## **STONE LIONS CLUB (CIO)**
## **Trustees Annual Report to Charities Commission 2023 - 2024**
This report covers the period from 1[st] July 20231 – 30[th] June 2024.
The Club continues to provide an annual PSA Blood Testing Event which is conducted on a personal basis to an appointment system but limited to 500 appointments. The attendees continue to make voluntary donation in recognition of our contribution to the community. The donations are ring fenced against this specific project and the shortfall between costs and donations is made good from the central welfare fund..
The Mobility Scheme continues to thrive having bedded in well following our very difficult decision of 2 years ago to limit it to the issue and maintenance of non-motorised equipment only. The costs of maintaining the Scheme are significantly reduced even though we still retain a large number of wheelchairs, walkers and other smaller items of equipment for use by local residents either long- or short-term.
Fund-raising continues to present us with many challenges, even more so at this time of uncertainty over rising prices and living costs. Notwithstanding these pressures, we have managed to support a number of requests for help from several worthy causes. Our monthly Charity Lottery (The 3C’s) continues to be a main source of income and coupled with our other main fundraising activities the Club remains financially buoyant.
Like many similar organisations in the Voluntary Sector, we do face a problem with recruitment of new membership, particularly from the younger generation – it seems the baton of ‘serving your community’ has been dropped with the people more inclined to donate on-line and no longer recognizing the need for the hands to do the necessary work to achieve the results for which the funds are raised.
{Original Signed and put to file}
Lion Dave Handley Trustee and Administrator to the Trustees Stone Lions Club (CIO)
11th December 2024
**Stone Lions Club (CIO) Charitable Incorporated Organisation No. 1180413**
## _**Examined**_ **Accounts for 2023 / 2024**
|President|Paul Martin|
|---|---|
|Secretary|Shirley Martin|
|Treasurer|Rod Niven|
|Examiner|Barbara Martin|
## **Stone Lions (CIO) Notes on the accounts for the 2023/2024 year**
The attached sheets show the club accounts for the year just ended. The accounts have been run in accordance with Lions Clubs International requirements. Money raised from the public has been credited to the Charity account.
## PSA
Within the Charity account is a PSA fund enabling us to hold a Prostate Testing event during the year. Some donations are given specifically for this event so this is classed by the Charity Commission as a Restricted Fund. These the figures have to be shown separately on our return to them.
The PSA fund had an overspend of £1,530.13. It does not make sense that the PSA Fund balance should be negative so £1,380 of the general account was used to cover the PSA costs. The opening balance of £150 is because Barlaston Parish Council made a donation in 2023 specifically for the 2024 testing.
## Charity account.
PayPal donations totalling £612.10 were received in 2022/23. Subsequent discussions with the donor indicated that the money should have been allocated to the PSA Fund. The figures show this transfer.
## 3C's
This account is run as a "100 club" within the Charity account. For the convenience of the club this is run using a separate bank account. Any surplus funds are transferred to the Charity bank account, usually once a year.
## Admin account.
This is money provided by members for the running of the club.
The PSA Gift Aid overpayment by HMRC in 2022/23 was repaid in this year. Without this repayment the overspend on the account would be considerably less. HMRC will only pay money to one of our accounts. The nominated account is the Admin account as transferring from Admin to Charity is easy but transferring the other way round is a little more difficult as it is against Lions rules.
## Charity Commission
The CC require our financial information to be presented in a different format to that shown on the attached sheets. They do not recognise our separation of Charity and Admin monies. The actual figures are exactly the same, just presented differently.
