2023-12-31-accounts - RSPCA Lincolnshire Mid, North East & Lincoln Branch

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RSPCA MID LINCOLNSHIRE BRANCH TRUSTEE ANNUAL REPORT Year ended 31 December 2023

REVIEW

In 2023, 124 animals – 80 of which were cats - found their wonderful new homes through the branch as we moved forward following a difficult few years following the pandemic.

We have continued working with Copperhill Kennels and Cattery and Iris Cottage Cattery in 2023, who have been looking after our animals to an impeccably high standard. I would like to thank Juliet, Darren and Eileen and their teams for all their support and care of our animals throughout the last twelve months.

We would also like to thank Lauren, Allison, John and Lewis our cat fosterers – the latter two who resigned as fosterers as they gave a forever home to their latest charges. A special thank you goes out to Vikki for her wonderful care of Zippi, our long-term foster cat, who ultimately adopted Zippi in December 2023 following their 18 months of fostering him – Zippi is still defying the veterinary prognosis, and continues to live a life of luxury!

We would also like to thank Sandra, our rabbit fosterer, for her wonderful care of rabbits throughout 2023, finding Finn, Lola and Willow lovely forever homes.

We would like to say a special thank you to Sue, our volunteer guinea pig fosterer, who after several years of caring for our guinea pigs, retired from fostering in 2023 – as a branch we are so grateful to her for her hard work and commitment to the guinea pigs within our branch.

We would also like to thank our other wonderful foster carers who take in our animals from time to time.

Our animals receive veterinary treatment from Kirk Vets, The Veterinary Hospital, MediVet Welton and Rase Vets and we are extremely grateful for the care the animals receive from these practices.

We continue to have a great working relationship with the Inspectorate and other RSPCA branches as a result of our supporting each other, and would like to thank Chief Inspector Becky Lowe and her team for their ongoing support throughout 2023.

Of course, with animals in our care, once they do find someone who wishes to give them a loving home, we are required to carry out a home visit to ensure their prospective new home is appropriate for them. We are extremely fortunate to have committed Home Visitors to carry out these processes, and I would like to thank these volunteers for carrying out such an important process in the animal’s journey to finding their forever home. The pandemic certainly assisted us in this regard, with the ability for home visits to be carried out virtually. Not only does this mean we have recruited more home visitors, this also means visits are undertaken much more quickly, and animals can go to their new homes sooner.

I would like to say thank you to Kim Drew, our Area Retail Manager, for all her hard work, and to Angus, and Victoria, our shop managers. I would like to say a special thank you to our shop staff; Sue, Sue, Joanne and June; for all their support and commitment to our shops and not to mention our wonderful volunteers who work in the shops, enabling our shops to open and raise much-needed funds throughout 2023.

We said goodbye to Jack Thorpe, our Branch Administrator in early 2023, and after a period of recruitment, the branch realised one of their strategic aims of recruiting a Branch Manager in the form of Melanie Winstanley, who joined us in September 2023. We are very grateful to all of Melanie’s hard work so far, and very much look forward to seeing how the branch grows into 2024 with Melanie in post.

In terms of fundraising, in April 2023, we were named as a Charity Partner for the City of Lincoln’s 10k for the following three years and raised over £4000 for the branch with members of our branch taking to the streets of

Lincoln as cheerleaders, stewards and runners! We also welcomed Beatles Complete, the Cavern Club’s resident Beatles tribute band for the branch’s first charity concert in October 2023 which was a great success.

I would like to thank my fellow trustees: Dawn, Carla, Penny, Jo, Charlie, Rachel, Debby, Lewis, Haydn and Preston for their continuous hard work, support and commitment to the branch. As always, there are changes to faces within the committee and we did say farewell to Richard, who stepped down as Trustee in 2023 – we wish him all the very best and thank him for all his support in his time as a trustee.

I would like to say a special thank you to Dawn, Vice-Chair, who has been a huge support on a daily basis behind the scenes; to Penny who has continued to work incredibly hard as branch Treasurer, and Rachel as branch Secretary. I would like to thank all members of the committee for their insight, their continued loyalty and passion for animals, and commitment to our branch. The branch are very lucky to have such committed trustees with a keen eye for improving processes, implementing strategies and ensuring the animals are at the forefront of every decision made. I look forward to working with the committee going forward in 2024, and I am excited to see what the future holds.

Finally, I would also like to thank Kim Forman who continues to be a great support to the branch and to the committee in ensuring the best decisions are made.

Without the support of our staff and volunteers – whether you work in our shops, help at fundraising events, complete home visits, sit as a trustee, foster our animals, visit our shops as a customer, or attend our events as a supporter, we simply couldn’t continue the work we do for the animals in our care.

On behalf of our animals – who I am sure if they could talk, they would say it themselves - thank you very much.

