Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust

Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust

Questionnaire for Charities that have not received a donation from us previously

CHARITY DETAILS:

Date:_________________

CHARITY NAME:

ADDRESS:

POST CODE:

CONTACT NAME:

POSITION HELD:

ADDRESS (if different from above)

Vet's Name & Address (we may wish to contact):

How did you hear of us?

C.C. Reg. No.

Date of Registration:

E-mail address:

Website:

Daytime Tel. No.

Vet's Tel. No.

TYPE OF CHARITY: Please tick the categories which best describe the work of your charity

¨	Rescue and re-homing of domestic animals	¨	Cats
¨	Feeding/neutering	¨	Equines
¨	Assistance with vet fees	¨	Other domestic pets
¨	Education and campaigning	¨	Farm animals
¨	Rescue/rehabilitation of wild animals	¨	Birds
¨	Dogs	¨	Others (please state which)

Number of horses/equines on loan/fostered_________

Does the charity pay for the food/vet/farrier fees for these loaned/fostered equines? If so please give details:

ANIMALS HANDLED FOR THE YEAR (please give dates)………………………………..

	Number taken in	Number rehomed/ fostered	Number released back to the wild	Number rehomed direct from owner without coming in to charity	Number destroyed	Number neuteredby your charity	Number in permanent or long term sanctuary	Others (such as returned to owner please state)
Dogs
Cats
Feral Cats
Rabbits
Exotics
Horses/ Equines
Birds
Wildlife/ Others:

FINANCES:

Please complete the following re. CURRENT finances and enclose your most recent accounts.

Date of enclosed accounts: ............................

Estimated current annual income since enclosed accounts:

Estimated current annual expenditure since enclosed accounts:

Approximate CURRENT level of financial assets (e.g. in bank and building society, investments, stocks and shares etc.):

Approximate value of property owned by the charity:

Legacies or other large donations expected, please give brief details:

Are any funds designated to specific projects:

Number of full and part-time paid workers:

Brief summary of reasons for application to the Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust, i.e. capital projects/running expenses, etc.:

Please tick the following statements to show that you are eligible to apply:

1	Our charity is not a sanctuary – in the main we rehome/release the animals we take in	—
2	We are registered with the Charity Commission (or our income is under £5,000)	—
3	We produce annual accounts which show an opening/closing balance	—
4	With our 9 sets of accounts we attach an auditors statement or an independent examiners report (ALL applicants must provide one or the other)	—
5	In the “current” finances section of the application form we have provided approximate figures SINCE the date of our enclosed accounts (Please do not write “refer to accounts”)	—
6	We have filled-in ALL sections of the application form (please note we will not accept part-filled-in forms)	—

I have read the Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust’s policies and enclose 9 sets of accounts.

Signed…………………………. Print name……………………

Please note deadlines for receipt of applications:

15^th January (for March meeting) 15^th May (for July meeting) 15^th September (for November meeting).

Many thanks for your application.

Please read the following application policies to check that you are eligible and keep these for your own records.

The Trust favours applications from:

UK registered charities where at least one set of up-to-date published annual accounts is available for inspection.
Smaller UK registered animal welfare charities.
UK registered charities which demonstrate an active re-homing and rehabilitation policy for animals taken into their care.
UK registered charities involved with conservation of wildlife, if the rescue, rehabilitation and release of animals is their main aim.

The Trust attempts to support charities by making donations toward the following:

General running costs associated with the rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing of domestic, wild and exotic animals.
Feeding, capture, neutering and release of feral cats.
Assistance with vet's fees and neutering costs of animals owned by those on low incomes.
Donations towards capital purchases involving land, buildings, vehicles, equipment and educational material. The Trustees may pledge funds up to a maximum of £50k towards large capital building projects, which will only be released when all other funding is in place and the work is ready to commence.
Donations toward the purchase or improvement of property or fixed buildings are only considered if:

the property is clearly in the ownership of the charity, or
at least 10 years is left to run on the charity's lease, or
a letter from the landowner states that the charity will be reimbursed for the improvements on sale of the property or at the end of the lease.

Otherwise, support for improvements can only be considered when they do not increase the saleable value of the property.

The Trust will not normally support:

Charities mainly engaged with the preservation of specific species of wild animals
Charities with available reserves equal to more than one year's running costs will not qualify for consideration unless it can be demonstrated that reserves are being held for a designated project.
Charities offering sanctuary to animals, with no effort to re-home, foster or rehabilitate.
Charities that do not have a realistic destruction policy for animals that cannot be given a reasonable quality of life.
Charities involved with assistance animals e.g. Hearing Dogs for the Deaf, Riding for the Disabled etc.
Charities that spend more than a reasonable proportion of their income on administration or cannot justify their costs per animal helped.
Charities registered outside the UK.
Veterinary Schools, unless the money can be seen to be directly benefiting the type of animals the Trust would want to support e.g. welfare-related or low-cost first opinion vet treatment projects.
Applications from individuals.