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

**From  1[st] July 2022   To 30[th] June 2023** 

## **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<br>services identified in the<br>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**<br>**Commission’s**<br>**guidance on Public Benefit and, always have due**<br>**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 their discretion, making grants where**<br>**they believe that their contribution will make a real**<br>**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**<br>**club 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||
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|Other|||





## **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|**Following the Pandemic and its associated restrictions,**<br>**we have been able to return to normal fundraising**<br>**activities.**<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 Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising Para 1.41 activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives 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|Our 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|**N/A**|
|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**<br>**in local events, with Tombola Stalls.**|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any|Para 1.46||





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|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**|
|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: 

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

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Littleborough & District Lions (CIO)|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1183445|
|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<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**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|Secretary|||
||Fred Day|1stVice President|||
||Susan Westall|2ndVice 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 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)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||Jack Mills|Lynn Butterworth|
||<br> Secretary|Social/Welfare<br>Officer/Trustee|
||09/04/2024<br>09/04/2024||
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**Littleborough & District Lions Club (CIO) 1183445 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1st July 2022 30th June 2023 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**1,356**<br>**-**<br>**381**<br>**219**<br>**7**<br>**3,980**<br>**280**<br>**87**<br>**547**<br>**-**<br>**234**<br>**630**<br>**615**<br>**605**<br>**1**<br>**10**<br>**8,953**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**8,953**<br>**1,169**<br>**15**<br>**751**<br>**-**<br>**35**<br>**220**<br>**44**<br>**2,078**<br>**42**<br>**1,333**<br>**12**<br>**130**<br>**100**<br>**650**<br>**83**<br>**99**<br>**450**<br>**23**<br>**160**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**1,356**<br>**-**<br>**381**<br>**-**<br>**219**<br>**7**<br>**3,980**<br>**280**<br>**87**<br>**547**<br>**-**<br>**234**<br>**630**<br>**615**<br>**605**<br>**1**<br>**10**<br>**8,953**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**8,953**<br>**1,169**<br>**15**<br>**751**<br>**-**<br>**35**<br>**220**<br>**44**<br>**-**<br>**2,078**<br>**42**<br>**-**<br>**1,333**<br>**12**<br>**130**<br>**100**<br>**-**<br>**650**<br>**-**<br>**83**<br>**99**<br>**450**<br>**23**<br>**160**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**7,393**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**7,393**<br>**1,560**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|CLUB CHARTER LUNCHES|**1,356**||||||||**2,424**|
|DONATION TO ADMIN ACCOUNT|**-**||||||||**-**|
|MEMBERS DUES AND SAVINGS<br>PAYMENTS FROM DISTRICT MD105 CN|**381**||||||||**484**|
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|TAILTWISTER'S LION|**219**||||||||**149**|
|CARD READER TESTS|**7**|||||||||
|DONATIONS TO CHARITY|**3,980**||||||||**4,907**|
|FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES|**280**||||||||**1,927**|
|COLLECTION FOR CHRISTMAS HAMPER FUND|**87**||||||||**187**|
|VALETINES LUNCH|**547**|||||||||
|PEACE POSTER PRIZE FROM DISTRICT|**-**||||||||**50**|
|WIMBLEDON TEA|**234**|||||||||
|5K ROAD RACE|**630**|||||||||
|MACMILLAN COFFEE EVENTS|**615**|||||||||
|QUIZZES|**605**|||||||||
|DEBIT CARD CASHBACK REWARDS|**1**|||||||||
|CARD READER TESTS|**10**||||||||**17**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**8,953**||||||||**10,145**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**||||||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||||**10,145**|
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|<br>CLUB CHARTER LUNCHES|**1,169**||**-**||**-**||**1,169**||**2,159**|
|DONATION FROM ADMIN ACCOUNT|**15**||**-**||**-**||**15**||**10**|
|PAYMENT OF CLUB DUES|**751**||**-**||**-**||**751**||**552**|
|REIMBURSEMENT TO WARDS ZOOM PACKAGE|**-**||||||**-**||**-**|
|ANNUAL FEE FOR INFORMATION COMMISSION OFFICE|**35**||||||**35**||**-**|
|MEETING ROOM FEES|**220**||**-**||**-**||**220**||**150**|
|REGALIA|**44**||||||**44**|||
|MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS|||||||**-**||**85**|
|DONATIONS FROM CHARITY ACCOUNT|**2,078**||||||**2,078**||**1,924**|
|FUNDRAISING EXPENSES|**42**||**-**||**-**||**42**||**229**|
|LOCAL DEMNTIA CAFÉ|||||||**-**||**85**|
|PURCHASE OF FOOD FOR FOOD BAGS|**1,333**||||||**1,333**||**432**|
|COMMUNITY RECOGNITION AWARDS|**12**||||||**12**||**-**|
|LOCAL PRIZES FOR PEACE POSTER|**130**||||||**130**||**140**|
|CRÈME EGGS FOR FRANCIS HOUSE|**100**||**-**||**-**||**100**||**173**|
|DEFIBRILLATOR AND WALL CASE|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1,270**|
|MACMILLAN  COFFEE PROCEEDS SENT TO  MACMILLAN|**650**||||||**650**|||
|RBL REMEMBRANCE WREATH|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**19**|
|QUIZZES|**83**||||||**83**|||
|5K ROAD RACE|**99**||||||**99**|||
|VALENTINES LUNCH|**450**||||||**450**|||
|WIMBLEDON TEA|**23**||||||**23**|||
|TREE PLANTING|**160**||||||**160**|||
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|**KEY: GREEN AREA, ADMINISTRATION. SALMON AREA,**<br>**CHARITY**|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**7,393**||**-**||**-**||**7,393**||**7,228**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
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|**_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_**||||||||||
||||||||||**7,228**|
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||**1,560**||||||**1,560**||**2,917**|
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||**2,915**||||||**2,915**||**-**|
||**4,475**||||||**4,475**||**2,917**|



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

CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

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|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<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>**_Total cash funds_**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>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|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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|||LYNN BUTTERWORTH|09/04/2024|
|||JACK MILLS|09/04/2024|



CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

13/04/2024 

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