## **BEXHILL-ON-SEA LIONS CLUB (CIO) REGISTERED CHARITY No 1174462**
**FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025**
## **CONTENTS**
Page 1 Legal and Administrative Details 2 - 3 Report of the Trustees 4 Statement of Financial Activities 5 Balance Sheet 6 - 9 Notes to the Financial Statements 10 Report of the Independent Examiner
**BEXHILL-ON-SEA LIONS CLUB (CIO)**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
## **TRUSTEES**
The trustees who served during the year, and subsequently to the date of this report, were :
||From|Resigned|
|---|---|---|
|Rick Hough|1 July 2018||
|George Coleman|1 July 2018||
|David Burstow|1 July 2018||
|Pam Edwards|1 July 2020||
|June Hough|1 July 2023|30 June 2025|
|Suzanne Saunders|1 July 2023||
|Alison Ridout|1 July 2023||
|Alan Hicken|1 July 2024||
|Julia Pratt|1 July 2024|30 June 2025|
|Jean Wood|1 July 2025||
|Gary Saunders|1 July 2025||
## **CHARITY NUMBER**
## **PRINCIPAL ADDRESS**
1174462 48 St Leonards Road Bexhill-on-Sea East Sussex TN40 1JB
## **BANKERS**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER**
CAF Bank Limited National Westminster Bank Plc 25 Kings Hill Avenue Havelock Road Kings Hill Hastings West Malling East Sussex Kent TN34 1GW ME19 4JQ D Z Kidd MAAT Honey Barrett Limited Chartered Accountants 53 Gildredge Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN21 4SF
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**BEXHILL-ON-SEA LIONS CLUB (CIO)**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES**
The Trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2025
## **CONSTITUTION AND OBJECTS**
Bexhill-on-Sea Lions Club CIO is a registered charity No 1174462 governed by a constitution adopted on 11 July 2017 and registered with The Charity Commission on 31 August 2017.
The CIO incorporates the Bexhill-on-Sea Lions Club, that is within District 105SE of Lions Clubs International.
The objects of the CIO are to apply the funds held for any purpose that is charitable according to the law of England and Wales whether for the benefit of any individual or group of people or for the benefit of any other organisation established for charitable purposes. This includes donations to charitable organisations connected to Lions Clubs International.
## **ORGANISATION**
Under the terms of the Constitution, the current President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Bexhill-on-Sea Lions Club are Trustees for one year although are eligible for re-appointment, plus up to nine other members of the club as elected by the club who may serve for up to four years.
The Trustees who served during the year under review are set out on Page 1.
Meetings of the Trustees are usually held monthly following the Club's business meeting.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
In the year under review, income from fundraising activities totalled £24,814. Fundraising costs were £4,967 and so the net income generated was £19,847.
Donations, awards distributed and spending on charitable activities totalled £17,979 (2023 £ 24,511). Details of this amount are set out in the notes to the accounts.
Reserves at the end of the year were £32,045, £3,800 more than at the start of the year.
## **RESERVES POLICY**
At their regular meetings the Trustees receive reports of income and expenditure related to the activities of the Club. Where it is thought appropriate, funds are reserved so that the Trustees could always meet their responsibilities for contracted supplies and could refund monies to participators if an event was cancelled.
Also, where a donation has been agreed by the Trustees, funds are reserved to cover this until payment is made.
The Trustees do not consider any other reserves are necessary as applications for donations are always considered in the light of the funds available.
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**BEXHILL-ON-SEA LIONS CLUB (CIO)**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES (continued)**
## **RISK MANAGEMENT**
The Trustees have examined the major strategic and operational risks which the charity faces and confirm that systems have been established to enable regular reports to be produced so that necessary steps can be taken to minimise these risks.
As a part of this process, the Trustees take advice from officers appointed by Lions District 105SE to ensure compliance with legislation concerning health and safety and the protection of vulnerable persons. The Trustees also keep their insurance policies under review and take advice from Lions' insurance advisors.
## **TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES**
Law applicable in England and Wales requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the charity's financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year.
