## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Period start date To Period end date Charity name: The Nature Nook** ## **Charity registration number: 1210835** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO, TO BE**
**CARRIED OUT FOR THE PUBLIC**
**BENEFIT IN SOUTH DEVON, ARE: 1) TO**
**PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR**
**TOWARDS ANIMALS BY PROVIDING**
**APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION,**
**TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR**
**ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE**
**AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF**
**SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR**
**CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL USAGE,**
**REHOMING SUCH ANIMALS WHERE**
**POSSIBLE; 2) THE PREVENTION OR**
**RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE**
**PROVISION OF PET FOOD, OTHER**
**ESSENTIAL PET ITEMS AND PRACTICAL**
**SUPPORT WITH BOARDING OF ANIMALS**
**TO PET OWNERS IN FINANCIAL NEED.**| |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
1.18|**Rescue and rehoming animals**
**Offering temporary fostering/boarding**
**Education and community work.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Trustees are aware of the guidance**
**issued by the charity commission.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**The Nature Nook is not a grant making**
**organization. Grants may be made**
**towards veterinary care on a case by**| |||| |||**case basis but this is not our primary**
**activity.**| |---|---|---| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**We are not involved in any form of social**
**investment.**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We currently have three regular**
**volunteers who assist with day to day**
**animal care on one day per week, plus a**
**part time volunteer who cares for our**
**sanctuary rabbits off site. Our plans for**
**2026/2027 include recruitment of**
**additional volunteers and foster carers.**| |Other||**Nothing to add.**| ## **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|**During the 2024/2025 financial year the**
**charity rescued 115 animals in need with**
**our primary species being rabbits.**
**We grew our income significantly from**
**the previous year, and secured around**
**£4000 in grant funding.**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity continues to grow it's income,**
**though additional fundraising efforts are**
**needed to secure finances month to**
**month going forwards. We are currently**
**working on expanding our shop to**
**support this ambition, as well as**
**continuing to put into place a robust**
**trusts and foundations pipeline to further**
**support our work.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|
**We have not been able to secure any**
**reserves to do, but this is a priority for**
**our next financial year.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£0**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Our expenses and our income have so far**
**been even, meaning that there is no**
**excess income to hold in reserves.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**No concerns about the continuation of**
**the charity as a going concern.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**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|
**Sale of dry goods at pet supply store,**
**trusts and foundations and public**
**fundraising**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**No investments**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**As with all charities, the fundraising**
**landscape is becoming increasingly**
**difficult to navigate with more demand**
**and less availability of funds.**
**The cost of living crisis has led to more**
**animals needing placement, a dramatic**
**increase in the number of local breeders,**
**as well as an increase in reports of**
**dumped or abandoned pets.**| |Other||
**Nothing further to add.**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s|||| |---|---|---|---| |trusts:|||| |Type of governing document|Para 1.25|**Foundation CIO Constitution**|| |How is the charity|Para 1.25|**CIO**|| |constituted?|||| |Trustee selection methods|Para 1.25|**Trustees have been selected by director**|| |including details of any||**at time of establishing charity**|| |constitutional provisions e.g.|||| |election to post or name of|||| |any person or body entitled|||| |to appoint one or more|||| |trustees|||| |**Reference and Administrative details**|||| |Charity name|The Nature Nook||| |Other name the charity uses|||| |Registered charitynumber|1210835||| |Charity’s principal address|1-5 Totnes Road, Paignton, Devon, TQ4 5JX||| ||||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**ee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---| ||Alex Woodcock||| ||Harper Mencarini||| ||Oliver Dhakal||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name Makenzie Ferrier** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**Not applicable- no property**
**held**||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|Not applicable| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|Not applicable| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|Not applicable| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **Not applicable** ## **Other optional information** aratlons Full rwrfs) n (eg Secretary. Chalr. etc) chair 08.072026 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** |**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**|Charity Name
The Nature Nook|Charity Name
The Nature Nook|Charity Name
The Nature Nook| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||10 July 2025|**Charity no**
**(if any)**|1210835| ||||| ||3-4
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)||| - I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **10 July 2025** . - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 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 Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that 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 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 enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed: Date:** 7 July 2026 **Name:** Nicholas Millard **Relevant professional** F.M.A.A.T. **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 13 Hyde Road Paignton TQ4 5BW 1 **October 2018** **IER** **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **October 2018** **IER** **The Nature Nook 1210835 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 06-Nov-24 10-Jul-25 **To from** |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**4,450**
**2,598**
**938**
**12,035**
**-**
**123**
**-**
**20,144**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,144**
**6,069**
**2,032**
**737**
**8,092**
**1,354**
**107**
**592**
**436**
**293**
**369**
**66**
**-**
**20,147**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,147**
**- 4**
**-**
**-**
**- 4**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**4,450**
**2,598**
**938**
**12,035**
**-**
**123**
**-**
**20,144**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,144**
**6,069**
**2,032**
**737**
**8,092**
**1,354**
**107**
**592**
**436**
**293**
**369**
**66**
**-**
**20,147**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,147**

**- 4**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Grants|**4,450**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**4,450**||**-**| |Rental Income|**2,598**|||**2,598**||**-**| |Donations|**938**|||**938**||**-**| |Sales(net of charges)|**12,035**|||**12,035**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |Transfer from CIC|**123**|||**123**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**20,144**|||**20,144**||**-**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| ||||**-**|**20,144**||**-**| |||||||| |
Direct Costs(pet stores & veterinary)|**6,069**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**6,069**||**-**| |Other Direct Costs|**2,032**|||**2,032**||**-**| |Waste Collection|**737**|||**737**||| |Rent|**8,092**|||**8,092**||**-**| |Light & Heat|**1,354**|||**1,354**||**-**| |Water Rates|**107**|||**107**||**-**| |Insurance|**592**|||**592**||**-**| |Telephone|**436**|||**436**||**-**| |Printing,Postage and Stationery|**293**|||**293**||| |AccountancyFees|**369**|||**369**||| |Bank Charges|**66**|||**66**||| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**20,147**|||**20,147**||**-**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases (see table)**||||||| |**,**|**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| ||||**-**|**20,147**||**-**| |||||||| ||**- 4**|**-**|**-**|
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