## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 16/10/24 Period start date To 15/10/25 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Minnies Haven Cat Rescue** ## **Charity registration number: 1207158** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**For the benefit of the public, to relieve the**
**suffering of cats and kittens in need of**
**care and attention and, in particular, to**
**provide and maintain rescue homes or**
**other facilities for the reception, care and**
**treatment of such animals.**
**Also to educate the public in matters**
**pertaining to animal welfare in general.**| |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|**On occasion we work alongside local**
**vets, local authorities and where**
**necessary, the Police with providing a**
**safe haven for owner surrenders, strays**
**and cats who’s owners are unfortunately**
**deceased.**
**Minnies will assess, rehabilitate, facilitate**
**necessary medical treatment and then**
**safely rehome the cats that have been**
**surrendered into our care.**
**When funds allow we assist local**
**communities by carrying out trap, neuter**
**and return schemes within our local area**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**All the above is in line with current**
**guidance**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment |||| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Our charity runs on the good will of**
**volunteers.**
**There would be no Minnies without**
**volunteers, we have no paid staff.**| |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|**We have had a successful second year**
**and have gone from strength to strength.**
**Our support network is growing and**
**Minnies Haven has worked hard to**
**achieve the good reputation it holds**
**amongst local people and professional**
**from the animal welfare world that we**
**work alongside.**
**We have assessed, rehabilitated,**
**provided medical treatment via our**
**partner vet, neutered, chipped, provided**
**flea and worm treatments, and rehomed**
**many cats and kittens who were lucky**
**enough to find their way into Minnies**
**Haven Cat Rescue.**
**As with any rescue, there were cats we**
**couldn’t help, despite our best efforts,**
**but we did ensure that the unfortunate**
**ones were loved and cared for during**
**their time with us, however short that**
**was.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**We have gone over and above all our**
**expectations and objectives.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**We have not been lucky enough to**
**receive any grants yet, but our**
**fundraising volunteers have worked**
**tirelessly to ensure we have had enough**
**funds to provide the cats in our care with**
**the necessary veterinary care when they**
**needed it, in addition to the food, litter**
**and other supplies to keep them**
**comfortable whilst in our care (Foster**
**Homes).**| |Investment performance|Para 1.41|| against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Despite a massive pull on our finances,**
**we have remained in a positive position**
**over this financial period**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Animal welfare never follows a pattern,**
**so you can never really plan ahead. We**
**deal with emergency situations on a**
**regular basis, which inevitably bring vets**
**bills with them. We aim to work within**
**our means but don’t cherry pick the**
**cases we help based on costs.**
**To ensure we keep our heads above the**
**rising tide, we keep a reserve of funds to**
**cover for unplanned intakes**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**At least £1000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| ## **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|
**Our only source of funds thus far are**
**donations, gift aid and the tireless efforts**
**of our fundraising volunteers.**| |---|---|---| |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|**Cats being abandoned is on the increase,**
**the public are not neutering their cats so**
**thousands of unplanned and unwanted**
**kittens are being born with nowhere to**
**go. Feral colonies are increasing in size**
**as they breed quickly and their numbers**
**are added to by strays/abandoned cats.**
**Animal welfare charities are drowning**
**under the demand for assistance. The**
**situation will only get worse.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |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|**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|**Appointed by current Trustees**| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Minnies Haven Cat Rescue| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1207158| |Charity’s principal address|22 Jersey Square
Lynemouth
Morpeth
NE61 5YA| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Jenna Ashton-
Scrowther|||| ||Kara Lawrence|||| ||Gaye Marsden|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** 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 held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for 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 ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Gaye Marsden **Full name(s)** Gaye Marsden **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc)** **Date** 19/7/26 ||**Charity Name**

**Minnies Haven Cat Rescue**|**Charity Name**

**Minnies Haven Cat Rescue**|**Charity Name**

**Minnies Haven Cat Rescue**|**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
16/10/24|**To**|Period end date
15/10/25|| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts**
Charitable Activities
**8,326**
Donations and Legacies
**29,351**
Other TradingActivities
**2,426**
Other
**251**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**40,354**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 40,354**
**A3 Payments**
Vet Bills
**29,790**
Litter and Food
**3,760**
Medication
**1,062**
Petrol
**215**
Web Hosting
**11**
Licenses and Permits
**20**
Misc
**2,900**
Advertisingand Promotion
**31**
Postage
**28**
Insurance
**152**
**_Sub total_ 37,969**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 37,969**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 2,385**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**6,159**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 8,544**
**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 £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**8,326**
**29,351**
**2,426**
**251**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**40,354**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**40,354**
**29,790**
**3,760**
**1,062**
**215**
**11**
**20**
**2,900**
**31**
**28**
**152**
**37,969**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**37,969**
**2,385**
**-**
**6,159**
**8,544**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| ||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**8,326**|**-**| |||||**29,351**|**-**| |||||**2,426**|**-**| |||||**251**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**40,354**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**40,354**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**29,790**|**-**| |||||**3,760**|**-**| |||||**1,062**|**-**| |||||**215**|**-**| |||||**11**|**-**| |||||**20**|**-**| |||||**2,900**|**-**| |||||**31**|**-**| |||||**28**|**-**| |||||**152**|**-**| |||||**37,969**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**|| |||||**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**37,969**|**-**| ||||||| |||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**2,385**|**-**| |||**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**||**6,159**|**-**| |||**-**||**8,544**|**-**| ## **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**
Cash in Bank
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**8,544**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,544**
**-**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
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**-**
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**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
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**funds**
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**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)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||||| ||||| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl mombers of Minnies Haven Cat Rescue Charty On accounts for th• y•ar ond 15th October 2025 Charity no (If any) 1207158 Set out on pages nla I report to the trustees on my examination of ts accounts of the above charity ('the Trusf) for the year erKled Ro•pon•lblIlll￿ and A8 the charity trustees of Ihe Trust, you are responsible for the preparats'on ba•18 of report of the accounts in accordanc* with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe ACX). I report in respect of my examination of the Tru8t'8 accounts carried oul under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination. have followed the applicable Directions given by the Chanty Commission under seth'on 145(5){b) of the Ad. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matter8 have come to my attention (ottw than that di8do8ed below.) in connection with the examination whith gives me cause to believe that in, any material re8P8Ct.' accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the a¢￿unting records IndO￿ndant gxamln•r'8 8tatem•nt I have no concems and have come across no other matter8 in connection wrlh the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper underslanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the wryds in the brackets rfthey do not apply. s￿ned. iuoLL- It Zuzana 8amett-Hopton Rolovant profos•lonal quallftcallon(s) or body (if •ny): AAT, CIMA Address: 16 Lancaster Way Skellingthorpe LN6 SUF IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examlner wlshes to diselose. nla IER October 2018