## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] July 2022 to 30[th] June 2023** **Charity name: Lions Club of Tynedale Charity registration number: 1173322** ## **Objectives and Activities** Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document **3.1 The Objects of the Club are such purposes as are exclusively charitable in England & Wales, including in particular: 3.1.1 the advancement of citizenship by: 3.1.1.1 promoting the principles of good citizenship; 3.1.1.2 encouraging members to take an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community; 3.1.1.3 providing a forum for the open discussion of all matters of public interest; provided that partisan politics and sectarian religion shall not be debated by members; 3.1.1.4 encouraging service-minded people to serve their community without personal reward and encouraging the promotion of high ethical standards in commerce, industry, professions, public works and private endeavours; 3.1.1.5 supporting youth to develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals; 3.1.2 promoting 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; 3.1.3 promoting volunteering; 3.1.4 the relief of poverty and the relief of those in need in particular by providing humanitarian aid and disaster relief; 3.1.5 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;**
**3.1.6 promoting for the benefit of the public the**
**conservation protection and improvement of**
**the physical and natural environment; and/or**
**3.1.7 promoting community participation in**
**healthy recreation.**| |---|---| |Summary of the main activities
in relation to those purposes
for the public benefit, in
particular, the activities,
projects or services identified
in the accounts.|**The year 2022-2023 has been very busy**
•
**Operating “Santa’s Sleigh” for many nights to**
**both bring happiness to children in the Tyne**
**Valley and to raise funds for local charities. It**
**was good to return to direct contact with**
**children, parents and other adults; we also**
**encouraged donations to be made electronically.**
•
**Running the Club’s own Men’s Shed project**
**(funded by Tynedale Lions with external grant**
**contributions). This project is designed to**
**provide social interaction and constructive**
**activities for men, particularly those who are**
**isolated.**
•
**Assisting West Northumberland Food Bank with**
**volunteer time.**
•
**Sponsoring and assisting pupils from Corbridge**
**Middle School in taking part in the 2023 Lions**
**International Peace Poster Competition.**
•
**Facilitating the Excellence Awards: local schools**
**and clubs nominate young people for the award.**
•
**Facilitating the Easter Bonnet Competition with**
**awards for winner**
•
**Three store collections**
•
**Three market stalls**
•
**Annual Beer Festival**
•
**The Club provide teams to help tidy up Hexham**
**town, organised by Hexham Community**
**Partnership.**
•
**Collecting redundant spectacles to support**
**overseas sight projects**
•
**Regularly attending online and as/when**
**appropriate f2f meetings to support local**
**community groups**
•
**Club and Trustee Meetings**
•
**Organisational, secretarial and other Club**
**support activities**| |Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard
to the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|**In its approach to and execution of the above**
**activities, Trustees follow the guidance issued by**
**the Charity Commission on public benefit.**| |Policy on grant making|**We have a policy on grant making that is reviewed**
**annually**| |---|---| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|**Not applicable**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|**We have a volunteer policy and record all**
**contributions.**
**Tynedale Lions’ volunteer commitment totalled**
**approximately 2,200 hours benefitting approx. 2,000**
**people through 173 service activities.**| ## **Achievements and Performance** |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a whole.|**Tynedale Lions maintains close links with**
**neighbouring Lions Clubs, with a view to**
**collaborating in activities and financial support to**
**projects that are to the benefit of the joint**
**communities.**
**During the period of this report we have supported**
**£**
**Tynedale Hospice at Home 7,000.00**
**The Hextol Foundation**
**7,000.00**
**The Peoples Kitchen**
**7,500.00**
**Slaley RDA Group**
**1,000.00**
**The Torch Centre**
**250.00**
**Northumberland County Scouts**
**500.00**
**WECAN**
**1,000.00**
**LCI 105N (Pakistan Flood Disaster) 1,000.00**
**On the Move Theatre Co**
**400.00**
**Parkinsons UK**
**250.00**
**Lions MD 105 (Brain Tumour research) 1,000.00**
**Theatre Sans Frontieres**
**1,000.00**
**Gateway into the Community 1,000.00**
**Hexham Together for Ukraine**
**2,000.00**
**Core Music**
**1,500.00**
**Zambezi Sunrise Trust 500.00**
**Heel & Toe Childrens Society**
**500.00**
**Hexham Bluegrass Festival 500.00**
**Northumbrian Hedgehog Rescue 250.00**
**Friends of Hexham Priory School 300.00**
**Acomb Parish Council**
**250.00**
**Our Men’s Shed continues to provide activities and**
**social interaction for users.