Trustees. Annual Report for the period Period start date Poriod end date 2024 From Section A Reference and administration details Chartty name Gulldford Llons Club CIO Other names charlty Is known by The Llons Club of Gulldford Reglstered eharlty number (If any) 1175962 Charlty's principal address clo 4, Chevlot Drive Fleet Hants Postcodo GU612TF Nam•s of the charlty trustees who manage tho charlty t•¥ ¢t•d il not ft•r whol• Tru•ts• n•m• olfi (rf•nyl Name of person lor body) •nOtl•il oin¢ trut•• ifan Brlan Watts Androw Henwood Graham Towlor Davo Brownjohn Davld Kltchlng Bary Jut8um Geoffrey Sheldon Paul Spoonor Presldent Secretary Troasuror Trust00 Guildft)rd Llons Club Gulldford Llons Club Gulldford Llons Club Gulldford Llons Club Gulldford Llons Club Gulldford Llons Club Gulldford Llons Club Gulldford Llons Club Trusts• Trustee Truste• Trustee 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Names of the trustees for the charlty, If any. (for example, any custodlan trustees) Name Datss acted If not for whole ear TAR March 2012
Narn and address of advisers (Optional infom)atlon) of adviser Name Address Name of chlof •xoCUtlve or namm of s•nlor stsff m•mb•rs Ioptlonal Infomiatlon) Section B Structure, overnance and mana ernent Descrlpuon of the charlty's trusts Constltullon datsd 28th November 2017 Type of govemlng document How tho chartty Is constltutod Charftable Incorporated Organlsatlon Trustse selecllon methods All Trusts•$ are appolnt•d by vlrtu• of th•ir office in Guildford Llons Club CIO, as elected annu•lty by the members of the Club in accordance wlth the temis of the Club's Constltutlon and 8y-Laws. Addftlonal governance Issues Ioptlonal Infomiatlon) The Club was prevlousty governed as a Charlty Trust Fund (Regn. No. 1083404) and converted to a CIO, whlch bocamo oporatlonal 1" July 2018. Assets from the prnvious charlty were transferred to the CIO as atthat dats. You may choo8e to Include •ddftlonal Infomiatlon. wh•r• r&van{ about: pollcles and procedure8 adoptsd for tho induction and training of trustee8; the charlty's organlsatlonal •tructur• and any wld•r notwork wfth whlch tho harity works; • r•latlonshlp wlth any rnlatsd partles; trustees. Gonsid•ratlon of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. Th• Club Is an autonomous tKxly wlthln Llons Clubs Intsmallonal and any us• of the Club funds is approvod by a slmplo majority of •tt•nd•es at Club mootlngs and ratlfl•d by a quorum of TrustO0S. The Club onsured that all actlvllles arn correcty managed and rl•k a53e55ments are completed for all major events. The Treasurer revlows tho flnanclal rlsk assessment of each ovont and roport8 accordingly to the Trustees. A contlngency sum Is held In reserve to mlnlmlso any rf•k to the Club from fundralslng actlvltl•s. Offlcer5' and Trustees, tralnlng Is provkled •t Llons Clubs Intomasonal SpAng Forum. ining days and by onlin• tultion. Section C ectives and activities The Club Is established to carry out any charitable purpose for the benefft of any Indlvldual or group of people, or for other organisations established for charitable purposos. Summary ofthe objects ofth• charlty set out In Its governlng document TAR March 2012
In 2023r2024 th• rnliance on fvnds g•n•ratsd by th• major fundrdlslng events of the club became more apparenL Fortunately In the year under review a highty successful Fireworks Fiesta event provided the Club with substantial funds to enable itto support many needy pernons •ith•r dlrecty or through other charftable Beskle the fireworks event other 51gnlficant fund5 were generated by events Ilke Musk Sn the Park, a Golf Day and vaiious ChrislmaB collections. Summary ofthe maln actlvlties undertaken for the public bengfft In relation to these objects (InGlude wlthln thls seGtlon the statutory dgGlaratlon that trustses hav• had regard to the guldanco issued by tho Charity Commls8lon on publl benefft) In deciding on these fundraising acljvltles and on how to use the resultant funds expended the Truste•s had rngard for the guidance ISSU by the Charlty Comml88lon on tho nocosslty for th998 actlvltl•s to b• for the publlc b•nefiL The not Inslgnlficant l•vel of funds rald through those fundrablng •v•nts which woro woll supportod wlth sponsorshlp onablod the Club to mako worthwhllo donatlons to Oakleaf. Slght for Surroy, Jigsaw School and local Food banks. In the past year the Club has also commltted substantlal resourcès into thè #valuation of the individual requests for financial support whlch ar• r•gulorfy rocelved. Addltlonal dotalls of obJ8ct5vu •nd actlviti•s (Optional infomiation) All Club m•mbors and voluntoers gly• th•lr tlme completsty fre• of charge. M•mb•rs ir• lmItI•d to clalm tranSrt mlleage costs £0.46p per mlle whilst using personal transport on Club fundralslng or chartl•bl• actlvltl••. You may choose to indude further statements, where relevant, about: Mwnb•rs donatlons to Ihe Club and M0mbernty rnfflos cover adn1liia10y¥ runnlng thg Glub. Th• Club has no paid employees, and no salary or fees have been paid directty out of Club funds to any Trust00 or to •ry rnOn known to be Gonnected t*thh any of them. policy on orantmaking: policy programme rdated investment,. contribution made by volunteers. Thus 1001A of all public donatlons recefved by the Club aro used for charitable causes togoth•r wlth proffts generatod by Club fvndralslng events. TAR March 2012
