2020-12-31-accounts - Fairly Beloved Rabbit Care

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Beloved Rabbits

Receipts and payments accounts

	For the period from	01 Day		Period start date December 2019 Month Year	Period start date December 2019 Month Year	Day 30		Period end date Month November	Period end date Month November	Period end date Month November	Period end date Month November	Year 2020
Section A Statement of receipts and payments
	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds		Expendable endowment funds		Permanent endowment funds			Total funds current period					Total funds last period	Total funds last period
	to nearest £	to nearest £		to nearest £		to nearest £			to nearest £					to nearest £	to nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations	46,653											46,653		43,899
Legacies	-								-	-	-	-			-
Grants	17,500		18,625									36,125		3,000
Receipts from fundraisingactivities	4,315											4,315		11,202
Gross tradingreceipts	5,407											5,407	7	4,828
Income from investments other than
land and buildings	-								-	-	-	-			-
Rents from land & buildings	-								-	-	-	-			-
Gross receipts from other charitable
activities	5											5			5
												-
*A1 Sub total*	*A1 Sub total* 73,880		18,625		-	-	-	-				92,505	92,505	62,935
A2 Receipts from asset &
investment sales
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets - - - Proceeds from sale of investments - - - *A2 Sub total* - - - *Total receipts* 73,880 18,625 - ~~—~~						- - - -	- - - -	- - - -				- - - 92,505	92,505	- - - 62,935
A3 Payments
Expenses for fundraising activities	-								-	-	-	-			850
Gross trading payments	7,003											7,003		1,731
Investment management costs												-		-	-
Payments relating directly to charitable	Payments relating directly to charitable
activities	51,439		18,625									70,064	4	59,096
Grants and donations
												-		-	-
Bank Charges & Interest	2,397											2,397	7		908
Governance costs:
												-		-	-
Audit / independent examination												-		-	-
Preparation of annual accounts	706											706			367
Legal costs												-		-	-
Other	Other
												-		-	-
												-		-	-
*A3 Sub total*	61,545		18,625		-	-	-	-				80,170	170	62,952
A4 Payments relating to asset and
investment movements
Purchases of fixed assets Purchase of investments *A4 Sub total* - - - *Total payments* 61,545 18,625 - ~~————~~						- -	- -	- -				- 80,170	80,170	- 62,972
*Net receipts / (payments)* A5 Transfers to / (from) funds *Surplus / (deficit) for year*	12,335 - - - 12,335 17) ( - 12,335 - - - 12,335 17) ( ~~——————~~

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Section B Statement of balances

Details	nrestricted funds o nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	Total current period to nearest £	Total last period to nearest £
Cash and bank balances at start of year	10,565					10,565	10,582
Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and payments account	12,335					12,335	17) (
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Cash and bank balances at end of year (Agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	22,900	-		-	-	22,900	10,565
	0	-		- Fund to which	- asset belongs	0	-
						Market valuation to nearest £	Last year to nearest £





Details		Fund to which	asset	belongs	Total Cost (if available) to nearest £	-	-
						Current value (if available) to nearest £	Last year to nearest £









Details				Total - Fund to which liability relates	-	-	-
						Amount due to nearest £	Last year to nearest £





Details				Total Fund to which liability relates		-	-
						Amount due (estimate) to nearest £	Last year to nearest £



Signature			P	Total rint Name		-	-
							Date of approval
							13/10/2021

							13/10/2021

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Section C Notes to the Accounts

C1 Nature and purpose of funds (may be stated on analysis of funds worksheets)

General funds generated through private donations, grants and fundraising activities. Funds are used to support the ongoing costs of the charity's activities including veterinary care & treatments, food, bedding and administrative costs

SupportAdoption For Pets EDC Covid-19 Small Business PetplanCharitableTrust Type of activity or project supported WeirCharitableTrust EDC Community Grant	Number of grants made £	Number of grants made £
	1	5,000
	1	500
	1	1,125
	1	12,000
	1	17,500
	Total	36,125

If no remuneration was paid during the period to any charity trustee or person connected to a trustee cross this box (otherwise complete section 3b)
Authority under which paid		£

