## Registered Charity Number 273168
Report of the Trustees For the Year Ended 31[st] March 2023
ended 31[st] March 2023. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accoun�ng and Repor�ng by Chari�es: Statement of Recommended Prac�ce applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effec�ve 1[st] January 2019).
## OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Objec�ves and aims
which may be ill-treated, abandoned or neglected.
## Signifcant ac�vi�es
rescued in the year. Emergency rescue, treatment and homing of 21 dogs.
## Public beneft
charity is compliant with it.
## Grant making
Sundry grants can be made from year to year.
## Volunteers
The Charity recruits and trains volunteers to transport, foster and fundraise. We are always searching for suitable volunteers.
## ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
## Charitable ac�vi�es
The Charity con�nues to support rescuing pointers from Europe and in the UK. This has been supported by a good high demand for people wan�ng to re-home Pointers. The numbers of Pointers saved was over 60 this year, with some cross breeds, possibly half the total from Spain.
## Fundraising ac�vi�es
The dynamic of fundraising has changed with the appointment of a new commi�ee member dedicated to improving our web shop and running stalls and several country shows and fayres.
## Investment performance
The investment performance of the cash balances during the year has been sa�sfactory.
## Internal and external factors
performance of the Charity.
## FINANCIAL REVIEW
## Principal funding sources
The principal funding sources are voluntary dona�ons and fundraising ac�vi�es.
## Investment policy and objec�ves
The investment policy and objec�ves are to retain such reserves so the objec�ves of the Charity can be met.
At the year end the Charity has reserves of
## Reserves policy
The Council believe that the current policy of retaining a substan�al amount of reserves is appropriate for the size and nature of the Charity. It is the Council’s inten�on to invest the reserves in accordance with the objec�ves of the Charity when a suitable opportunity presents itself, and when sufficient volunteers can be found.
## FUTURE PLANS
## STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
## Governing document
The Cons�tu�on of the Pointer Rescue Service, amended by a resolu�on of the members 14.08.2016.
Recruitment and appointment of new trustees
The Council is ac�vely looking for new trustees.
## Organisa�onal structure
The Charity and its property are managed and administered by a commi�ee comprising the
The trustees are the members of the charity. The trustees may create associate or other classes on non-vo�ng membership.
## Related par�es
## REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
## Registered Charity Number: 273168
Principal Address
14 Aldridge Road
Ferndown
Dorset
BH22 8LT
Registered Charity Number :- 273168
## THE POINTER RESCUE SERVICE
## FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
## FOR THE YEAR END 31 March 2023
**The Pointer Rescue Service 14 Aldridge Road**
**Ferndown chairman@theprs.org**
**THE POINTER RESCUE SERVICE**
**CONTENTS**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2023
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**THE POINTER RESCUE SERVICE**
**STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2023
|**Recommended categories by**
**activity**
**Income and endowments from:**
Donations and legacies
Other trading activities
Other
**Total**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
Charitable activities
Other
**Total**
**Net income/(expenditure)**
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**|**Notes**
**Unrestricted funds**
**£**
**Total Funds 2023**
**£**
2
63,307.71
63,307.71
3
1,860.70
1,860.70
4
345.07
345.07|
|---|---|
||**65,513.48**
**65,513.48**|
||5
14,904.29
14,904.29
6
13,188.68
13,188.68
8
43,763.33
43,763.33|
||**71,856.30**
**71,856.30**|
||**(6,342.82)**
**(6,342.82)**|
||**(6,342.82)**
**(6,342.82)**
13,009.79
13,009.79|
||**6,666.97**
**6,666.97**|
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**THE POINTER RESCUE SERVICE**
**BALANCE SHEET**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2023
|**Recommended categories by**
**activity**
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand
**Total current assets**
**Total net assets or liabilities**
**Funds of the Charity**
Unrestricted funds
Restricted income funds
Endowment funds
**Total funds**|**Notes**
**Unrestricted funds**
**£**
**Total Funds 2023**
**£**
9
6,666.97
6,666.97
**6,666.97**
**6,666.97**|
|---|---|
||**6,666.97**
**6,666.97**|
||10
6,666.97
6,666.97
10
-
10
-|
||**6,666.97**
**6,666.97**|
The financial statements were approved by the Board on 06-Nov-2024 and signed on its behalf by:
Richard May Trustee
