RSPCA Sussex East & Hastings Branch Registered Charity No. 206314 Annual Report & Accounts 2021 ## Welcome Welcome to the Annual Report and Accounts for the Sussex East and Hastings Branch of the RSPCA. ## Contents |Chair’s Report|3
Fundraising Report
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## Chair’s Report Dear Member, The restrictions of the Pandemic continued to be felt this year and although the Cattery remained closed to the public, our Staff continued to care for the cats, minus the Volunteers who are a vital part of the work force. We thank the Cattery Manager and all the Staff for their stoic work during this time. Our Shop Staff should be congratulated for coping with the numerous difficulties closing, then opening some days with few volunteers and limited donations. All the above had a severe effect on our finances needed to keep the Branch operating. We are very grateful to the wonderful supporters who left us a legacy and all the donations received enabling us to continue our work. On a positive note, the long awaited new building (The Lodge) replacing the Gazebo was started in the Spring and completed in August, this was a milestone for us to have somewhere inside for fundraising, interviews, meetings and other activities. The Trustees worked hard throughout the year keeping in touch via Zoom, what a relief to meet (masked) in The Lodge in September, it was good to see everyone. Jo Bilby, our Finance and Administrative Officer, and Nikki Di Girolamo, our Income Generation and Marketing Officer, worked behind the scenes and we appreciate all they do. Sadly we lost one of our long serving supporters, Iris Zebrac in September. Iris had served as a Trustee, worked in the Charity Shop, was always at fundraising events, supplying cakes and knitted items she had made. A wonderful lady, very much missed. We welcomed a new Branch Support Officer, Sarah Piggott and very much welcome the expertise she brings. Next year we hope to extend the Isolation capacity of the Cattery as normality returns? ## Mary R Bristow **Chair** _3_ ## Inspector’s Report It gives me great pleasure to present to you the annual report for the Sussex Inspectorate for 2021. Once again this year has proved to be another difficult year. Covid 19 has continued to play a very disruptive role in all of our daily lives. We survived multiple lockdowns and movement restrictions throughout the year with the mutation of Covid -19 to include the latest Omicron variant. It would appear we will start 2022 where we left off at the end of 2021. This year we picked up three multi animal cases from two properties and one caravan with over 100 animals being removed. Two cases are still proceeding through the investigation process with assistance from Sussex Police. However, with the hard work and dedication of staff at Leybourne Animal Centre and Brighton Branch’s Patcham Animal Centre we were able to rescue these dogs, provide them with the necessary veterinary care and much needed TLC. Eventually all of them were rehomed to new and caring homes. One case involved dealing with 36 puppies and one adult dog in a two berth caravan. This is the extent of puppy farming still occurring. But working with Sussex Police Rural Crime Team as well as local council licensing departments, we are slowly but surely making in-roads in reducing the number of incidents of puppy farming. We wish to offer our thanks to Sussex Police for their invaluable assistance. Our thanks also goes to East Sussex and West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service for the many occasions that they have helped with rescues of animals that have got themselves trapped or in difficulty and we have needed their equipment and manpower to resolve the situation. David Buck, our go to solicitor who has and continues to provide us with his excellent presentation of evidence in our cases at court. Of course, we have not forgotten the RSPCA animal centres that take in our animals, care for them and eventually rehome them. Our sincere thanks to the Branch catteries and kennels that board, care for and rehome our animals, usually at very short notice and at the most inconvenient times, and to the experts who care for our sick and injured wildlife until they have been rehabilitated and are able to be released back into the wild. I would also like to thank the Regional Board and all the Local Branches for having the trust and confidence in field officers in developing the Inspectorate Welfare Fund for the region. This has been a brilliant tool for officers to really help those who need that bit of support in difficult times. There have been so many incidents where we were able to help senior citizens get their animal to the vet and assist if not pay for the treatment especially in these hard times. The appreciation for our help brings home the reason why we do what we do. _4_ Finally, on behalf of everyone in the Sussex group, a big thank you to all of the Sussex Branches members and volunteers for making us feel so welcome at your meetings and for all the difficult and invaluable work you have done throughout 2021. Without you dedicating your time and efforts, we would not be able to achieve all that we do. To give you a taste of what we do, here are just a few of the things that we dealt with in the past year that you may find interesting. Throughout the year, Inspector Carter, our National Deputy Coordinator for Equine has been to numerous roundups