
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From: Period start date 01/07/2022 To: Period end date 30/06/2023 Charity name: Wotton Under Edge Lions Club (CIO) Registration number: 1176954** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

|**Objectives and Activities**|||
|---|---|---|
||SORP<br>ref||
|Summary of the purposes of the charity as<br>set out in its governing document|Para<br>1.17|**As well as providing grants to deserving causes**<br>**within Wotton under edge area, district and**<br>**multiple district Lions club, Wotton Under Edge**<br>**Lions club undertakes a number of community**<br>**service projects.**<br>**We encourage people to volunteer to support our**<br>**community**|
|Summary of the main activities in relation to<br>those purposes for the public benefit, in<br>particular, the activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para<br>1.17<br>and<br>1.19|**During the year the club has identified various**<br>**needs within our community and raised funds to**<br>**support. Including a significant contribution to**<br>**Turkey, Pakistan and Porto Rico natural**<br>**disasters. We have increased our membership**<br>**during the year**|
|Statement confirming whether the trustees<br>have had regard to the guidance issued by<br>the Charity Commission on public benefit|Para<br>1.18|**The trustees have had regard to the guidance**<br>**issued by the Charity Commission on public**<br>**benefit**|



## **Achievements and Performance** 

|**Achievements and Performance**|||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main achievements of the<br>charity, identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to the<br>circumstances of its beneficiaries and any<br>wider benefits to society as a whole.|Para<br>1.20|**Due to our strong finances, we were still able**<br>**to maintain our community support.**<br>**The club reviewed its position and put plans**<br>**in place to ensure that we would be able to**<br>**maintain our level of growth.**<br>**We continued to add to our membership**<br>**with aim of reducing our age profile and**<br>**increasing diversity.**<br>**We have supported many local organisations**<br>**and individuals both financially and by**<br>**volunteer work..**|
|Investment performance against objectives|Para<br>1.41|**We do not hold funds for investments**|



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## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s financial position at<br>the end of theperiod|Para<br>1.21|<br>**The charity’s financial position has been reviewed**<br>**by trustees and is consideredgood.**|
|Statement explaining the policy for holding<br>reserves statingwhytheyare held|Para<br>1.22|<br>**It is not the intent of the club to hold reserves other**<br>**than required to support costs of an event.**|
|Reasons for holding zero reserves|Para<br>1.22|<br>**Only require funds to support current activities**|
|Details of fund materially in deficit|Para<br>1.24|<br>**None**|
|Explanation of any uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going concern|Para<br>1.23|<br>**There is currently major concern regarding the lack**<br>**of suitable insurance cover nationally. And as a**<br>**result, potentially resulting us having to cancel our 2**<br>**major fundraising events next year. This financial**<br>**year these raised almost £4,000 and in the next**<br>**financial year almost £6,000.**<br>**This may also affect our ability to carry out many of**<br>**our community service activities.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal sources of funds<br>(including any fundraising)|Para<br>1.47|**The club access grants and donations from our**<br>**community together with our own fundraisers. Our**<br>**major source of funds was our new Ride over the**<br>**edge Cycle event and 10k Under the Edge.**<br>**Note: Figure in the accounts for both the above**<br>**events span 2 years.**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and objectives including<br>anysocial investmentpolicyadopted|Para<br>1.46|**We do not hold funds for investment.**|
|A description of the principal risks facing the<br>charity|Para<br>1.46|**The risk to the club is an ageing membership. The**<br>**trustees are actively looking to increase and**<br>**diversify our membership.**<br>**(see also the last section of the financial review)**|



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|**Structure, Governance and Management**|||
|---|---|---|
|Description of charity’s trusts:||**The club exists as a CIO.**|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed,royal charter)|Para<br>1.25|**Trust Deed.**|
|How is the charity constituted?<br>(e.gunincorporated association,CIO)|Para<br>1.25|**CIO.**|
|Trustee selection methods including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para<br>1.25|**Election by members of club.**|



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## **Reference and Administrative details** 

Charity name Wotton Under Edge Lions Club Other name the charity uses Lions Club of Wotton Under Edge, Wotton Lions Registered charity number 1176954 

