Axholme Cat Rescue Chaiity No: 1202639 AXhol￿£ Cat Rescue FINANCIAL 5fATEMEP￿S Perlod wdlng l December 2023 ph￿1X P£cwntsry and ￿sInesS C(￿5￿1tar￿ Limited Axholme Cat Rescue Chaiity No: 1202639 Contents to the Financial Statemoits For the endlng l December 2023 Page Trustees knnual Report Independent Examinds, Report Receipts and Payments Account 10 Stst￿nent of Assets arKI Llablllties 11 Notes to the financlal Ststemwts 12 Axholme Cat Rescue aiity No: 1202639 Thistees Annual Report For the pwiod ending l DeC￿lber 2023 The Trustees pr*nt their report with the 1ndep￿dentty examined financial statanents of Axholme Cat Rescue. This is the first wicmj of O￿atiOn of the Charitsbk irK(YrKJrata Organisation (CIO), which covers from 6th April 2023 to l December 2023. Reference and Admlnlstrative Detsils of the Charity, its Trustees and Advisers Axholme Cat Rescue 1202639 Axholme Cat Rescue Medley House Fami DN9 IPG Names of Trustees who seNed during the Fwlod and SIn￿ Its pvlod end We￿ as follows:_ Dates of wvice rf not for the full period: First Tnstee First Trust rst Trustee First Trust Trustee first Trustee Name: P Gleadell S Reed-Lav￿on I Gleadell Dr L Nahmad-wllliams Msmay G Winston-willlams Chair tle Sauvage FCC ctsrtered Certified Accountanr of: Phoenix Accountancy a￿1 Business Consultancy Limlted Morlels Cottage Morlrfs Yard Walkergate Beverley East Yorkshire HU17 9BY A¥holme Cat Rescue arity No: 1202639 Trustees Annual Report For the period ending l D￿￿nber 2023 ke Bardays 316-318 Hlgh Street Lincoln LN5 7DP Axholme Cat Rescue is a registered Charitable IncorpNated trganlsation governed by bts Constitution (foundation mcthl), approved 6th Nnl. The organisation was registered with the Charity Commission on the 6th April 2023. The trustees fonn the Executive Commlttee of the charity. The members of the Executlve Committee are elected at the Annual General Meeting by the memters of the Charty. All members are circulated with invttations to nomlnate trustees in advan￿ of the AGM. The cOns￿l0n of the Charity stats that there must be at least thr￿ tharty trustees, with no maximum Ilmit. Apart from the first charity trustees all trustees are appolnted for a 3 year tenn by a resolutlon passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trLStees. All trustees are provided with the Charlty Commissions'Roles and Rwjnsibil￿.es of Trustees,, the Constitution and the flnancial statements indudlng the Annual Rewt. Any training required by the trUSt*s may be ￿Ue#ed at any p)irt, where it is considered usdul to thelr role as Injstee. The board of Trustees manages the ChaTity, and alms to corsits only strategic decisions at its meetings. Trustees are aware that any conflict of Inter￿ is declared and recorded and the person will be withheld from that part of the meetirKJ and will not be able to vote for that bit of discussion. The ￿rd holds an AGM ew year, other than that any charity trnstee may call a meeting during the year. Axholme Cat Rescue tharity No: 1202639 Thistees Annual Report For the perlod ending l Decanber 2023 me The Maj￿ risks, to whith the tharity is ex[K)s￿, as id￿tffied by the Trustees, have been reviewed and systems have been e5tablistRd to mitigate those risks. All systems and tyocedures are rediewed regularty to ensure they meet charity law arKI our own organisations aims and objectives. Objectlves and Artivities The charityls Ob￿ Is: "For the benef￿ of the to ￿lIeVe the sufferlng of cats and kittens In need of care arKI attention in areas of Y¢Jtrshlre, North Llncolnshire and Lincolnshlre, in particular by provldlng and maintsinlng rescue homes and other facllities ttE reception, care, treatment and rehoming of such animals." In shaping our objectives for the folIc*￿INj year arKI planning our actlvities, the Trustees have c(￿SIdered the Charty Commisslon's gUIdan￿ cm publlc benefrt and this Is regularty re- visited. The charity provides help in the local communlty to those people needing to re-home their cats, taking in stray cats handed in to the vets or roaming in the local community, and for th0￿ looklng to adopt a cat. We also Nn a trap, neuter, retum sckRme for feral cats located In the area. Axholme Cat Rescue (harity No: 1202639 Trustees Annual Rep( For the period ending l December 2023 As a solely volunteer-kd d￿lity, we are delighted to rekx)rt that during the t￿rI(MI from April 2023 to December 2023, we reh)med 66 cats. Mary (xme from sad arCumStan￿ such as bereavements, evictions, (ymws moving and abandoning trEir cats, illness of ownerslowners going into long-tem care, sodal ServI￿S cases, and strays handed into the vets. We are indebted to all our volunteers for their hard V*Y)rk in ensuring the cats and kittens receive the best PC6sible care when