this year. Working with other organisations as World Horse Welfare, British Horse Society, Redwings, etc., removing over 300 horses from Wales, the Midlands and East Anglia. This is a herculean effort to organise staff, transport, vets, stabling etc. But this is a brilliant example of organisations working for the same goal helping each other for the benefit of animal welfare. We continue to help cats get out of self-made predicaments as we see with Inspector Rachel Smith had on Easter Monday. Frank, a young male neutered cat from St. Leonards, East Sussex was missing for 36 hours when his owner found him 60ft up a tree on some wasteland quite a distance from home. The owner tried calling some tree surgeons but none were willing to come out on the bank holiday. Once Inspector Smith arrived, she called East Sussex Fire and Rescue who were able to get poor Frank out of the tree and was taken home by his very appreciative owner. Thank you all and please stay safe! ## Patrick S. Hamby 407 **Chief Inspector Sussex Group** _5_ ## Cattery Report We continued to be in Lockdown in January, February and part of March, by 29th March the government started to lift rules gradually. The cat adoptions were still being done by virtual procedures, by telephone, videos, technology came into its own as lockdown put even more restrictions on what we could or couldn’t do. Members of the public were not allowed to come up to the site at all. We were lucky that our inspectors collected cats for us as well as delivering their own inspectorate generated cats to the centre. Occasionally they were unable to help due to urgent cases taking them away and the cattery staff delivered cats to adopters, with strict Covid procedures in place. We seemed to have a low number of cats, other centres also reported this. However as soon as cats went on the website for adoption there was a lot of interest. People turned to animals for comfort and companionship in these strange times. The government regulations in April allowed us to have the public visit one household at a time. This was done by appointment only to look at a specific cat, greatly helping any hard to home cats who had an extra chance giving them a “meet and greet” opportunity. We decided to go ahead with our new build. The builders started work on The Lodge in April which was originally planned and talked about in 2020. They worked so hard on the ground works with the wet weather pretty much against them. The Lodge will be a much needed venue for meetings and fundraising events, and will greatly help with previous years of having outside partly covered events in all types of weather. After being so quiet, the summer months became very busy with cats. A lot of cats came in from all sorts of places, local vets, The Harmsworth Hospital, members of the public, Inspectorate. The government lifted more restrictions on 19th July and we were able to follow RSPCA guidelines by appointment only this generated more potential adopters. _6_ At this time our lovely volunteers started to return to Bluebell Ridge they all seemed so pleased to be back, as we were pleased to see them and the centre seemed to come to life again. We also started our volunteer recruitment drive and managed to recruit some additional volunteer cat crazy people. An all-round busy two months of rehoming as we received more and more cats and 20 cats found forever homes. The Lodge started to really take shape in August which was an exciting time and was finally completed by September in time for our AGM in October. Fundraising has unfortunately been non-existent this year for us, due to the effects of the pandemic. We ordinarily, rely heavily on support given by donations and fundraising events to help with the running of the branch. These statistics from the charity commission show the impact around this time, on charities: - 90% of charities were impacted with so many negative results from loss of staff, finances, staff morale and months of frustration and uncertainty. - 60% of charities saw a loss of income. - 32% of charities saw a shortage of volunteers. On a brighter note, we did however have so many kind people in December 2021 support us with money donations. This included money and cheques in Xmas Cards and online, to which I thank you all greatly. This really helped us with looking after the animals in our care and gave us a very much-needed boost. Finally, I would like to say a huge thank you to our dedicated team at Bluebell Ridge, in what was a particularly hard and challenging year. Each one brings their own particular skills to the centre every day, and without them, we couldn’t do what we do. _7_ A big thank you to our lovely volunteers who give up their valuable time to help us, and the cats. The Trustees, Jo Bilby Finance/Admin, Sarah Piggott Senior Branch Partnership Manager HQ for her knowledge. To Kent North West and Eastbourne Branch for their continued support. Our lovely vet Geoff at Senlac Veterinary Centre and all the staff for the wonderful work they do. ## Myra Grove **Centre Manager** _8_ ## Dog Report The Branch continued to offer a Dog Welfare Scheme during the difficult times of 2021. This scheme primarily aims to assist members of the community who are in receipt of benefits by contributing towards the cost of initial veterinary consultations and medication when a dog is ill or injured, to ensure the dogs get the help they need at the earliest possible opportunity. During 