Trustees. Annual Report for the period
Period start date
April
Period end iiate
From
Section A
Reference and administration details
Charity name
Lowestoft Thursday Club
Other names charity is known by
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Registsrod charity numbor (If any)
1162491
Charlty's prlnclpal address
109 Sussex Road
Lowestoft
Suffolk
Postcode
NR32 4HG
Names of the charity trustses who manage thè charity
Tru8tse name
Offl¢e (rf any
t)atss acted If not for wholo
ear
Mame of person lor body) entitled
olnt tnjstèè
an
Joseph Luke
Harrison
Chairman
Jill Rosemary
White
Secretary
Mary Elizabeth
Edward8
Sophie Kelty
Cooper
Rosemarie Sarah
Page
Treasurer
10
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Names of the trustees for the charity. If any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name
Dates acted if not for whole
ear
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Names and addresses of advlsers (Optional infonnation)
e of advlser
Name
Address
Name of chlef executive or names of senior staff members (Optional infomiallon)
Section B
Structure,
overnance and mana
ement
Description of the charity's trusts
Constitution
Type of governing document
leo. *ri.'st deed constttiiiion j
How the charity is constrtuted
leg. trust. association. conipaiiyp
Trustee selection methods Elected by any members of the Charity or the Trustees
log. aiipoin:,ed by.. elect
Chartiable Incorporated Organisation
Addltional governance Issues (Optional inforniation)
You may choose to include
We have several policies in place of which all we review to protect the
additional information, where
members of the Charty. These indude a safeguarding policy, equal
relevant, about..
opportunities policy, DBS checks and a complaints policy. We undertake
risk assessments on outings in order to highlight the risks and to make
sure we keep all members in the safest environment possible. The
majority of our volunteers have now undertaken first aid Iraining in order to
make sure again our members are in the satest environment and we are
piepared rf there should be a first aid incident. As our name gets out there
more due to increase in the marketing we are getting more interest with
volunteers thus creating more awareness ofthe group and hopefully in the
future this will provide fvrther donations
policies and prO￿dureS
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees.,
the charity's organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
WOTks:
relationship with any related
partie5',
trustees, consideration of
major risks and the system
and procedures lo manage
them.
We have expanded our marketing ofthe club this year and hope to
continue this with us welcoming new members and volunteers. We now
have our own merchandise which has been very popular. We have not
held many trips away from the hall we meet at thi5 year due to the rise in
members and we have been able to put on lots of drfferent acts at the hall
and therefore no risk assessment or new procedures have been pul in
place.
Section C
Ob'ectives and activities
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The objed of the Chartty is for the public benefit to assist and support
adults ￿th leaming disabilitie5 in East Anglia by supplying an
environment for their developing needs which provides and promotes
their health and wellbeing through aotivities provided and organised by
the Charity
Summary of the objects of the
harity set out in its
goveming document
The activities that the club provides varies every week. These do include
live perfomers. craft and raffle nights, bingo and discos. We as Trustees
have regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public
benefit. All activities prowded by Ihe Charity are enjoyed by all members
with varying disabiltties. promoting their wellbeing and providing them
with a safe enjoyable environment to develop all their needs.
Summary of the main
activities undertaken for the
public benefit in relatlon to
these objects linclude within
thi3 section the statutory
declaratlon thal trustèes have
had règard to the guldance
Issued by the Charlty
Commission on public
benefiti
Additional detalls of objectives and activities (Optional inforniation
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We have since becoming a Charty tried to spread greater awareness of
the Chaiity and within the communtty by allowing friends and families to
come to special nights that are put on for the members. In addition we
have also att6nded specific charity evenings in the local cornmunily lo get
the Charity's name out there. Wa have also have t-shirts and other
clothing made with the Charity's name and logo and also pens and
badges. These are wom by all volunteers whenever we are at any
events.
You may choose to include
further statements, where
relevant, aboLrt-
policy on grantrnaking.
policy programme related
investment.,
contrlbution made by
volunteers.
Section D
Achievements and performance
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Section D
Achievements and performance
Summary of the main
achlevements of the charlty
during the yoar
The main achievement this year was our Summer Ball and Christrnas
Party, all members participaled and had a great evening. We have also
started an annual talent night in memory of one of our late volunteers
where prizes are won and trophieslmedals.
We have attracted more members this year and have had more enquires
from both volunteers and members who would like to join the charity and
we hope lo Continue to grow the charity with the help of our Fa￿book
page and website.
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Section E
Financial review
Brief statsment of the
charity's pollcy on reserves
Our policy on reserves has just been reviewed and the two main aspects
of the charity is entertainment and the hall hire. The reserves we set
aside provide finanaal stability and the means for the development of our
principle activity and would allow us to continuo with the club if no
donalions or other financaal support was provided. We intend lo maintain
our resetves at a level of £9.000.00.