31 May 2024

					`31.12.23`		`31.12.22`
	`Unrestricted`			`Restricted`	`Total`		`Total`
		`fund`		`fund`	`funds`		`funds`
	`Notes`	`£`		`£`	`£`		`£`
`INCOMINGRESOURCES`
`Incomingresourcesfromgenerated`
`funds`
`Voluntaryincome`		`193,681`		`-`	`193,681`		`96,200`
`Activitiesforgeneratingfunds`	`2`	`186,380`		`-`	`186,380`		`193,038`
`Totalincomingresources`		`380,061`		`-`	`380,061`		`289,238`
`RESOURCESEXPENDED`
`Costsofgeneratingfunds`
`Costsofgeneratingvoluntaryincome`	`3`		`-`	`-`		`-`	`359`
`Fundraisingtrading:costofgoodssold`
`andother costs`	`4`	`128,869`		`-`	`128,869`		`115,372`
`Charitableactivities`
`General`		`134,601`		`-`	`134,601`		`137,995`
`Governancecosts`		`658`		`-`	`658`		`394`
`Otherresourcesexpended`			`-`	`-`		`-`	`1,253`
`Totalresourcesexpended`		`264,128`		`-`	`264,128`		`255,373`
`NETINCOMINGRESOURCES`		`115,933`		`-`	`115,933`		`33,865`
`RECONCILIATIONOFFUNDS`
`Totalfundsbroughtforward`		`402,614`		`-`	`402,614`		`368,749`
`TOTALFUNDSCARRIEDFORWARD`		`518,547`		`-`	`518,547`		`402,614`

					`31.12.23`	`31.12.22`
	`Unrestricted`		`Restricted`		`Total`	`Total`
		`fund`	`fund`		`funds`	`funds`
	`Notes`	`£`	`£`		`£`	`£`
`FIXEDASSETS`
`Tangibleassets`	`7`	`104,861`		`-`	`104,861`	`105,477`
`CURRENTASSETS`
`Debtors`	`8`	`3,993`		`-`	`3,993`	`3,692`
`Prepaymentsandaccruedincome`		`1,164`		`-`	`1,164`	`1,779`
`Cashinhand`		`419,418`		`-`	`419,418`	`304,445`
		`424,575`		`-`	`424,575`	`309,916`
`CREDITORS`
`Amountsfallingduewithinoneyear`	`9`	`(10,889)`		`-`	`(10,889)`	`(12,779)`
`NETCURRENTASSETS`		`413,686`		`-`	`413,686`	`297,137`
`TOTALASSETSLESSCURRENT`
`LIABILITIES`		`518,547`		`-`	`518,547`	`402,614`
`NETASSETS`		`518,547`		`-`	`518,547`	`402,614`
`FUNDS`	`10`
`Unrestrictedfunds`					`518,547`	`402,614`
`TOTALFUNDS`					`518,547`	`402,614`

	`31.12.23`		`31.12.22`
	`£`		`£`
`Supportcosts`		`-`	`359`
`FUNDRAISINGTRADING:COSTOFGOODSSOLDANDOTHERCOSTS`
	`31.12.23`		`31.12.22`
	`£`		`£`
`Purchases`	`5,123`		`156`
`Staffcosts`	`89,058`		`87,199`
`Shopoverheads`	`8,275`		`4,855`
`Supportcosts`	`26,413`		`23,162`
	`128,869`		`115,372`

`There` `were`	`no`	`remuneration`	`or`	`other`	`for` `the`	`year`	`ended`
`31December`	`2023norforthe`	`yearended31`	`December2022.`
`Trustees’expenses`
					`31.12.23`	`31.12.22`
					`£`		`£`
`Trustees'expenses`					`125`		`359`
`STAFFCOSTS`
					`31.12.23`	`31.12.22`
					`£`		`£`
`Wagesandsalaries`					`103,510`		`101,815`
`Theaveragemonthlynumber`		`ofemployees`	`during`	`theyearwasas`	`follows:`
					`31.12.23`	`31.12.22`
`Employees`					`8`		`10`