2021, we contributed a total of £3014.69 to help 36 families to care for their beloved doggy family members. We are grateful to still have the co-operation and assistance from 1066 vets in Battle Road, St Leonards, in offering a subsidised scheme for neutering bull breed dogs and three more dogs were neutered under this scheme during 2021. We continue to stress the benefit of neutering family pets and strongly encourage this to reduce the chances of health issues, behavioural issues and the number of unwanted puppies needing a home. We also continued to work with a local charity called Surviving the Streets, which is based in St Leonards on sea. This charity mainly supports homeless members of the community but the range of help was expanded during the Covid 19 pandemic to also offer a foodbank to local families in need. We donated over 400 tins of dog food to this much needed charity. In addition to the food, the Branch provided many hundreds of tins, pouches and bags of food, chews, bedding, blankets and toys, donated by members of the public, either at Bluebell Ridge or at our charity shop in Bexhill. These supplies were shared between Surviving the Streets, and another small local organisation who run a dog food bank to help the community. James Robinson, Director of Surviving the Streets said, ‘With this amazing and kind support we have been able to help all of our homeless dog owners with their dogs so none of them have gone hungry. Thank you so much for your continued support’. Donations and support for the work carried out can be made in many ways - food and other supplies, cat pod sponsorship at Bluebell Ridge, regular standing orders or one off financial donations for the Sussex East and Hastings Branch, purchases from or donations of goods to our shop in Bexhill. These are still very much needed and appreciated, and we would not be able to carry out the work we do for dogs and for cats without the support and assistance from our communities. ## Sarah Parsons **Dog Welfare Co-ordinator** _9_ ## Fundraising Report The Branch is totally reliant on fundraising and donations to fund our work and we are extremely grateful to all those who supported us in 2021. As we entered the year in lockdown, we were aware this would be another difficult year for fundraising. With this in mind, the Branch decided to use the time wisely in planning for its future. After many years of cold and wet Open Days at Bluebell Ridge, the Trustees agreed it was time that our centre had an indoor space to hold all year round events. We were incredibly grateful to receive a legacy that meant the project was made possible, and by the end of the summer, ‘The Lodge’ was complete. This opens up more ideas and plans for future fundraising events so we can receive the funds lost throughout the lockdowns. Whilst building works at the centre took place, appeals to the local community and general public were prioritised to support our work by donating to the Branch. Supporters kindly donated throughout the year and raised funds in memory of loved ones and as birthday fundraisers via social media platforms. Like the previous year, we received great support for our Christmas raffle, which saw an increase in funds. The Branch also received income from gifts in wills, a vital source of funding. This gives us the security to plan our future so that we can continue to make a difference, helping local animals in need. Our sincere thanks go to all the companies, organisations and individuals who have supported our fundraising efforts throughout the year. Nikki Di Girolamo **Income Generation & Marketing Officer** _10_ ## Charity Shop Report **Your Local RSPCA Shop** 16 Western Road Bexhill-on-Sea East Sussex TN40 1DX Tel: 01424 734562 2021 was another difficult year for retail, with opening being severely restricted due to COVID-19 lockdowns; this resulted in a very stop/start year that was difficult to plan for. However, despite the challenges when open business has been very good. The level of trade during difficult times has exceeded all expectations; with exceptionally high levels of donations ensuring that we always had a fully stocked shop. We are greatly looking forward to the time when it will be business as usual for the shop, staff, volunteers and customers alike. We have not been able to build previous achievements due mostly to the stop/start nature of having the shop open, but we are looking forward and are confident that we will be able to implement new ideas which will ensure the continued success of the shop. The shop plays a pivotal role in raising much needed funds to support the Branch and we value tremendously all who donate goods, money and time, in additional to those who make purchases, we could not function without their continued support. Without the hard work and dedication of staff and volunteers, we could not achieve the level of success that we have, and a special thank you goes to them who have remained loyal throughout these difficult times and we look forward to welcoming them back together with customers both old and new. Thank you for your support. ## Karen Packham **Trustee** _11_ ## Treasurer’s Report An Independent Examiner's Report, rather than an Audit Report, is appropriate for the year ended 31 December 2021. Comprehensive notes to the Accounts are included by way of explanation and these form an important part of my report. It should be noted that "Restricted" funds are those held for a specific purpose e.g. Cat Rehoming Centre, and "Unrestricted" means funds available for general use with the objects of the Charity. The Trustees have again worked extremely hard during 2021 to raise the profile of the Branch and cattery and thus much needed funds. Their dedication and commitment ensures that the Branch can continue with animal welfare in the local area. ## **Branch Administrator** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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CFthTity tegi2trdtiOn num1￿. 