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RSPCA BASINGSTOKE & ANDOVER BRANCH

2024 ANNUAL REPORT

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RSPCA BASINGSTOKE & ANDOVER BRANCH

Agenda for the Annual General Meeting of the Basingstoke & Andover Branch

Date: 21 June 2025

  1. Opening Address and Welcome

  2. Apologies for Absence

  3. Adoption of Minutes of last Annual General Meeting

  4. Matters Arising

  5. To Receive the Accounts for the 2024 Financial Year

  6. Appointment of Auditor/Independent Examiner

  7. To Receive the Committee’s Report for 2024

  8. Committee Election

  9. Consideration of Resolutions

  10. Any Other Business

RSPCA BASINGSTOKE & ANDOVER BRANCH

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on Saturday 22 June 2024 Venue: Rucstall Community Centre, Basingstoke

1. Welcome & Introduction

Lou Braham welcomed everyone to the meeting.

2. Apologies for absence

Kerri Swinfield, Sarah Young and Marie Thackaberry (BPM).

3. Adoption of Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting

4. Matters arising

None.

5. Annual Accounts

The accounts were formally adopted – proposed by Lou Braham, seconded by Andy Smith, and agreed unanimously.

6. Appointment of Auditor/Independent Examiner

The Treasurer proposed that the Independent Examiners, Moore (South) LLP, continue to be used as the independent examiners for the Branch. This was seconded by Andy Smith and passed unanimously.

7. Committee report

The report was formally adopted - proposed by Lou Braham, seconded by Vivien El Felah, and agreed unanimously.

8. Election of Committee

Five members had submitted properly proposed and seconded nominations for the Branch Committee. The following were duly elected: Lou Braham, Vivien El-Felah, Dan Hubert, Peter Romain, and Andy Smith.

9. Consideration of Resolutions

None received.

10. Any other business

None.

Andy Smith Branch Secretary

RSPCA BASINGSTOKE & ANDOVER BRANCH

Welcome to the 2024 Annual report of the Basingstoke & Andover Branch of the RSPCA.

Branch News

We exist as a Charity to improve and safeguard the lives of vulnerable animals. This report tells the story – in numbers, words and pictures – of our activities and achievements during 2024. But we operate in a challenging financial environment which is particularly difficult for small branches, like ours, that don’t have an animal centre. This means that much of the Trustee focus during 2024 has been on income generation, cost reduction, and options for merger with another Branch.

We signed an agreement with North Wilts in 2023 for them to seek and operate charity shops in our area. They opened the first of these in Andover in 2024 and will pay us a percentage of the profits once they have recovered their investment costs. We have also started providing rehoming support to the Alton, Haslemere and Petersfield Branch which provides us with a limited source of income. We have taken significant steps to reduce our costs, including – reluctantly - discontinuing help with vet bills for those on low income. We continue, however, even with these changes to just about covering our costs.

As mentioned in previous Annual Reports, the Trustees believe that the best way of securing our future and maximising the welfare support we can provide would come from merging with another Branch or Branches. We had hoped that our collaboration with Alton, Haslemere and Petersfield would pave the way to a merger, but they have decided this is not the right time for them to merge. In February 2025 we therefore sent another formal invitation to neighbouring branches inviting them to consider merging with us. This process is still ongoing, but we are hopeful that we will succeed in finding a partner.

The Committee would like to thank all the staff and volunteers that have worked for the Branch during 2024 for the benefit of the animals that came into our care. We rely massively on Mandy, our rehoming coordinator, who always goes above and beyond in carrying out her duties. She in turn is supported by a network of volunteers for fostering, fundraising, vet trips, home checks and post home checks.

Particular thanks go to

They all do such a wonderful job, and we couldn't do it without them. We are always on the lookout for others to join us for Fund Raising and other activities.

Trustee Changes

There were no changes to the Committee in 2024 which therefore continues to operate with the minimum number of Trustees allowed under Branch Rules.

RSPCA BASINGSTOKE & ANDOVER BRANCH

Animal Welfare

The following sections look at the Branch’s achievements during 2024, with comparable figures for 2023 in brackets.

Rehoming Figures

Mandy James, the Branch’s Re-homing Coordinator, has led this work with support from other Trustees and volunteers, most notably, Sarah Biro.

