## Rotary Club of Stockport Lamplighter
## Charity number 1076837
## Trustee Annual Report for the year ended 30" June 2025
## Address:
17 Edmonton Road
## Stockport
SK2 7BG
## Trustees
## Jane Hardman
Bernadette Holgate MBE
Andrew Dowd
Philip Smith
## Structure and Management
The Rotary Club of Stockport Lamplighter Trust Fund (the Trust) is funded by and makes donations on behalf of the Rotary Club of Stockport Lamplighter (the Club). The Trustees are members of and are appointed by the Club, to whom they are responsible.
The Trustees ensure the safe keeping of funds and their donations to good causes as directed by the Club and are governed by a trust deed dated 21* June 1990.
## Objectives
The Trust’s objectives are defined by its trust deed as:
“The relief of the poor and needy or to or for such other charitable purpose, institution, society or object as the Club shall in duly constituted meeting from time to time direct”
## Performance and Achievements
During the year, the Trust fulfilled its charitable purpose by making donations totalling £23,142, principally to organisations supporting those in need in the local area such as food banks, churches, schools, sports clubs, and similar organisations. £7,296 was donated to overseas causes through their UK offices.
Funds were raised by the members of the Club and other volunteers through several initiatives, principally a Christmas collection and a summer Open Gardens event.
## Public Benefit
The trustees confirm they have followed the requirements of Section 4 of the Charities Act 2006, 2011, to have due regard to public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
## Other Matters
As of 30" June 2025, the Trust had no employees and 4 volunteer trustees
The Trust complies with the policy on Safeguarding Adults and Children published by Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland. There were no risk events during the year.
The Trust has no ongoing commitments and does not, therefore, have a reserves policy. As of 30" June, unrestricted funds totalled £29,442 held in cash (2024: £32,044).
## Receipts and Payments Account - Year Ended 30" June 2025
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|[Income|«| 2025|| 2024|||Expenditure|| 2025|||2024|
|Christmas collection|| £10,435|| £9,679|£11,048|||£8,691|
|Open Gardens|£5,912|| £5,058|£9,066|||£4,611|
|Gift Aid|£1,639|£7,296|||£5,200|
|Rotary|District|Grants|[£1,715|| £550|£2,500|||£1,800|
|Supermarket collection|| £2,496|| £2,307||Environment|£0| £445|
|Wilmslow|£2,507|£2,122|| £1,561|
|Round Table|||£1,500|£528|£155|
|BonusBottle|Ball|£900||£1,570|£222,||o|
|Collection|e107,|{e405|||
|e871|[22,204||||||
|£2,351|[£2,584||||||
|£30,276|| £25,537|| TotalExpnd|||£32,782|||£22,463|
|Surp(Def)forYear|—|-£2506|[+£2,894|||||||
|Surplus BroughtFwd|[£32,044||£29110/|#||||||
|Surplus Carried Fwd|| £29,538|| £32,004||NbBankbal|£29,442|||—s|
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All surpluses are held in cash with National Westminster Bank PLC
## Notes
## Income
Government funding: £0
Donations: £30,430
Highest corporate donation: £2,507 Riviera Travel
Grants: £1,715 Rotary District 1285
No income was received from outside the UK
## Expenditure
Grants to Charities/worthy causes £23,142
Grants to connected parties £2,500 - The Rotary Foundation
No payments were made to trustees other than reimbursing out of pocket expenses
Signed on behalf of the Trustees
Name: Jane Hardman
Date
## Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Report to the Trustees/members of Rotary Club Of Stockport Lamplighter Trust Fund
Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2025
| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30 June 2025.
## Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
| report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, | have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## Independent examiner's statement
| have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- e accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or e the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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