RSPCA (GOOLE & DISTRICT BRANCH) Registered charity number 232214 Trustees, Report and Unaudited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024
RSPCA (GOOLE & DISTRICT BRANCH) Trustees9 Report and Financial Statements Contents Page Trustees, Report Statement of Financial Activities Balance Sheet Notes to the Financial Statements 8-11 Independent Examiner's Report 12
RSPCA (GOOLE & DISTRICT BRANCH) Trustees, Report REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered charity number 232214 Principal address 8 Field Lane Rawcliffe Goole East Yorkshire DN14 8RR Trustees during the year A Mellor Chair T Marston Assistant Treasurer G Petty Secretary / Press / Volunteer Coordinator J Petty Treasurer (to 16 May 2024) J P Price Treasurer (appointed 16 May 2024) A Ramsden Cat Coordinator (resigned September 2024) J Ward ID chipping Coordinator Independent examiner T A Barker FCCA Barnhill Wetherby Road Collingham West Yorkshire LS22 SAY
RSPCA (GOOLE & DISTRICT BRANCH) Trusteesg Report (continued) STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document The Charitable Trust is constituted by the Trust Deed dated ioth January 1969. The governing document is that of RSPCA Branch Rules as published by the RSPCA, Wilberforce Way, Southwater, Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 9RS. Recruitment and appointment of new trustees Appointment of trustees is governed by the Trust Deed of the Charity and the Board of Trustees is authorised to appoint new trustees to fill vacancies arising through resignation or death of an existing trustee. Trustees put themselves up for election and are appointed by the branch membership at the AGM. Comprehensive trustee training is given as required by the BSS. Committee The committee consists of 6 volunteers who work very hard on behalf of animal welfare in the area. In addition to these trustees there are a large number of volunteers who help us fundraise, foster, home-check, ID Chip paperwork and help run welfare Days. Risk management The trustees have conducted a review of the major risks to which the charity is exposed and systems have been established to mitigate those risks. These procedures are regularly reviewed to ensure they still meet the needs of the charity. The charity operates as an autonomous branch of the National RSPCA covering the DN14 postcode area. The main point of contact is 07599 087527. Goole and District RSPCA is part of the North Region of the RSPCA. We are represented on the Regional Board for the North Region by trustee Tracy Marston. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES The principal activity of the Charity continues to be that of the promotion of kindness and prevention of cruelty to animals. The object of the charity is to further animal welfare in the area covered by the branch. The main activities undertaken were the re-homing and fostering of animals as well as their veterinary treatment. ACHIEVEMEwfs AND PERFORMANCE 2024 Half way through the year we were very fortunate in gaining Phillip Price to take on the financials. After some meetings between Jane, Phil and Tracy he managed to tidy up and move the branch forward financially in a big way. We continued to bring sick, injured or abandoned cats into care and we found homes for 152 (last year 151) The branch continued to work closely with End Cottage Veterinary Clinic in Howden, for the foster work and supporting our feral cat projects. Throughout 2024 Amy and Georgina carried out the online home visits. We said goodbye to Jill and Andy halfway through the year as poor health and family commitments meant they could no longer use the cat pen and foster for us. Our main kitten fosterers Abbi, Am] and Aly left us but we gained Kirsty who takes kittens into her home and works with all the family to care for them. We also added Jane Price to the team as an emergency fosterer. We started weekly virtual meetings to include all the fosterers, discuss cats in care and the visits. This way, all the cat fosterers work as a rehoming team together now, a huge thank you to our fosterers and a group of volunteers who regularly support the fostering team spending time socialising the cats and assisting with transporting foster cats to the vets.
