## **Trustees Annual Report 2024-2025** |**Name**|**Date appointed**|**Role**| |---|---|---| |Siobhan Healey|01/05/2024|Chair, Trustee| |Sarah McCluskey|30/10/2024|Trustee| |Rob Parker|31/01/2024|Trustee| |Sian Owen|31/01/2024|Trustee| 07 May 2024 – 31 March 2025 **Charity Name:** Charlie’s Place UK Budgie Rescue ## **Charity Number:** 1208136 **Legal Structure:** Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Foundation Model) **Principal address:** 39 Chicory Drive, Rugby, Warwickshire. CV23 0UB OFFICIAL - Sensitive ## **May 2024 – March 2025** **Income** £6,445.88 _(donations: £5,445.88 grant: £1000)_ **Expenditure** £6,299.50 _(difference £146.50)_ |**One-off Costs (≥£150)**
_One-off expenditure for this period_|**One-off Costs (≥£150)**
_One-off expenditure for this period_|**Repeatable Costs (expected to vary annually)**
_Ongoing operational costs_|**Repeatable Costs (expected to vary annually)**
_Ongoing operational costs_| |---|---|---|---| |Wet & Dry Vacuums|£168*|Vets|£1287.37| |Brinsea Incubator|£294.45*|Food (Haiths seed/dried herbs/frozen
fruit & veg)|£772.58*| |Materials for aviaryupgrade|£250*|Disinfectant/cleaning/bulbs|£578.70*| |Roller banners/Charity
calendars/mic/tripod/gimbal for content|£379.80*|Toys/enrichment|£428*| |Fogger, heaters, tarpaulin, humidifier,
nebuliser|£280*|Supplements/stock medicines/first-aid
peripherals|£417*| |Air purifiers|£240.79*|Air purifier filters|£265| |Hospital & travel cages|£185*|Website/email renewal|£260| |1 x cage upgrade for indoor bird room|£150*|Easichick bedding|£144.36| |Waste removal for aviary upgrade|£150*|Cleaning peripherals/PPE|£48.45| |**£2098.04**||**£4201.46**|| * _This year’s expenditure includes several one-off costs related to the initial setup of the charity, which are not expected to recur in the next financial year._ ## **Forecasted expenditure and income for Apr 2025 – Mar 2026** ## **Income** |**Income**||| |---|---|---| |(targets)|**Monthly total**|**Yearly total**| |Regular donations|£90|£1080| |One-off donations|£150|£1800| |Grants|-|£500| |Events|-|£500| ## **= £3,880** ## **Expenditure** Vets (including disease testing fees): **£1300** Food: **£550** Bulbs: **£150** Toys/enrichment: **£350** Supplements/stock meds/first-aid: **£400** Cleaning peripherals/PPE: **£250** Air purifier filters: **£280** Website/email renewal: **£260** Printing: **£60** Easichick: **£160** Mobile phone: **£52.80** Bank service charge: **£51** Annual costs: £2,050 Monthly costs: £151.15 ## **= £3863.80** OFFICIAL - Sensitive **Charitable Object:** To promote humane behaviour towards Budgerigars by providing care, protection, treatment, and security for those in need due to sickness, maltreatment, or poor circumstances, and to educate the public on Budgerigar welfare. **Public Benefit Statement:** The trustees confirm they have complied with their duty under section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. **Total budgies rescued for the period** 202 |**Total budgies rescued for theperiod**|202|202| |---|---|---| |||**Completed adoptions**| |via CPUK|11|109| |direct to adopter|98|| |||**Current flock (as of July 2025)**| |available for adoption|27|58| |sanctuary care*|31|| |deaths|35|Disease/Infection: 22
Rat: 8
Escaped: 4
Vets: 1| * _Includes 1) may be suitable for adoption, pending rehabilitation 2) are unsuitable for adoption, by way of health/age and consequential stress impact of rehoming._ -Achieved official Charity Commission Charity status in May 2024 -Free CANVA software for social media (saving £12.99 p/m) -Free WeTransfer software for large file transfers (saving £23 p/m) -Negotiated discounts (Haiths: seed/Aviform: supplements/Meadows Animal Health: F10 disinfectant) -Gifted two branded car magnets (saving £50) from Nutmeg Wall Art -Gifted a large, flight-challenged appropriate cage for indoor bird room (saving £250) from Amazon -Set up www.charliesplaceuk.com, email address and created digital Charity logo -Launched CPUK Instagram (584 followers) and Facebook (685 followers) -Extended existing aviary – only material costs paid **April 2024:** Completed an active role in the ‘Pet Shop Campaign’ to highlight evidence of poor animal welfare and pet shop conditions **July 2024:** Raised funds via social media for Brinsea Incubator (£294.45) **Aug 2024:** Secured a £1000 grant from Animal Friends Insurance for vet fees and air purifier filters **Nov 2024:** Completed a large-scale, collaborative rescue operation (involving Busy Beaks Bird Rescue and Craig’s Crazy Flock) of 112 birds from a domestic property -Completed an investigation into the transparency of the register of person(s) disqualified from owning/keeping an animal under s.34 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 - 109 adoptions -Provided video-content contribution to the worldwide ‘Parrot Awareness Week’ initiative -Began a Facebook UK bird rescue networking group (now at 50 members) -Created Budgie Care PDF Guides & PBFD infographic guides, endorsed & supported by avian professionals OFFICIAL - Sensitive - **What? Why? Result** - 1 Increased focus on Reduce resident birds at - Reduced operational cost - - adoptions CPUK to create capacity for Increase on completed adoptions educational/preventative work and reduce operational costs - 2 Increase educational To contribute to sustainable - YouTube channel launched activity/output harm reduction and - Representation of CPUK at public prevention events - 3 Increase social media To enable greater reach in - IG: 730 FB: 855 following/engagement support of ambitions 1 and 2 OFFICIAL - Sensitive