## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/01/2023 Period start date To 31/12/2023 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Boote Home for Cats** ## **Charity registration number: 227795** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governingdocument|Para 1.17|To provide a home for unwanted cats and
temporary accommodation for the cats of
people absent from home for shortperiods.| |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|Stray and unwanted cats and kittens were
admitted throughout the year.
They received veterinary treatment and were
microchipped, inoculated and neutered.
Most of them were re-homed in suitable
homes.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees are satisfied that all activities
undertaken by the charity are for the benefit
of the public. The trustees have had due
regard to the guidance on public benefit
published 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|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|| |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|Many stray and unwanted cats and kittens
were received into the Home, and new
homes were found for most of them. All cats
and kittens coming into our care were
inoculated, microchipped and neutered.
No healthy cats were put to sleep.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity’s financial position is healthy; a
large number of legacies helped in a year
which saw a decrease in donations we
attributed to the cost of living crisis.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|All funds are used as needed.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|No set amount.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|None| |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
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|The will of William Boote, proved in Liverpool
on 03-03-1924.| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Trust| |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
trustees|Para 1.25|Appointed by existing 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|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Boote Home for Cats| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|none| |Registered charity number|227795| |Charity’s principal address|2 Elm Vale
Fairfield
Liverpool
L6 8NX| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Helen Beckett|Chair||| ||Jacqueline
Monaghan|Secretary||| ||Anastasia Kelly|Treasurer||| ||VickyMcKay|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** A Kelly **Full name(s)** Anastasia Kelly **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc)** **Date** 30[th] October 2024 **Charity Name No (if any) BOOTE HOME FOR CATS 227795 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1/1/2023 12/31/2023 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** ||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|||**Total funds**||**Last year**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||| |Adoptions|||**9,720**||**-**||**-**|||**9,720**||13,335|| ||||||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||| |Donations|||**57,387**||**-**||**-**|||**57,387**||25,175|| |Fundraising|||**945**||**-**||**-**|||**945**||3,649|| |Interest/Dividends/Commission|||**7,589**||**-**||**-**|||**7,589**||5,299|| |Legacies/In Memoria|||**124,039**||**-**||**-**|||**124,039**||115,796|| |Refunds & Gift Aidpayments|||**9,150**||**-**||**-**|||**9,150**||1,206|| ||||||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|||**208,830**||**-**||**-**|**## **||**208,830**||**164,460**|| ||||||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||||||| |**(see table).**|||||||||||||| ||||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||| ||||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**_Sub total_**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||||||||||||||| ||**_Total receipts_ **||**208,830**||**-**|||**- ### 208,830**||||**164,460**|| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||| |Cattery expenses|||20,434||**-**||**-**|||**20,434**||19,677|| |Maintenance|||354||**-**||**-**|||**354**||484|| |Insurance|||915||**-**||**-**|||**915**||853|| |Travel expenses|||1,600||**-**||**-**|||**1,600**||1,779|| |Utilities & Rates|||26,093||**-**||**-**|||**26,093**||20,540|| |Veterinary fees|||35,272||**-**||**-**|||**35,272**||34,270|| |Wages|||4,680||**-**||**-**|||**4,680**||4,680|| |Fundraising expenses|||566||**-**||**-**|||**566**||587|| |Refunds|||-||**-**||**-**|||**-**||50|| ||**_Sub total_ **||**89,914**||**-**||**-**|||**89,914**||**82,920**|| ||||||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**|||||||||||||| |**purchases, (see**|**table)**||||||||||||| ||||||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||| |COIF shares|||||||||||||| ||||||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||| ||**_Sub total_ **||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||||||||||||||| ||**_Total payments_ **||**89,914**||**-**|||**-**||**89,914**||**82,920**|| ||||||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **|||**118,916**||**-**||**-**|||**118,916**||**81,540**|| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|||**224,466**||**-**||**-**|||**224,466**||**142,926**|| |**_Cash funds this year end_ **|||**343,382**||**-**||**-**|||**343,382**||**224,466**|| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
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behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Cash
Current account
Deposit account
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**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
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A Kelly
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(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**984**
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**40,484**
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**301,914**
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**343,382**
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Anastasia Kelly
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approval| ||A Kelly|Anastasia Kelly|9/24/2023| ||||| ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/ members of** ## BOOTE HOME FOR CATS 31[ST] December 2023 **On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any)** 227795 **Set out on pages** 1-2 below ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31/12/2022** . As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation 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 examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention 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._ I D ION 24 December 2024 **Signed: Date: Name:** Ian Dominic Ion **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** Fellow Chartered Public Finance Accountant **October 2018** 1 **IER** **Address:** 9 Oakmere Drive Greasby Wirral Merseyside CH49 2RU ## **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** . None. **October 2018** 2 **IER**