206314 Royal Society For Th¢ Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals - Sussex East and Hastings Branch Arfflval Rtyort aThl Finarteial Siatements for the YeJr Ellded 31 Decembtr 2021 Royal Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty Tij Animals- Sussei East Hydstings Branch Contents Ref¢r¢ll¢¢ and Administrative lknils TrI￿tees, Rew)rt 2to5 Statcmcnt of Trnstc¢s' R¢S￿￿5]bilItI Stat¢m¢nt of FinanciaI Activities 8t09 Balance Sheet 10 Notes to thc Fina￿la1 Ststemu 11 to21 Royal Society For The Prevention Of Crnelty To Animals- S￿￿cI East Ydnd Hastings BraD¢h Reference and Admlnislrative Details Chief Executive Officer Miss M R Brislow Trustees Mi&8 M R Bristow Mrs J Bgmcy Andy Nsh {cWed) Pclw Ken David Garrood Nicki Fisher Prin(ipal Office Blucbell Ridgc ah)wns Hill H&stings TN35 4PA Ch*rlty Registradon Number 2(￿314 Bankers CAF King5 Hill W¢st Malling Kfflt ME19 4TA lfjdepeDdewt EMtt4Der Manningtth)s J T Srraughan ACA 7 wc11ing￿D Sowre EA%t SU￿￿ TN34 IPD Royal Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animal8- Sussex East and Hastings Branch Trustees, Report The tTrLst￿S present the apnual rewKt togeth¢r with the fillatKial Sts1￿1$ of th¢ clwity for y¢aT cnded 31 December 2021. ofgoverning dt•¢HMeRt The Royal S￿Iety for Prevention of cn￿lty Vds incorwyated by Special Act of ParliamenL tl Sus8¢x Fast and Hastings BrwKh regtstttcd as a sep*rnte ehaTity ITr 1962. The Tn￿ are listed on page l. Objectlves and ￿lfv￿se$ Objects The objects of the charity ar¢ to prnNM)tr kiThincss amd io PErvent or suppress ctuelty kn animals and to do all sueh lawfvl acts the charity lljay WDsid¢r being a)lldu¢ive or illcid¢ryts] to the atta1nD￿l of these objects. Th¢ Branch's aninwl welfare work, alttK)ugb local in ￿. be￿fits swiety at laTg¢ and also aims to help people ill ned with the care of animals. The next seLlioAs of thi5 reFX)rt highlight the Branch's main activitiC5 and demonstrate the benefit provided to the public. All our charitable activiti¢4 as dcscr]knJ in more (ktsil below, fiKus on prot￿ling kindn￿ and pyventing or SUppE￿I￿g ¢n￿lty kn animals and arc U￿eTr to fi￿1]er these putposes for the publi¢ benefiL The iDJste¢s have reviewed the ￿rl￿￿￿¢s and achiev¢ments of Ibw Objectiv￿ and activitios for the year to cnsure they rcmain focuscd on our charitsble aims and c4)ntinue to (kliver benefits to the public. We hqve complied with the duty under the chariti￿ Act ￿ have due Tegard to [￿b}It Ixnefit guidance publisl*d by the Charity c¢)n]n￿5101]S. Th¢ Charity t5 organised so trustees mea reglllarty ￿ nllDage its affairt There is ODe full time and one part timc . The cl]aTity is grate￿1 for the legacte& slllKriptions alld donations during the year. The CTr￿￿"ty is gratefi to th¢ Friends of Blue1￿ll Ridg& wbith fOrn￿d ￿ supp)rt the Cat RelN)mmg Centre's eX￿s. Physical F.tuKtraising events hav¢ had kn be Ca￿elled thr￿1gbout the y￿. and have been r4)l￿ed with onEille FundraÈsing activities wlKreYer wibl¢. While sigltificant exrrn ¢xrEnth'ture has blfll requir¢d to ensur¢ a 'Covid Safe, wothng environ￿( including stsff being fudoughed or working fr￿￿ horn¢ whtte pssibl¢. Inc(Kne strearns have been hit severety by the Covi&19 clow arKI Ilisiall¢ing Meas￿ to pnrtect sraff, volunteers and the publtc, but helped by having the ben¢fit of a Covi&19 b￿11￿65 grdnt beftng provided by the local cO￿le1￿ aod the GovemtllcnL5 furlough sclxmc a&%istan¢¢ re the staff duritt8 ¢DfoTced charity shop closures. The Cat Rehoming Cerrtre nms at a deficit cath year and £78.IKKJ h&% been tranSfc￿ed frnm th¢ Gentral Fwxls to the Restricted Funds. Use ofvolmntee We provide volunteering 0￿￿rtunItieS for tIM)se who wfftsb to SUPPOrt OUT work. including truSte￿h￿. fostering and fimdrnising. Thts benefits loeaI people by [￿0VIding the tK>ssibility of (k)ing wo￿, which is U)mFassiot￿te and rewarding. Pl￿S for future wTods The trnslee5 acliv¢ly review the major ris￿ wljich the charity face5 on a reEuiar basis. The IT￿tea% have also ewined other opetatlonal b￿￿nl￿ risks by the charity a￿1 they hav¢ ¢stablished systems io mitigate the signifK#ni risks. including the loss of key staff for thc Cat Rehoming Centre. The trugtecs are exploring variO￿S w4)% of intr￿8￿ng incomc and Tolucing Cxpefft for thc Rehoming Centre and m￿TrIa¢nIng the level of $UPFK)rt for dogs. vthiuary f The previous plans to also build a new Isolatton Unit to provide FEn¢fit to iD¢reased nunkn of cats in the fitture. hag Iren rM>s4￿￿ed but are hopeful that this will be bwlt next year. A workitig ¥roup h&$ been Set￿ to review ￿1￿ existing activities and new projects, wbi¢h could ¢xpand th¢ charities animal Welfa￿ and public bcnefiL* unfortu￿ely, d￿e to the situation during the ye4r. the working up has been to med and [￿greSs ncw Projec￿ but Pl￿ to r￿rnD￿nce work as swn as Covid.19 restrietions allowB. A previous £50,(MN) loan by Mid Su&sex a￿j Easthxn￿C Brdnch {r￿ay2b1C only wha) the Cat RehomÉng Certtre is.wld) w&8 very k]ndly Converted by of t&eir brallcb's tnLSI¢¢S into a tM>Trretoyable ￿fi. The available fiJnds wil] fiDan(Y aettviw for A fjjrther 12 llM)nths aThJ anang¢meDts att being made to raise further r]nance. Royal Sodety For The Prevenllon or Cruelty To Allin￿￿ - Sussex East and H8stings Braneh Trustees, Report It is the policy of the clwity to ut]r&sthct¢d fi]n&8 ai a l¢veL which ¢quatr5 to approKitnately twcl months, unresrrid￿ expettditiwe. Thjs provid&% sufficictit fi]r#is w covet njalla￿nt of adminislration costs and is reviewed on a quarterly basis. The tr1SStees have tsi8oated £17Q.