In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed subject to any departure disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the charity will continue its activities.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## **APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES ON 19 JANUARY 2025**
## **SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEES:**
S Saunders - Chair of Trustees
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## **BEXHILL-ON-SEA LIONS CLUB (CIO)**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025**
|**Note**
**INCOMING RESOURCES**
**Generated funds**
Fund-raising activities
2
Charter Dinner
Tail Twister and raffles
Raffle at Branch Club development day
**Donations and grants**
Donations
3
Grant from District 105SE
**Gift Aid claimed**
**Bank interest received**
**Members' contributions to charitable funds**
**Other**
**TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES FOR YEAR**
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
**Cost of raising funds**
4
**Charitable Activities**
Lions International, National & District Appeals
5
Other Grants and Donations
6
Costs incurred for Charitable Activities
7
**Operating costs**
8
**NET INCOMING / - OUTGOING RESOURCES**
**TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD**
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**|**Restricted**
**Un-**
**Charity**
**Admin**
**Total**
**restricted**
**Fund**
**Fund**
**2025**
-
24,814.20
24,814.20
-
24,814.20
-
-
-
2,100.00
2,100.00
-
-
-
282.82
282.82
-
54.25
54.25
250.00
1,262.36
1,512.36
12.81
1,525.17
-
-
250.00
250.00
-
797.08
797.08
509.79
1,306.87
-
388.56
388.56
-
388.56
-
-
-
2,261.66
2,261.66
-
23.14
23.14
-
23.14
250.00
27,285.34
27,535.34
5,471.33
33,006.67
**Restricted**
**Un-**
**Charity**
**Admin**
**Total**
**restricted**
**Fund**
**Fund**
**2025**
-
4,967.18
4,967.18
61.13
5,028.31
250.00
3,400.00
3,650.00
-
3,650.00
-
12,316.11
12,316.11
-
12,316.11
-
2,013.16
2,013.16
-
2,013.16
-
928.37
928.37
5,246.22
6,174.59
250.00
23,624.82
23,874.82
5,307.35
29,182.17
-
3,660.52
3,660.52
163.98
3,824.50
-
24,510.04
24,510.04
3,710.02
28,220.06
-
28,170.56
28,170.56
3,874.00
32,044.56|**Total**
**2024**
19,575.20
2,741.00
383.75
2,748.79
1,283.60
62.06
2,465.82
15.48|
|---|---|---|
|||29,275.70|
|||**Total**
**2024**
7,786.42
2,025.35
20,176.59
2,309.16
7,063.88|
|||39,361.40|
|||10,085.70
-
38,305.76|
|||28,220.06|
The notes on pages 6 to 9 form part of these financial statements
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## **BEXHILL-ON-SEA LIONS CLUB (CIO)**
|**BALANCE SHEET AT 30 JUNE 2025**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Bank account - CAF Bank Ltd
Bank accounts - NatWest
PayPal
Cash
**CURRENT LIABILITIES**
Cash held for members' social event
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**FUNDS**
Unrestricted Funds
Charitable
Administration
Restricted Funds|**2025**
10,928.49
20,632.46
50.00
566.92
32,177.87
133.31
32,044.56
28,170.56
3,874.00
32,044.56
-
32,044.56|**2024**
15,942.61
11,616.11
50.00
611.34|
|---|---|---|
|||28,220.06|
|||-|
|||28,220.06|
|||24,510.04
3,710.02|
|||28,220.06
-|
|||28,220.06|
The notes on pages 6 to 9 form part of these financial statements
Approved by the Trustees on 19 January 2025
Signed on behalf of the Trustees:
S Saunders - Chair of Trustees
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**BEXHILL-ON-SEA LIONS CLUB (CIO)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025**
## **1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
The financial statements have been prepared on the receipts and payments basis under the historical cost convention
## **2**
- **3**
|**FUND-RAISING INCOME**
Bexhill Street Markets
Santa Dash
Quiz nights
Christmas collections in shops
Open Gardens
Easter and Christmas hampers
Bexhill 100 cream teas
Teddy Bear Adventure
Dog Shows
Bexhill Iights-on event
Santa's Grotto
Green fairy trails
"You Have Been Flamingoed"
Halloween Disco
Rother Lottery
Tombola at Earlsfield Court
Other
Film Showing at the De La Warr Pavilion
**DONATIONS RECEIVED**
Restricted donations received
Which were for onward transmission to Brain Tumour