123 (130) Animals re-homed 154 (177) Home checks 198 (94) Animals micro-chipped 94 (90) Animals neutered (excluding the Neutering Scheme) 3 (4) Animals put to sleep (on Vets’ advice)

Welfare Assistance

The following table shows the help pledged via the ‘Form 1 & 2’ welfare assistance scheme to members of the public with their vets’ bills in 2024 (2023 figures in brackets):

Number of
Initial
Treatments		 Cost of Initial
Treatments		 Number of
Further
Treatments		 Cost of Further
Treatments
Cats 4 (7) £186 (£331) 0 (3) £0 (£649)
Dogs 2 (10) £78 (£454) 0 (3) £0 (£565)
Other Animals 0 (0) £0 (£0) 0 (0) £0 (£0)
Totals 6 (17) £264 (£785) 0 (6) £0 (£1,214)

Due to financial constraints, at the Committee meeting on the 5[th] February 2024 it was decided that we would no longer be able to help members of the public with their vets’ bills via the Form 1 & 2 scheme.

Neutering Scheme

The RSPCA and local vets jointly run the restricted Neutering Scheme.

Members of the public on specified income related benefits can pay for a voucher to neuter their pets at approximately one third of the actual cost. The RSPCA contributes a further one third and the participating vets contribute the final third as a discount when the pets are neutered.

The number of animals neutered is shown in the table below:

Animals Number Neutered
2024		 Number Neutered
2023		 Number Neutered
2022
Male Cats 3 1 12
Female Cats 12 0 10
Male Dogs 29 2 25
Female Dogs 29 3 20
Rabbits 0 0 9
Totals 73 6 76

RSPCA BASINGSTOKE & ANDOVER BRANCH

The cost of the scheme to the Branch in 2024 appears in the Annual Accounts as £10,396 (£1,336 in 2023) which is totally vets fees. This is offset by an income of £5,267 (£370 in 2022) which comes from the people who use the scheme.

The neutering scheme was funded in 2024 by the grant from the RSPCA Regional Fund received in 2023.

An agreement between the RSPCA and The Cats Protection League (CPL) allows the Branch to refer all requests for the neutering of cats to the CPL. However, for a short period in 2024 the CPL was unable to accept any referrals; the Branch issued 15 vouchers for cats in this period.

Animal rehoming report

In 2024 we rehomed 73 cats. 42 were kittens and we also had a lot of elderly cats who came in due to owners sadly passing away. A few more came in as strays.

We rehomed 50 dogs. We had a pair of yorkie crosses that were living on the Blackdam roundabout living off dead animals until they were finally caught. We also had a pair of chihuahuas that came from a multi dog household. Both were homed as pairs.

Lola was a small terrier cross that was found as a stray. She was in season when we got her so could not spay her for 3 months. She came back to us temporarily after eight weeks having given birth to eight puppies. That was a shock! After the puppies were rehomed, she was spayed and went back to her new owner. These puppies are nearly a year old, and we can't believe how they all look so different.

Luna came to us as her owner could not cope with her as luna was diagnosed with giardia and covid, so she had to be isolated from people and other animals. We isolated her and carried out barrier nursing and treated her until she was all clear. She was then rehomed.

April and Flora were two strays and, we think, mum and daughter. One had given birth to four kittens in a shed, so we had to catch them in one day. We got the kittens first and then sat in garden waiting for the girls. They were caught very quickly. We didn't know which of April and Flora was the Mum was but they both fed the kittens. After the kittens were re homed, April and Flora were re homed together.

Page
Legaland Adminisb'ativeInformation 1
Branch CommitteeRepot z-5
independent ExaminertReport 6
StatementofFinancial Activities 7
BalanceSheet B
NotestotheFinancialStatements 9-L7

Lou Braharn Chair
Peter Romain Treasurer
Andy Smith Secretary
DanielHubert Member
VivienElFelah Member

