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

**From  1[st] July 2020      Period start date   To    30[th] June 2021     Period end date Charity name: Farnborough Lions Club (CIO)** 

## **Charity registration number:1180376** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**To assist people in need in our local**<br>**community by providing goods and**<br>**services to individuals and small local**<br>**charities. A small percentage of our**<br>**funds is sent to Lions clubs**<br>**International who use contributions**<br>**from around the world to fund crisis and**<br>**humanitarian aid in the aftermath of**<br>**major disasters.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**We usually hold several fund raising**<br>**events each year such as a car show,**<br>**quiz nights, school choir contest,**<br>**Christmas street collection, summer**<br>**fairs etc, the proceeds of which are used**<br>**to support those in need in our local**<br>**community. However during the covid**<br>**pandemic none of this has been**<br>**possible so we have been reliant on**<br>**council grants and public donations to**<br>**raise funds.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**All our trustees and other members are**<br>**aware of our public benefit obligations**|



## **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 volunteers Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**We have not been able to hold any fund**<br>**raising events this year so our efforts**<br>**have been targeted to obtaining**<br>**alternative sources of income including**<br>**a council grant, share of a local council**<br>**lottery scheme and a Just Giving page**<br>**on our website.**<br>**We have used this severely restricted**<br>**income from these sources to make**<br>**local grants to 1 local charity, 2 local**<br>**schools and to purchase new**<br>**household appliances for 3 local**<br>**residents.**<br>**We have also taken part in a Lions club**<br>**zone project to supply 500 computers to**<br>**local school children so they can have**<br>**online learning during the pandemic.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||





Other

## **Financial Review** 

Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 financial position at the end of the period Statement explaining the Para 1.22 policy for holding reserves stating why they are held Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 reserves Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 deficit Explanation of any Para 1.23 uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25||
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25||
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25||



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

Charity name Other name the charity uses Registered charity number Charity’s principal address 



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

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

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



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

Description of the assets 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**|
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|**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) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 

