**Purposes are exclusively charitable by encouraging members to take an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community**
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01.07.2022 Period start date To 30.06.2023 Period end date Charity name: STAFFORD LIONS CLUB CIO**
## **Charity registration number:**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Purposes are exclusively charitable by
encouraging members to take an active
interest in the civic, cultural, social and
moral welfare of the community.|
|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|The Lion's Motto is "We Serve" and
Stafford Lions CIO do this through service
in the community and financial support to
those in need.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**All Trustees have received the**
**information pack issued by the Charity**
**Commission.**|
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|All the members consider requests for
funding that meet the overall purposes of
the club. A quorate number of members
allocate donations based on a majority
decision.
Stafford Lions Club generally support the
five pillars of International Lions service:
Diabetes
Vision
Environment
Hunger
Childhood Cancer|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A|
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|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|All club members are volunteers. On
occasion the club is helped by friends of
Lions and family of members.
Subscriptions are paid by members into the
administration account which covers all
administration and insurance costs.|
|Other||N/A|
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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||Our Charitable Activities In Lionistic Year
2022-2023:
During 2022/2023 our activities have been
limited by the Covid 19 Pandemic but a
£5,000 donation from Cornwell’s Chemists
to reward our voluntary efforts at their
vaccination centre has boosted our Welfare
Fund.
We have ongoing service projects:Over
5,100 hours volunteering at vaccination centre;
recycling spectacles, hearing aids, blister packs
and telephones; loaning wheelchairs; Cleaning
of National Arboretum Lions Shelter.
Stafford Lions Club has financially
supported the following: We paid£100 each
per month to a Stafford Food Bank and
Salvation Army; paid for a coach a day trip to
Llandudno for Ukrainian families; paid for a
party for adult carers; 2 x £50 for youngsters
undertaking international community work;
£500 towards a powered mobility scooter via
Mobility Trust; Sponsored kit man from
Stafford Rangers Football Club.
We donated Wild Tribe Heroes children’s
environmental books for 35 schools £1258, a
chance to tell over 4000 primary school pupils
about the work of our club. Wreath for
Remembrance Sunday £50; the Christmas Tree
Festival own tree (£50) plus marshalling;
Katharine House Hospice donation; 21 food
bags for young carers via ‘Families First’; £100
to LCIF Disaster funds for Pakistan floods; £400
donated to Lions Clubs International Funds for|
the Turkey/Syria flood disaster; start-up grant of £100 for Castlechurch Community Hub; supplied Message in a Bottle to "Staffordshire Together for Carers"; bought and donated 48 hair brushes the charity CRADLE; money pledged for "Happy Days" a charity which helps special needs children with life opportunities; items donated to Nathan Rimmer to take to Ukraine; 0£100 donation to Blind Veterans Appeal; £252 pledged to Happy Days Charity. We went ‘gleaning’ for pumpkins which we gave to the ‘Fairshare’ Charity. Fundraising: The majority of our normal fundraising mainly takes place in November and the festive season when we do bucket collections accompanied by Santa’s Elves and a Lion in supermarkets and shopping areas in Stafford and Penkridge. We also raise money through delivering a local directory on a monthly basis. Food: We hold annual food collections in January and July. The food was distributed by a local foodbank.
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|N/A|
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|N/A|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A|
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## **Fincial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Welfare Account £6715.19
Administration £980.04
Edgar Fund £687.88|
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|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Any remaining capital is carried over from
one Lionistic year to the next. The Lionistic
year ends on June 30th.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|None|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|It is our intention to donate all money that
we have raised over a period of time.|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|None|
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You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Stafford Lions Club relies primarily on the
benevolence of public donations. Our major
fund-raising events are prior to Christmas
with supermarket bucket collections and
charity events.|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|N/A|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Covid curtailed some of our fundraising
ventures.|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Stafford Lions Club (CIO) Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO - ASSOCIATION|
|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|According to the Lions Clubs CIO
Constitution the club President and
Treasurer are de facto Trustees. All other
Trustees are elected by the members.|
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|Self-study.|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Stafford Lions (CIO) are an associate
member of Lions Clubs International. UK
Lions (Multi District 105) are organised into
8 Districts and Stafford is in District 105CN.|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|As above.|
|Other||None|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Stafford Lions Club (CIO)|
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|Other name the charity uses|Nil|
|Registered charity number|1181780|
|Charity’s principal address|C/O 3 Meadow Close
Gnosall
STAFFORD
ST20 0LT|
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||Kenneth ADAMS|Club Treasurer|||
||Glenda CHARD||||
||Rose COWLEY|Club Secretary|||
||Roger GAY||||
||David Lewis|Club President|||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name None**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for None safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**adviser**
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**Address**|**Type of**
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## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**N/A**
## **Other optional information**
**N/A**
## **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**|_D. I. Lewis_||
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||David Ian Lewis||
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Club President||
||April 2024||
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