
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From  1[st] July 2021   To 30[th] June 2022** 

**Charity name: Littleborough & District Lions Club (CIO)** 

## **Charity registration number: 1183445** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**To provide charitable support in the Local and Global**<br>**Community, helping persons, less fortunate than**<br>**ourselves.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Organise and take part in active fundraising projects to**<br>**provide support for the following:**<br>**Local Dementia group.**<br>**Christmas hampers for local needy families.**<br>**Organise local poster competitions, to reach out to**<br>**young people.**<br>**Organise/assist in Macmillan Coffee mornings.**<br>**Assist/Collect During Cancer awareness week, for**<br>**Cancer Research UK.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees are fully aware of the Charity Commission’s**<br>**guidance on Public Benefit and, always have due regard**<br>**to it, when considering how to distribute its funds.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Under the terms of the Clubs’ Constitution, Trustees**<br>**apply funds at**<br>**their discretion, making grants where they believe that**<br>**their contribution will make a real difference.**<br>**We can only make grants in furtherance of our**<br>**charitable objects.**<br>**Potential Candidates for Grants are as follows:**<br>**Local charities - youth groups, groups working with the**<br>**elderly, residential and nursing homes, individual**<br>**appeals.**<br>**Youth and children’s organisations - sport related**<br>**groups or individuals, scouting and guiding, youth club**<br>**activities, young people undertaking overseas**<br>**assignments.**<br>**Community facilities - relief of hardship for individuals**<br>**and families, village hall projects, community group**<br>**initiatives.**|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38||





## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**Now that the Pandemic has abated somewhat, we have**<br>**been able to return to normal fundraising activities,**<br>**with any necessary local precautions.**<br>**From these funds, we have been able to do the**<br>**following:**<br>**Donations to:**<br>**Macmillan Nurses**<br>**Cancer Research UK.**<br>**Francis House Children’s Hospice.**<br>**Various Global Appeals, via the Lions Clubs**<br>**International Foundation (LCIF).**<br>**Purchase and pack food hampers for local needy**<br>**families.**<br>**Reach out to youth, through our local schools, with our**<br>**local and national Peace Poster Competitions**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||



## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**Or accounts are reasonably healthy.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We do have some reserve funds to enable quick**<br>**response, to an emergency but, our policy is that**<br>**funds, raised from the public should be being used to**<br>**help people, less fortunate than ourselves, and not**<br>**languishing for long periods in a bank account.**<br>**Our limited reserves include ringfenced amounts for**<br>**up-front expenses of any regular projects.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£400**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**NONE**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**NONE**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**We usually raise funds by collecting in the local store,**<br>**organising local walks, Quiz evening and, participating in**<br>**local events, with Tombola Stalls**|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||





|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Having emerged from the pandemic and necessary**<br>**restrictions, any concerns of principle are minimised**|
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|Other|||



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Club Constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are chosen and elected at the**<br>**Club’s Annual General**<br>**Meeting and is done on a simple**<br>**majority of a quorate meeting.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||





## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Littleborough & District Lions (CIO)|
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|Other name the charity uses|1183445|
|Registered charity number||
|Charity’s principal address|151 Starring Way<br>Littleborough.<br>OL15 8RE|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Norah Hawksworth|Club President|||
||Jack Mills|Club Secretary|||
||Harold Hawksworth|Club Treasurer|||
||Fred Day|1stVice President|||
||Lynn Butterworth|Welfare Officer|||
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– 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<br>held in this capacity|NONE|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects||
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>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**<br>**Signature(s)** <br>**Full name(s)** Jack Mills<br>Lynn Butterworth<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>Club Secretary<br>Welfare Officer<br>**Date** 28thMarch 2023|**Signed** **on behalf of the charity’s trustees**<br>**Signature(s)** <br>**Full name(s)** Jack Mills<br>Lynn Butterworth<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>Club Secretary<br>Welfare Officer<br>**Date** 28thMarch 2023|**Signed** **on behalf of the charity’s trustees**<br>**Signature(s)** <br>**Full name(s)** Jack Mills<br>Lynn Butterworth<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>Club Secretary<br>Welfare Officer<br>**Date** 28thMarch 2023|
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||Jack Mills|Lynn Butterworth|
||<br>Club Secretary|Welfare Officer|
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**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 




