## Trustees’ Annual Report for the period From 30[th] June2023 Period start date To 30[th] June 2024 Period end date Charity name: Redbridge Centennial Lions Club (CIO) Charity registration number: 1175726 ## Objectives and Activities ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Advancement of citizenship, Promoting
volunteering, Relief of poverty and relief of
those in need, Advancement of health,
Environment/heritage, 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.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|hosting International Students visits;
recruiting new Lion members to support
volunteering; food for the hungry locally
regularly; food banks now supplied 5 days a
week; grants for disaster relief through our
International Foundation and sister clubs;
emergencies Message in a Bottle; planting
of 20 trees in Yorkshire Dales; marathon run
in support of various charities; Easter egg
hunt and a fun day for disadvantaged local
children ; seniors citizens party; donation to
Redbridge Mayor’s charities. Sponsored free
cataract operations for some 210 people.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Fully complied with| ## Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## Achievements and Performance ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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.|Para 1.20|New members recruited adding to our
volunteering pool. Homeless and those in
need were fed and helped with food
supplies. Lions Club International, to whom
we donate annually; regularly helps in
disaster relief worldwide. Supplied
emergencies information bottles to several
local vulnerable and elderly people, which
would assist the medical professionals give
more rapid treatment. Collected some 2000
used spectacles for recycling .Helped the
environment with planting of 20+ trees.
Member took part in various marathons and
walks adding to our charity funds. Children
and carers had a day of joyful relief with a
party. Similarly some 1000 senior citizens
had an uplifting party held jointly by Lions
clubs in the District. Helped Mayor of
Redbridge raise funds for her charities.. 210
cataract eye operations in rural India helped
restore key family members to full function.
Supplied sleeping bags, winter care packs
and meals to the homeless in and around
London .| ## Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
Achieved| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|achieved| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|Not relevant| |||| Other ## Financial Review |Financial Review||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|satisfactory| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Held for unexpected emergencies| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£2,000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|n/a| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|n/a| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|n/a| |Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Events and donations| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|n/a| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|None| |Other||| ## Structure, Governance and Management |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust Deed| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|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|Para 1.25|President, Secretary and Treasurer are
required to be trustees to hold their positions
in the club.
Two additional Trustees have been recruited
from members for a fixed term of maximum
4 years or less. The term may be extended
only if they are re-elected by the
membership for a further term.| Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## Reference and Administrative details |Charity name|REDBRIDGE CENTENNIAL LIONS CLUB (CIO)| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|RCLC| |Registered charity number|1175726| |Charity’s principal address|11 BRAMLEY CRESCENT
GANTS HILL, ILFORD
ESSEX
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year|Name of person (or body) entitled to
appoint trustee (ifany)| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Anantkumar Patel|Chairman of
Trustees||| ||Anantkumar Patel|Club Treasurer||| ||Dr Ranjan Adur|Club President||| ||Surinder Kalsi|Club Treasurer||| ||Jasbir Mann|Trustee||| ||Harvinder Virdee|Trustee||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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 ## Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) ## Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## Other optional information ## Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees > Signature(s) adpatel Full name(s) Mr Anantkumar Patel Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chairman Date 28/04/2024