RSPCA (GOOLE & DISTRICT BRANCH) Trustees, Report (continued) ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE 2024 (continued) In November the national RSPCA set up a branch care contribution fund to pay branches who would take rescue cats the inspectorate had placed in catteries. This was in response to rising boarding fees for HQ to cover. In return, eligible cats came with £7.63 per day to contribute towards care, veterinary fees and boarding for up to 90 days. Thanks to Jane Price who has taken on completing the claims for this. June organises the chips and liaises regularly with the vets and fosterers. Both Rase and End Cottage vets continue to chip our animals for free with June supplying the chips to them. Between the veterinary clinics and June, we organised 276 animals to be chipped (14 of these were dogs, the rest cats). 103 home visits (108 last year) were carried out and 42 post adoption telephone visits. The main RSPCA phone continued to be run by Glenn Webb. His wife Anne organised the welfare and neutering vouchers for the branch. The Welfare Assistance Grant continued for sick and injured pets whose owners were on benefits at £15 and we provided £65 worth of treatment as part of this. Anne issued 57 welfare vouchers for rabbits, dogs and cats that needed treatment. The Cat Neutering Scheme ran again at £15 for cat owners on benefits and £35 for those on low incomes. This included a free ID chip. 147 cats were neutered on the scheme (203 last year). We continue to work with Rase Veterinary Clinic in Gatesby Road with these neutering and welfare vouchers. Fundraising and volunteers were organised by Georgina Petty. The Dog Show was another great success. Georgina has inducted a number of new volunteers and we now have a total of 32 regular volunteers. Georgina organised a very successful volunteer cream tea afternoon to celebrate the national society's 200 birthday and everyone received the new free logo badges from HQ. We did hold a Cat Welfare Day at the Rase vets with 22 cats were flea and worm treated and neutering vouchers were issued. In November Christmas stalls were held in Snaith and Rawcliffe and volunteers went into Swinefleet School to promote our work and receive festive presents from the children for cats in care. Amazon Wishlist and Just Giving page which was all set up in 2022 has proved very successful in bringing in some much-needed funds thanks to Kay and Georgina promoting this. A funding page for a specific cats needs was a great success and exceeded the expected target to pay for the vet care such as Henna and Grayson's eye operations. Georgina continues to run the facebook page and is regularly contacted by the public on social media regarding welfare, cruelty concerns, neutering, and adoption enquiries. Also, along with Amy she receives the branch e mails with various communications, especially with the perfect match forn]s for adoptions. Throughout the year Georgina attended regular on-line regional RSPCA fundraising discussions. She also represented the branch during the virtual RSPCA Branches Conference, joined the virtual International Cat Care Conference, participated in national on-line discussions about the RSPCA Branches Programme and various other virtual workshops hosted by HQ to have a say in moving the RSPCA forward over the next decade and has attended the RSPCA Rebranding discussions. Tracy too gives up her Saturdays and joins the regional meetings to represent our branch and negotiated a further 3yr lease on the Jail to store our equipment and supplies. Carl for a fifth year has been our shopkeeper, he organises the stock for our fostering rather than several of us doing this. He is a bai.gain hunter and sourced the best deals for us. Fosterers contact Carl for their needs from special cat diet food to anti stress spray. We were fortunate enough to have vouchers to spend in Pets at Home; a huge saving. Fortunately Tracy was able to claim our VAT for a second year now and with Phil's new recording found it time saving. Thank you to all our volunteers and trustees for their support throughout 2024.
RSPCA (GOOLE & DISTRICT BRANCH) Trustees, Report (continued) FUTURE PLANS Continue both cat neutering schemes and the welfare scheme. To ty and hold both a Cat and a Dog Action Day. Share knowledge and expertise from Georgina's International Cat Care ongoing training with HQ. To hold a Dog Show in 2025 with a new sponsor and use Pets at Home funding for prizes. Move the redundant cat pen at Jill and Andy to Jane's and replace her pen. Consider recruiting kitten fosterers. Purchase a new cat pen for Jane Price to have for fostering. Start the year with a data base for fosterers to input their inforniation. Georgina to continue regular meetings with HQ to keep us updated on the big changes ahead with the national society. Look at the new RSPCA rebranding and decide how this will work for our branch. Set up a donations bin at End Cottage and reassess the bin currently at Tesco. Set up individual RSPCA email accounts for the main officers where appropriate. Continue to use the National Branch Care Contribution scheme to support the inspectorate and help with our own funding as much as we possibly can whilst still doing direct rescuing in DNI4. Hold another volunteer get together event to celebrate their invaluable contribution and highlight further opportunities e.g. hoine visiting and trapping training. The Chair will take on the role of completing SAWA and free Jane Petty up. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS The charity is an affiliated branch of RSPCA Charity Registration number 219099 and is governed by RSPCA Branch Model Rules. J Petty's husband, who is also G Petty's father, lets the Jail house storage unit for the exclusive use of the Goole & District RSPCA at a rate of £50 per week in order to meet the cost of the refurbishment. A waiver for this has been granted by the Yorkshire and North East Regional Board and a statutory agreement has been signed on the behalf of both parties. FINANCIAL REVIEW After another challenging year, total income received was £67,998, up £1,574 from the previous year. Total expenditure has risen in the year by £2,135 to £70,049. There is therefore a small deficit for the year of £2,051 (a deficit of £1,490 in the previous year) which, when added to brought forward reserves, means that accumulated reserves carried forward were £107,426 (2023: £109,477). RESERVES POLICY The branch aims to hold almost one and a half year's running costs so that the level provided for animal welfare is maintained should there be a reduction in incoming resources. Reserves are those funds which are freely available for general use.