C4a Trustee expenses If no expenses were paid to any charity trustee during the period then cross this box (otherwise complete section 4b) C4b Trustee expenses - details

C5 Transactions with trustees and connected persons C4b Trustee expenses - details		Nature of transaction	Number of trustees £	Number of trustees £





	Nature of relationship		Transaction amount (£) Balance outstanding at period end (£)

C6 Other information

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Additional analysis (1)

Analysis of receipts and payments

1 Donations

1 Donations
	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	Total current period to nearest £	Total last period to nearest £
Donations - General	13,002				13,002	17,022
Donations - Adoptions Services	12,418				12,418	11,888
Donations - Rescue Services	1,465				1,465	1,805
Donations - Bonding Services	4,373				4,373	950
Donations - Collection Cans	259				259	436
Donations - Educational Services	-				-	-
Donations - Online Fundraising Merchants	9,103				9,103	10,692
Donations - Events General	-				-	981
Donations - Events Partners Stores	6,033				6,033	125
Total 2 Grants	46,653	-	-	-	6,033	43,899
	reference Unrestricted funds to nearest £	- Restricted funds to nearest £	-	-	reference Total current period to nearest £	reference Total last period to nearest £
Ecliasistical Movement For Good					-	1,000
Jean Sainsbury Animal Trust					-	2,000
Weir Charitable Trust		5,000			5,000
East Dunbartonshire Council Community Grant		500			500
Petplan Charitable Trust		1,125			1,125
Support Adoption For Pets		12,000			12,000
East Dunbartonshire Council - Covid-19 Small Business Grant	17,500				17,500
Total	17,500	18,625			36,125	3,000
	-	-			-	-

3 Gross receipts from other charitable activities

	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	Total current period to nearest £	Total last period to nearest £
Sales Products	5,164				5,164	3,907
Sales Services	-				-	300
Sales Commission	243				243	621
Other Income	5				5	5
Receipts from funcraisingactivities	4,315				4,315	11,202
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					-
Total	9,727	-	-	-	9,727	16,035
	reference error	-	-	-	reference error	reference error

4 Payments relating directly to charitable activities

	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	Total current period to nearest £	Total last period to nearest £
Vet Fees	4,382	18,125			22,507	24,755
Equipment	14,384				14,384	7,794
Food & Bedding	832				832	3,073
Marketing & Promotions	869				869	849
Microchipping	280				280	280
Administration	1,365				1,365	776
Waste Management	733				733	711
Vaccinations & Medications	10,962				10,962	6,615
General Expenses	327				327	520
ICT, Software & Consumables	1,629				1,629	866
Travel & Fuel Allowance	258				258	663
Utilities	979				979	618
Insurance	2,866				2,866	2,553
Motor Expenses	364				364	263
Rent & Rates	11,109	500			11,609	8,762
Office Costs	100				100	-
					-	-
					-	-
Total	51,439	18,625	-	-	70,064	59,096

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Additional analysis (2)

5 Breakdown of unrestricted funds

5 Breakdown of unrestricted funds
Receipts	Unrestricted fund 1 - Working Balance	Unrestricted fund 2 - enter name of fund below	Unrestricted fund 3 - enter name of fund below	Unrestricted fund 4 - enter name of fund below	Total unrestricted funds	Total unrestricted funds last period
Donations Legacies Grants Receiptsfrom fundraising activities Gross tradingreceipts Incomefrom investments otherthan land and buildings Rentsfrom land & buildings Gross receipts from other charitable activities	46,653				46,653	43,899
	-				-	-
	17,500				17,500	1,000
	4,315				4,315	11,202
	5,407				5,407	4,828
					-	-
					-	-
	5				5	5
*Sub total* Receipts from asset & investment sales	73,880	-	-	-	73,880	60,935
					cross ref error	0
Proceedsfromsale of fixed assets Proceeds from sale of investments					-	-
					-	-
*Sub total* *Total receipts* Payments	-	-	-	-	-	-
	73,880	-	-	-	73,880	60,935
					cross ref error	0
Expenses for fundraisingactivities Gross trading payments Investment management costs Payments relatingdirectlyto charitable activities Grants and donations Bank Charges & Interest Governance costs: Audit / independent examination Preparation of annual accounts Legal costs					-	850
	7,003				7,003	1,731
					-	-
	51,439				51,439	57,096
					-	-
	2,397				2,397	908
					-	-
					-	-
	706				706	367
					-	-
					-	-
					-	-
*Sub total* Payments relating to asset and investment movements	61,545	-	-	-	61,545	60,952

