## WOKINGHAM LIONS CLUB CIO
REPORT AND STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE 2024
Wokingham Lions Club CIO. Registered Charity No: 1180632
## **Trustees' Report for the year ended 30th June 2024**
The trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 30th June 2024.
## **Structure, governance and management.**
During the financial year to 30th June 2024, Wokingham Lions Club operated as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
The trustees who served during the year were:
Mr Tim Hanton Mrs Lyn Baily Mr Andy Goffin Mrs Claire Mangers-Page Mr Nigel Page Mrs Debbie Banbury (appointed 1.7.23) Mrs Sarah Newstead (appointed 1.7.23)
The Club comprises volunteers who pay an annual subscription. A business meeting is held once a month at which decisions are made on a simple majority basis unless Constitutional or legal requirements mandate a larger majority.
A trustee meeting is held approximately every 8 weeks. All the Trustees provide their services free of charge.
## **Trust Objectives**
Wokingham Lions Club exists to serve our local community and those in need in the wider world, through the Lions Clubs International Foundation, by providing support and financial assistance. The members also foster good governance, citizenship and friendship by:
- Providing service and fundraising events for the benefit of the local community in Wokingham and surrounds, for example the May Fayre and Winter Carnival.
- Responding to requests for help for those in need, because of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or another disadvantage. This may take the form of practical help or financial assistance.
- Responding to requests for help from local organizations seeking support for worthwhile charitable projects. These would include youth groups such as Scouts and Guides and those groups providing assistance for the elderly, the sick or those with special needs. This may take the form of practical help as well as financial.
- Actively seeking suitable beneficiaries of funds that we have raised.
- Providing activities and entertainment for those in need in Wokingham and area.
- By assisting in local projects organized by the Club or assisting individual members who are participating in the organization of projects.
- Responding to Lions Clubs International Foundation to assist peoples of the world with finance in times of disaster.
Wokingham Lions Club CIO. Registered Charity No: 1180632
## **Review of Trust's activities**
The Wokingham Lions Club was very active throughout the year. We celebrated our 50[th] Anniversary with a prestigious event in the Town Hall for local charities with whom we have worked closely, members of the own council and our members. We also intoduced a special initiative to support 50 local charities & deserving causes with a golden award of £500 each, committing us to raise an additional £25,000 for this initiative.
Other events that we organised during the year were: 1) The May Fayre
2) The Winter Carnival
3) Two Wokingham Walks
4) Five Comedy evenings
5) Two quiz evenings
6) A Classic Car show
In addition, Wokingham Lions Club were one of 4 service Clubs that organise the Wokingham Fireworks display. The surplus from the event is distributed evenly among the 4 Clubs.
Donations to good causes were made on the recommendation of the Community Services Committee and were approved by Club members and totalled £47,253 for the year. The notes to the Accounts contain a list of charitable donations made by the Club.
The Club supported several local community projects including: - Helping First Days - a children's charity - by manning their second hand uniform shop which is open to the general public for 3 hours weekly.
- Organising a Christmas food collection for elderly and families in need
- Supporting SpecTrek, ReTec and Message in a Bottle
- Distribution of Wild Tribe Heroes books to local junior schools
## **Financial Report**
Wokingham Lions Club income for the year was £127,997. Expenditure was £111,797 resulting in a surplus of £16,200 for the year, after making the donations to Charities and deserving local causes.
The Balance Sheet shows a healthy reserve level of £55,117 which will enable Wokingham Lions to support our activities for the coming year.
Wokingham Lions Club CIO. Registered Charity No: 1180632
## **Independent Examiner's Report**
I report to the charity Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Wokingham Lions Club CIO for the year ended 30th June 2024.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
The Charity's Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.
It is my responsibility:
i) to examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act; ii) to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
iii) to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Independent examiner's statement.**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions of the Charity Commission.