(KKI of th¢ assets held by th¢ BrnKh as one years. runtiitig costs and rethJndan¢y. All Cash balances art held in interest beating accounts. The Royal lknh Sh¢ll PIC sharc5 ar¢ 7rtsin¢d &s & lon8.tern investtnenL The trustees review iuv&ments aDnwlly. Platss for fiuther itivestmcnts wrre pth on hold following unC¢￿ty in the fitwcial mark¢ts ¢Ju¢ ￿ the Covid.19 pand¢mie, Twhtle th¢ long-terni I[N¢stD￿ wu¢ initially hit CODsid¢Ably" dKy are now showittg signs of re¢overy. 71.4.1 The annual reportvdi appmyed by of the chatity on ( 2 . and sigD¢d on its b¢half by: Miss M R Bristow Chief EXC￿tive Officer and TnLSttt Page 5 Royal Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals- Sussex East Hastings Branch Statement of Trnstees, Responsibilities Uni*d Kingdom Accounting Standards (United KiugdoJ]] Gcncrally Awted Accoullting Pracuce) and applicable law and Ergulations. The law applicable to chariues requires the I￿￿te¢S to prepare fManc1￿ Stat¢m￿ts for each finaDci81 yrnr Ykni give a tm¢ atid fair view of the of affairs of the cbarity and of th¢ Inc￿Ming ￿SOurCeS and applicatioD of r¢sources of the clwity for that perio(L la prepatiD8 ttwe finalle￿ ststeM￿ thc trnstecs are E￿Ired to.. select suttable a￿oUnt￿8 policies aDd then appty them cotsi5t¢ntty. obscrv¢ th¢ nKtlxMts aod principles in th¢ Clwiti&s SORP; Jnake judgeme1￿ attd estimates that are r¢asonable and pnthL" Slate whether applicabl¢ acc4)untin8 stsndards have b¢¢n followeli sDbject to any mat￿la1 departur diselowd and explained in the finan¢ia] stslen*nts; and prepar¢ thc financial staleMts on the going eoneern b&8is urd¢ss it is in4¥wriate to pr¢sume that th¢ charity will continue in busintss. Th¢ tn￿ ￿ T¢Sw￿5￿bIt for kcq)ing ptopff a(xountin8 rttords that disclose witb RaSOELable accwacy at any timc th¢ financial ￿)sition of th¢ ch￿]{Y and ¢nable them to erLwJre that the finaKia] sfatementg comply with th¢ Charitics Act 2011. the applicable Charities (Acc(Mmts and Rqx*rtsl Regultitions. and the provisions of the constituti(￿. The trLLStcu are a]so rcsp)nsible for safegvanling the a&sets of the charity and hence f(Y tsking re&wnable step5 for the prevcDlion and detection of fra￿1 atld other irregulaTities. Miss M R Bristow. Chief Execwive Offi¢er a￿1 TnLoee Royal Society For The Prevention Of Crnelty To Animals - Sussex East and H8stings Brgnch Independent EMmlner'8 Rewrt to the trustees of Roy*l Society For The Prevention Of Crnehy To Animals- s￿￿X East aDd Hastings Branch I rewrt to the charity tLwtres OD ny examinth(m of tbe a(Younts of the dwity for the year ended 31 Decemb 2021 are set out on pages 8 to 21. 8 the clwity's trustres of lioyal Society For The Pr¢¥￿tio￿ Of cn￿lty To Animals . Swsex E8St attd Hasttngs Branch you are responsible for the prqMTalioti of dK in accor&Dce wtth the rwuiremellts of thc Charities Aci 2011 ('the Act.). I report in tcspect of my cxaw1￿tr0n of the Royal Soeiety For The Prevention Of Cndty To Anirnals - Sussex E¥5t and Hastings Brdll¢h's carricd section 145 of the 2011 Act #ttd in carying out my ¢xaminatioM I kna￿ followed 811 the applicable Dir¢LknrL% givax by the Cl4rity c￿n￿nISsion und¢r section 145(5)(b) of the ACL 11￿¢pe#d¢U* ¢x*mixtr'$ stxtememt Since Royal Society For Th¢ Prcyention Of Cnjelty To Anin7a15 - s￿ and Hastings Branch's gr05S inwme exceedcd £250,(￿ your uatniner m￿t be a n￿M￿r of a W listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirni that l am qualiflcd to u￿krtak¢ thc examin￿lon beuuse l am • metnber of the [nsti￿te of Chartered ALXMiuntants ￿gland & Wale4 which 15 onc of the list¢d Ixwjics. I have completed my e￿M￿natIOn. l Confinn that no Materi￿ mattets have corn¢ ts) my attention in connwti with &xami￿lI0ll giving me eause to believe that in any En*erial respe￿. a¢￿￿￿ting rccords ￿rC ts)t k￿1 in respect of Royal s￿iety For The prev￿tiOn Of Cnlelty To Animals - Susscx East and Ha￿ingS Branch as requited by sectkon 130 of the AeL' or 2. the accoullts do not accord with records" or 3. the accounts do not coryly with the &¢outiting req￿rnL8 C4)Dcerning the fo￿ and conttnt of accounts set out in the CliarÈties (Ar¢ouots and RqM)its) Regulatio￿8 2(K18 other th*] a￿ requirement that the a 'ttue and fair view whiGb is a I￿atter considered Is part of att indeperylent ination Ahave no c should be erns atsj have come acro&8 no mattevs in conlleciion with the examinalion to which att¢ntion in this Tetmyrt in to enable a proper wulets￿ng of tbe actounts to bc reached. J T Strduglw ACA ManningÈOILS 7 WellingtOD Square Hastin8S East Suss¢x TN34 IPD Date:... Pag¢ 7 Royal Sotiety For The Prevention Of Crnelty To AnimaLs - Sussex East and Hastings Branch Statement of FiDgDel*l Activitses for the Year Ended 31 December 2021 Totsl 2021 N•)te and Etsdowments from: Donati(TrDS and legacles Cbaritsble activitics Other trading activities Inyestmellt ]ll￿me Other income 23.897 7.350 