**Littleborough & District Lions Club (CIO) 1183445 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1st July 2021 30th June 2022 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**2,424**<br>**-**<br>**484**<br>**149**<br>**4,907**<br>**1,927**<br>**187**<br>**50**<br>**17**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|CLUB CHARTER LUNCHES|**2,424**|||**-**|**2,424**<br>**-**<br>**484**<br>**-**<br>**149**<br>**4,907**<br>**1,927**<br>**187**<br>**50**<br>**17**|**-**|
|DONATION TO ADMIN ACCOUNT|**-**|||**-**||**2,000**|
|MEMBERS DUES AND SAVINGS<br>PAYMENTS FROM DISTRICT MD105 CN|**484**|||**-**||**339**|
|||||**-**||**85**|
|TAILTWISTER'S LION|**149**|||**-**||**-**|
|DONATIONS TO CHARITY|**4,907**|||**-**||**470**|
|FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES|**1,927**|||**-**||**922**|
|COLLECTION FOR CHRISTMAS HAMPER FUND|**187**|||**-**||**254**|
|PEACE POSTER PRIZE FROM DISTRICT|**50**|||**-**||**-**|
|MISCELLANEOUS RECIPTS|**17**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**10,145**||**-**|**-**|**10,145**|**4,071**|
||**-**<br>**-**||**-**<br>**-**||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**|||||||
||**-**|||**-**|**-**<br>**-**||
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
||**10,145**||**-**|**-**|**10,145**|**4,071**|
||**2,159**<br>**10**<br>**552**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**150**<br>**85**<br>**1,924**<br>**229**<br>**85**<br>**432**<br>**-**<br>**140**<br>**173**<br>**1,270**<br>**19**<br>**2**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||||
|<br>CLUB CHARTER LUNCHES|**2,159**|||**-**|**2,159**<br>**10**<br>**552**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**150**<br>**85**<br>**1,924**<br>**229**<br>**85**<br>**432**<br>**-**<br>**140**<br>**173**<br>**1,270**<br>**19**<br>**2**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**|
|DONATION FROM ADMIN ACCOUNT|**10**|||**-**||**15**|
|PAYMENT OF CLUB DUES|**552**|||**-**||**537**|
|REIMBURSEMENT TO WARDS ZOOM PACKAGE|**-**|||||**50**|
|TWO YEARS FEE FOR INFORMATION COMMISSION|**-**|||||**70**|
|MEETING ROOM FEES|**150**|||**-**||**-**|
|MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS|**85**|||||**-**|
|DONATIONS FROM CHARITY ACCOUNT|**1,924**|||||**1,984**|
|FUNDRAISING EXPENSES|**229**|||**-**||**-**|
|LOCAL DEMNTIA CAFÉ|**85**||||||
|PURCHASE OF FOOD FOR FOOD BAGS|**432**|||||**472**|
|COMMUNITY RECOGNITION AWARDS|**-**|||||**13**|
|LOCAL PRIZES FOR PEACE POSTER|**140**|||||**123**|
|CRÈME EGGS FOR FRANCIS HOUSE|**173**|||**-**||**-**|
|DEFIBRILLATOR AND WALL CASE|**1,270**|||**-**||**-**|
|RBL REMEMBRANCE WREATH|**19**|||**-**||**-**|
|SUM UP CARD TESTS|**2**|||**-**||**-**|
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|**KEY: GREEN AREA, ADMINISTRATION. SALMON AREA,**<br>**CHARITY**|||**-**|**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**7,230**||**-**|**-**|**7,230**|**3,264**|
||**-**<br>**-**||**-**<br>**-**||||
|**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**|||**-**|**-**<br>**-**||
||**-**|||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
||**7,230**||**-**|**-**|**7,230**|**3,264**|
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||**2,915**||**-**|**-**|**2,915**|**806**|
||**-**|<br>|**-**<br>**-**|**-**|**-**<br>**-**|**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**2,915**||**-**|**-**|**2,915**|**806**|



## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>CCXX R1 accounts (SS)|**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>1|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**|
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 



|Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**|(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature|Agreement Error<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>LYNN BUTTERWORTH<br>JACK MILLS|OK|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
|||LYNN BUTTERWORTH|28/03/2023|
|||JACK MILLS|28/03/2023|



Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

02/04/2023 

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