Purchases of fixed assets Purchase of investments					-	-
					-	-
*Sub total* *Total payments* *Net receipts / (payments)* Transfers to / (from) funds *Surplus / (deficit) for year*	-	-	-	-	-	-
					-
	61,545	-	-	-	61,545	60,952

	12,335	-	-	-	12,335

					-

	12,335	-	-	-	12,335	17) (

Nature and purpose of funds

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Additional analysis (3)

6 Breakdown of restricted funds

6 Breakdown of restricted funds
Receipts	Restricted fund 1 - enter name of fund below Weir Charitable Trust	Restricted fund 2 - enter name of fund below EDC Community Grant	Restricted fund 3 - enter name of fund below Petplan Charitable Trust	Restricted fund 4 - enter name of fund below Support Adoption For Pets	Total restricted funds	Total restricted funds last period
Donations					-	-
Legacies					-	-
Grants	5,000	500	1,125	12,000	18,625	2,000
Receiptsfrom fundraising activities					-	-
Gross tradingreceipts					-	-
Incomefrom investments otherthan land and buildings					-	-
Rentsfrom land & buildings					-	-
Gross receipts from other charitable activities					-	-
*Sub total* Receipts from asset & investment sales	5,000	500	1,125	12,000	18,625	2,000
					-	0
Proceedsfromsale of fixed assets					-	-
Proceeds from sale of investments					-	-
*Sub total* *Total receipts* Payments	-	-	-	-	-	-
	5,000	500	1,125	12,000	18,625	2,000
					-	0
Expenses for fundraisingactivities					-	-
Gross trading payments					-	-
Investment management costs					-	-
Payments relatingdirectlyto charitable activities	5,000	500	1,125	12,000	18,625	2,000
Grants and donations					-	-
Governance costs:					-	-
Audit / independent examination					-	-
Preparation of annual accounts					-	-
Legal costs					-	-
					-	-
					-	-
*Sub total* Payments relating to asset and investment movements	5,000	500	1,125	12,000	18,625	2,000
					-	0
Purchases of fixed assets					-	-
Purchase of investments					-	-
*Sub total* *Total payments* *Net receipts / (payments)* Transfers to / (from) funds *Surplus / (deficit) for year*	-	-	-	-	-	-
					-	0
	5,000	500	1,125	12,000	18,625	2,000
					-	0
	-	-	-	-	-	-

					-	-

	-	-	-	-	-	-
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Nature and purpose of funds

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APPENDIX 3 ’ Independent examiner s report on the accounts V2

Report to the Charity name trustees/members of Beloved Rabbits

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44(1) (c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.	The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44(1) (c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.	The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44(1) (c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations. 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 seeks explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, I do not express an audit opinion on the viewgiven bythe accounts.
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention [other than that disclosed on the attached page*] 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: • to keep accounting records in accordance with section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and • to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations 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.
	Date:	15/11/2021

MSc. Social Business & Microfinance
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G336PD
Stepps

*Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. If the words do apply, set out those matters which have come to your attention on the following page.

APPENDIX 3 Disclosure section

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose

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Beloved Rabbits

Trustees’ Annual Report

December 2019 to November 2020

Charity contact information

Beloved Rabbits Scottish Charity Number: SC049128 The Bunny Bothy 50 Eastside, Kirkintilloch Glasgow, G66 1QH

0141 280 3272 info@belovedrabbits.org https://belovedrabbits.org

Fairly Beloved Rabbit Care Scottish Charity Number: SC042706 Enterprise House Southbank Business Park Kirkintilloch, G66 1XQ

Charity Trustees

Name all of your charity trustees for the period, and the date they left if they were not in post for the whole year

For Fairly Beloved Rabbit Care

(since December 2011) 2. (since December 2011)

For Beloved Rabbits

(founding Trustee, March 2019) 4. (founding Trustee, March 2019) 5. (founding Trustee, March 2019) 6. (founding Trustee, March 2019)

Objectives and activities

Beloved Rabbits is a new Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation established in March 2019.

