|||**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**From**|Period start date|||**To**|Period end date||| ||||1st|July|2023||30th|June|2024| ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Lions Club of New Milton (CIO) **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any)** 1177005 **Charity's principal address** 17 Kennard Road New Milton Hants **Postcode BH25 5JR** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Alan Watson|President||| ||James Conacher|Treasurer||| ||Nicholas Mussert|||| ||Jeanne Jackson|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document CIO Association Consultation (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Volunteer vetting and voting (election) Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; Club Policies: The club has written policies covering nine topics. In addition, the Grant making policy can be found on the Club website. The topics are: Finance - the charity’s organisational Child Protection and Vulnerable Persons structure and any wider Risk Management network with which the charity Grant Making works; Complaints - relationship with any related Volunteers Conflict of Interest - parties; Data Protection - trustees’ consideration of Fund Raising Standards major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** The Objects of the Club are such purposes as are exclusively charitable in England & Wales, including in particular: The advancement of citizenship by: - 1) promoting the principles of good citizenship; - 2) encouraging members to take an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community; March **2012** **TAR** 2 - 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; - 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; - 5) supporting youth to develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals; - 6) 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; - 7) promoting volunteering; - 8) the relief of poverty and the relief of those in need in particular by providing humanitarian aid and disaster relief; - 9) 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; - 10) promoting for the benefit of the public the conservation protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment; and/or promoting community participation in healthy recreation. March **2012** **TAR** 3 **1. Citizenship:** New Milton Lions Club have sponsored the Young Citizen of the Year awards and recognises the achievements and contributions to the local community of individuals and teams. **2. Promoting the Voluntary Sector:** The development of relationships with the local council, agencies and charitable organisations has continued and the community service and fund raising activities has been maintained. This is aimed at encouraging participation with service events and enabling grants to local charities to help sustain the services provided. **3. Promoting volunteering:** Recruitment of new members and volunteers has continued with new members being attracted. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** **4. Relief of Poverty:** Grants were made to disadvantaged people. **5. Advancement of Health:** The ‘Message in a bottle’ has continued. **6. Environment:** The club participated in the local litter pick programme. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** Volunteers have helped marshal local events arranged by other charitable organisations as well as collections outside local supermarkets for national charities. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 4 Section D Achievements and performance ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** ## **Main Fund raising events held during the year:** 1. Christmas Fes�val and Market 2. Town Show 3. Car Boot Sales 4. Charity Golf Day 5. May Fayre Post pandemic our ac�vi�es are resuming and next year we should have a full agenda. ## **The following grants were made:** Grant for Training 15yr Old Na�onal Swimmer £300.00 Honeypot £550.00 NMTC – Christmas Tree Sponsorship £138.00 LCIF – Brain Tumour Appeal £850.00 LCIF – Hurricane Idalia £200.00 LCIF – Morocco Earthquake £200.00 LCIF – Japan Earthquake £200.00 LCIF – Taiwan Earthquake £100.00 LCIF – Brazil Flooding £100.00 Kids Cancer Charity £500.00 Lymington Hospital £250.00 Olivia Inspires £1,250.00 Poppy Appeal £300.00 New Milton Children’s Party £200.00 New Forest Basics Bank £500.00 Helping Older People – New Forest £150.00 Children In Need £273.95 Brockenhurst Young Farmers £300.00 Brockenhurst Players £100.00 Southern England Karate £500.00 New Forest for Ukraine £1,250.00 Marwell Zoo Trip £1,356.00 Books for School £400.00 Girl Guiding New Milton - Defribulator £250.00 New Milton Youth Trust – Baby Changing Unit £250.00 G Heaps – Olympian £250.00 Freedom To Learn £250.00 Total £10,967.95 March **2012** **TAR** 5 Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 6 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** The club has a savings/contingency account that can be used as a mitigation fund to cover events managed through the Welfare Account and has been established to cover unforeseen circumstances or emergencies. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** ## **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** James Duncan Conacher **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer **etc) Date** 03rd March 2025 March **2012** **TAR** 7 LIONS CLUB OF NEW MIITON iaoi ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT Re5tr1rted Fund ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR TO 30Th JUPIE 2024 Re￿stered Charlty No. I177(￿5 202312024 202212023 Recelpts Members Dues Handover & Charter Dlnner Quiz Gift Aid Glft Ald on Small Donatlon5 Scheme 2085.01 2182.70 158. 570.(KI 255.60 1885.00 2418.69 334.46 0.00 kl J Donation Corporate Clothing HSBC Compensation Tail Twister Weather & Minl Lottery Total Recelpts io. 186. 35. 100. 136.60 159.58 £ 5,069.33 158.69 162.23 £ 5.768.23 Expend5ture District & International Dues Handover & Charter Dinner Webslte Insurance LCI MD Llcences NFDC & ICO Corporate ClothinglBadges Sundries Pennants Bank Charges Total Expendlture 2518.13 276￿35 50.99 44.25 55.(Kl 2234.45 2498.35 198.77 44.25 55.IX) 85.95 79.90 146.95 256.50 44.01 £ 5,240.68 £ 5.836.17 SurplU￿DefiC1t for the Year 67S4 4 17135 Bank Attount Balance 8/Fwd 1442.44 1613.79 Balance C/Fwd 1374.50 1442.44 4 67J4 4 17135 Thls is a Restitted Fund Signed by: Chair of Trustees Dated Prepared by J C Geering FfA Treasurernrustee Dated s auBc*wEWMKTOII10)I ACCOLINTSFORITAR T0307HJUNEIO24 A•0st•r￿Chkn No. 1171f•J5 Fundr￿￿￿¥ 5n536 Chrtstyn35 Fe5ttva122 Chrf51Ma5Fe5Uwdl.*￿sL¥3 May Fayre 24iEaster Ekt7¥ap May Fayre 245￿3￿$ Town show 24 TrmnShrywGrant5&Sp￿u¥J 51YJ8.37 55L*J.fyJ 4179.83 31(xi.fAI 160. ox 3293.10 2f*)J. 3302.61 5480.67 2(￿. 6819.47 GolFI)aySpNsors Fun Dav Car&xrtSB 119. 185B.J> 36355.06 1550.71 23952.45 £yo. azon 5ml Bank IntEtÈst Trffrom aub &xkslor&hcds 31.76 9A3 26a5 TOt41 R#¥pi• É15gQJ38 £37.25&X* FundrAW chrEstM￿ Fe5th123 MayF•Yre141Ea5ter￿ty￿aw Golf 03yExp•n5e5 Trywhs P￿unUMJU￿￿e£debr¥knS r3rgootSè*s 8Wi.34 4842.65 4227A) 3579.ai 7596. 5294.36 Y44.10 95.9# 1360.fyj 384.16 a27.31 IiYJ67.95 420175.50 7801.Y DonatlDTrs madefrom *hEdule FUndrai￿n￿e￿UI￿efit Irt¥n LX*isa . Bankcharges TrttoAdmln Yn2 59K¢) £33.98527 48,575J9 7.94 Weware k8972J8 2270JJ 2J243Tr3 1012437 lalant•s CIF Weware HSKNkneyManayr 99m 2296.56 12267.20 72 22Th21 21243TrJ £>3.577. 0?2S6.70 76 PrepJred J CGeerfn8 FfA UONsaw OF NEWMILTQN ICXII ifyj a￿* COUNT5FOR TrtAR TO>)T•IJU1IE￿14 T•t•l Rerdpts 2855. IIL)Club Pro Trfto Wefvrefor8(*)ks eank Char8es Iwaub Pri 21¥￿. Bank Charyes 2050.K* L*rth 8IFwd 166420 CIFwd I6￿10 Preparedty J CGeerfffj HA Swedty. irofTrwt*s CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A . Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trustees Lions Club of New Milton (CIO) On accounts for the year ended 30th June 2024 Charlty no (If any) 1177005 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examinalion of the accounts of the above Charitable Incorporated Organisation, for the year ended 3010612024 Responsibilitles and basls of report As the charity's trust88s, you arè responsible for th8 preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 he Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the CIO'S accounts carriéd out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)Ib} of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me ¢au$e to believe that in, any material respect.- the accounting records V￿re not kept in accordance with section 130 of th8 Charities A¢t- or the accounts did not accord wilh the accounting records., or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charit185 {Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requiremerrt that the accounts give a Irue and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connec*ion 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. Slgnad: Date: S. i. Name". John Christopher eering Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Fellow of Institute of Financial Accounts Address: 11, Glen Road. Fleet, Hampshire GU513QS