3.472 424,699 7.350 64.552 619 11.068 61.080 573 270 10.798 Total incc￿e 462.725 45.563 508.288 Ex￿ndit￿re OM.. Raising fimds CIMritable activities (40,923) {1.520) {11.823) (151.1149 (52.746) (153,369) Total eApendittwe {42.443) 163,672) 206.115) Net ineoThK1(exFaitu￿) 420282 (221,851) (118.109) 221.851 302.173 fjainsno&8es r¢vaiuation Offix￿ assets for charity'5 Qwll US¢ 3,532 3.532 Net ny)vement in 201.963 103.742 305.705 Reconciliation of fvnds Totsl fi]n(b iyought forvrnrd 823202 115.114 938.316 Total carri¢d fonyard 19 1,025,165 218.856 1244,021 Th¢ notes on pages I I to 21 fonrt an iniegrn] part of tttse finaKE'al ststall￿ P2g¢ 8 Royal Society For The Prevention Of Crnelty To Animals- Sussex East and Hsstings Branch StateD￿llt of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 December 2021 Total 2020 Income and Endowments fr(fflk: tk)natioDs and legacffies Charitable activities Other trnding activities 176.192 31,095 8.140 4.625 366 7.785 207287 8,140 51.504 1,074 7.917 46.879 708 132 Other in¢om¢ Total income 223,911 51011 275,922 Kxpthditsre on: Raising fijnds Charitsbl¢ aetivities (4&674) {1.663) (7.049) (153249) {55,723) (154.912) To￿1 ¢xpcThJitUT¢ (50.337) (160298) (210.635) Net incomel(expendiiu￿} 173.574 (92277) (108287) 92277 65.287 Other recDgDised g*itis and Iou GaiBsllosses on r¢v8luation of &ssets foT charity'5 ovin use 18,637 8.637 Net rM)vemEnt ID fullds 72.660 (16.010) 56.650 Reeonduatlox of [￿Dd5 To￿1 fi￿￿£ brought foT¥wd 750.542 131.124 881,666 Total fimds carrhed fonvard 19 823202 115,114 938,316 All of the charA￿S activities &riv¢ from cotttinuing ¢>perdtioo$ the ab)ve two peti(NJs. Thc fiuth bre&kdoBm for 2020 is shovrn in notr 19. The tK•tes on pages I I to 21 fornl an ltite￿I part of tlwe Stste[n￿s. Pagc 9 Royal Society For The Prevention Of Crnelty To Anim2b- Sussex East and Hastfings Branch (Rwstralion number 206314) Balallce Sheet as at 31 December 2021 2021 2020 Nott Fixed assets T8ngibl¢ assets Investtllellts 13 347571 16.515 235.373 12.983 14 364.086 248.356 Current a&sets Stocks Debtor5 C&th ai bank and Tn hand 15 16 17 88 12.551 871,591 886.230 831 6,358 688,181 695.370 Creditors: famittg du¢ within one yur Net curren¢ assets 18 6295 15.410) 879,935 689.960 Net &sset$ 12JA,021 938.316 Funds of the cbarhy: Restricted ￿ndS Rtsttictd fi￿(l% 218.856 115,114 Unrestricted llleome fuds Unrestricted fill 1,025.165 823.202 Totsl 19 1.244.021 938.316 ancia] st8tetD¢nts on pages 8 to 21 were by the tri￿, and authorised for OTh .&£*aE￿ signed otl their behalf by. Mis5 M R Bristow Chi¢f Ex¢utttYc Offic¢rthyJ Tn]st¢e Trustee Th¢ not¢s on pag&% 11 ￿ 21 form an inte￿￿1 part of ￿se fiDancial ststanents. Page 10 Royal Soclety For The Prevention Of Crnelty To Animals - Sussex East and Hastings Branch Notes to the Financlal Statements for the Year Ended 31 Deeember 2021 l Afcowititig policie StatellKnt of compli￿4￿ The ftnancial sta*mellts hav¢ in ￿ with Accoutiting and Rwrting by Chariti¢s: St8t¢ment of ReciMmn¢nd&] PractÈc¢ applicablc lo cl)arities prqwI￿ their ￿e￿U￿ts in 2ecorthDce with the Finan¢i81 Reporting Stsndard app]icabl¢ in the UK athd Republic of Ireland IFRS 102) {¢ffective l January 2015) - Icharities SORP IFRS 102)), the Finati¢i81 Rew>rting Standard applicable ID the UK aThl Republic of Iteland (FRS 102) and the Clwiti¢s Aet 2011. Basb of prepmtb)A Roya] Society For Th¢ Prevention Of Cmelty To Atiimth - Fast and Hastings Brw)ch meets the definition of a public bentfil ¢niity undcr FRS 102. Asrt% and liabilities are initially recogni￿ at historie21 cost or traiisaction value unlus othen¥is¢ Stated in thc rclevittt accounting p)licy notes. Exemption from preparlng a rnsh Ilow State￿￿t The charity opt¢d to early adow B￿letIn I publish￿ on 2 Fetffwy 2016 hav¢ therefoT¢ not i￿l￿ded a ca flow ststement in th￿¢ financi￿ 51atrm￿ts. Golng ¢ts#eern The Co￿91der that tlwe aTe no Uncer￿¢$ al￿t the chu1t￿S abiltty to C4)nliDue as a going concern. Ineome #nd ettdowtwits Volunlary income including donations. gift& le￿CleS and gmts thal provide core fiuKling or are of a general ature is recognised when the chaTity has entitlern￿ to the incom< It is probable that the irKome will be received aThJ the aTnount Lzn k rneasu￿ with sufficient ￿lIabIlity. Donations and legacies 4re recogni￿1 oll a ￿tIVable t*sis rettipt is ptDb&ble and the att￿llt can be Tcliably oKaSu￿ Grdnis are r¢¢ognised when the charity has an entitlement to the fimds atml conditio]Js lillkol tt) the grdnts have been met. Where perfomiance conditions are attsched to thc grant aTKI are yet ￿ be m¢t, the incom¢ is cogllised as a liability and included on the balan¢¢ she& &8 defe¥ral i￿Ome to be rElease ExpeDdlture All expcndittwe 18 recogtii￿ Or￿ there is a legal or cot)stn￿ve obli8ation to that expetykn it 15 tffobable scttl¢mcnt is requi￿ and the amount can be measur￿1 reliably. All costs 3re 311ocated io the appIl￿ble expenditur¢ heading that aggrega* similar ci)sts to that category. Where cosis cannot be dircctly attributed to PHrticular h¢adJ"ng5 they have bcen gjlocated on a basis Consistart with the w of rtsources, WTth c¢nts81 stsff costs allocated on the FAsis of time srKnL and depTeciation charge8 kllocated on th portion of the asset's use. Other 8UPPrt costs ar¢ all(tated bascd on spThd of styff co P4ell Roy21 Society For The Prevendon Of Crnelty To Anlmals- SusseI East and Hastings Branch Notes to the Finanefial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2021 Ruisingfumds These are