Charity’s principal address 28 Hill Road Wotton under Edge GL12 7LW 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled to**<br>**appoint trustee(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Geoffrey Richardson|President||Club|
||Christopher Parker|Secretary||Club|
||Adrian Weston|Treasurer||Club|
||Patrick Comer|||Club|



## Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

|**Director name**|||
|---|---|---|
|Geoffrey Richardson|President||
|Christopher Parker|Secretary||
|Adrian Weston|Treasurer||



## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for wholeyear**||
|---|---|---|
|**None**|||



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|**unds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**||
|---|---|
|Description of the assets held in this capacity|None|
|Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this fall<br>within the custodian charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the<br>charity’s own assets|N/A|



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**Charity Name Charity No. Wotton under Edge Lions Club (CIO) 1176954** 


|**For theperiod from:**<br>**01/07/2021**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**|**For theperiod from:**<br>**01/07/2021**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**|**For theperiod from:**<br>**01/07/2021**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**|**For theperiod from:**<br>**01/07/2021**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**|**For theperiod from:**<br>**01/07/2021**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**|**To:**|**To:**|**30/06/2023**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||
|**Receipts and payments**||||||||
|**Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**7,082**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**7,082**<br>_OK_<br>**4,103**<br>**-**||**Total**<br>**funds**<br>**to the**<br>**nearest £**<br>**26,107**<br>**322**<br>**2,966**<br>**1,330**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Fundraising activities|**19,025**||||**26,107**||**22,038**|
|Ukraine Appeal Unrestricted to Restriccted||||||||
|Defib Appeal Unrestricted to Restriccted||||||||
|Donations|**322**||||**322**||**158**|
|Gift Aid|**2,966**||||**2,966**||**259**|
|Admin2|**1,330**||||**1,330**||**1,722**|
|**_Receipts_**<br> _(Gross income for the Annual Return)_|**23,643**||||**30,725**||**24,177**|
|_Checksum_|||||_OK_<br>**12,548**<br>**11,351**<br>**1,330**<br>**-**||_OK_|
|**Payments**||||||||
|Cost of charitable activity|**8,445**||**4,103**||**12,548**||**16,692**|
|Direct charitable activity|**11,351**||||**11,351**||**6,258**|
|Admin2|**1,330**||||**1,330**||**1,722**|
||||**-**||**-**|||
|**_Payments_ **<br>_Checksum_<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds thisyear end_**|**21,126**||**4,103**||**25,229**||**24,672**|
||_OK_|<br> <br>|_OK_<br>**2,979**<br>**-**<br>**2,979**<br>_OK_||_OK_<br>**5,496**<br> **-**<br>**12,184**<br>**17,680**<br>_OK_||_OK_|
||**2,517**||||||**-                     495**|
||||||||**-**|
||**12,184**||||||**12,679**|
||**14,701**||||||**12,184**|
|_Checksum_|_OK_||||||_OK_|
|**Notes to the Accounts**||||||||
|||||||||
|**Nature and purpose of funds**_(may be_<br>_stated on analysis of funds worksheets)_|Unrestricted funds are available for general purposes in accordance with the charity's<br>purposes.  Any funds raised as a result of a specific appeal or event will be held as<br>restricted funds and accounted for accordingly|||||||
||||||||**£**|
|Trustee remuneration - details|None||||||0|
|Trustee expenses - details<br>Transactions with trustees and connected<br>persons<br>Other information|**£**<br>**No. of trustees**|||||||
||None||||||**0**|
||**Transaction**<br>**amount (£)**<br>**Balance outstanding**<br>**at period end (£)**<br>**Nature of relationship**<br>**Nature of transaction**|||||||
||||||**0**||0|
|||||||||
||**Financialyear runs from July to June**|||||||



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**Wotton under Edge Lions Club (CIO) - 1176954** 

