## **Alley Cats and Kittens, registered charity number 1207926** ## **Annual Report covering the period 19th April 2024 – 31[st] March 2025** ## **Charity Address** 26 Kensington Road, Southport, PR9 0RT **Charity Trustees for the year 2024 – 2025** Anne Corbishley - Chair Beverley Sutton - Treasurer Jane Afford - Secretary Karen House Jo-Anne Shaw Susan Tasker **Structure, governance and management** Alley Cats and Kittens is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered with the Charity Commission on 19th April 2024. ## **Objectives and activities** The purposes of the Charity are, for the benefit of the public: - To relieve the suffering of cats and kittens in need of care and attention in Southport and surrounding areas by providing appropriate care, protection, treatment and security for such animals and by finding new and suitable homes for cats and kittens. - To educate the public in matters pertaining to animal welfare in general and the prevention of cruelty and suffering among cats and kittens. The charity is run entirely by volunteers and has no staff or property which keeps overheads to a minimum. Cats come into our care from a variety of sources – for example strays, unwanted, abandoned, evictions, bereavement and vet referrals. If we are unable to accept a cat, advice and alternative suggestions are always offered. Cats are housed in foster homes and are assessed as to their suitability eg with small children, inexperienced owners, dogs and other pets. Prior to rehoming all cats undergo a health check, are neutered (if not already), wormed and deflead and microchipped. New owners can also access four weeks of free pet insurance from Petplan. ## Feral Cats Alley Cats and Kittens was originally founded to help feral and street cats. Without human intervention life for these cats is hard and is often a fight for survival. Male cats fight and get injured while females get pregnant often when only kittens themselves. This year we have trapped a small number of heavily pregnant semi feral cats. As a responsible rescue we believe that, if we take kittens, we should also take the mum. Trap-Neuter-Return or **‘** TNR’ is considered to be the most humane and effective method of managing feral and community cats and controlling their population. Our volunteers trap cats and take them for neuter, parasite treatment and ear tip. After recovery they are returned to the area that they know, provided that someone is giving them food and monitoring their wellbeing. Where this is not the case we match the cats with outdoor homes such as stables, farms and allotments. These cats are microchipped and formal adoption contracts are signed. Where it is ethical to do so we tame kittens. We have a small number of dedicated and experienced volunteers who do this, and this year we have tamed more kittens than ever. We also work alongside other specialist taming rescues. We have loaned traps and supported people to trap cats who are thought to be lost, so that they can be scanned and reunited. Where there could be an owner in the local area we have offered a paper collar. In addition to helping feral, stray and unwanted cats and kittens we also assist members of the public with the cost of neutering to enable us to meet our objective of preventing unwanted pregnancies and suffering. During the year we carried out a range of fundraising activities including a summer fair and a bingo night. These events proved popular and, together with regular donations, provided a valuable source of income for the charity. ## **Achievements and Performance** ||**Admission**
**s**|**Adopton**
**s**|**Feral**
**relocaton**
**s**|**Neuters**
**(cats in**
**foster)**|**Neuters**
**(feral/**
**outdoors)**|**Neuters**
**(owned)**|**Total**
**neuters**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Apr-24|15|12|2|3|1|5|9| |May|54|4|4|13|2|3|18| |June|52|8|8|19|3|4|26| |July|53|4|4|30|4|2|36| |August|48|21|12|23|14|1|38| |Septem
ber|48|38|10|30|10|4|44| |October|39|35|7|43|7|1|51| |Novem
ber|30|33|7|14|7|1|22| |Decem
ber|15|20|0|23|0|2|25| |Jan-25|22|20|0|15|2|5|22| |Februar
y|34|17|0|14|7|4|25| |March|20|16|3|10|1|2|13| |**TOTAL**|**430**|**228**|**57**|**237**|**58**|**34**|**329**| ## **Public Benefit** The Trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance regarding public benefit and are satisfied that the Charity met these requirements through its activities as described in this report. ## **Financial Review** This report covers our first year of reporting as a charity. Our main sources of income were: - Donations (£29,989) - Adoption Fees (£22,695) - Our main costs were: - Veterinary fees (£35,652.20) - Food and supplies (£7,876.74) At the end of the year, income (£61,572) exceeded expenditure (£60,220) giving a small surplus of £1,352. Funds available at the end of March 2025 were £70,352. The charity’s policy is to hold a minimum of between 6 and 12 months unrestricted reserves to allow for any reduction in income levels or unplanned increase in costs. At the end of the reporting year, we held unrestricted reserves equivalent to 14 months expenditure. ## **Future Plans** Our aim next year is to support more neutering by setting up a scheme to provide additional neuter opportunities. This will focus on cats that have been abandoned, whose kittens will become ferals. The number of feral cats in our area needs a focused response to avoid further unnecessary pregnancies and suffering. We have access to feral pens on multiple sites near to colonies and problem areas. This will enable us to neuter, assess and look to how to best support a lifestyle of their choosing. We also plan to introduce a means tested neuter and microchip scheme for owned pets. ## **Declarations** The trustees declare that they have unanimously approved this report. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees: |Signature:
Name:
Positon:
Date:|Anne Corbishley| |---|---| ||Anne Corbishley| ||Chair of trustees| ||12/1/2026| **----- Start of picture text -----**
Charity Name No (if any)
ALLEY CATS AND KITTENS 1207926
CC16a
Receipts and payments accounts
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 19/04/2024 31/03/2025
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Adoption fees 22,695 - - 22,695 -
Donations - regular 13,651 - - 13,651 -
Donations - other 16,338 - - 16,338 -
Fundraising 8,173 - - 8,173 -
Interest Income 715 - - 715 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
- - 61,572 -
AR) [ 61,572 ]
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 61,572 - - 61,572 -
A3 Payments
Vet fees 35,652 - - 35,652 -
Vetinary supplies 3,266 - - 3,266 -
Food and supplies 7,877 - - 7,877 -
Microchips and implantation 1,397 - - 1,397 -
Cross rescue 300 - - 300 -
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- - - - -
Paypal charges 785 - - 785 -
Other misc 2,566 - - 2,566 -
Sub total 51,843 - - 51,843 -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Equipment 4,737 - - 4,737
Cabin 3,640 - - 3,640
Sub total 8,377 - - 8,377 -
Total payments 60,220 - - 60,220 -
Net of receipts/(payments) 1,352 - - 1,352 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 70,325 - - 70,325 -
Cash funds this year end 71,678 - - 71,678 -
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 27/01/2026 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts
and payments account(s))
Equipment brought forward
Barclays Current
Barclays Savings
PayPal
**Details**
**Details**
Cattery Chalet
**Details**
Cabin Balance
Signature
Anne Corbishley|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**4,818**
**-**
**61,366**
**-**
**4,167**
**-**
**70,352**
**-**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**4,145**
**2,060**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**3,000**
**-**
**-**
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Print Name
**Anne Corbishley**
**Chair of Trustees**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
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**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
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**Current value**
**(optional)**
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**When due**
**(optional)**
**24 July 2025**
Date of
approval
12/01/2026| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 27/01/2026 2 member8 of Alley Cats an 31 March 2025 ens On accounts ftir the year ended Charlty no Ilf any) 1207926 Srt out on page• 1 and 2 only I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the atthe charity (°the Trust") for the year ended Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the pyeparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Acr). 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 Charty CommissDn under section 145(5){b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention (other than thal disclosed below ') in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records kndependent examinerfs ststement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enab￿ a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets rf they do not apply. Date: Slgned: Name". Relevant professional qualifi&3tion(s) or body (if any): ACPJ Addre86: