## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/07/2023 Period start date To Period end date** ## **30/06/2024** **Charity name: Tring Lions Club CIO** **Charity registration number: 1181199** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To raise funds from the public by voluntary
donations in order to make grants and donations
to Local, National and International charities,
charitable projects or other good causes.
The club operates on the basis that any
administration expenses are borne by the
members themselves, so that 100% of the
amount raised from the public by fundraising
(after deducting any fundraising expenses) is
donated to the good causes we choose to
support.
To carry out a volunteering service in the local
community for the benefit of those in need of all
ages without fear or favour, and irrespective of
race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. Club
members carry out this service at no cost to the
end user| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Tring Lions Club was originally formed in 1972
and became a Charitable Incorporated
Organisation in December 2018. Throughout this
accounting period the Club has had a
membership of 13 individuals.
Tring Lions Club CIO carried out several
fundraising activities to raise funds from the
public. In conjunction with several other Lions
Clubs in the area, we operated a second-hand
Bookshop in the Marlowe’s shopping centre in
Hemel Hempstead. During this accounting year
this was once again the main source of income.
Income from the Bookshop was £13154 for this
accounting period, compared with £11181 for the
preceding year.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|All Trustees of Tring Lions CIO are aware of and
have seen the guidance issued by the Charity
Commission, relating to procedures that should
be followed regarding good governance of a
Charitable Incorporated Organisation.| ## **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** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|During this accounting period the Club raised
£3424 through fundraising, and another £13154
was raised through the Lions Bookshop from the
sale of donated second-hand Books, DVDs CD’s
and LP’s etc.
Following the granting of CIO status in December
2018 Tring Lions Club CIO is now able to make a
Gift Aid claim after the end of the tax year on
membership subscriptions, and also on cash
donations under the Gift Aid Small Donations
Scheme (GASDS). The amount claimed relating
to Gift Aid from H M Revenue & Customs this
accounting period amounted to £718.
Tring Lions Club CIO also made 36 separate
donations during the accounting period to local,
national, and international charities as well as to
local good causes. The total amount donated this
year came to £15392.
Examples of our donations are:
£1000 sponsorship of the Community Minibus
£1000 to Lions Club International Foundation
(Disaster Emergency Fund)
£1000 to Berkhamsted & Tring Ukraine Hosting
Network
£1000 to Dacorum Emergency Night Shelter
(DENS)
£895 to Berkhamsted & Tring Stroke Support
Group
£800 to the Pepper Foundation
£800 to 1st Tring Scouts / Cubs
£500 to Tring Running Club
We also did a lot of work with our local Schools
during this accounting period providing grants for
extra-curricular activities and projects. Also
providing financial support towards the cost of
School residential trips. Examples of our
donations for schools this year are as follows;| £1500 to Grove Road Primary School £900 to Dundale Primary School £600 to Bishopswood Primary School £600 to St Mary’s Primary School, Northchurch £500 to Brookmead School, Ivinghoe £500 to St Bartholomew’s School, Wigginton £500 to St Thomas More School, Berkhamsted The Club continues to bear the annual maintenance costs of a Defibrillator in Tring Town centre which we arranged to be installed. This amounted to £214 for the accounting period. We also collected 5616 pairs of spectacles from members of the public for re-cycling. This is done using collecting bins in local opticians. Members collect them regularly and these are then sent to another Lions Club for checking and shipping abroad to less developed Countries for use by the people there. 108 Used hearing aids were also collected by Club members for refurbishment and recycling. Finally, the members of the Club carried out 2969 hours of service to the local community during this accounting period, including volunteering at the Lions Bookshop and completing 92 separate Service Activities. ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Tring lions Club CIO does not hold large
reserves. At the end of the accounting period the
amount of unrestricted funds held was £12177. In
addition to this there was another £6326 of
restricted funds of which £5000 was ring-fenced
for Youth and School projects, another £1000 for
our sponsorship of the local minibus providing
community transport, and £326 for maintenance
of the defibrillator installed by the Club in Tring
High Street for the next 2 years.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not Applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not Applicable| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Not Applicable| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust Deed| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are selected by majority voting of the
members of Tring Lions Club CIO.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|TringLions Club CIO| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Not Applicable| |Registered charity number|1181199| |Charity’s principal address|8 Fox Close, Wigginton, Tring, Hertfordshire HP23 6ED| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Michael Claxton|President||TringLions Club CIO| ||Penelope Tregillus|Past President||TringLions Club CIO| ||Michael Adams|Treasurer||TringLions Club CIO| ||Robin Attfield|||TringLions Club CIO| ||Peter Block|||TringLions Club CIO| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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 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)** Michael Anthony Adams **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc)** **Date** 04/03/2025 Trlng Llon¥ Uyb CIQ (Owrfty 140 1181199) A¢￿￿nIS To th• 30th Jun• 2024 2024 2024 Banl Inttr*st rol Concut thrf5tmJ5 Baffle L>Jnitlm5 recdved Easter Raftle Fw¢raL*I￿ Income IOIP*r} SftAd &GWJS Grants uons Botskshop-shère of Member5 5ub5rrfptkns 2013124 ¢Thr Uon Yin Cdlec¥un5 *Bay l TrfTrg ma￿tAuc￿0ns Sa￿5 212 L569 116 L513 253 t456 411 Z299 921 •80 404 214 12095 -171 D&lk*ltstcr Exper Dcry¥ors MadE 01 £5TrJ or rnrKe (As BEkn¥) 179 10550 1855 Y18 13154 4ZO 1050 19A7S 1•55B 2929 109 621 526 543 317 771 3651 563 577 552 74 253 Fundr*slig Exp's Mefflbttthlp (h*$ 105ll05A Exp's 1002 72 195 17501 Sur￿$ 2023124 30.Q6.2023 cash In Hand YIE acoiuNs 2257 15934 187L9 ooo 18431 182S1 MernbE￿ &Ji￿rf￿kn 202412S 72 518 J?lJ7. •£counts to 3LmE 24 6¢ 18503.00 18503.00 73.00 1•43X.00 Mldw•l (Tr••Mr•rl +131xS 4*¥E2 2024fd5Liu(É7Z)