STATE
MEilTOFFINANCIALACTIVITIES
MEilTOFFINANCIALACTIVITIES
MEilTOFFINANCIALACTIVITIES
MEilTOFFINANCIALACTIVITIES
UnrestrictedRestricted
Hote
2C24
2024
s,
s.		 Total
2074
g.		 Total
2023
E
Incomeand endourmentsfrom:
DonationsandLegacies
Other tradingactivities
Investments
Otherincome		 2
3
4
5		 69,907
20,351
669
1,945		 1,100
5,267
80		 71,A47
25,678
749
1,945		 73,697
L2,695
516
667
Total :Y,:-?: 6,44? ,x31' =y!-,y:-
Expenditureon:
Raisingfunds 6 132 L32
Charitableactivities
Other		 7I 69,748
7,433		 t4,t37 83,885
7,433		 96,830
3,478
Total 77,313 L+t3? 9t,450 100,308
Hetincome 15,559 (7,690) 7,869 tL2,732)
Reconciliationoffunds:
Totalfundsbrought forward		 43,183 10,525 53,708 66,440
Total funds carriedforward 58,742 ==3r-B3J =9:,11= 53,708
2024 2023
l,lote e. e
CurrentAssets
Debtors 10 4,255 5,587
Cashatbankand inhand 11 65,014 57,040
69,769 646r?
Current Liabilities
Creditors: Amountsfallingduewithinoneyear12 Q,692) (8,919)
NetCurrentAssets 6t,577 53,708
TotalNet Assets 61,577 53,708
Funds
Unrestrictedfunds 13 54,742 43,183
RestrictedFunds 13 2,835 10,525
TotalFunds 61,577 53,708

DonationsandLegacies
Unrestricted Restricted Tatal Total
2024
E		 ?;924
e		 2024
E		 2423t
Catre-homingdonations 7,840 7,AA 7,980
Dogre-hominganimal donations 21,175 21,175 21,025
Donations 35,203 35,203 26,t66
HQNeutering refunds 5,176 5,176 5,652
Legacies
MiscRefunds 339 339 874
Grants 1,100 1,100 12,000
CollectingBoxes 174 174
69,907 1,100 77,007 73,697
TradingActivities TradingActivities
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
2024 2424 20.24 2023
E *, s. g
AltonHaslemere&Petersfield liaison 8,641 8,641.
Neutering scheme 5,267 5,257 370
Incomefrom fundraisingevents 11,7LO 11,710 12,326
:9:-'r s26? 25,518 L2,696

FOR THEYEA REilDIT{G 31D ECE}IBER2024
4, fnvestment Income Unrestricted Rsstricted Total Total
2024 2024 2024 2423
2 E f E
BankInterest-NeuteringScheme 56 56
BankInterest-CostofLivingFundB/5 t2 12 L;
BankInterest-Costof UvingFund Andover
Bankinterest-General
669		 L2 12
669		 502
:8. 80 3_ ====-s_11
5. Ot{rerIncome
Unres;tricted		 Ot{rerIncome
Unres;tricted		 Restricted Total Total
2A24
E		 2A24
E		 2024f 2023t
Neutering SchemeVATAdjustnent 1,945 1,945_
Van sale 667
1,945 t,945 66?
6, Raising Funds Unrestrided Restricted Total Total
2024 2A24 2024 2023
e g. G, s.
VehiclerunningcosLs
Fundraisinggoods		 B; fi; 475
t32. 132 +75

CharitableActivities
Unrestri@d Re.stricted Total Total
2024
E		 2$24* 24?4
2		 2A23
E
Catexpenses 17,195 77,t95 3Q,75L
Dogexpenses 27,205 27,2A5 38,099
Other animal expenses 70
Neutering scheme expenses 10,396 10,396 1,336
Costoflivingfundexpenses Easingstoke
Homingco-ordination
25,238
Regional€ontribution
110		 3,741_ 3,74!
75,238
110		 1,285
24,7A4
110
=9:I-::==':-,'-"t: -g='r=t=tj =?-9r--l=tJ

(XherCosts (XherCosts
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
2fr24 2024 20.24 za23
f s. s. E
IndependentExaminer fee 2,100 2,100 l,7aa_
Understated 2023 641 64t
Otheraccountancy costs 327 327
Cornmlttee meetings& officeexpenses 1,065 1,065 t,778
AltonHaslernere&Petersfield liaison 3,300 3,300
Total JE ru -::=
FORTHEYEAR ENDING31DE CEMBERaOZ4
9. SalariesandNationalfnsuranceCosts
2024 2073
5, €
Salariespaid 24,244 t5,897
Pension 419 31s
20,658 17,212

QA**0)committee memberreceived expens		 es (2023- gNil).
10. Debtors
2024 2023
s. E
VAT recoverable 1,081 2,299
Sundrydebtors 3,174 3,288
4,255 5,587
11. CashatBank andinHand
?'A?{ 2023
*. E
Currentaccount 3,031 5,366
Cunentaccount-Collection 405 1,774
currentaccount-Card machlne 5 5
Depositaccount 61,473 49,758
Petty cash 100 L37
65,014 57,M4
L2, Creditors 2024
E		 2023
i
Trade creditors 2,421 5,961
AccruaJ 5,271
7,692		 2,958
E

