| Trustees' Annual Report | Trustees' Annual Report | Trustees' Annual Report | Trustees' Annual Report | Trustees' Annual Report | for theperiod | for theperiod | for theperiod | ||
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| From | Period start date | To | Period end date | ||||||
| 14 | 02 | 2024 | 14 | 07 | 2025 |
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name
Spanish Water Dog Rescue
Other names charity is known by
SWDR
Registered charity number (if any) 1207011
| red charity number (if any) | 1207011 | |
|---|---|---|
| Charity's principal address | Whitegate Cottage, The Green | |
| Coddenham | ||
| Suffolk | ||
| Postcode | IP6 9UN |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Mark Petchey | Chair | |||
| Julian Noad | Finance Officer | |||
| Debbie Thompson | Secretary | |||
| Lynne Walker | ||||
| Dave Earles | ||||
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document
Constitution
(eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
C.I.O.
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Committee
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
Charity’s organisation consists of a committee of no more than 13 people and 5 Trustees
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the
To promote humane and appropriate behaviour and training towards Spanish Water Dogs throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Provide appropriate information and assistance regarding the care, training, rehabilitation and understanding of the needs of the breed. Provide support and re-homing for dogs which are in need of care and rehabilitation due to maltreatment, poor circumstances or ill usage, and educating the public in matters relating to care, welfare and training of such dogs.
Provide help and support at the owners residence to enable them to understand the needs of the dog and the most appropriate methods to
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train and correct unwanted behaviours. To arrange rehoming of dogs which are not suitable for the environment or circumstances they have been brought into.
For the public benefit to promote humane behaviour towards Spanish Water Dogs throughout England, Wales Scotland and Northern Ireland by providing appropriate care, protection, treatment, security and re-homing for such dogs which are in need of care and attention by reason of sickness,
maltreatment, poor circumstances or ill usage, and educating the public in matters relating to care,
public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
welfare and training of such dogs.
The Trustees have looked at future legislation proposals and have decided to set SWDR on a path to join the Association of dog and cat homes (ADCH) this will help SWDR to continue improving their service to the public and ensure that all their processes are inspected and are appropriate.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
SWDR is run and operated solely by unpaid Trustees, committee members and volunteers.
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
Our main achievements since becoming a charity in February 2024, we Summary of the main achievements of the charity have rehomed 9 dogs to new families. We have also helped with 9 during the year families that required guidance, support and advice to enable them to keep their dogs in their current home and avoid rehoming their dog. At the end of the period of this report, we had 2 dogs in kennels, Tino and Ella and 2 dogs awaiting rehoming, Ted and Arlo.
We have raised in the region of £19,000 in this period. This has been raised by the hard work and dedication of the charity’s supporters including Trustees and committee members.
Our income is diverse and comes from multiple sources.
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Section E Financial review
SWDR does not have a reserves policy
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
SWDR’s principal sources of income are;
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
Whitfun, our annual public dog event which enables owners to try various canine activities with trainers, socialise with other SWD owners and their dogs, and mee the SWDR team.
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
Merchandise sales. Including Christmas cards and Calendars
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
Donations from releasing owners
Donations from adopting owners
Donations from appeals
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investment policy and Donations from appeals objectives including any Regular monthly donations from supporters
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ethical investment policy adopted.
100 club lottery
This has enabled us to provide professional behavioural support to many dogs and owners. Paid for travel expenses of SWDR volunteers to transport dogs from home to home, to travel to owners homes to help with behavioural difficulties and to carry out home checks for would be adoptive families.
Section F Other optional information
Key objective for the next year is to improve our record keeping system and to update SOP’s which will enable us to apply for ADCH membership.
Enable volunteers the opportunity to further their knowledge in partnership with Battersea academy, both online and in person.
We have created a post for Fundraising lead, to explore further money raising opportunities.
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
Mark Petchey (Chairman) M Petchey
Full name(s) Mark Petchey
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| Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date |
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Chair |
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| 10/03/2026 |
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Charity Name
Charity Name No (if any) Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date Period end date To from 2/14/2024 7/31/2025
| Section A Receipts and payments | |||
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| A1 Receipts Gifts & Donations(IncludingGift Aid) 4,947 Fund raisingevents 8,361 Sale of Merchandise 4,613 100 Club income 1,051 Donation from rescue 7,798 - - 26,770 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - Sub total - Total receipts 26,770 A3 Payments 100 club winnings 392 whitfun expenses 2,107 cost of merchandise 2,981 legal andprofessional costs 509 office expenses 616 subs and licences 76 reinbursed expenses 2,373 boardingkennels 1,512 insurance 591 Sub total 11,157 - - Sub total - Total payments 11,157 Net of receipts/(payments) 15,613 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end - Cash funds this year end 15,613 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ Sub total(Gross income for AR) A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds |
to the nearest £ Endowment funds |
Total funds to the nearest £ 4,947 8,361 4,613 1,051 7,798 - - - 26,770 - - - 26,770 392 2,107 2,981 509 616 76 2,373 1,512 591 11,157 - - - 11,157 15,613 - - 15,613 |
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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| Categories | Details | funds | funds | |||||||
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| B1 | Cash funds | cash account | 249 | - | ||||||
| bank account | 15,364 | - | ||||||||
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| Total cash funds | 15,613 | - |
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| Details | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | ||||||
| Merchandise stock | 250 | - | ||||||
| Marquees | 2,000 | - | ||||||
| Equipment various | 1,800 | - | ||||||
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B2 Other monetary assets
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B3 Investment assets
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B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use
B5 Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
| Signature M Petchey |
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| M Petchey | Mark Petchey |
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Date of approval 3/10/2026