Trustees’ Annual Report for 2020-2021
Name - Adur East Lions Club CIO. Charity Number - 1177392.
Area of Operation - Shoreham-by-Sea, Southwick and Fishersgate. Principal Address - Flat 2, 29A High St, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5DD.
Charity trustee names [for year 20-21] - Brian Teggart [Imm.past-president], Pearl Boyce [president and membership], Frances Burt [2nd vice-president], Colin Burt[secretary], Richard Behling [treasurer], and Trevor Burchell [1st vice president].
Charity trustee names [for year 21-22] - Trevor Burchell [president], Colin Burt[secretary], Pearl Boyce [imm. past-president and membership], Frances Burt [1st vice-president], and Richard Behling [treasurer].
Type of Governing Document- Constitution dated 1st Jan 2018. How the charity is constituted- As a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Charity trustee selection methods for 2019/20 onwards — Seven ex-officio, i.e. president, secretary, treasurer, vice-president, 2nd vice-president, immediate past president, and membership officer.
Summary of objects of the charity are set out in its governing document- To empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace and promote international understanding through Lions Clubs.
Financial review -
There are 3 accounts - admin, activities, and charity.
At the end of the Lions year 2020-21 the bank balances were admin £970, activities £3241, and charity £6542.
These figures compare with 2019-20 figures of admin £648, activities £3696, and charity £6354. Fund-raising is down because of Covid-19 causing the cancellation of big fund-raising events.
Policy on reserves- keep enough by for contingencies, in each of the bank accounts, according to the possible needs of each account.The club’s activities require no fixed levels of funds.
The trustees have read through the Charity Commission trustee guidance document called “The Essential Trustee what you need to know’. The trustees have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the Commission in exercising their powers or duties.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects-
Christmas Santa and sleigh collections from streets, helped by local groups such as Sea Cadets; donations to many [mostly] local charitable organisations. Seniors teas delivered to homes instead of the usual social arrangements.
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year-
Many local organisations have benefited from our generous donations.
The largest donations were to - Local food-banks £1359, Sussex MS Centre hand-wash station £750, Lions Air Ambulance Appeal £500, St John new roof contribution £500, Brain Tumour Research £450, Two nebulisers for Worthing Hospital £320.
Signatures
| **Adur East Lions Club CIO ** | Accounts | 1 Jul 2020 | to | 30 Jun 2021 | charity no. | 1177392 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income | 2020-21 | 2019-20 | Expenditure | 2020-21 | 2019-20 | |
| Admin a/c | Admin a/c | |||||
| Members’contributions to the | 1299 |
1602 | Dues to LCI | 859 | 926 | |
| adminstration of the charity | Dues to multi-district | 745 | 735 | |||
| Quizzes | 740 | 297 | Quizproceeds transfer 280 to Charitya/c[2] | |||
| Compensations Lloyds errors | 380 | 0 | Misc. | 217 | 317 | |
| Members' expenses 239 | Dues to district | 216 | 356 | |||
| transfer[5] | pps. | 19 | 36 | |||
| Charter | 0 | 825 | Charter | 0 | 860 | |
| Christmas dinner | 0 | 697 | Christmas dinner | 0 | 700 | |
| Rafe,tail twister | 0 | 310 | Quizzes & socials | 0 | 85 | |
| misc. + dons. | 0 | 65 | President’s allowance | 0 | 32 | |