research via District 105SE
Unrestricted donations were
Total donations received|**2025**
4,807.10
3,790.30
2,442.00
2,016.80
1,970.88
1,683.33
1,586.45
1,490.15
1,319.00
1,089.00
825.89
565.05
390.00
344.72
319.50
142.85
31.18
-
24,814.20
**2025**
250.00
1,262.36
1,512.36|**2024**
3,542.10
4,131.92
3,334.25
1,608.43
-
1,475.99
1,728.25
-
1,277.51
-
923.31
800.34
240.00
-
317.50
-
-
195.60|
|---|---|---|
|||19,575.20|
|||**2024**
-
2,748.79|
|||2,748.79|
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## **BEXHILL-ON-SEA LIONS CLUB (CIO)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025**
|**4**
**COSTS OF RAISING FUNDS**
Bexhill Street Market
Santa Dash expenses
Quiz, Cheese and Wine costs and ingredients
Christmas collections costs
Open Gardens expenses
Easter and Christmas hampers for raffles
Bexhill 100 Cream Teas
Teddy's Adventure (event held in August 2024)
Dog Shows
Lights-on Bexhill
Santa's Grotto costs
Green Fairy Trail
Halloween Disco
Other
12 volt leisure battery
Food Hygiene courses
Lottery Licence
Travel costs for Flamingos
New payment card reader
Lost deposit on cancelled event
Cost of prizes for raffle at business meetings
Film Event at De La Warr Pavilion
Face paints
`
Travel expenses to collect free toys
Insurance policy for events with alcohol
Repairs to equipment
Ball pit and balls
Total|**"Charity"**
**"Admin"**
**2025**
**Fund**
**Fund**
**Total**
797.80
797.80
528.93
528.93
995.47
995.47
2.16
2.16
14.75
14.75
271.78
271.78
340.80
340.80
309.84
309.84
189.29
189.29
311.22
311.22
241.76
241.76
216.66
216.66
100.12
100.12
-
-
106.80
106.80
28.80
28.80
20.00
20.00
17.20
17.20
178.80
178.80
295.00
295.00
-
61.13
61.13
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4,967.18
61.13
5,028.31
**Restricted**
**Unrstricted**
**2025**
-
510.00
510.00
-
-
-
-
360.00
360.00
-
150.00
150.00
-
100.00
100.00
250.00
2,250.00
2,500.00
-
30.00
30.00|**2024**
1,547.58
2,592.35
1,068.22
-
-
287.90
414.72
28.59
266.97
-
184.50
200.47
-
178.80
-
-
20.00
-
479.22
-
56.62
333.04
48.08
40.05
17.99
16.32
5.00|
|---|---|---|
|||7,786.42|
||||
|**5**
**LIONS INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL & DISTRICT APPEALS**||**2024**|
|International Fund (LCIF) - General fund
International Fund (LCIF) - Morocco disaster appeal
International Fund (LCIF) - Sight Savers
South East District - Youth Appeal
Multiple District - Youth Appeal
Multiple District - Brain Tumour Research
Multiple District - Spectacle recycling costs||525.00
500.00
-
150.00
100.00
750.35
-|
|Total|250.00
3,400.00
3,650.00||
|||2,025.35|
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## **BEXHILL-ON-SEA LIONS CLUB (CIO)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025**
|**6**
**OTHER GRANTS AND DONATIONS**
Motorised wheelchair attachment
Kyiv Lions Club
Fellowship of St Nicholas
Marine Training Corp Sidley
Bexhill & Rother Homeless Unity Group
Bexhill child with brain tumour
Friends of Lossie Long
Bexhill Breathers
Carpet for Bexhill resident
Schools Big Sing
Stoves for Ukraine
Glenleigh Park PTFA for leavers ball
Primary Care Network
Under Pressure Media - environmental books for schools
Collington Wood tree planting
9th Bexhill Scout Group
Polegrove Bowls Club
Heart of Sidley
Community Supporters
Brain Tumour Research
Bexhill Cricket Club
McMillan Cancer Research
Bexhill Fire Cadets
St Richards Catholic College - Sophie's Postcards
Pit Stop Youth Trust
Bexhill Maritime
St John Ambulance
Prostate Cancer Support Organisation
Bexhill Dementia Action Alliance
Bexhill Churches Together to support Ukraine refugees
Bexhill Diabetes Support Group
Just Friends
Bexhill Men's Shed
The Pelham CIC
Bexhill and Rother Homeless Unity Group
The Footbridge Project
Mobility Scooter repair for Bexhill resident
Contribution towards new violin for Bexhill student
Pebsham Primary Academy
Chailey Heritage Foundation
Forget Me Not
Westerleigh Judokwai
Bexhill Breathers
Connections Café
Friends of Coombe Valley
Bexhill Friends of the Down
Hastings & Rother Hospital Broadcasting Service
Hi Vis vests for Bexhill Environmental Group
Barby Keel Animal Sanctuary
3rd Bexhill Rainbows Unit