If you have any questions or need clarification on anything, just ask
Rod Niven Treasurer
03/18/2025
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## **Charity Account Year ending 30 June 2024**
|**Charity Account**
**Year ending 30 June 2024**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Fund raising events**
Christmas Raffles
Easter Eggs
Borehole hamper raffle
Proms night
Quiz Night
**Donations received**
A Clayton
imo Tony Clayton
Joules Court
Market Traders
Summerfield Court
Rotary Club of Stone
Richardson family
Stone Festival Committee
Other
**Other Income**
Just Giving
Paypal
From 3C's account
**Welfare Donations given**
Children's books
Futures2gether
Futures2gether Alton Towers outing
LCI Morrocco Earthquake
RBL Poppy Appeal
SCC Early Help Team
Honor Sutton
DG Partners Appeal
Friends of Margaret Junior School
Alleynes Academy
Staffs Venture Club
LCI Youth Trust Appeal
LCI Activity Alliance|**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Balance**|Balance
2022/23|
||2,530.15 740.60
1,825.50 365.75
100.00
607.00
496.00 26.00
5,558.65 1,132.35**4,426.30**
125.00
275.00
45.00
97.00
51.36
50.00
80.00
50.00
5.98
**779.34**-
**779.34**
48.64
10.80 612.10
2,220.00
2,279.44 612.10
**1,667.34**
468.00
528.00
250.00
500.00
100.00
280.00
240.00
250.00
200.00
950.00
300.00
100.00
250.00
4,416.00
**-4,416.00**|4,299.87
1,084.21
3,618.07
-3,260.00|
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Charity Acct
|**Welfare Activities**
Peace Poster Competition
Oak Tree Farm Staycation
Cooker & installation
Santa Grotto
Foxfield
Spectacle collections
Message in a bottle
Miscellaneous
**Mobility**
Donations received
Berwyn Babbs
Dylis Davies
Other
Expenses
EE Mobile phone
Disable Aids
Total
**Club operating costs**
Public relations
Insurance
Lottery Licence
**Charity Account General Fund**|**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Balance**|**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Balance**|Balance
2022/23|
|---|---|---|---|
||125.00
179.00|286.95
300.00
279.80
349.58
21.00
27.90
5.50
1,270.73
**-966.73**
**1,070.00**
150.89
496.00
646.89
**-646.89**
80.00
74.25
20.00
174.25
**-174.25**|-485.00
1,744.00
-819.41
-234.90|
||304.00
360.00
50.00
660.00|||
||1,070.00|||
|||||
||**9,991.43**|**8,252.32 1,739.11**|5,946.84|
|||||
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Charity Acct
|**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Balance**
**PSA Testing**
Restricted Fund Donations received
Stone Town Council
500.00
Hilderstone Parish Council
50.00
Stone Rural Parish Council
200.00
Stone & District Round Table
300.00
Capula
250.00
Hill & Swift
60.00
via Paypal
614.60
Mr Kidd
100.00
Cash donations on night
4,113.00
Card donations on night
1,119.95
Gift Aid
1,483.50
Testing expenses
The Doctor's Laboratory
7,134.00
GFCT Ltd
2,571.00
Nurses
540.00
Miscellaneous
76.18
**8,791.05 10,321.18**
**-1,530.13**
-1,951.78
**PSA Restricted Fund**
**8,791.05 10,321.18**
**-1,530.13**
-7,408.78
**Charity Account total**
**18,782.48 18,573.50**
**208.98**
-1,461.94
**Charity Account**
**Total**
**1 July 2023 Account balance**
**13,003.34**
**150.00**
**13,153.34**
**Excess income over expenditure**
**1,739.11**
**208.98**
**Excess expenditure over income**
**1,530.13**
**Transfer from General to PSA fund**
**-1,380.13**
**1,380.13**
**30 June 2024 Account balance**
**13,362.32**
**0.00**
**13,362.32**
Balance
2022/23
**General**
**Charity**
**account**
**PSA**
**Restricted**
**Fund**|**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Balance**
**PSA Testing**
Restricted Fund Donations received
Stone Town Council
500.00
Hilderstone Parish Council
50.00
Stone Rural Parish Council
200.00
Stone & District Round Table
300.00
Capula
250.00
Hill & Swift
60.00
via Paypal
614.60
Mr Kidd
100.00
Cash donations on night
4,113.00
Card donations on night
1,119.95
Gift Aid
1,483.50
Testing expenses
The Doctor's Laboratory
