## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1[st] April 2024 To 31[st] March 2025**
**Charity name: Cats Rescue Gloucestershire & Swindon**
## **Charity registration number: 1203344**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Cats Rescue Gloucestershire &
Swindon was created for the care and
re-homing of cats that are abandoned,
mistreated or lost, along with the
control of feral cat populations. Our
aim is to help any cat in need,
promoting kindness and suppressing
cruelty wherever possible. Our goal is
to ensure that as many cats as
possible are not left alone on the
street.|
|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|Our activities include trapping,
facilitating neutering, veterinary care
and treatment; Fostering, rehoming
and rehabilitating and working with
other charities to identify appropriate
re-homing options. We are the frst
responders and the experts that the
public can turn to when they are
concerned about the cat that they
have found or have been feeding.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|I can confrm that the Trustees manage
the charity in such a way as to ensure
that the focus is on achieving the
purpose that it was set up to achieve
for the public beneft.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|N/A|
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|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A|
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|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|We very much appreciate the many
hours the volunteers have spent
trapping/rescuing stray and feral cats
in need, fostering, transportation,
managing social media,
administration, listening to and giving
advice to the general public as well as
managing the charity; Without this
valuable contribution of time, energy
and expertise we would not have been
able to achieve as much as we have.|
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## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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|**Facebook**Our donations/fund raising
relies heavily on public awareness and
we have increased our followers on
Facebook from 4000 followers in July
23 to 14,000 followers in Sept 24 and
16000 followers in March 25.
**Instagram**increased from 316
followers and 1237 posts from July 23
to Mar 24 and then 515 followers with
2185 posts from April 24 to March 25
**TikTok**Increased in the last year from
31.6k likes and 1959 followers to 86k
likes and 2282 followers.
**Catio**- We had an increased gift aid
award due to the increase in donations
so were able to fund a Catio for some
of our Foster Cats; the beneft of this is
that it gives foster cats a way to
experience the outdoors and
encourages physical activity and
exercise.
**Growth in adoptions**- Year on year
increase in rehoming, adoptions, TNR
and the number of incoming calls for
request of help or advice.
**Review of Adoption policy –**Review
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follow up On neuter/Spay and refresher training for all Fosterers. **Growth in Donations** – Increase in the number of regular direct debit donations and also donations overall.
**Open Day & Tea Party** _–_ The charity held its second open day/fund raiser in May 25, members of the public were able to meet the Volunteer/Foster team as well as the Trustees. They were also able to meet a number of rescued cats and read more about recent rescues. We also had a raffle and sold donated goods; it was a huge success, doubling what we made the previous year. We also held our very first ‘Tea Party’ in September 25 where we invited a few of our supporters to have afternoon tea with a couple of trustees and fosterers and meet some of our recent rescues/foster cats. This worked very well as we were able to spend more time with each supporter and we plan to offer more of these.
## **Vet Partnership**
We have changed our partnership to a new Vet practice to give us more flexibility with treating our cats, this has also given us the opportunity to understand vet exemption and save the charity some funds.
## **Additional Storage**
As we increase the number of Cats we rescue/foster and our supporters have increased we receive more donations so were in need of additional storage. We have been using the garage of one of our volunteers/Fosterers and have installed new locks to the garage door and also purchased racking.
## **Future Plans**
To focus on grants and larger donations to fund additional garden rooms to enable us to help more cats.
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We completed work on the Garden Achievements against Room at our headquarters (after being objectives set Para 1.41 awarded funding the previous year), this was a real achievement as it gives
|||an extra room for rescued Cats and
also ofers lots of enrichment for the
cats.
We also started to do regular lottery
style gamesto supportour funds.|
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|We have had a large increase in the
number of regular donations by direct
debit and our total donations have
increased year on year. We
have also started doing games|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
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## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21||
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We hold funds to cover 3 months of
vets bills|
|Amount of reservesheld|Para 1.22|£10,000|
|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|No concerns, but to enable us to grow
and increase the number of Cats we
can help we will be focusing on grants
andlargerdonations.|
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The main income of the charity is
donations from our followers and as
our followers increase on social media
then so has both our regular and ad
hoc donations. We also run regular
lottery/scratch card style games on our
facebook page as well as having an
active fund raising site that sells
donated and purchased Cat related
items. We are working on various
grants to supplement our income and
help to grow to enable us to save more
lives.|
|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|The principle risk is the inability to
grow and be able to help more animals
if we are not successful in applying for
grants or large donations.|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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trusts:||N/A|
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated association|
|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 or reappointed
annually and the Annual General
Meeting held in June|
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51|
Review and update of Fostering Policy,
Land Rental Policy, Feral Cat
Placement Policy, Infection Control,
Investing Charity Fund, Feral Cat
Handling, Bullying, Social Media Policy,
Serious Incident Policy
All Trustees asked to read and review
Charity Commission Trustee Tool Kit to
increase understanding.|
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The Trustees support the Chair in the
day to day managing and running of
the charity. The Chair and Trustees
seek ideas from the charities
volunteers on activities and fund
raising.|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|The Charity has a good working
relationship with a number of other
charities, Animal Rescues as well as
Vets practices in the area.|
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|CatsRescue Gloucestershire & Swindon|
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|Other name the charity uses|CatsRescue|
|Registered charitynumber|1203344|
|Charity’s principal address|19 Discovery Road
Abbeymead
Gloucester
GL4 5GY|
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|||SallyThomas|Treasurer||June 2023|||
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Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity
Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
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## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
> **Signature(s)** Sally Thomas
> **Full name(s)** Sally Thomas
**Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee & Treasurer **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
19/01/2026
Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts
Donations Trading Income Other Income
Sub total(Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
Sub total
Total receipts
A3 Payments
Vets Expenses Facilities & Eqpt Sundries Other outgoings
Sub total
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
Sub total
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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Categories
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use
B5 Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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Cats Rescue Gloucetershire & Swindon
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## Details
Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
Details Details Details Details Signature S Thomas
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Cats Rescue Gloucestershire for the year ended 31[st] March 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity’s trustees of the Charity, 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:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Date: 19[th] January 2026
SC Accounts Ltd, Registered Address: The Limes, Bayshill Road, Cheltenham, GL50 3AW hello@sc-accounting.co.uk, Oxford 01865 589057 or Cheltenham 01242 323270