2021-06-30-accounts

Leeds & Skyrack Lions Club

Charitable Incorporated Organisation 1181586

Trustee Report and Financial Statements

for the period

ending 30 June 2021

Leeds & Skyrack Lions Club Charitable Incorporated Organisation

1. Reference and administrative details of the charity and trustees.

During the period ending 30 June 2021 the following were appointed by members to be trustees of the Club.

President

P Sandeman

Secretary

J Fellows

Treasurer

R J Carter

Member

J H Butterfield

Charity Registered Number 1181586

Bank

Nat West

Headingley Branch

63 Otley Road

Headingley

Leeds

LS6 3WA

Presidents Correspondence and e-mail address

Address: 5 Parklands Avenue Leeds

LS17 6TB

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

2. Trustees’ Report

The Trustees present their Trustee Report together with the financial statements of the Leeds & Skyrack Lions Club Charitable Incorporated Organisation (the Charity) for the period ending 30 June 2021.

The Charity Commission confirmed the Clubs CIO status on 16 January 2019. A financial statement is also attached for the most recent period 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

The trustees confirm that this Trustee Report and supporting financial statements of the Charity comply with the current statutory requirements of the Charity’s governing document and the recommended best practice.

3. Structure, Governance and Management

The Leeds Skyrack Lions Club was registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) on 16 January 2019 and the Club Charter was transferred to the new CIO from 12 April 2019.

The Leeds and Leeds Skyrack lions Clubs combined during the review period and now operate as the Leeds & Skyrack

Lions Club CIO. The Constitution sets out that a minimum number of Trustees should be three and that the President, Secretary and Treasurer are all mandatory trustees. Members have agreed the appointment process in accordance with the Constitution. The Trustees ensure that the Club is managed in accordance with the members agreed Constitution.

The Charity has insurance cover for its activities and Lions Clubs International MD 105 provides this.

4. Grants and Charitable Objectives

The club operates across the city of Leeds core area. The club supports worthy causes and charities in the local area and lions charities nationally and internationally.

All club members work without reward and are independent of all politics or religion.

The charitable objectives of the Leeds & Skyrack Lions Club are the relief of poverty and the support of those in need in particular by providing humanitarian aid and disaster relief, including in particular:

• the advancement of citizenship by: promoting the principles of good citizenship

• encouraging members to take an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community;

• providing a forum for the open discussion of all matters of public interest; provided that partisan politics and sectarian religion shall not be debated by members;

• encouraging service-minded people to serve their community without personal reward and encouraging the promotion of high ethical

standards in commerce, industry, professions, public works and private endeavours;

• supporting youth to develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals;

• promoting the Voluntary Sector for the public benefit by associating with local authorities in a common effort to advance education and provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation to improve the conditions of life of people in local, national and international communities;

• promoting volunteering;

• the relief of poverty and the relief of those in need in particular by providing humanitarian aid and disaster relief;

• the advancement of health or the saving of lives by preventing avoidable blindness, assisting disabled people to lead independent lives or helping to prevent or manage health issues;

• promoting for the benefit of the public the conservation protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment; and/or

• promoting community participation in healthy recreation.

The Trustees consider all applications received by the CIO in accordance with our grant making policy. Recommendations are made to all members who together make the final decisions regarding supporting or not supporting all requests for a grant. Under the terms of the Clubs’ Constitution, Trustees and members can apply funds at their discretion, making grants where they believe that their contribution will make a real difference.

We only make grants in furtherance of our priorities for support and our charitable objects.

