## **THE LINTON ZOO CONSERVATION FUND** 

## **ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020** 

||Page|
|---|---|
|Legal and administrative information|1|
|Statement of trustees' responsibilities|2|
|Trustees Report|3|
|Independent Examiners' Report|5|
|Statement of financial activities|6|
|Balance sheet|8|
|Notes to the accounts|9|





**THE LINTON ZOO CONSERVATION FUND LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION** 

|**Chairman**|Miss K C Simmons|
|---|---|
|**Trustees**|Miss K C Simmons|
||Mr M T Womack|
||Mrs D J Simmons|
|**Principal address**|Hadstock Road|
||Linton|
||Cambridge|
||CB21 4NT|
|**Registered Charity**||
|**Number**|802633|
|**Independent Examiner**|Bentens|
||Registered Auditors|
||and Chartered Certified Accountants|
||Abbey House|
||51 High Street|
||Saffron Walden|
||Essex CB10 1AF|
|**Bankers**|Lloyds Bank plc|
||3 King Street|
||Saffron Walden|
||Essex|
||CB10 1HF|
|**Object of charity**|Education and training|



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**THE LINTON ZOO CONSERVATION FUND STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES** 

Charity law requires the trustees to prepare accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the income and expenditure for that period. In preparing those accounts, the trustees are required to: 

Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently ; 

Make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; 

State whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the accounts; 

Prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate. 

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. 

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**INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE LINTON ZOO CONSERVATION FUND** 

I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 December 2020, which are set out on pages 5 to 8. 

## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** 

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. 

It is my responsibility to: 

- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act; 

- follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and 

- **.** state whether particular matters have come to my attention. 

## **Basis of independent examiner's statement** 

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a "true and fair view" and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. 

## **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 2011 Act; and 

- **.** to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act 

have not been met: or 

- 2 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

**BENTENS S WARNER FCCA REGISTERED AUDITORS CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS SAFFRON WALDEN 27 OCTOBER 2021 ESSEX CB10 1AF** 

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**THE LINTON ZOO CONSERVATION FUND STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES** 

## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020** 

||||**Accum-**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**ulated fund **||**Capital fund**||**Total**||**Total**|
||**Note**||**2020**|**2020**||**2020**||**2019**|
|**Income and Expenditure**|||||||||
|**Incoming resources**|||||||||
|Donations and other income|||36239|-||36239||20908|
|Legacies|||-|-||-||266|
|Deposit interest|||77|-||77||93|
|**Total incoming resources**|||36316|-||36316||21267|
|**Resources expended**|||||||||
|Direct charitable expenses|||27020|-||27020||11351|
|Management and|||||||||
|administration of the charity|||74|-||74||-|
|**Total resources expended**|||27094|-||27094||11351|
|**Net movement of funds**|||9222|-||9222||9916|
|**Funds brought forward**|||151936|-||151936||142020|
|**Funds carried forward**||£|161158<br>|-|£|161158<br>|£|151936<br>|



The notes on page 8 form part of these accounts 

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## **THE LINTON ZOO CONSERVATION FUND** 

## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES** 

## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020** 

||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Restricted**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**funds**||**funds**||**Total**||**Total**|
|||**2020**||**2020**||**2020**||**2019**|
|**Income and Expenditure**|||||||||
|**Incoming resources**|||||||||
|Legacy||-||-||-||266|
|Donations||12339||800||13139||1282|
|General Events||13985||-||13985||15329|
|Animal sponsorship||9115||-||9115||4195|
|Other fees||-||-||-||102|
|Investment income||77||-||77||93|
|**Total incoming resources**|£|35516<br>|£|800<br>|£|36316<br>|£|21267<br>|
|**Resources expended**|||||||||
|Consultancy fees||14139||-||14139||10292|
|Donations||-||-||-||1031|
|Sundry items||43||-||43||28|
|Conservation Park expenses||795||-||795||-|
|Covid zoo fund||10388||-||10388||-|
|Animal breeding and facilities||1655||-||1655||-|
|Bank charges||74||-||74||-|
|**Total resources expended**|£|27094<br>||-|£|27094<br>|£|11351<br>|
|**Net movement of funds**||8422||800||9222||9916|
|**Funds brought forward**||151936||-||151936||142020|
|**Funds carried forward**|£|160358<br>|£|800<br>|£|161158<br>|£|151936<br>|



The notes on page 8 form part of these financial statements 

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## **THE LINTON ZOO CONSERVATION FUND** 

## **BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2020** 

||**Note**||**2020**||**2019**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Current assets**||||||
|Cash in hand and at bank|2||161158||151936|
|**Net current assets**|||-||-|
|**Net assets**||£|161158<br>|£|151936<br>|
|**Represented by**||||||
|Unrestricted funds|3||161158||151936|
|Restricted funds|||-||-|
|||£|161158<br>|£|151936<br>|
|Approved on 27th October 2021||||||



## **Chairman** 

Miss K C Simmons 

The notes on page 8 form part of these financial statements 

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**THE LINTON ZOO CONSERVATION FUND** 

**NOTES ACCOMPANYING AND FORMING PART OF THE ACCOUNTS** 

## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020** 

## **1 Accounting policies** 

## **a) Basis of financial statements** 

The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention (except as regards fixed assets investments - see below) and in accordance with Statement of Recommended Practice No 2 (Revised) "Accounting by Charities" issued by the Charity Accounting Review Committee and approved by the Accounting Standards Boards. 

## **b) Income** 

Income is accounted for when receeived. 

|**2**|**Cash at bank**||**2020**||**2019**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Higher rate deposit account||66590||57264|
||Building Society account||-||-|
||Building Society account||94568||94491|
||Building Society account||-||1|
||Paypal account||-||153|
||Paypal account||-||27|
|||£|161158<br>|£|151936<br>|



## **3 Analysis of net assets between funds** 

|Accumulated fund<br>Capital fund|**Invest-**<br>**ments**<br>**Other assets**<br>**Net current**<br>**assets**<br>**Total**<br>-<br>-<br>161158<br>161158<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>161158<br>£<br>161158<br>£|**Total**<br>161158<br>-|
|---|---|---|



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