RSPCA (GOOLE & DISTRICT BRANCH) Trustees, Report (continued) RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES The trustees are required under the Charities Act 2011 to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the charity's financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year. In preparing those statements the trustees should follow best practice and: select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent follow applicable accounting standards, subject to any material departures explained in the accounts prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with applicable law and regulations. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above By Order oard J P Price Treasurer 22 May 2025
RSPCA (GOOLE & DISTRICT BRANCH) Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2024 2024 Unrestricted Funds 2023 Total Funds Note INCOMING RESOURCES Incoming resources from generated funds Voluntary income Activities for generating funds Investment income Incoming resources from charitable activities Charitable activity income 41,721 4,039 3,146 33,441 4,971 1,259 19 092 26 753 Total incoming resources 67 998 66 424 RESOURCES EXPENDED Costs of generating funds Costs of generating voluntary income Charitable activities Charitable activity expenses Governance costs 5,509 7,483 64,540 60,431 Total resources expended 70 049 67 914 Net (outgoing) resources for the year (2,051) (1,490) Total funds brought forward 109 477 110967 Total funds carried forward 107 426 109477
RSPCA (GOOLE & DISTRICT BRANCH) Balance Sheet at 31 December 2024 2024 Unrestricted Funds 2023 Total Funds Note FIXED ASSETS Tangible fixed assets 10 16 080 20 883 CURRENT ASSETS Debtors and pi"epayments Cash at bank and in hand 8,818 88 780 7,255 87 689 97 598 CREDITORS Amounts falling due within one year 94 944 12 (6,252) (6,350) NET CURRENT ASSETS 91346 88 594 NET ASSETS 107426 109477 FUNDS Unrestricted funds 13 107426 109 477 TOTAL FUNDS 107 426 109477 The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 22 May 2025 and were signed on its behalf by: A. Mellor Chair
RSPCA (GOOLE & DISTRICT BRANCH) Notes (forniing part of the fmancial statements) Accounting policies Basis ofpreparation The fmancial statements are prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of freland (FRS102)(effective l January 2015) and the Charities Act 2011. RSPCA (Goole and District Branch) meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRSIO2. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s). Depreciation oftanglblefed assets Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its useful life. Fixtures and equipment l O % straight line Incoming resources All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. Resources expended Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. TcLYation The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities. Voluntary income 2024 2023 Donations - door to door Donations - faithful friends Donations- other 21,816 lJ69 18 536 23,094 1,134 9213 41721 33 441
RSPCA (GOOLE & DISTRICT BRANCH) Notes (forming part of the financial statements) (continued) Activities for generating funds 2024 2023 Fairs and shows Other events Collections Other 2,698 2,626 270 605 1470 1,258 83 4039 4971 Investment income 2024 2023 Bank interest receivable 3146 1259 Charitable activity income 2024 2023 Pet insurance scheme Microchipping Neutering refund / grants Adoptions and fostering VAT refunds 180 55 10,718 10,437 5363 20 3,285 9,495 6292 19 092 26 753 Costs of generating voluntary income 2024 2023 Advertising and website Room hire and other costs Fundraising costs 357 5,152 325 6,313 845 5509 7483
RSPCA (GOOLE & DISTRICT BRANCH) Notes (forming part of the financial statements) (continued) Charitable activity expenses 2024 2023 RSPCA goods and services Veterinary fees Fostering expenses Fostering travel expenses Depreciation of fixtures and equipment Miscellaneous 3,031 43,962 11?84 80 4,803 1280 3,029 37,973 13,431 83 4,803 1112 64 540 60 431 Staff costs There were no paid staff during the year (2023 . £nil). Trustees, remuneration, benefits and expenses There were no payments made to trustees for remuneration or other benefits during the year (2023 . £nil). Expenses re-imbursed to trustees during the year amounted to £80 (2023 . £69). 10
RSPCA (GOOLE & DISTIUCT BRANCH) Notes (forming pait of the financial statements) (continued) 10 Tangible fixed Assets Fixtures & ui Cost As at l January 2024 and As at 31 December 2024 Depreciation As at l January 2024 Charge for the year 27,079 4803 As at 31 December 2024 31882 Net Book Value As at 31 December 2024 16 080 As at 31 December 2023 20 883 Debtors 2024 2023 Prepayments 8818 7255 12 Creditors: amounts falling due with one year 2024 2023 Accruals 6252 6350 13 Movement in funds Unresti'icted funds: general fund 2024 2023 Incoming resources Resources expended Net movement in funds Balance brought forward 67,998 70 049 (2,051) 109 477 66,424 67 914 (1,490) 110967 Balance carried fonvard 107 426 109 477 11