New cooker for local resident
All Saints Primary School
Electrical heaters for Bexhill resident
Wreaths for Remembrance Day
Environmental books for children
Total|**2025**
3,464.00
1,437.04
1,201.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
500.00
500.00
430.00
300.00
250.00
250.00
170.00
160.00
104.07
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
12,316.11|**2024**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
300.00
260.00
-
-
-
-
100.00
100.00
-
-
-
-
-
1,485.99
1,363.60
1,300.00
1,200.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
780.00
750.00
730.70
600.00
575.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
437.50
300.00
300.00
214.80
200.00
200.00
175.00
150.00
64.00
50.00
40.00|
|---|---|---|
|||20,176.59|
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## **BEXHILL-ON-SEA LIONS CLUB (CIO)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025**
|**7**
**COSTS INCURRED FOR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**
Storage garage rent
In-house printing costs, print cartridges, paper etc.
Peace Poster Competition entry fees and costs
Mayor's ball for Sidley Cricket Club
New pads for Defibrillator
ROAR pack for local junior school
Message In A Bottle - purchase of bottles and labels
Total
**8**
**OPERATING COSTS**
International, District & Multi-District Dues
Charter dinner expenses
Attendance at Charter events of other Lions Clubs
Insurance
Members welfare
Regalia, bannerettes, medals and engraving
Bank and payment processing charges
Trustees' mileage claim
Car Stickers
New Notice Board
Costs of Lions Den event
Bexhill Carnival entry costs
Storage boxes
Gift for retiring presidents
Gift for Independent Examiner
Branch club development costs
Information Commissioner's Office fee
Training costs
Sundry
Total|**2025**
980.00
122.74
735.83
100.00
74.59
-
-
2,013.16
**"Charity"**
**"Admin"**
**Fund**
**Fund**
-
2,859.77
-
2,134.30
-
68.00
241.50
-
-
50.16
-
31.95
110.72
0.53
-
-
-
-
100.00
-
-
-
124.00
-
129.00
-
-
-
75.00
-
-
101.51
35.00
-
90.00
-
23.15
-|**2024**
980.00
273.66
546.00
-
-
170.00
339.50
2,309.16
**2025**
**Total**
2,859.77
2,134.30
68.00
241.50
50.16
31.95
111.25
-
-
100.00
-
124.00
129.00
-
75.00
101.51
35.00
90.00
23.15
6,174.59|**2024**
3,050.28
2,339.71
308.00
44.25
65.39
31.95
87.08
60.00
61.95
590.40
130.00
20.67
-
73.98
75.00
-
35.00
-
90.22|
|---|---|---|---|
||928.37
5,246.22||7,063.88|
## **9 REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES**
No remuneration payments were made to any person who served as a Trustee during the year. Trustees are permitted to claim mileage expenses when travelling for the Charity and in the year although no such claims were made in the year.
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BEXHILL-ON-SEA LIONS CLUB (CIO)
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE
BEXHILL-ON-SEA LIONS CLUB (CIO)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025
I report on the financial statements of the CIO for the year ended 30 June 2025, which
are set out on pages 4 to 9.
Res
onslbllltles and basls of re
ort
AS the charity trustees you are responsible for th8 preparation of the accounts in accordance
with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act.)
I report in respect of my examination of the account8 carried out under section 145
of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions
given by the Charlty Commlsslon under sectlon 145(5){b) of the Act.
Inde
6ndent examlner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no materlal matters have Gome to my
8ttention in conn8Ction with the examinatlon, which gives me cause to belleve that Sn any
material respect
accountlng records w6r8 not kept In accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord wlth the accountlng records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection wlth the
examination to which attentlon should b& drawn in order to enable a proper understanding
of the accounts to be reached.
Slgned
Dated: 12
D Z Kidd MAAT
Honey Barrett Llmited
Chartered Accountants
53 Gildredge Road
Eastboume
East Sussex
BN214SF
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