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
(a) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect of the requirements:
(i) to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
(ii) to prepare the accounts with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act;
have not been met; or
(b) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Wokingham Lions Club CIO. Registered Charity No: 1180632
## **Statement of Financial activities for the year ended 30th June 2024**
## **Balance Sheet as at 30[th] June 2024**
|**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
Cash at Bank - Unrestricted funds
Cash at Bank - Restricted funds
Cash at Bank - 100 Club
Cash at Bank - Admin Account
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
Less Advanced Receipts for Winter Carnival
Add Prepaid expenses for 2023-24
Add HMRC GASD 2023-24
Less Wokingham Carnival Road Traffic Cost 2022
Less Deferred Income 2024-25
Less Christmas Presence Creditor
Less Car Show Creditor
**Total**
**REPRESENTED BY**
Accumulated Fund B/F
Deficit/Surplus for the year
Accumulated Fund C/F|**30th June**
**2024**
£
69,022
0
1,799
1,958
**72,779**
17,000
55,779
0
408
56,187
0
529
457
84
55,117
38,917
16,200
**55,117**|**30th June**
**2023**
£
50,525
0
1,046
2,387
**53,958**
13,500
40,458
459
0
40,917
2,000
0
0
0
38,917
39,525
-608
**38,917**|
|---|---|---|
||||
Wokingham Lions Club CIO. Registered Charity No: 1180632
## **Income and Expenditure for the year ended 30[th] June 2024**
|**Income (Admin Account)**
Subscriptions
Meeting (Raffle & Fines)
Festive Dinner
Charter
Socials
Gift Aid (Subs)
Charity Insurance Contribution
Other
**Income (Charity Account)**
May Fayre
Winter Carnival
Classic Car Show
100 Club
Donations
Quiz
Comedy Evening
Winter Carnival Stall/Christmas Cards
Festive Parcel Collection
GASD (HMRC)
Wokingham Walk
Fireworks
Auction Evening
Emmbrook Residents Quiz
Christmas Presence
Sleigh Collection
Other
Write back of 2022 Creditor|**Year to**
**30th June 2024**
**£**
2,565
355
1,579
1,824
156
368
108
20
**6,975**
32,861
37,083
7,985
2,860
641
2,223
14,303
349
926
408
8,792
8,650
587
660
457
203
34
2,000
**121,022**|**Year to**
**30th June 2023**|**Year to**
**30th June 2023**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**£**
2,622
337
1,585
1,190
24
330
0
65
**6,153**
32,088
31,348
4,873
2,544
930
2,517
10,557
322
798
779
8,588
6,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
**101,344**|
Wokingham Lions Club CIO. Registered Charity No: 1180632
|**Expenditure (Admin Account)**
LCI Dues & Insurance
Festive Dinner
PPS/Admin
Socials
Charter
Officer’s expenses
Bank Charges
Regalia
Promotion
Name Badges
Sundry
**Expenditure (Charity Account)**
May Fayre
Winter Carnival
Classic Car Show
100 Club Prizes & Costs
Donations
Golden Awards
Wokingham Walk
Quiz Evening
Comedy Evening
District Funday
Wokingham Hospital Christmas Party
Festive Parcel Collection
Message in a Bottle
Equipment
Tabards
Retec PC Project
Promotional Material
Auction Evening
Spek Trek
50th Celebration Event
Lions Community Store
Wild Tribe Books
Insurance Contribution
Miscellaneous Expenses
Bank Charges
Deficit/Surplus of Income over Expenditure|**£**
3,170
1,675
123
141
1,920
245
62
68
0
0
0
**7,404**
19,519
17,422
2,802
1,631
37,253
10,000
3,523
72
6,300
0
400
803
665
599
0
261
131
175
209
1,675
225
400
108
156
64
**104,393**
**16,200**|**£**
2,830
1,575
387
0
1,324
116
62
0
192
266
10
**6,762**
15,238
17,830
2,031
1,312
51,975
0
1,675
738
4,800
2,155
400
766
489
861
496
131
295
0
0
0
0
0
0
84
67
**101,343**
**-608**|
|---|---|---|
||||
## **Notes to the Financial Accounts**
Wokingham Lions Club CIO. Registered Charity No: 1180632
## 1. Wokingham Lions Club (CIO) made the following donations during the financial year:
|First Days
Twyford Age Concern_Minibus Appeal
Wokingham Share
HomeStart
Daisy's Dream
Lions Club International Foundation
Cowshed
Berkshire Women's Aid
Berkshire Search & Rescue
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Wokingham Volunteer Centre
Samaritans Bracknell
Diana Brimblecombe Dog Rescue
Headway
Building for the Future
CLASP
British Red Cross
Gift for Living
Reading PCSG
Friends of CAMHS
Individual donation_Fencing
Individual donation_Cooker
Individual donation_JH
Jake Walbanche_Scout expedition
**_Golden Awards_**
The Barkham Hooker
CLASP
WADE
Wokingham Cricket Club
Building for the Future
Ignition Writing
Hannah Tomsett
2nd Wokingham Guides
Wokingham Pride
Kaleidoscopic
Arts4Wokingham
Soulscape
Aborfield Scout Group
Berkshire Maestros
Just around the Corner|£
6,250
5,000
3,500
3,500
3,500
3,500
1,250
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,500
1,000
1,000
500
380
286
211
150
150
510
479
337
250
37,253|
|---|---|
||
£
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500|
Wokingham Lions Club CIO. Registered Charity No: 1180632
|Aborfield Scouts_Squirrel
Survivors of Bereavement
Link Visiting Scheme
All Saints PCC_Repair Shop
ME2|500
500
500
500
500
10,000|
|---|---|
2. The Club runs a 100 Club for members and supporters and this has been consolidated within the overall accounts.
Wokingham Lions Club CIO. Registered Charity No: 1180632