This charity has been established to replace the unincorporated organisation Fairly Beloved Rabbit Care – SC042706. Fairly Beloved Rabbit Care (SC042706) intends to wind up and pass its assets and liabilities to Beloved Rabbits (SC049128).

This report therefore encompasses all activities for both charities over the governed period of the report.

The organisation’s purposes are:

To advance the welfare of rabbits by:
providing emergency and temporary accommodation for domestic rabbits in need, where the care need is established either through owner neglect, change in circumstances, owner election to surrender to our care or stray and abandoned domestic rabbits.; or
ensuring adequate husbandry for all animals within the care of the organisation; or
ensuring sufficient medical care, including access to adequate veterinary services
assisting existing owners with identifying new permanent homes for their pets as a result of changes in circumstances; or
providing rabbit introduction and bonding services to assist owner with the safe introduction of rabbits within new co-habiting pairs or small groups; or
providing rabbit fostering on behalf of other agencies and organisations; and
finding suitable new permanent owners for rabbits within our care.
To advance the education of rabbit welfare through raising awareness of abandoned rabbits and providing rabbit care advice to potential and existing owners and encouraging responsible rabbit ownership.

Structure, governance and management

Type of governing document

The organisation is now a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO), achieving approval from OSCR in March 2019.

A copy of the charity’s constitution is available upon request.

The structure of the organisation consists of:-

the MEMBERS - who have the right to attend members' meetings (including any annual general meeting) and have important powers under the constitution; in particular, the members appoint people to serve on the board and take decisions on changes to the constitution itself;
the BOARD - who hold regular meetings, and generally control the activities of the organisation; for example, the board is responsible for monitoring and controlling the financial position of the organisation.

The people serving on the board are referred to in this constitution as CHARITY TRUSTEES.

Trustee recruitment and appointment

Our board was formed of founding member trustees, who each played an active and involved role within the former organisation, Fairly Beloved Rabbit Care.

All volunteers were advised of the plans of formation of Beloved Rabbits from the former Fairly Beloved Rabbit Care and were given an opportunity to apply for roles as members or trustees if they felt inclined to.

Full details of our ongoing recruitment process for members (management committee members), and board of trustees is detailed within the charity constitution and is available upon request.

Achievements and performance

Rabbit Arrivals

There is always a very high demand for rabbit rescue & rehoming services within Scotland, and we continue to face a situation where demand exceeds our capacity.

Despite the operational challenges presented by the global Covid-19 pandemic, Beloved Rabbits continued to provide key services inline with Government guidelines throughout the period. However, due to challenges we faced during the national lock-down period throughout March to June 2020, we found ourselves having to close our rescue and rehoming waiting list temporarily for the first time.

During the year we received requests from 340 owners seeking help to rehome a total of 525 rabbits. This represented a reduction of around 26% on the preceding year, but this will be due to the closure period during the initial lockdown.

Our ability to address the demand has also been hampered by the pandemic, affecting availability of our foster care volunteers. As demonstrated below, we were only able to provide foster space for 212 of these rabbits (40.4%).

In addition, we accepted a further 38 rabbits back into our care from historical adoptions. This can happen due to unplanned changes in circumstances, or where the adopted rabbit fails to successfully bond with existing rabbits in the new owners household.

Rabbit Adoptions

We are very proud of the standards we uphold for our foster and adoptive homes, following a strict home assessment process to ensure suitability of new homes to meet the rabbit welfare needs and standards approved by the latest research.

Despite the challenges that came with reduced operations throughout the pandemic, we were able to continue adoptions of rabbits throughout the year, focussing on welfare need cases only during lockdown periods inline with government guidelines.

This has meant we have seen a slight reduction in adoptions, with a fall of 9% throughout the year.

We are also proud to recognise that we have successfully reduced the average time within our rescue to only 48 days, meaning we are successfully preparing the rabbits and finding them a new home within less than 2 months on average.