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**THE POINTER RESCUE SERVICE**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2023
## **1 Accounting Policies**
## **1.1 Accounting Policies**
## **1.2 Basis of preparation**
## **1.3 Going concern**
## **2 Income from Donations and Legacies**
|||**Unrestricted funds**|**Total funds 2023**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Analysis**|**£**|**£**||
||Donation and gifts|63,307.71||63,307.71|
|||63,307.71||63,307.71|
|**3**|**Income from Other**|**Trading Activities**|||
|||**Unrestricted funds**|**Total funds 2023**||
||**Analysis**|**£**|**£**||
||Events|1,860.70||1,860.70|
|||1,860.70||1,860.70|
|**4**|**Other Income**||||
|**4**|**Other Income**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Unrestricted funds**||**Total funds 2023**||
||**Analysis**|**£**||**£**||
||Other||345.07||345.07|
||||345.07||345.07|
|**5**|**Expenditure on Raising**|**Funds**||||
||||**Total funds 2023**|||
||**Analysis**||**£**|||
||Advertising, marketing,
direct mail and publicity||||14,875.90|
||Support Costs||||28.39|
||||||14,904.29|
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**THE POINTER RESCUE SERVICE**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2023
## **6 Expenditure on Charitable Activities**
|**Analysis**
Bank charges
Legal/professional fees
Cost of services
Support Costs
**pport Costs**
**Analysis**
Advertising and marketing||**Total funds 2023**
**£**
75.00
72.00
13,013.29
28.39|
|---|---|---|
|||13,188.68|
|||**Total funds 2023**
**£**
56.78|
|||**56.78**|
## **7 Support Costs**
## **8 Other Expenditure**
|**Analysis**
**Unrestricted funds**
**Total funds 2023**
**£**
**£**
Other Expenditure
43,763.33
43,763.33
43,763.33
43,763.33
**sh at bank and in hand**
**Total funds 2023**
**£**
Cash at bank and on hand
6,666.97
6,666.97|**Unrestricted funds**
**Total funds 2023**
**£**
**£**
43,763.33
43,763.33|**Unrestricted funds**
**Total funds 2023**
**£**
**£**
43,763.33
43,763.33|
|---|---|---|
|||43,763.33
43,763.33|
|||**Total funds 2023**
**£**
6,666.97|
|||6,666.97|
## **9 Cash at bank and in hand**
## **10 Charity funds**
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**THE POINTER RESCUE SERVICE**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2023
## **10.1 Details of material funds held and movements during the CURRENT reporting period**
|**Fund names**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**General**
**Fund**
**Total**|**Fund**
**balances**
**brought**
**forward**
**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Transfers**
**Gains and**
**losses**
**Fund**
**balances**
**carried**
**forward**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**|
|---|---|
||-
65,513.48
(71,856.30)
-
-
(6,342.82)|
||-
65,513.48
(71,856.30)
-
-
(6,342.82)|
## **10.2 Transfers between funds This Year**
Between unrestricted and restricted funds Between endowment and restricted funds Between endowment and unrestricted funds
**Amount £** - - -
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## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Charity Commission for The Pointer Rescue Service (Charity Number: 273168)**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2023**
Rescue Service (the "Charity") for the year ended 31 March 2023.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
statements in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act"). You consider that the audit requirement of section 144(2) of the Act does not apply, and that an independent examination is required.
under section 145 of the Act, and to report to the Charity Commission in accordance with the Act.
My role is to state whether particular matters have come to my attention during the course of my examination, as provided in the Act. My examination is carried out in accordance with the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity and a comparison of the financial statements presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The purpose of the examination is to provide a limited assurance that no material matters have come to my attention that give me cause to believe that, in any material respect:
1. Accounting records have not been kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or
form and content of financial statements set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, other than any requirement that the financial statements give a "true and fair view" which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
1. Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements:
- To keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Act; and
- the accounting requirements of the Act,
have not been met; or
2. To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding
## **Name: Brandon Hutton**
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