7,134.00
GFCT Ltd
2,571.00
Nurses
540.00
Miscellaneous
76.18
**8,791.05 10,321.18**
**-1,530.13**
-1,951.78
**PSA Restricted Fund**
**8,791.05 10,321.18**
**-1,530.13**
-7,408.78
**Charity Account total**
**18,782.48 18,573.50**
**208.98**
-1,461.94
**Charity Account**
**Total**
**1 July 2023 Account balance**
**13,003.34**
**150.00**
**13,153.34**
**Excess income over expenditure**
**1,739.11**
**208.98**
**Excess expenditure over income**
**1,530.13**
**Transfer from General to PSA fund**
**-1,380.13**
**1,380.13**
**30 June 2024 Account balance**
**13,362.32**
**0.00**
**13,362.32**
Balance
2022/23
**General**
**Charity**
**account**
**PSA**
**Restricted**
**Fund**|**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Balance**|Balance
2022/23|
|---|---|---|---|
|||500.00
50.00
200.00
300.00
250.00
60.00
614.60
100.00
4,113.00
1,119.95
1,483.50
7,134.00
2,571.00
540.00
76.18
**8,791.05 10,321.18**
**-1,530.13**|-1,951.78|
|||||
|||||
|||**8,791.05 10,321.18**
**-1,530.13**|-7,408.78|
|||||
|||**18,782.48 18,573.50**
**208.98**|-1,461.94|
|||||
||**Charity Account**|**Total**
**General**
**Charity**
**account**
**PSA**
**Restricted**
**Fund**||
||**1 July 2023 Account balance**
**13,003.34**
**150.00**
**13,153.34**
**Excess income over expenditure**
**1,739.11**
**208.98**
**Excess expenditure over income**
**1,530.13**
**Transfer from General to PSA fund**
**-1,380.13**
**1,380.13**
**30 June 2024 Account balance**
**13,362.32**
**0.00**
**13,362.32**|||
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Charity Acct
## **3C's Account**
## **For year 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024 (ie NOT 3C's year)**
|**Income**
Subscriptions
Donations
Cheques donated back
Cheques assumed lost or out of time
**Outgoing**
Prizes
12 months at £130
1 x £50 + 1 x £20 + 6 x £10
Transfer to Charity account
Totals|**Income Expenditure**
**Balance**|Balance
2022/23|
|---|---|---|
||3,421.00
8.00
300.00
30.00|3,669.00
1560
-2,300.00|
||**3,759.00**
**3,759.00**
**1,560.00**
-1,560.00
2,220.00
-2,220.00||
||**3,759.00 3,780.00**
**-21.00**||
1-Jul-23 Account balance **2,454.00** Excess expenditure over income **21.00** 30-Jun-24 Account balance **2,433.00**
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3C's Acct
## **Administration Account**
## **Year ending 30 June 2024**
|**Administration Account**
**Year ending 30 June 2024**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Income Expenditure**
**Balance**
**Income**
Subscriptions
1,158.00
Tail twister
325.55
Easy Fundraising
169.97
Recycled ink cartridges
79.65
S O T Fireworks
300.00
**2,033.17**
**2,033.17**
2,164.29
**LCI dues etc**
International
888.44
Multiple District
721.60
District
187.00
**1,797.04**
**-1,797.04**
-1,698.80
**Operating Expenses**
Presidents' Honorarium
400.00
Regalia
42.00
Almoner's expenses
25.24
Room Hire (Zone mtg)
101.00 100.00
Membership drive
14.50
DG Gift
10.00
Insurance
18.40
Accounts' examination
36.00
Postage
4.50
**101.00 650.64**
**-549.64**
-826.29
**Social Events**
Bowls evening
20.00
Charter Night
3,225.00 3,278.10
**3,245.00 3,278.10**
**-33.10**
-27.88
**Gift Aid**
Return of payment made in
381.05
**-381.05**
error in 2022/23
**Totals**
**5,379.17 6,106.83**
**-727.66**
-7.63
**Administration Account**
1-Jul-23 Account balance
**1,512.24**
Excess expenditure over income
**727.66**
30-Jun-24 Account balance
**784.58**
**Balance**
**2022/23**|**Income Expenditure**
**Balance**|**Balance**
**2022/23**|
||1,158.00
325.55
169.97
79.65
300.00||
||**2,033.17**
**2,033.17**
888.44
721.60
187.00|2,164.29|
||**1,797.04**
**-1,797.04**
400.00
42.00
25.24
101.00 100.00
14.50
10.00
18.40
36.00
4.50|-1,698.80|
||**101.00 650.64**
**-549.64**
20.00
3,225.00 3,278.10|-826.29|
||**3,245.00 3,278.10**
**-33.10**
381.05
**-381.05**|-27.88|
||**5,379.17 6,106.83**
**-727.66**|-7.63|
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Admin Acct