**Period end date: 30/06/2023** 

## **Additional analysis (1)** 

## **Analysis of receipts and payments** 

|**Donations**<br>General<br>Gift aid<br>**Total**<br>_Checksum_<br>**Gross receipts from charitable activities**<br>Defibrilators<br>Ride Over the edge1<br>Meat Draw<br>10k1<br>Turkey<br>Xmas Trees<br>Cute 22<br>Easter Eggs<br>Collection Tubs<br>Bottle Draw<br>Oak Draw<br>EasyFundraising<br>Food Bank<br>Amazon Percentage<br>**Total**<br>_Checksum_<br>**Payments relating directly to charitable activities**<br>Defibrilator<br>Xmas Trees<br>Ride Over The Edge<br>10k<br>Meat Draw<br>Cute 22<br>Food Bank<br>Bottle Draw<br>Oak Draw<br>Defibrillators<br>Licence<br>**Sub Total**<br>_Checksum_<br>Community Support<br>**Total**<br>_Checksum_|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>322<br>2,966<br>**3,288**<br>_OK_<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>4,165<br>4,103<br>3,247<br>2,828<br>2,259<br>784<br>567<br>258<br>239<br>200<br>156<br>133<br>86<br>**19,025**<br>_OK_<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>1,951<br>1,941<br>1,679<br>1,625<br> 535<br> 515<br> 87<br> 52<br>40<br>20<br>**8,445**<br>_OK_<br>**11,351**<br>**19,796**<br>_OK_|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>_OK_<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>7,082<br>-<br>**7,082**<br>_OK_<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>4,103<br>**4,103**<br>_OK_<br>**4,103**<br>_OK_|**Total current period**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**322**|
||||**2,966**|
||||**3,288**|
||||_OK_|
||||**Total current period**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||**7,082**|
||||**4,165**|
||||**4,103**|
||||**3,247**|
||||**2,828**|
||||**2,259**|
||||**784**|
||||**567**|
||||**258**|
||||**239**|
||||**200**|
||||**156**|
||||**133**|
||||**86**|
||||**26,107**|
||||_OK_|
||||**Total current period**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||**4,103**|
||||**1,951**|
||||**1,941**|
||||**1,679**|
||||**1,625**|
||||**535**|
||||**515**|
||||**87**|
||||**52**|
||||**40**|
||||**20**|
||||**12,548**|
||||_OK_|
||||**11,351**|
||||**23,899**|
||||_OK_|



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**Wotton under Edge Lions Club (CIO) - 1176954** 

**Period end date: 30/06/2023** 

## **Additional analysis (1)** 

## **Analysis of receipts and payments** 

|**Community support**<br>Turkey<br>Brain Tumour Research<br>Ukraine<br>Bourne Stream<br>Longfield<br>Pakistan<br>Porto-Rico<br>Wotton in Bloom<br>Kingswood School<br>BloodBike<br>Wotton Brownies<br>Barnardos<br>Big Space Cancer Appeal<br>Junior Park Run<br>LionsYouth + NSE<br>MIAB<br>ChurchClock<br>RBL<br>NorthSeaLions<br>CommunityAllotments<br>SightSavers<br>WIB Flowers<br>_Checksum_|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>4,000<br>1,500<br>437<br>748<br> 640<br> 500<br> 500<br> 500<br>259<br>250<br>250<br>200<br>166<br>150<br>142<br>115<br>100<br>100<br> 50<br>40<br>28<br>21<br>**10,696**<br>_OK_|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br> 655<br>**655**<br>_OK_|**Total current period**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**4,000**|
||||**1,500**|
||||**1,092**|
||||**748**|
||||**640**|
||||**500**|
||||**500**|
||||**500**|
||||**259**|
||||**250**|
||||**250**|
||||**200**|
||||**166**|
||||**150**|
||||**142**|
||||**115**|
||||**100**|
||||**100**|
||||**50**|
||||**40**|
||||**28**|
||||**21**|
||||**11,351**|
||||_OK_|



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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

**Report to the trustees** Charity Name Wotton Under Edge Lions Club (CIO) **On accounts for the year** 30/06/2023 **Charity no** 1176954 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (remember  to include the page numbers of additional sheets) 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **30 / 06 / 2023** . **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

**Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination. I have no concerns and have come across no matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

**Signed: Date:** 3 November 2023 **Name:** Lisa Marie Anthoney **Relevant professional** ATT, CTA, SRA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 79 Clevedon Road, Failand, Bristol BS8 3UL 

## **Section B                           Disclosure** 

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

**Oct 2018** 

1 

**IER** 



## **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

**Oct 2018** 

2 

**IER** 