| subtotals | 2419 | 3796 | 2056 | 4047 | ||
| Activity a/c | Activity a/c[1,4,5] | |||||
| Mayberrybooks | 2496 | 0 | MayberryBooks - shares to Brighton | 1248 | 0 | |
| StandingChristmas collects. | 1576 | 339 | Mayberry grotto costs | 320 | 2171 | |
| Sleigh collections | 1480 | 1570 | Storage and shelving | 242 | ||
| MayberryChristmas returns | 640 | 3173 | Members' expenses 239 transfer[5] | |||
| other[inc deposit returns] | 370 | 908 | other | 198 | 468 | |
| Southwick xmas stalls | 295 | DonkeyDerby programs | 0 | 675 | ||
| D/derby program advertising | 100 | 785 | DonkeyDerby,notprograms | 0 | 608 | |
| Donkeyderby, notprog-adv | 0 | 775 | ||||
| subtotals | 6957 | 7550 | 2008 | 3922 | ||
| Charity a/c[1] | Charity a/c | |||||
| YoungAmbassador bursaries | 1000 | 0 | Foodbank | 1359 | 803 | |
| Return of Eastbrook donation | 320 | Regular donations | 1200 | 1050 | ||
| Quizproceeds transfer | YoungAmbassador bursaries | 1000 | ||||
| 280 to Charitya/c[2] | Sussex MS Centre handwash station | 750 | ||||
| other dons. etc | 252 | 340 | local donations less than £300 | 525 | ||
| David Sluys collection | Lions Air Ambulance Appeal[300,200] | 500 | ||||
| for Brain Tumour Research | 147 | St John new roof contribution | 500 | |||
| Bingo donations | 46 | 155 | Brain Tumour Research | 450 | ||
| Station books | 4 | 118 | DonkeyDerbydonations[6] | 400 | 855 | |
| Val Grimwood donation | 150 | Nebulisers for WorthingHospital, 2 | 320 | |||
| HMRC Gift Aid | 0 | 811 | Beirut disaster | 300 | ||
| Market book sales | 0 | 92 | Aprongarden contribution | 300 | ||
| Fox’s Greengrocers | 0 | 21 | Seniors' teas expenses | 160 | 484 | |
| local donations less than £500 | 3603 | |||||
| Non-local dons | 2050 | |||||
| Mobile hoist for Sussex MS Centre | 1400 | |||||
| Defbrillator contri. Southwick Methodist Ch | 1000 | |||||
| Computers for St. Nicholas & St.Mary Sch. | 700 | |||||
| Panto for Herons Dale children | 520 | |||||
| Adur 4 Refugees | 500 | |||||
| Bingoprizes[3] | 0 | 322 | ||||
| subtotals | 1769 | 1687 | 7764 | 13287 | ||
| totals | 11145 | 13033 | 11828 | 21256 | ||
| [1]£5000 was transferred to charitya/c from activitya/c in 2019/20. | ||||||
| [2]£280 was transferred to charitya/c from admin a/c in 2020/21. | ||||||
| [3]Bingoprizes for 18/19 werepaid in 19/20. | ||||||
| [4]No Boot Sale nor DonkeyDerbynor Easter Eggrafes,due to Covid. | ||||||
| [5]£239 was transferred to admin a/c from Activitya/c re members’ expenses | ||||||
| [6]£400 cheque re-issued,not cashedpreviously,still not cashed |
| **Adur East Lions Club CIO ** | Accounts | 1 Jul 2020 | to | 30 Jun 2021 | charity no. | 1177392 | ||
| Income | 2020-21 | 2019-20 | Expenditure | 2020-21 | 2019-20 | |||
| Total Funds b/fwd | 10233 | 18456 | Total bank balances | 10753 | 10698 | |||
| Surplus/[Defcit] | -683 | (8223) | less outstandingcheques | 1203 | 465 | |||
| Funds c/fwd | 9550 | 10233 | 9550 | 10233 | ||||
| Admin funds b/fwd | 648 | 899 | Admin bank balance | 970 | 648 | |||
| Surplus/[Defcit] | 322 | (251) | less outstandingcheques | 0 | 0 | |||
| Admin funds c/fwd | 970 | 648 | 970 | 648 | ||||
| Activitya/c funds b/f | 3531 | 8903 | Activitybank balance | 3241 | 3696 | |||
| Surplus/[Defcit] | -290 | (5372) | less outstandingcheques | 0 | 165 | |||
| Activitya/c funds c/f | 3241 | 3531 | 3241 | 3531 | ||||
| Charitya/c funds b/f | 6054 | 8654 | Charitybank balance | 6542 | 6354 | |||
| Surplus/[Defcit] | -715 | (2600) | less outstandingcheques | 1203 | 300 | |||
| Charitya/c funds c/f | 5339 | 6054 | 5339 | 6054 | ||||