costs incurred in &ttra¢tillg volutslary ll￿ag￿t of invests￿lts and those iu¢utrcd . trading activities that rdiS¢ fillth. Charitsble CA￿ld￿l￿re costs by the charity in tbe delivery of its *tivities and services for tts b￿C[￿larIC5. It includcs ix)th costs that be all(Katrd dirertly to sucb aetivities al￿ those costs of att indircct nature ll￿￿Sary to supp>rt tlv SUp￿rt ¢05ts Support Costs incl￿￿ centra] functiotLS aThl have been all￿ted to xtivity cost ￿tegOrieS on a basis consistent with the use of resour¢* for exampl< All(xzting prrw costs by fk#)r arc4 or pu capil4 Staff costs by the time srrtnt and othcr costs by th¢ir usage. Governanee ¢05ts These include the costs attnl)utable to the charity's wmp]iaDce with coDstithtiona] and statsrtory wuarem¢nts. including audiL strategic maDagement atrj trus*es's meetillg5 and reimbur5¢d ¢xpens(s. Governme#t gr*D¢s Government grants are TEc0￿E5c￿ based on th¢ accrual model aDd m4sur¢d at fair value of thc a55et received or r¢ceiTrable. Graots are (I￿lfi¢d as relaitng eith¢r to ￿t￿lle or to a&sets. GTants relaiing to revenu¢ are recognised 11] income over the period in whaeh the ￿ated costs are r￿0￿s¢d. Grants relating io as5ds arc rec()gni8ed over the expected usefid life of the sseL ￿l￿e part of a grallt rel&ttDg to an &s5¢t is defcrreii it is recognised as defeTTed ineome. Tgxation The Charity is considfflrd to pass the tL%ts sc¢ out in Pardgrdph I Schedule 6 of the Finance Aci 2010 and therefote it rneets the definition of a charitable company for UK CofFM)ration purposes. Accordingfy. the is poieutiaI]y exempt from tsxation in respect of income or wital gains received within categori¢s Covered by Claapter 3 Part I l of the CO￿￿r*I0n Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the T￿ation of Chatgeable Gains Act 1992. to the exient th* such income or gains &e applied eyclusivcty to ¢lwÉtablc purpose5. Tarygible fixed assets Depreclatioll •Dd amorti￿lI0 D¢preciation ts pro¥ided on tangible fixed so &% to Wri￿ off the cost or TrfalUth"O￿ le&s any eslimated Tesxdual valu4 over their cxp¢c*d eco]M)mic life as follows: A￿et dass Equipment Cat Reknming Centre B¢xhill Shop Fixlurcs and Ftttings Depreciatfion Toethod XDd rate 150h R￿llC[ng Balance 25/• Rcducing Balance Page 12 Royal Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals - Sussex East %Dd H￿thIg$ Branch Notes to the Financfial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Dettmber 2021 fixed asset illy￿￿ts Fixed asset invcstment& othtr than progrnmrne r¢la*d jnv¢sttll￿￿ at¢ included at D]8rket value at the balanc¢ sheet date. Realss¢d gaios and losses OD iuv&¥ments are calcuiated as the difference bdween sales proceeds and thetr llJaTkei valu¢ at the slart of the year. or tlheir thsequeni cosi aTLd are charged or credited to the Ststemellt oIFinancia] Activiiics iu the pcriod of dtSFWI. ch&rgcd ￿ th¢ Ststem¢nt ofF]JW￿]al ActivitiG% based on the market value ￿ the year en Sto¢k Stock is vah*d at thc lowtr of estimatrd selltng price less costs to cotDplde s¢lL after due T¢g for obsolete and Slow nyjving 5ttKk& Cost is using the first-k￿ f￿st￿Ut IFIFO). Trade debtors are ami)unts du¢ Cust(￿ formerch￿ise sold or suv1￿5 pcrfornKd in the OTdiDary cour8¢ of busines6. Trade D¢btors are rrtogfti￿j initially at the ￿￿￿tion price. Cash and ush eqlliv•lexts C&8h and cash equiwdlents c(xnprise cash on hand a￿1 call dwits. and other short-tern) highly liquid iDv¢sts)]ent5 that are Teadlly convertible to a known amount of c&sh and subj¢th to an insigllificant risk tsf cbange in value. Trad¢ ereditOTS are obligations to pay for giKyJs OT Wvtces that have been acquired in the ordinary c(A]Tse of businE&S from suppliers. A￿0￿￿L8 payabl¢ are classified as cwrent liabihtie5 if the does not ]Jave an unconditiot)al right. at the end of the reporting period ￿ defer settlement of the creditor for at leasi Nelv¢ rnnths aft¢1 the reporting date. If there is an unconditional ri8hi to defer sett]emettt for at least twelve D￿nthS aft¢r the reporting date, thcy are PreS￿trd as ￿)n-0￿ent liabilities. Trade Creth"toYs a￿ rec08Als￿l initially at th¢ traL$ad￿ pric Fund struttsre Unrcstrictrd inwrne fithds are general futMLs that ￿ available for use at the trltsiets's discretion in futtheran¢¢ of th¢ objectÈves of the charity. Restricted illcorne fillML8 aye those (kna*d for us¢ in a Wicul¥r arca or f(r spccific purp)s£% the use of whieb is rtstricted to that area or purpose. Page 13 Royal Soelety For The Prevention Of Crnelty To Anim2ls- Slls￿ Esst and Hastings Branch Notes to the Financial Statements for the Yur EDded 31 De¢ember 2021 2 lttcom¢ from don*tiDns aDd kgxles f￿ndS GeDera] Restricted runds Total fuods lknwtions and le8a¢i¢s' Donatiolls from i[￿1vi￿oIS 14acies Gift aid reelaim G￿t& including capita] grdnts" 10.784 376.IY)6 23.855 34.639 376.096 42 42 13.922 13,922 Totsl for 2021 4￿,802 23.897 424.699 Total for 2020 176.192 31,095 207287 3 Income from other tr￿thE Attivits nds GeMer*l Dds funds Trading inwm¢' Shop income from sale of doDated and 36,074 1,276 37.350 Events income. Othcr events income Loc8] fuIKtr￿sIn8 and street colle￿10￿ itK(Jn Spowrship income Met]]bership subscriptions Tolal for 2021 2,196 2,288 24.134 265 515 24,134 265 515 61.080 3,472 64,552 Total for 2020 46.879 4,625 51J04 Page 14 Royvdl Soelety For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals - Sussex East and Hastings BraJeh otes to the Flnanclal Statements for Ihe Year Ended 31 December 2021 4 Investjllent