The number of applications that can be supported is, of necessity, limited to the amount of funds available for distribution in any one year. As there are numerous Lions Clubs in the UK, applications from the local Leeds area are generally given priority. Trustees also consider international funding requests referred to them by the Lions International organisation; applications for support and/or grants are all considered on their own merits, following investigation by the Trustees and club membership. However, given that most of the available funds are raised within the local community, those applications that are local are given special consideration. The following are examples of areas adopted for support:

• Local charities - youth groups, groups working with the elderly, residential and nursing homes, disabled and individual appeals;

• Youth and children’s organisations - sport related groups or individuals, scouting and guiding, youth club activities; young people undertaking overseas assignments;

• Community facilities — aid for disadvantaged, elderly, homeless individuals and families, village hall projects.

The above priorities in this policy are reviewed every year (or more often if deemed appropriate by the Trustees), and they may be changed in accordance with the Trustees’ view of the most effective application of available funds at any point in time.

The trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 to have due

regard to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit, and we explain how this is achieved in this report.

All the administration expenses of the CIO are funded 100% by the member’s own direct donations to the Club. These funds are held in a separate Business Administration and Reserve Bank Account.

All money raised by the Club from members of the public is used exclusively for charitable purposes and is held in a separate Charity Bank Account.

The trustees confirm that the CIO does not have any outstanding liabilities or debts.

Charitable Funds raised

Because of the severe impact of Covid 19 the club raised limited funds, as we were unable to fundraise from the local community due to on-going restrictions. The Club could not physically meet or undertake normal house-tohouse collections for most of the year although we endeavoured to remain as active as was possible within the health constraints and regulations. We continued with limited service activities and provided a range of community support wherever practical. Overall Covid-19 measures have had a severe impact on our ability to perform service activities and raise or distribute funds.

1 July 2020 – 30 June 2021

£1555.42

1 July 2019 – 30 June 2020 £3468.71

1 April 2018 – 30 June 2019

£4536.55

Charitable Donations

The members have provided over 450 hours of Volunteer Service to the local community in addition to the following financial donations in the period. Brief details of the recipients or organisation are provided to indicate the range of activities supported.

Youth Projects

Books for Young People

Recycling Used Spectacles for Third World Countries

Membership

Membership of the Leeds & Skyrack Lions Club Charitable Incorporated Organisation at the end of June 2020 was 15. Member’s who in non Covid 19 times aim to meet once per month and take part in social and fundraising activities of CIO.

Developments

Effective from 1 July 2020 the combination of the two City Leeds Lions Clubs was completed. New Trustees and Club Officers were appointed from that date and appropriate facilitating changes were actioned to the CIO.

Signed

Treasurer and Trustee

Date 20 February 2022

Leeds Skyrack Lions Club

Meeting place: New Headlingley Club, 56 St Michael’s Road, Headlingley, Leeds, LS6 3BG

Registered Charity Number 1181586

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		FUND	S CLASSIFICATION
		MEMBERS CLUB	CHARTER RAFFFLE		TOTAL
INCOME		ACTIVITIES AND SOCIAL	FUND
		& ADMIN
Members Annual Donations to Club		1245.00			1245.00
Members Other Donations		50.00			50.00
Ditit 105N Cid 19 Rbt		8000			8000
src ov eae		.			.
Leeds Lions Consolidation Transfer F	unds	964.20			964.20
TOTALS		233920			233920
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EXPENDITURE
Mb Dti t Li Itti	l d I	112995			112995
emers onaons o ons nerna	na an nsurances	,.			,.
TOTALS		112995			112995
		,.			,.
Brought Forward 01.07.2020		276.49	762.94 123.00		1,162.43
Change over year		1,209.25	123.00 -123.00		1,209.25
Carry Forward Bank Balances Business and Reserve 01072021		148574	88594 000		237168
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LEEDS SKY	RACK LION	CHARITY AC	COUNTS FO	R THE PERI	D	ENDING 3	0 J UNE 2021
INCOME								TOTAL
Fund Raising & Donations Received								1555.42
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Youth Charit		9400
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Total		94	00
Direct Costs		0.00
Brouht Forward 01072020								257296
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Change over year								146142
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Carry Forward Charity Account Bank Balance 01.07.2020
								4,034.38
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