Section D Achievements and performance Summary oftho maln achievèmènts of the Charlty durlng tho year Th• Club was able to organlse a number of fundraising events durlng the year whlch included a Fireworks Fiesta, Golf Day, Muslc in the Park, Classic Cars Display and Raft Race. Along side these major events other social events and Christmas collectlons together with donatlons reeelvod boosted the funds ralsed to £46,719 following deduction of all costs associated with the events. Utlllslng brought forward funds tho actual spend of Wolfarn during the yearwas £62,713, The maln beneficiaries belng Oakl•af. Food Banks, Jlgsaw School, Sight for Surray and Guildford Action. In addltlon to the abov•, numerous Indlvlduals recelved flnanclal support following a careful assessment of their need. Also we were able to 5UPPOrt five local schools wlth fundlng for a pupll asslstsnce programme. The Club also supports programme$ organl$ed by Llons Clubs Internatlonal and localty promotes the Message In a Bottl• schome along wlth oryanlsed recycllng of unwanted spectacles. We also contlnue to provlde a paty for senlor cluzens whlch ontalls coll•cting them from varlous homes In the Borough provldlng them wlth a tea and entsrtalnment and rthmlng them to th•lr accommodatlon. Gulldford Llons Club arn ploasgd to have been ablo to a8818t Gulldford Borough Councll by provldlng volunteer stewards forthfr significant memorial and c•lebratory events held in the town. TAR March 2012
Section E Financial review In recent years the cost of staging major fundraising events has goneralty rfson conslderably and In partkular insuranGe prèmlums for essentlal cov•r. Tho Trustses aro mindful of the Tisks assoclatod wlth these events and have In the last three years inGreasgd the Club's conllngency rosorv• from £13,500 to £32,000. An annual r•vlow Into th• r•qUIr l•v•l of thls r•s•N• Is und•rtakon. Bri•f statement of th• charltys pollcy on r•s•rves Dotalls of any fvnd• matsrlalty In defl¢ft None Furthor flnancl•l r•vl•w d•talls (Opoonal Inforni•tlon) You may choose to include addltlonal Inf0mtIon, whern rolevant about: tho charlty's prfnclpal $ourcg5 of funds (Includlng any lundralslng); how expendlturn ha8 8UPPOrted tho koy obJoGtlves of the tharlty; Investm•nt poll¢y and oblo¢tlveg Ineludlng any •thlcal Inv•stm•nt pollcy adoplad. Th• 8lgnlfinI and honce rfsk a•¥oclatod wlth major fundrnislng evènts now moan that ¢oryrats sponsorshlp Is almost necesslty to allevlats thè rl8k and provldo cashfiow supporL Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The tru$toes declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. 31gnod on behall of tho charty's Iru8to0s Slgnatur•(s Full name(s) Posltlon (•g S•cr•tary, Chalr, Otc) Grahwn Towhr Treasurer Dat• TAR March 2012
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES GuihafcKd Lions Club CIO Receipts aThJ Payrrnts accounts CC16a For the penod 1slJ 2023 To 30th June 2024 Section A Receipt5 dnd pa ments UnrestrlGted funds R¢¥tri¢t•d Endowm•nt lunds funds ¢0 the near• lo the n•ar•¥t to th• n•arn8t Total lund• Last year toti narn81 £ neare* £ A1 Rocel Income from ev•nts Donallons Inc. Glft Ald Bank Interest Club Admln 630 630 ub total mss Income for AR) 164,280 1M280 A2 A•s•t and Imiestment ••108. (1 t4bl•l. ub tot•1 164,280 A3Pa merrt• Cost of everrts Welfire s nd Club Admln 96,439 62.713 9.520 96.439 82,713 9,520 Sub total 168,672 A4 Assot and Inv•#tment urch1$, Iseo table) Sub tot•1 Totaipayments 168,672 168.672 Net of rncelpts/(p•ymentsJ A6 Tranif•rs botwwn funds A6 Cash fvnds last yoar ènd Cash funds this yèar end 14,392 ,39 82,767 68.375 82.767 68.375 CCXX R1 L¥aunts ISSI 30111r2024
S¢¢tion B Statement of assets and liabilitiès at the end ol the period Unr••trlci•d lund$ to n•ar•8t £ 21.074 Endowmgnt fvnd¥ to n•arnst e tund• to n•Nmt£ 81 Ca•h fund• Current A¢¢ounts 47.JOO 88.374 •nd p•ym••)ts c¢ount<¥)I Endovfflnt lund• fund• D¥t•l Fthidth B3 Inv••lm•nt ••Mts FuThl l9tbiw£h Gurr•ffl Y•lll• D•t•l 84 A688ts rotslnod lor th• charlty'8 own u B6 U•blllll•• Swad by or tr8 on bahattolal th• Dats ol CCKX R2 8r*x4JnlB18g1 1PJ10r2024