Supporting Young Volunteers

Beloved Rabbits engage several young volunteers aged 12 to 18 as they gain much needed animal welfare experience to support their future aspirations in careers in animal welfare and veterinary industries.

Sadly, the covid restrictions have resulted in these teams having to be stood down for large periods of the year: as our teams had to be limited to essential on-site volunteers only, limited to only one or two members per shift, we could not comfortably accommodate our young volunteers safely.

As a result our Young volunteers were absent from duty throughout March to August 2020.

During this period it was vital to us to maintain contact with our teams, and we were delighted to be in a position to welcome some of our young volunteers back on shift, in reduced teams, in August. However, again due to the restrictions many of the team found themselves carrying out volunteering only once every two weeks instead of our normal weekly team rota.

It has been disappointing for us all that this important aspect of our work has been hit heavily as a result of the pandemic.

Events & Fundraising Activity

Beloved Rabbits has historically conducted the majority of fundraising and awareness events during the Spring/Summer period.

Due to the impact of the pandemic, all our events activity had to be cancelled throughout 2020.

This has had an impact on income streams from summer events such as our galas and fetes, and we have also had to suspend educational visits.

This situation has given the management team cause to review our overall fundraising and event strategy and an important decision was made to withdraw the attendance of all live rabbits from events and educational presentations on a permanent basis. This follows a review of the practice in terms of the welfare of the rabbits, and it was felt that attendance at such events was not in keeping with welfare messages we are keen to promote, and did not allow members of the public to view rabbits in a natural, comfortable environment. A revised Event strategy will be developed post-pandemic for 2021.

Grant Applications

We have had exceptional success with grant applications this year, which has been a blessing against the back-drop of the pandemic. In many ways this has been the saving grace for the charity as we have not had to be too concerned about the loss of fundraising income caused by the pandemic as the grant funds available have bridged that gap.

Again, this has been a bit of an awakening for the Trustees as to the potential of Grant funding moving forwards and a revision to our fundraising approach will now incorporate improved practices for grant fund application.

Financial review

Financial Receipts

As previously mentioned, our income profile for this year has significantly shifted as a result of loss of income via fundraising activities balanced by a significant increase in grant funding.

Despite the challenges of the pandemic, this has meant we have been grateful to see an almost 47% increase in receipts on the previous year.

Detailed financial breakdown is attached to this report, or available upon request.

Expenses

We are pleased to be in a position where 95% of all our expenditure relates directly to our charitable activities. We continue to operate with volunteer teams only, and do not have any salary expenses to consider.

Within our charitable spend, the majority of our costs relate to vet fees, vaccinations & medications for the rabbits within our care (48%).

Statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Reserves are not expected to be significant and are carried forward to the following year for general fund use.

However the board, with support of charity membership, are developing a new fundraising strategy that will seek to secure a more robust financial standing for the charity to support future expansion plans. This strategy has been delayed as a result of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Details of any deficit

Accounts are managed so that deficits are minimised. This may result in trustee expenses being carried forward to the subsequent financial year before being paid when funds are available, and as agreeable by the trustees.

Donated facilities and services

A number of technical support services, including website development, hosting and some software services are donated via DWB Consultancy Ltd, a Ltd company of the charity’s trustee David Bell.

Future plans

We had intended to launch our 2019/20 fundraising strategy, which aims to create a stronger financial future for the charity. A key funding goal will be to identify the means to open a larger rescue centre by the end of 2022.

However the impact of the global pandemic has resulted in a delay to this plan, which is now being rescheduled for post-pandemic activity accordingly.

Additional information

The transition from Fairly Beloved Rabbit Care to Beloved Rabbits had intended to be concluded within the period reported upon. However, due to pressing priorities and limitations in resource availability, it has not yet been possible to conclude the closure of Fairly Beloved Rabbit Care.

It is anticipated this will now be concluded inline with the charity’s financial accounting period, with cessation of Fairly Beloved Rabbit Care expected on 30[th] November 2021.

Declaration

Signed on behalf of the charity trustees:

Print name

Designation DIRECTOR / CHARITY TRUSTEE

Date 13 October 2021

Signed on behalf of the charity trustees:

Print name

Designation CHARITY TRUSTEE

Date 13 October 2021