	Ending the year with over £3,000 in our account means that we can afford rent for 12 months or operate the charity in full for a minimum of 5 months without any additional donations based on current expenditure. We are delighted by this as it means we can run more hubs than previous years and sustain them each for longer
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. This is sustained from 2023 but for a larger number of hubs/bigger service
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£3,419
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	N/A – we hold a good amount of reserves
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	Our biggest concern would be if the price of rent for our hubs increases significantly however we have reserves to support & can look at alternatives in a worst case scenario.

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	All funds raised for 2024 are through direct donations or events. Majority of fundraising has been done digitally via social media. We still aren’t looking at grants yet 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	Continued reliance on our storage unit & free/low cost hubs has enabled us to avoid high rent costs and keep overheads low, if this changes we would be significantly impacted however we still 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. This is unchanged from 2023

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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. We may review this if the charity grows but for now this is our best practice
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 charity number	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 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)
	Tyesha Muncaster		3/1/2023 – Present
	Michael Brannighan		3/1/2023 – Present
	Sophie Mason		3/1/2023 - 2025
	Nicole Redpath		27/7/2024 - 2025

– 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 – none held held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A – none 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 – none 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 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

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 Chair, etc) Date 20/10/2025

Charity Name A Helping Paw - Pet Food Bank

Receipts and pay

1/1/2024

For the period from

1/1/2024

Section A Receipts and payments

Unrestricted funds Restricted funds

to the nearest £ A1 Receipts Donantion - Towards rental for 1year - Donations - Facebook campaign forpet food - Donations - General unrestricted donations 10,403 Expense Error Corrections 84 - - 10,487 Sub total(Gross income for AR)	to the nearest £ A1 Receipts Donantion - Towards rental for 1year - Donations - Facebook campaign forpet food - Donations - General unrestricted donations 10,403 Expense Error Corrections 84 - - 10,487 Sub total(Gross income for AR)	to the nearest £
Donantion - Towards rental for 1year	-	-
Donations - Facebook campaign forpet food	-	-
Donations - General unrestricted donations	10,403	-
Expense Error Corrections	84	-
		-
	-	-
	-	-
Sub total(Gross income for AR)	10,487	-

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
N/A		-				-
		-				-
Sub total		-				-
**Total receipts **		10,487				-
A3 Payments
Pet Food & Service Packages		4,114
Fuel Payments		-
Rent		1,854				200
Glasgow Consulancy Trip Expenses		-
Set up operational costs		570
Marketing materials & Costco membership
		762
Expenses - Animal Food & Fuel		540
Expenses - Error		84
**Sub total **		7,924				200

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see
table)
		-					-
		-					-
Sub total		-					-
**Total payments **		7,924					200
**Net of receipts/(payments) **		2,563				-	200
A5 Transfers between funds		-					-
A6 Cash funds last year end		-					-
**Cash funds this year end **		2,563				-	200

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the p

Categories

Details

B1 Cash funds

Unrestricted for operational costs e.g Food Rent reserves Cash float for events

Total cash funds

(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))

Details

B2 Other monetary assets

Cash reserves held from prior year

Details

B3 Investment assets

N/A - sought no investment

Details

B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use

Tablet Card Reader

Details

B5 Liabilities

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

N/A

Signature M Brannighan T Muncaster

		No (if any)
		1201480
ments accounts			CC16a
		12/31/2024
	To	12/31/2024

Endowment funds

Total funds

Last year

to the nearest £

to the nearest £

to the nearest £

-		-		1,200
-		-		702
-		10,403		3,970
-		84		154
		-		-
-		-		-
-		-		-
-		-		-
-		10,487		6,026

	-				-
	-				-				-
	-				-				-
	-				10,487				6,026

		4,114		1,898
		-		705
		2,054		1,200
		-		247
		570		401
		762		131
		540		111
		84		77
		-
		-
		-
-		8,124		4,770

		-				-
		-				-
		-				-				-
		-				8,124				4,770
	-					2,363				1,256
	-					-				-
	-					-				-
	-					2,363				1,256

period

Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds

to nearest £ 1,563 1,000 - 2,563 OK	to nearest £ - 200 - - - 200 OK	to nearest £
		-
		-
		-
		-
		OK

Unrestricted funds Restricted funds

Endowment funds

to nearest £ 1,056 - - - - -	to nearest £ - - - - - -	to nearest £
1,056	-	-
-	-	-
-	-	-
-	-	-
-	-	-
-	-	-

Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional) - - - - -	Current value (optional)
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-

Unrestricted Unrestricted Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional) 132 95 - - -	Current value (optional)
Unrestricted	132	>132
Unrestricted	95	>95
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-

-		-
-		-
-		-
-		-

Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Michael Brannighan Tyesha Muncaster Fund to which liability relates	When due (optional)
	Date of approval
Michael Brannighan	10/23/2025
Tyesha Muncaster	10/23/2025