itieoa ilttrestri¢ted Re4trkned fM*ds Tot•1 fundj GeD¢ral Incom¢ from dividen&8: Dividends r¢ceivablc from other lisknl i1￿£5￿￿ Interest receivable and similar in(x> Intuest rec¢ivable on baDk deposits 573 573 40 Total for 2021 573 619 Tot*1 for 2020 708 366 1,074 S Other In¢0 Dds Gt*¢ral Tolxl nds Income from othcr 1x￿￿he5 Insurance Corntni&8ion Rrfe￿d Rental income 8.098 8,IY)8 270 2,700 270 2.700 Totsl for 2021 270 10,798 11.068 Total for 2020 132 7.785 7,917 O EXpettdt￿re on T￿1￿8 fuds a) Costs of getttratlng don*doDs *nd legades fu•ds Gtner#l Restrlct¢d fuads fuMIs Nate Donations Other dir¢ct costs of gen￿lI]ng YoluntJry income 36 36 1830) 830 TO1￿ for 2021 (830 794 Tot￿ for 2020 11.378 177 11,555 Page IS Royal Society For The Preventlon Ot Cruelty To Animals - Sussex East Hastings Branch Notes to the Fin4DefiaJ Stalements for the Year Ended 31 Detember 2021 b) Costs of trading actlvltlts ds Genernl Total funds funds Costs of goo¢Ls sold Depreci*ioo an￿l￿tion and other similar Osts 928 IOJ64 11292 590 590 Other direct costs of 3Ctivitio% for generati funds 19,678 19.678 Total for 2021 20,606 10,954 31.560 Total for 2020 22,003 6.414 28,417 ¢) Investn￿t njamagenwt fvmds Restrlcted fkttds Total Finallce ¢harg&s' Bank charges 833 929 Total ffjr 21121 833 929 Tot*1 for 21)20 65 458 523 7 Expendhure on eharlt*bie xtlvlti fHDds Geueral fwids nds Note LkprecÉa¢ion. ankni5ation and similar costs Stsff costs AllO￿ted support co&s Govcmance costs 9.113 114.387 28,349 9,113 114J87 28,419 1,450 70 1.450 Totsl lor 202E 1.520 151.849 153,369 Totsl for2020 1.663 153249 154.912 Pag¢ 16 Royal Society For The Prevention Of Crnelty To All1D￿- Sllssei East and Hastfings Br4D¢h Notes to the Finallt￿ ststememts for the Year Ended 31 December 2021 8 Anatysig of governance #Ad $¥ppDrt Costs Goytnwice costs funds Celler*l Totsl f¥Dds Ind¢pwlent examin¢r fe Examination of the fitwtcial ststmajts I,450 1,450 Totsl for 2021 1.450 1,450 Tot￿ for 202• 1.450 1.450 9 Net Incominyjtsutgolng 2021 2020 Depreciation of fixed assets Fillan¢¢ rharges payabl¢ 9.703 929 7.298 523 10 Stsff eosts 2021 2020 Si*ff ¢Nts durlng the *ere= Wages and salaries Othcr st&ff costs 135,410 28 136.825 135,438 136.825 No employec received enM)h]tncllts of owre than £￿.(￿N) during the year 11 IndepeDdeDt ex•miDer's rernRneratiiMI 2•21 2(120 Ex8Tnination of the financi81 stateM￿ts .450 .450 Page 17 Roy21 Society For The Prevention Of Crnelty To Animals- Sussex East gnd Haslings Branch Notes to the Fijwicial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2021 12 Taiation Thc charity is a ttgisterd clwity aThl is thu¢foff exemo fTlXn tsxatiOJL 13 T*¥gible fL￿d assets Land #Ad equipmenl Total Cost At l January 2021 AddiiioTLS 377J94 121.4(X) 12,824 501 3Y).218 121.Wl At 31 Decemkr 2021 498.794 13,325 512.119 Depr¢¢i•tion At l January 2021 Charge for th¢ year 145.088 9.113 9.757 590 154,845 9,703 At 31 December 2021 154.201 10.347 164.548 Net botsk value At 31 December 2(r21 344.593 2,978 347,571 At 31 D￿¢mber 2020 232,306 235,373 14 Fixed asset investments 2021 2020 Other inv£stm¢nts 16.515 12.983 Page 18 Royal Society For The Prev¢Dtion Of Cruelty To Animv41s - Su&¥ex East and H*stings Brallch Notss to the Financial StsitemeDts for tbe Year Ended 31 De¢ember 2021 Other investmtttts vestmeDts Total Cost ibT VAluation At l January 2021 R¢valuaLion 12.983 3,532 12,983 3.532 At 31 D￿e￿I￿r 2021 16.515 16.515 Net book W￿￿e At 31 Dcccmbcr 2021 16,515 16.515 At 31 Ikc¢mber 2020 12,983 12.983 15 Sto¢k 2021 21120 Stock5 88 831 16 Debton 21121 2020 Trade debtors VAT recoverabk 4,984 7.567 5,311 1,047 12.551 6,358 17 C*sh a•d r•sh quIv￿ents 2021 2020 C&8h at bank 873.591 688.181 18 Creditor5: r￿lthg due withitt year 2021 20211 Trade creditors Other tsxation social stturity P¢Dsion scheme creditor 4.307 1.917 71 3235 2.104 71 6.295 5.410 Page 19 Royal Soeiety For The Prevention Of Crnelty To Animals- Sussei East and Haslings Branch Notes to the Finanelal Statements for the Year Ended 31 D￿eMber 2021 19 F￿llds Other retoglllyt41 Tr*nsten gainsl(knse8) J￿￿1￿ry 21121 U#r¢strided funds Unr¢stricted gene￿1 fitttds 811.202 462.148 (41.866) (163,736) (221,851) 221.851 3,532 Restrieted futhds 115.114 45,627 Total fvnds 938,316 507.775 (205,(￿2 3.532 Balgnee at 31 December 21121 Unrestrtctrd generdl fiu 1,025.165 Restrkted 218.856 Total funth 1,244.021 Pag¢ 20 Royal Soclety For The Prevention Of Crnelty To Anim*ls- SusseI East And H¥dStlngs Brxnch Notes to the FiDancial Ststements for the Year Ended 31 December 2021 Bthee at I Jxnu*ry 2020 Other Tr￿S[en gaiDsl{losseJ} Unrestricted hAds 750542 223,712 {50.138} (92277) {8,63D Restrict¢d flllldg 131.124 52266 {160,553} 92277 Total funds 881.666 275,978 (210.691> B￿*￿te *t31 21120 Unrestrkted fund Unrestricted germl fijnds 823.202 Restricted funds 115,114 Tot￿ fwnd8 938,316 20 Analysiy of net between fDllds Tota] funds &t Re%trfeted 31 DecembeT Dds 2021 fuDds Tangible fixed &&sets FiA¢d a&s¢t iDvesimeDts Curmt &8sets Current liabilities 347571 347,571 16,515 886,230 6.295) 16,515 711,856 (1.449 174.374 Total net assets 726.922 517,099 1244,021 21 'Attaty8ls ofnet At J J*n**ry FingRdng t￿b De£euther 20Zi flows 2021 Cash at battk a￿1 in 688.181 185.410 873.591 Net debt 688.181 185.410 873591 Page21 Our Vision Our vision is to one day live in a world where all animals are respected and treated with compassion. And that is what we work towards every day. TIT Sussex East & Hastings Branch Registered Charity No. 206314