Funds
Opening
Balance
gf		 fncome Closing
ExpensesBalance
ff
Unrestricted
-General		 43,183 92,872(77,313)58,742
Rsstricted
-Neutering scheme 6,796 5,323 (10,396i
LJ23
-Costofliving grantBasingstoke
-Costof [Mng grant Andaver		 3,729 t2
t,LL?		 t3,747)
1,112
-t='rf=t=: ::.?:= rgrrsol6Lsn
Fundsforyearended31Decembe r 2023
Opening
Balance
*.		 Income
s		 Expenses
EE		 Closing
Balance
Unrestrlcted
-General		 66,440 75,372.(98,629)43,183
Restricted
-Neutering scheme 7,79A (3e4) 6,796
-Costof living grantBasingstoke 5,014 (1,285) 3,779
66,44O 87,576 rroo,:ps) 53,708

FundsAnalysis
I{etCurrent 2.AZ4
Ass€tst Total
E
Unrestricted
-General 58,742 58,742
Restricted
-Neutering scheme L,732
-Costof living grant Andover t,lL? 1,712
61,,557 6155'

Fund analysisfor the yearended31Dece mberZOZS
NetCurrent 2023
Assets
E		 Totalr
Unrestricted
-General 43,183 43,183
Restricted
-Neutering scheme 6,796 6,796
-Costof living grantBasingstoke sJ29 3,729
53,708 53,709

Page
Legaland Adminisb'ativeInformation 1
Branch CommitteeRepot z-5
independent ExaminertReport 6
StatementofFinancial Activities 7
BalanceSheet B
NotestotheFinancialStatements 9-L7

Lou Braharn Chair
Peter Romain Treasurer
Andy Smith Secretary
DanielHubert Member
VivienElFelah Member

STATE
MEilTOFFINANCIALACTIVITIES
MEilTOFFINANCIALACTIVITIES
MEilTOFFINANCIALACTIVITIES
MEilTOFFINANCIALACTIVITIES
UnrestrictedRestricted
Hote
2C24
2024
s,
s.		 Total
2074
g.		 Total
2023
E
Incomeand endourmentsfrom:
DonationsandLegacies
Other tradingactivities
Investments
Otherincome		 2
3
4
5		 69,907
20,351
669
1,945		 1,100
5,267
80		 71,A47
25,678
749
1,945		 73,697
L2,695
516
667
Total :Y,:-?: 6,44? ,x31' =y!-,y:-
Expenditureon:
Raisingfunds 6 132 L32
Charitableactivities
Other		 7I 69,748
7,433		 t4,t37 83,885
7,433		 96,830
3,478
Total 77,313 L+t3? 9t,450 100,308
Hetincome 15,559 (7,690) 7,869 tL2,732)
Reconciliationoffunds:
Totalfundsbrought forward		 43,183 10,525 53,708 66,440
Total funds carriedforward 58,742 ==3r-B3J =9:,11= 53,708
2024 2023
l,lote e. e
CurrentAssets
Debtors 10 4,255 5,587
Cashatbankand inhand 11 65,014 57,040
69,769 646r?
Current Liabilities
Creditors: Amountsfallingduewithinoneyear12 Q,692) (8,919)
NetCurrentAssets 6t,577 53,708
TotalNet Assets 61,577 53,708
Funds
Unrestrictedfunds 13 54,742 43,183
RestrictedFunds 13 2,835 10,525
TotalFunds 61,577 53,708

DonationsandLegacies
Unrestricted Restricted Tatal Total
2024
E		 ?;924
e		 2024
E		 2423t
Catre-homingdonations 7,840 7,AA 7,980
Dogre-hominganimal donations 21,175 21,175 21,025
Donations 35,203 35,203 26,t66
HQNeutering refunds 5,176 5,176 5,652
Legacies
MiscRefunds 339 339 874
Grants 1,100 1,100 12,000
CollectingBoxes 174 174
69,907 1,100 77,007 73,697
TradingActivities TradingActivities
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
2024 2424 20.24 2023
E *, s. g
AltonHaslemere&Petersfield liaison 8,641 8,641.
Neutering scheme 5,267 5,257 370
Incomefrom fundraisingevents 11,7LO 11,710 12,326
:9:-'r s26? 25,518 L2,696

