## The Lions Club of St Austell Charity registration number: 1177541
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the year ending 30th June 2023**
The Trustees of The Lions Club of St Austell present their annual report and audited accounts for the year ended 30th June 2023 and confirm they comply with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011, and the Charities SORP (FRS 102) Structure, Governance and Management.
The Lions Club of St Austell is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation governed by its constitution adopted on the 25th November 2017. The constitution and byelaws make provision for the maximum and minimum number of trustees and identifying those members who by virtue of their office should also be a trustee. Trustees are elected at the Annual General Meeting.
## **Objectives and Activities**
The Lions Club of St Austell is part of Lions Clubs International which operates throughout the world and our objectives are exclusively charitable. We seek the advancement of citizenship by encouraging members to take an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community. We encourage service-minded people to serve their community without personal reward and advocate high ethical standards in commerce, industry, professions, public works and private endeavours.
We support youth to develop their skills, capacities, and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.
We also promote the Voluntary Sector for the public benefit by associating with local authorities in a common effort to advance education and provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation to improve the conditions of life of people in local, national and international communities.
We encourage volunteering; the relief of poverty and the relief of those in need in particular by providing humanitarian aid and disaster relief; the advancement of health or the saving of lives by preventing avoidable blindness, assisting disabled people to lead independent lives or helping to prevent or manage health issues. We uphold for the benefit of the public the conservation protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment; and/or promoting community participation in healthy recreation.
## **Achievements and Performance**
During the reported period we were once again able to conduct our usual fundraising activities. We were able to accompany Santa through the residential areas of St Austell and surrounding districts much to the delight of residents, especially young children. Our Easter Egg raffle was a success once again and we participated in a number of car boot sales. In addition we were involved in a number of other fundraising activities but new to this year was a challenge amongst our members to raise funds through their own ingenious fundraising activities.
Amongst those who we have supported during this reporting period have included: -
1. Merlin Neuro Therapy Centre, located in Mid-Cornwall supports adults, young people and children living with long-term neurological conditions and/or neuro diversities to access specialist therapies, support, and information in a safe, supportive environment to help them improve their physical and mental well-being.
2. Cornwall Community Foundation Young and Talented Fund, now headed by Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall Colonel Edward Bolitho OBE, strives to help those young individuals who have demonstrated an outstanding talent in a particular field – such as sport, the arts and science – but are struggling to achieve their ambition or progress in their chosen career because of hardship or disability.
3. Humanitarian appeals to assist the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and the citizens in war torn Ukraine.
4. We have also made significant financial donations to: -
Scout World Jamboree Wave project MNDA Cornwall St Austell Music Festival Treverbyn Community Trust
In addition to making grants to deserving causes within the St Austell area the club also supports Zone, District and Multiple District projects. We have donated £1,000 to Lions Club International Foundation whose projects include Water Aid, Eye Camps and Street Children and disaster relief.
## **Financial Review**
Now that the pandemic has passed we have had more scope to return to normal fundraising within our community but we have dispensed with out summer duck races due to advancing age and reducing membership. We hope to encourage new members to join us and consider other methods of fundraising in the future.
## **Reference and Administrative details**
Charity name: The Lions Club of St Austell Registered charity number 1177541 Charity’s principal address 65 Retallick Meadows, St Austell, Cornwall PL25 3BY Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity: - James Mathers Barbara Trenerry President Eric Scorse Treasurer Gail Mathers Secretary appointed 1/7/21 Tony Pickup David Honey Membership Chairman Barry Merrifield Trustee
## **Declarations**
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature J. Mathers
Full name James Michael Finian Mathers
**LUNE VALLEY BEEKEEPERS Charitable Incorporated Organisation Reg No: 1167725 INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 1ST March 2022 to 28th February 2023**
|**2022 for**
**comparison**
**INCOME**
576 Subscriptions
660
392 Insurance
525
1470 Course fees
950
5160 Sales of goods
6589
832 Donations
428
341 Gift Aid
146
819 Fund raising
539
3000 Grant income
250
**12590 Total income**
**10087**
**EXPENDITURE**
407
Site costs
638
713
Apiary costs
369
0
Meadow costs
784
3734
Cost of sales of goods
6013
91
Publicity
105
655
Course costs
496
705
Insurance
744
389
Web site
594
80
Other items
117
0
Obsolete equipment
559
6774**Total expenditure**
10419
**£5,816 Excess of income over expenditure**
**-£332**|**2022 for**
**comparison**
**INCOME**
576 Subscriptions
660
392 Insurance
525
1470 Course fees
950
5160 Sales of goods
6589
832 Donations
428
341 Gift Aid
146
819 Fund raising
539
3000 Grant income
250
**12590 Total income**
**10087**
**EXPENDITURE**
407
Site costs
638
713
Apiary costs
369
0
Meadow costs
784
3734
Cost of sales of goods
6013
91
Publicity
105
655
Course costs
496
705
Insurance
744
389
Web site
594
80
Other items
117
0
Obsolete equipment
559
6774**Total expenditure**
10419
**£5,816 Excess of income over expenditure**
**-£332**|||
|---|---|---|---|
||576 Subscriptions
392 Insurance
1470 Course fees
5160 Sales of goods
832 Donations
341 Gift Aid
819 Fund raising
3000 Grant income||660
525
950
6589
428
146
539
250|
|||||
||||**10087**|
|||638||
|||369||
|||784
6013
105
496
744
594
117
559||
||||10419|
|||||
||||**-£332**|
|||||
## **LUNE VALLEY BEEKEEPERS Charitable Incorporated Organisation Reg No: 1167725 BALANCE SHEET**
## **As at 28th February 2023**
|**2022**|**2022**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**for comparison**||||||
|||**FIXED ASSETS at cost**||||
||3596|Container costs|||3596|
||4254|Training Apiary|||4268|
||7146|Breeding apiary|||7146|
||3024|Stocks of bees|||3024|
||18020|**Total fxed assets**|||18034|
|||**CURRENT ASSETS**||||
|1180||Stocks of goods for re-sale||710||
|341||Debtors||645||
|1568||Cash at Bank||781||
|3089||||2136||
|||**CURRENT LIABILITIES**||||
|-714||Pre-payments|634|||
|0||Creditors|0|634||
||2375|**NET CURRENT ASSETS**|||1502|
|||||||
||**£20,395**|**TOTAL ASSETS**|||**£19,536**|
|||**Represented by:**||||
|2000||Trustees' Loans||2000||
|1949|3949|Members' Loans||1422|3422|
|||**ACCUMULATED FUND**||||
|10630||As at 1st March 2019||16446||
|5816|16446|Add: surplus for period||-332|16114|
|||||||
||**£20,395**||||**£19,536**|
|**We certify that this Balance Sheet and Income and Expenditure Account**||||||
||**show a true and fair view of this organisation's position.**|||||
|Signed:||Signed:||||
||….................................................||….........................................................|||
|||Dr Fred J Ayres|Mrs Glenis Ayres, Trustee|||
|Signed:||Signed:||||
||…..................................................||….................................................................|||
||Mrs C Jane York, Trustee||Mr Nigel M Leech, Trustee|||