they are with us, arKI the many donations of focAd, blankets, toys, and litter. April 2023 to DeC￿ber 2023 has seen our finan￿ stabilise with a lot of our malnstream fundralsing streams proving successful. These include pen sponsorships, donation t#)xes In local shops, tskeavrdys and pubs, theme nbghts, bingo nights (no monetary prizes), local summer shows, car b￿t sale5, Community Champions at the Coop, coffee moming at the local Churth, and the sale of calendats. We c(xrtinue to W ￿lL￿ked, due to cats wth health issues r)eedlng to be wlth us for longer perlods of time, until their health issues a￿ resolved. This means that we cannot take in new cats untll these longer tem cases have reh￿Tred. We had three long term health ca*s and we also had a number of kthns that needed to te hand-reared. We re￿1ve supwt from Pet Plan and The Wtion Mission. Even though our overheads have increased due to the Cost of Living and vets bills we have felt it has not been necessary to Increase any rf our adoption cos The Charity is still a member of the AKH and continues to cMtribute and adhere to thelr standards. We were honoured to be invited to Colla￿rate wth Cats Protection at the ALKH Conferen￿, delivering a workshop on home fostering. We currently have two home fosterers, In addikn to the main cath. unfO￿natelY one of our fosterers had to withdraw the scheme dLE to illness. We are hoping to exparKI our home fostering and have advert￿ for expressions of interesL We work within the local communty to control and manage the feTal cat populatlon. We trap, neuter and return (fNR) feral cats to site wherever possible. Every cat in the colimy 15 neutered. Preparatory wod( is carried out to estimate the s￿e of the colony and assess the logistical issues for the individual sttuation. LcThJ-temi m(mitoring of a colony ￿ n￿SSary to keep the Txjpulation under contrd, ty trapping new arrivals. If feral kittens are found and are young enough, they are soaalised and re-hOff￿ as domestic pets. This year, we have W0￿ed with kKal prisons, frdrms, small holdiThJs and irKlustrial estates. In this tirne period we have ts3ppEd, neutered and 58 feral cats. Axholme Cat Rescue Charity No: 1202639 Trustees Annual Report For the period ending l Decanber 2023 Charity imprOvem￿ts We applied for Gift Aid on tEcomiThJ a tharity arKI w￿e sUcc￿Ul. This has increasejj our income. As a charlty, we have also IEcome memb05 of Pets at Home VIP dub. We saved money to ￿place some the flooring In the cat pens. The fltx>r vlas uneven whith a potential safeguarding i￿ue. This has now been rectified and is now ful￿ safe and is also easier to clean to ensure hygiene is of the highest starmlarts. The d)arity is committed to maintsining and t￿Ilding ￿lati(Y)ShipS vrith our l(Kal veterlnary practtces. The high levels of expertise and care pthided by vets help us ensure a h￿h level of cat welfare standards and enhan￿ our k)cal reputation as an ethical cat rescue. We also liaise regularly wlth other cat rescue charitles, and we gjpport one another to provide the highest standards rf ca￿. Flnancial RevSew The charity resenRs are currenty tr£althy. We have a poly of holdlng three months Plang tr Future Years Please see maln objectives for the following year. Statement of Trnstees rwonslbllities The Trustees are responslble for preparing a Trust￿. Annual Report and Flnandal Statements in accordan￿ with applicable law and United Kingdom knunting Stsndards. Axholme Cat Rescue has Income tslow £250,0(M) and has therefore elected to prepare the finanaal statements on a Receipts and Payments basis in line wlth the CharitEs Act 2011. The Trustees a￿ responsible k￿pIng woper accounting records that dlsc105e with reasonable accuraq at any time the finanaal pos[tic￿ of the charity. They are also responsib￿ for safeguarding the assets of the d￿rity and hen￿ tsklng reaSona￿e steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and crther I￿egular1tieS. ststement of dlsdosure rf infornth to Indep￿dert Examlner We the Trustees of the chaiity vttKJ held Offi￿ at the date of apptDval of these financial statements, each confimi so far as we are aware, that: there Is no relevant inf0M￿t￿)n of whlch tt* d￿ri1￿s Ir￿d￿t Examiner unaware; and Axholme Cat Rescue thaiity No: 1202639 We have taken all the steps that we (wht to have as TNstees in (Kder to make ourselves awa￿ of any relevant 1nfmtl￿ and to establish that the charivs independent examiners are avrdre of that inforniation. Inde￿￿ent Examiner Katie Sauvage FCCA from Phoenix Accountancy and Business Consultancy has b&n appolnted as IrKlependent Examiner ts the fwst accounting Trustee Dedaratlon The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees Annual Report. Slgned on behalf of the charit