**
**We work closed with voluntary organisations in the**
**area.**| |---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|**We believe our achievements match our objectives.**| |---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives set|**Performance matches previous years. No**
**fundraising objectives are set.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|**Not applicable**| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end of
the period|**We are happy with the charity’s financial position at**
**the end of the period**| |---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|**Reserves policy is considered and agreed by**
**trustees and ratified by members.**
**Grant awards are only ever made from available**
**funds. Members’ six-monthly contributions cover all**
**Club administration costs including Lions UK and**
**Lions International dues.**
**The Club operates 3 bank accounts with individual**
**policies:**
•
**Administration – there is no minimum balance**
**requirement for this account**
•
**Charity – maintain a minimum balance of £500 to**
**allow a response to an urgent appeal**
**(unrestricted reserves)**
•
**Men’s Shed – there is no minimum balance**
**requirement for this account (restricted reserves)**| |Amount of reserves held|**£1,934 unrestricted reserves**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|**n/a**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|**n/a**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the charity
continuing as a going concern|**n/a**| |The charity’s principal sources
of funds (including any
fundraising)|**The Club’s main annual fundraiser is the Tynedale**
**Beer & Cider Festival (TBCF) in conjunction with our**
**joint-venture partners, Tynedale Rugby Football**
**Club. This event in June 2022 provided £31,036 for**
**our Grant Awards programme in 2022-23.**
**“Santa’s Sleigh” had a very successful season in**
**December 2022, raising a total of £5,500.76,**
**including Gift Aid.**| |---|---| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|**An ageing membership**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Type of governing document|**Constitution supported by By-Laws**| |---|---| |How is the charity constituted?|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of any
person or body entitled to
appoint one or more trustees|**Nominated by and voted upon by members of the**
**club**| ||| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|**Trustees are encouraged to read the charity**
**commission guidance online and asked to review**
**annually. All Club members hold standard DBS**
**check certificates.**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
works|**The Club operates democratically with each member**
**having one vote in all its decision making. Club**
**meetings receive reports and recommendations**
**from the various Committees (Community Service;**
**Membership & PR; Fundraising; Programme &**
**Events) and votes on these. Members may also raise**
**matters to a full Club meeting. Trustees consider the**
**outcome of members voting to ensure that they meet**
**the Club’s aims as stated in the Constitution as a**
**final authorisation.**
**The Club is affiliated with Lions District 105N and**
**Lions Multiple District 105, for the UK, and Lions**
**Clubs International based in the US.**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**The Lions Club Of Tynedale**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|**Tynedale Lions**| |Registered charity number|**1173322**| |Charity’s principal address|**Sue Taylor (Secretary)**
**The Farmhouse, Cottonshopeburnfoot**
**Otterburn, Northumberland NE19 1TF**| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6
7|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Steven Forster|President||Tynedale Lions Members| ||Julia D’Auvergne
Oake|Vice President||ditto| ||Sue Taylor|Secretary||ditto| ||Alan Brown|Treasurer||ditto| ||Ian Cave|Membershipand PR||ditto| ||Hugh Williamson|Health and Safety||ditto| ||Stephen Prandle|Immediate Past
President||ditto| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** n/a Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |n/a||| ## **Names and addresses of advisers** |**Type of adviser **|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |Independent
Examiner|Gabrielle-Anne