FOR THEYEA REilDIT{G 31D ECE}IBER2024
4, fnvestment Income Unrestricted Rsstricted Total Total
2024 2024 2024 2423
2 E f E
BankInterest-NeuteringScheme 56 56
BankInterest-CostofLivingFundB/5 t2 12 L;
BankInterest-Costof UvingFund Andover
Bankinterest-General
669		 L2 12
669		 502
:8. 80 3_ ====-s_11
5. Ot{rerIncome
Unres;tricted		 Ot{rerIncome
Unres;tricted		 Restricted Total Total
2A24
E		 2A24
E		 2024f 2023t
Neutering SchemeVATAdjustnent 1,945 1,945_
Van sale 667
1,945 t,945 66?
6, Raising Funds Unrestrided Restricted Total Total
2024 2A24 2024 2023
e g. G, s.
VehiclerunningcosLs
Fundraisinggoods		 B; fi; 475
t32. 132 +75

CharitableActivities
Unrestri@d Re.stricted Total Total
2024
E		 2$24* 24?4
2		 2A23
E
Catexpenses 17,195 77,t95 3Q,75L
Dogexpenses 27,205 27,2A5 38,099
Other animal expenses 70
Neutering scheme expenses 10,396 10,396 1,336
Costoflivingfundexpenses Easingstoke
Homingco-ordination
25,238
Regional€ontribution
110		 3,741_ 3,74!
75,238
110		 1,285
24,7A4
110
=9:I-::==':-,'-"t: -g='r=t=tj =?-9r--l=tJ

(XherCosts (XherCosts
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
2fr24 2024 20.24 za23
f s. s. E
IndependentExaminer fee 2,100 2,100 l,7aa_
Understated 2023 641 64t
Otheraccountancy costs 327 327
Cornmlttee meetings& officeexpenses 1,065 1,065 t,778
AltonHaslernere&Petersfield liaison 3,300 3,300
Total JE ru -::=
FORTHEYEAR ENDING31DE CEMBERaOZ4
9. SalariesandNationalfnsuranceCosts
2024 2073
5, €
Salariespaid 24,244 t5,897
Pension 419 31s
20,658 17,212

QA**0)committee memberreceived expens		 es (2023- gNil).
10. Debtors
2024 2023
s. E
VAT recoverable 1,081 2,299
Sundrydebtors 3,174 3,288
4,255 5,587
11. CashatBank andinHand
?'A?{ 2023
*. E
Currentaccount 3,031 5,366
Cunentaccount-Collection 405 1,774
currentaccount-Card machlne 5 5
Depositaccount 61,473 49,758
Petty cash 100 L37
65,014 57,M4
L2, Creditors 2024
E		 2023
i
Trade creditors 2,421 5,961
AccruaJ 5,271
7,692		 2,958
E

Funds
Opening
Balance
gf		 fncome Closing
ExpensesBalance
ff
Unrestricted
-General		 43,183 92,872(77,313)58,742
Rsstricted
-Neutering scheme 6,796 5,323 (10,396i
LJ23
-Costofliving grantBasingstoke
-Costof [Mng grant Andaver		 3,729 t2
t,LL?		 t3,747)
1,112
-t='rf=t=: ::.?:= rgrrsol6Lsn
Fundsforyearended31Decembe r 2023
Opening
Balance
*.		 Income
s		 Expenses
EE		 Closing
Balance
Unrestrlcted
-General		 66,440 75,372.(98,629)43,183
Restricted
-Neutering scheme 7,79A (3e4) 6,796
-Costof living grantBasingstoke 5,014 (1,285) 3,779
66,44O 87,576 rroo,:ps) 53,708

FundsAnalysis
I{etCurrent 2.AZ4
Ass€tst Total
E
Unrestricted
-General 58,742 58,742
Restricted
-Neutering scheme L,732
-Costof living grant Andover t,lL? 1,712
61,,557 6155'

Fund analysisfor the yearended31Dece mberZOZS
NetCurrent 2023
Assets
E		 Totalr
Unrestricted
-General 43,183 43,183
Restricted
-Neutering scheme 6,796 6,796
-Costof living grantBasingstoke sJ29 3,729
53,708 53,709