Detalls of any funds materlally
in deflclt
NIA
Further flnanclal revlèw detalls (Optional information)
The Char￿eS principle source of funds is fundraising. We volunteer at
IoGal fetes and this has allowed us to spend the funds on new crafls for
the members, host a Summer Ball which develops the needs ofthe
Members and means that we can provide entertainment to promote all
members health and wellE￿Ing.
You may choose to include
additional information. where
relevant about..
the charity's principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)-,
how expenditure ha8
supported the key objectives
of the charity;
investrnenl policy and
objectives including any
ethical investment policy
adopted.
Section F
Other optional information
Section G
Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above.
Signed on behalf of the charlty's
Signaturels)
Full namels)
Position (eg Secretary, Chair,
etc)
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Date
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**Income and Expenditure 2023/2024** 

||||**April**||**May**|**May**|||**June**||**July**||**August**|**August**|**August**|**September**|**September**|**September**|||**October**|**October**|**November**|**November**|**November**|**December**|**December**|**January**|**January**|**February**|**February**|**February**|||**March**|**March**|||**YTD**|
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|Income||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|MembershipFees|||£165.00||£99.55||||£218.30||£123.50||||||£232.20|||||£246.30|||£262.90||£64.00||£118.00||£299.80|||||£238.95|||**£2,068.50**|
|Charitable Donantions|||||£1,000.00||||£10.00||£4.70||||||£65.00|||||£2.00|||||£470.50||£367.75||||||||||**£1,919.95**|
|FundraisingEvents|||||£5.60||||||£2,275.00||||||£131.10||||||||||||||||||||||**£2,411.70**|
|Special Events Fee|||£26.00||£137.00|||||||||||||||||£30.00|||£105.00||£18.00||£12.00||£21.00|||||£8.50|||**£357.50**|
|Refreshments|||£56.31||£20.90||||£59.51||£34.20||||||£59.70|||||£68.75|||£68.88||£15.70||£28.90||£82.40|||||£56.40|||**£551.65**|
|Tuck ShopMonies|||£14.90||£35.90||||£53.59||£15.10||||||£39.36|||||£39.62|||£19.70||||£36.84||£41.65|||||£15.35|||**£312.01**|
|Bank Interest|||£20.68||£23.15||||£23.59||£27.12||||£34.03||£34.95|||||£36.24|||£32.41||£33.18||£33.41||£31.35|||||£33.39|||**£363.50**|
|Grants|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||**£0.00**|
|Other|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||**£0.00**|
|**Total Income**|||£282.89||£1,322.10||||£364.99||£2,479.62||||£34.03||£562.31|||||£422.91|||£488.89||£601.38||£596.90||£476.20|||||£352.59|||**£7,984.81**|
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|Expenditure||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Hall Hire|||£10.00||||||||||||||||||||||£126.00||£210.00||£84.00||£84.00|||||£168.00|||**£682.00**|
|Advertisement and Promotion|||£35.00|||||||||||£113.04||||||||£110.00|||||||||||||||||**£258.04**|
|Insurance|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||**£0.00**|
|Entertainment/Craft Nights|||£420.00|||£150.00|||£439.97||£254.00|||£0.00|||£353.49|||||£450.00|||£530.00||£200.00||£60.00||£280.00||||£1,230.00||||**£4,367.46**|
|Trophies/Presents|||£70.60||||||||||||||£103.93|||||£410.52|||£189.00||£131.57||||£48.27||||£75.60||||**£1,029.49**|
|Compliance Costs||||||||||||||£20.00|||||||||||||||||||||||||**£20.00**|
|PartyExpenses||||||£281.90|||£82.50||£926.31|||||||||||£548.46|||||£67.66||£42.48||£26.00||||£132.00||||**£2,107.31**|
|Bank Charges|||£5.80|||£5.00|||£5.00||£5.00|||£14.50|||£12.60|||||£5.00|||£5.00||£5.00||£6.60||£5.80||||£5.00||||**£80.30**|
|Food and Drink|||£20.77|||£16.76|||£209.54||£26.71||||||£42.16|||||£27.85|||£52.75||£17.82||£14.94||£30.30||||£25.79||||**£485.39**|
|Miscellous Costs||||||£7.00|||||||||||£51.66|||||£14.00|||£72.96||£8.00||||£7.28||||||||**£160.90**|
|**Total Expenditure**|||£562.17|||£460.66|||£737.01||£1,212.02|||£147.54|||£563.84||||£1,565.83||||£975.71||£640.05||£208.02||£481.65||||£1,636.39||||**£9,190.89**|
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|**Profit/(Loss)**||**(£279.28)**||||**£861.44**||**(£372.02)**|||**£1,267.60**||**(£113.51)**|||||**(£1.53)**||**(£1,142.92)**||||**(£486.82)**|||**(£38.67)**||**£388.88**|||**(£5.45)**||**(£1,283.80)**||||**(£1,206.08)**||