Keaveny|9 South Waterside, Kielder, Hexham NE48 1HF| |**Name of chief executive or names**||**of senior staff members**| n/a – the Constitution states that the President acts as Chief Executive (volunteer) l Declarations Slgnod on behalf of tho charity's Irustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Posltlon (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Steven Forster President and Chair of Trustees 10° April 2024 ## ## **THE LIONS CLUB OF TYNEDALE 1173322 Receipts and payments accounts For the period 01/07/2022 to 30/06/2023 from** **CC16a** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**37,775**
**-**
**41**
**1,520**
**-**
**-**
**-**

**39,336**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**39,336**
**-**
**275**
**-**
**2,405**
**35,008**
**-**
**-**
**2,788**
**-**
**466**
**-**
**-**
**570**
**-**
**41,512**
-
-
-
**-**
**41,512**
**- 2,176**
**- 2,000**
**6,110**
**1,934**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,820**
**-**
**-**
**1,820**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,820**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**190**
**-**
**-**
**371**
**-**
**-**
**193**
**-**
**-**
**753**
-
-
**160**
**160**
**913**
**907**
**2,000**
**1,229**
**4,136**|**Administration**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,311**
**-**
**-**
**513**
**-**
**-**
**2,285**
**5,108**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,108**
**2,338**
**-**
**1,319**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,188**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,845**
-
-
-
**-**
**4,845**
**263**
**-**
**1,135**
**1,398**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,311**
**37,775**
**-**
**41**
**2,032**
**1,820**
**-**
**2,285**
**46,264**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**46,264**
**2,338**
**275**
**1,319**
**2,405**
**35,008**
**190**
**1,188**
**2,788**
**371**
**466**
**-**
**193**
**570**
**-**
**47,111**
-
-
**160**
**160**
**47,270**
**- 1,006**

**-**
**8,474**
**7,468**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Activitydonations|**-**||||**1,651**| |Charityevents|**37,775**||||**20,534**| |Contributions from beneficiaries|**-**||||**-**| |Donations|**41**||||**313**| |Gift Aid HMRC|**1,520**||||**1,696**| |Grants|**-**||||**-**| |Mens' shedproducts|**-**||||**300**| |Member donations|**-**||||**2,010**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**39,336**||||**26,999**| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||| ||||||**26,999**| ||||||| |Activities|**-**||||**2,372**| |Independent examination|**275**||||**250**| |District dues|**-**||||**1,168**| |Donations re Santa Sleigh help|**2,405**||||**2,994**| |Donations UK|**35,008**||||**13,566**| |Insurance|**-**||||**181**| |International dues|**-**||||**1,125**| |Lions International donations|**2,788**||||**4,436**| |Planningapplication fees|**-**||||**-**| |Prizes|**466**||||**16**| |Publicity/advertising|**-**||||**-**| |Men's shed runningcosts|**-**||||**359**| |Cost of raisingfunds|**570**||||**241**| |Subscription(UK Men's Shed Assoc)|**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**41,512**||||**26,708**| ||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||| |
Men's shed|-||||**-**| |Shed furniture|-||||**-**| |Men's shed tools|-||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||| ||||||**26,708**| ||||||| ||**- 2,176**|**907**|**263**|**- 1,006**|**291**| ||**- 2,000**|**2,000**|**-**|
**-**|**-**| ||**6,110**|**1,229**|**1,135**|**8,474**|**8,183**| ||**1,934**|**4,136**|**1,398**|**7,468**|**8,474**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 19/04/2024 2 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**|Signature
Meeting paraphernalia
Men's shed tools and furniture
Crockery, glasses, cutlery etc
Display stand, pull ups, table, banners
Gazebo, weights, flags and stands
**_Total cash funds_**
Tabards, HiViz, collecting buckets etc
Men's shed
President's collar
Santa Sleigh on trailer
Tynedale Shed Account
Admin Account
Charity Account|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**1,934**
**-**
**1,934**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**-**
-
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
Administration
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Administration
Restricted
Restricted
Administration
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
Print Name|**Admin funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**1,398**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**1,398**| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**450**| ||||**484**| ||||**840**| ||||**280**| ||||**8,300**| ||||**4,192**| ||||**300**| ||||**5,000**| ||||**180**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of approval| |||**JULIA D'AUVERGNE OAKE**|**10/04/2024**| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 19/04/2024 3