`7.`	`TANGIBLEFIXEDASSETS`
		`Freehold`	`Fixtures`	`\|Computer`
		`property`	`andfittings`	`equipment`	`Totals`
		`£`	`£`	`£`	`£`
	`COST`
	`At` `1January2023and`
	`31December2023`	`108,554`	`15,651`	`2,295`	`126,500`
	`DEPRECIATION`
	`At` `1January2023`	`7,046`	`11,809`	`2,168`	`21,023`
	`Chargeforyear`	`190`	`384`	`42`	`616`
	`At31December2023`	`7,236`	`12,193`	`2,210`	`21,639`
	`NETBOOKVALUE`
	`At31December2023`	`101,318`	`3,458`	`85`	`104,861`
	`At31December2022`	`101,508`	`3,842`	`127`	`105,477`
	`DEBTORS:AMOUNTSFALLINGDUEWITHINONEYEAR`
				`31.12.23`	`31.12.22`
				`£`	`£`
	`Other debtors`			`3,993`	`3,692`
	`CREDITORS:AMOUNTSFALLINGDUEWITHINONEYEAR`
				`31.12.23`	`31.12.22`
				`£`	`£`
	`Othercreditors`			`10,889`	`12,779`
`10.`	`MOVEMENTINFUNDS`
				`Net`
				`movement`
			`At1.1.23`	`infunds`	`At31.12.23`
			`£`	`£`	`£`
	`Unrestrictedfunds`
	`Generalfund`		`402,614`	`115,933`	`518,547`
	`TOTALFUNDS`		`402,614`	`115,933`	`518,547`

	`Incoming`	`Resources`	`Movement`	`Movement`
	`resources`	`expended`		`infunds`
	`£`	`£`		`£`
`Unrestrictedfunds`
`Generalfund`	`380,061`	`(264,128)`		`115,933`
`TOTALFUNDS`	`380,061`	`(264,128)`		`115,933`
`Comparativesformovementinfunds`
		`Net`
		`movement`
	`At1.1.22`	`infunds`	`At`	`31.12.22`
	`£`	`£`		`£`
`UnrestrictedFunds`
`Generalfund`	`368,749`	`33,865`		`402,614`
`TOTALFUNDS`	`368,749`	`33,865`		`402,614`
`Comparativenetmovementinfunds,included`	`intheaboveareasfollows:`
	`Incoming`	`Resources`	`Movement`
	`resources`	`expended`		`infunds`
	`£`	`£`		`£`
`Unrestrictedfunds`
`Generalfund`	`289,238`	`(255,373)`		`33,865`
`TOTALFUNDS`	`289,238`	`(255,373)`		`33,865`
`Acurrentyear12monthsandprioryear12monthscombinedpositionisasfollows:`
		`Net`
		`movement`
	`At1.1.22`	`infunds`	`At`	`31.12.23`
	`£`	`£`		`£`
`Unrestrictedfunds`
`Generalfund`	`368,749`	`149,798`		`518,547`
`TOTALFUNDS`	`368,749`	`149,798`		`518,547`

	`Incoming`	`Resources`	`Movement`
	`resources`	`expended`	`infunds`
	`pal`	`£`	`£`
`Unrestrictedfunds`
`Generalfund`	`669,299`	`(519,501)`	`149,798`
`TOTALFUNDS`	`669,299`	`(519,501)`	`149,798`

	`31.12.23`	`31.12.22`
	`£`	`£`
`INCOMINGRESOURCES`
`Voluntaryincome`
`Donations`	`48,145`	`43,911`
`Legacies`	`145,536`	`52,289`
	`193,681`	`96,200`
`Activitiesforgeneratingfunds`
`Fundraisingevents`	`8,119`	`42`
`Shopincome`	`178,261`	`192,996`
	`186,380`	`193,038`
`Totalincomingresources`	`380,061`	`289,238`
`RESOURCESEXPENDED`
`Fundraisingtrading:costofgoodssoldandothercosts`
`Fundraisingeventsexpenses`	`5,123`	`156`
`Wages`	`89,058`	`87,199`
`Shopoverheads`	`8,275`	`4,855`
	`102,456`	`92,210`
`Charitableactivities`
`Boarding& fosteringcosts`	`73,718`	`73,358`
`Veterinarycosts`	`31,587`	`33,579`
	`105,305`	`106,937`
`Governancecosts`
`Expenses& sundries`	`658`	`394`
`Supportcosts`
`Management`
`Trustees'expenses`	`125`	`359`
`Wages`	`14,452`	`14,616`
`Shoprent`	`5,500`	`6,000`
`Ratesandwater`	`561`		`-`
`Light,heat,rates&telephone`	`10,268`	`17,162`
`Post,stationery& office`	`4,324`	`3,274`
`ContributiontoHQ`	`551`	`551`
`Repairs& maintenance`	`11,148`	`5,696`
`Carriedforward`	`46,929`	`47,658`

	`31.12.23`	`31.12.22`
	`£`	`£`
`Management`
`Broughtforward`	`46,929`	`47,658`
`Professionalfees`	`1,506`	`376`
	`48,435`	`48,034`
`Finance`
`Bank& electronicpaymentfees`	`3,094`	`3,376`
`Accountancy`	`2,698`	`2,096`
	`5,792`	`5,472`
`Other`
`Insurance`	`866`	`1,624`
`Depreciationoftangiblefixedassets`	`616`	`702`
	`1,482`	`2,326`
`Totalresourcesexpended`	`264,128`	`255,373`
`Netincome`	`115,933`	`33,865`