## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From August 1st 2024 To August 31st 2025** **Charity name: Wildlife Matters Rescue Charity registration number: 1209726** ## **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 sick, orphaned and**
**injured wildlife in Rother and Hastings**
| |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|~~**areas**~~
**Providing a rescue, care, and**
**rehabilitation service and facility aiming**
**releasing back into the wild whenever**
**possible. The trustees are pleased to**
**report successfully fulfilling this activity**
**attending emergency call outs, providing**
**appropriate advice to members of the**
**public, liaising and transport with a**
**wildlife hospital where needed, including**
**overnight rehabilitation and care etc. The**
**charity has successfully recruited new**
**volunteers and has involved itself to**
**inform and educate both in the press**
**and social media.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Having had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the charity commission on**
**public benefit the trustees are pleased to**
**report we have successfully achieved**
**our inaugural aims to attend call outs**
**from the public, provide appropriate**
**advice to the public, and educate the**
**public regarding wildlife matters.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Contribution to the charity is primarily**
**time with the addition of contributing**
**items for fundraising and use of own**
**vehicles and concomitant cost**| |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|**Answered and attended to call outs for**
**wildlife in need, returning to the wild**
**without unwilding where possible,**
**rescued for treatment and rehabilitation**
**if not always with the sole aim of**
**returning to the wild. Ensuring no further**
**suffering where this was not possible.**
**Working with the member of public who**
**contacted us initially being mindful of**
**the stress and upset such incidents**
**cause, allaying fears where possible,**
**affording as speedy a response as**
**possible, giving care and treatment**
**advice when apposite, and when**
**necessary explaining ending suffering**
**outcomes.**
**A major achievement has been**
**managing the growth that our growing**
**good reputation incurred and**
**recruitment of new volunteers with this**
**growth in demand expected to continue**
**next year.**
**Finding a wildlife casualty is a traumatic**
**experience for members of the public,**
**Wildlife Matters Rescues holistic**
**approach to call outs recognises this**
**and responds to the needs of the caller**
| |~~**as well as the casualty to the benefit of**~~||| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||Achievements against
objectives set
Para 1.41
**N/A**
Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set
Para 1.41
**Objective was to remain sufficiently**
**solvent to maintain activity which has**
**been met thanks to much hard work by**
**our volunteers**
Investment performance
against objectives
Para 1.41
**N/A**
Other| |---|---| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**With a balance of £1520 the trustees are**
**pleased to report the charity was**
**managed in a prudent manner. With the**
**deduction of ring fenced funds-money**
**raised or donated for specific items or**
**projects-the available cash is £898**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Charity intends to hold three months**
**reserves as soon as income permits**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Zero**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**The charity anticipates being able to**
**hold reserves in the next financial year.**
**The first year required investment of**
**income to facilitate operation**| |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|**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|| |---|---|---| |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|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s

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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|**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
|Para 1.25|**By invitation subject to trustee meeting**
**approval**| |~~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|**Conflict of Interest;trustees**
**Conflict of interest; volunteers**
**Euthanasia Policy**
**Health and Safety**
**Infection risk and control**
**Privacy**
**Safeguarding**
**Volunteer code of conduct**
**Fundraising**
**Bullying and harassment**
**Equal opportunities**
**Protocols**
**Rodents**
**bats**
**Deer**
**Fox**
**Badger**
**Garden birds a**
**Hedgehog**
**Reptiles**
**Rescue**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Foundation CIO**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Wildlife Matters Rescue| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1209726| |Charity’s principal address|Newnham House
Church Road
Newnham on Severn
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**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Ray Puttock|Chair. treasurer.||~~**(if any)**~~| ||Jill Lethbridge|Secretary||| ||Joanna
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**from**|1st August 2024
Period start date|**To**|31st August 2025
Period end date| |---|---|---|---| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **Unrestricted Restricted funds funds** **to the nearest £ to the nearest £** **Endowment funds** **Total funds** **to the nearest £ to the nearest £** ## **A1 Receipts** |**A1 Receipts**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Donations|**2,096**||**323**||**-**||**2,419**| |fundraising|**2,612**||**300**||**-**||**2,912**| |Grants|**600**||**-**||**-**||**600**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**5,308**||**623**||**-**||**5,931**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**|||||||| ||**5,308**||||||**5,931**| ## **A3 Payments** |**A3 Payments**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Equipment|**1,873**||**-**||**-**||**1,873**| |Vet bills and treatment|**430**||**-**||**-**||**430**| |Wildlife feed|**239**||**-**||**-**||**239**| |Insurance|**220**||**-**||**-**||**220**| |Bank charges|**25**||**-**||**-**||**25**| |Transport contribution|**873**||**-**||**-**||**873**| |Fundraisingcosts|**375**||**-**||**-**||**375**| |Leaflets andpromotion|**375**||**-**||**-**||**375**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**4,410**||**-**||**-**||**4,410**| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**623**|**-**
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**623**|**-**
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**-**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)||||||| |||||||**4,410**| |||||||| ||**898**||**623**||**-**|**1,521**| ||**-**|
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|**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**898**||**623**
1||**-**|**1,521**| CCXX R2 accounts ISSI |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**
CCXX R3 accounts (SS)|**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Cash at hand in bank account.||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**898**||**623**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**898**||**623**| ||||||OK| ||||||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||3||||**-**| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |||||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |Signature||Print Name||| |||Ray Puttock||| |||||| CCXX R4 accounts (SS) 4 **----- Start of picture text -----**
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## **Last year** ## **to the nearest £** **-** **-** **-** **-** 5 CCXX R5 accounts (SS) CCXX R6 accounts ISSI ## **Endowment funds to nearest £** **-** OK ## **Endowment funds to nearest £** **-** **Current value (optional)** **-** **Current value (optional)** **-** **When due (optional)** 7 CCXX R7 accounts (SS) Date of approval 16/10/2025 CCXX R8 accounts (SS) 8