## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] July 2024 Period start date To 30[th] June 2025 Period end date Charity name: SLEAFORD & DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CIO) Charity registration number: 1183828** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the Charity include promoting
the principles of good citizenship, serving
the community in moral and welfare matters
and supporting and encouraging young
people and those in need by providing relief
and humanitarian aid.
The advancement of health by preventing
avoidable blindness and assisting disabled
people to lead independent lives or manage
health issues.| |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 Charity and its Members have given
both physical and financial support to local
disabled sports groups including disabled
sailing and Care Homes and arranged the
purchase of household items for individuals
in and around Sleaford who were in need.
This includes assistance to purchase a
motorised wheelchair. Financial donations
were also made to several local Emergency
Services and to local Air Ambulance, Blood
Bike Charities, Young Carers and schools.
Donations to UK appeals for Sightsavers,
Brain Tumour research and a local Stroke
Unit.
Donations were also made to joint appeals
with other Lions Clubs to build a school in
Kenya and to international appeals through
Lions International for disaster relief in
California, Ukraine, Brazil, Uganda and
Pakistan.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity Commission in all of
the above cases.| ## **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|The Charity has benefited a number of
individuals and organisations both locally,
nationally and internationally with direct or
indirect help through the Lions organisation.| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The Charity account was in a good financial
position with income from 3 regular
fundraising events but this had almost
ceased by the end of June.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Charity does not have a policy of
holding reserves and uses its finances to
support appeals that the Trustees consider
to be worthy causes as and when they are
needed.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|No reserves held.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|No funds or accounts are in deficit.| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|The Trustees intend to continue the Charity
as a going concern.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|The Charity’s governing document is The
Club’s Constitution.| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|The Charity is a Charitable Incorporated
Organisation| Trustee selection methods Para 1.25 Trustees are volunteers from within the Club including details of any who are then approved by the other constitutional provisions e.g. Members. Three posts, President, Secretary election to post or name of and Treasurer are proposed, seconded and any person or body entitled elected to appoint one or more trustees ## **Reference and Administrative details** Charity name Sleaford & District Lions Club (CIO) Other name the charity uses The Charity uses no other names. Registered charity number 1183828 Charity’s principal address C/o 60B Rectory Road, Ruskington, Lincolnshire NG34 9AD ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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3
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5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Keith BAILEY|President|1/7/2024–30/6/2025|| ||Adrian Robert COXHEAD|Secretary|1/7/2024–30/6/2025|| ||John KIRK|Treasurer|1/7/2024–30/6/2025|| ||Paul JeffreyBRYAN||1/7/2024–30/6/2025|| ||Paul SHARPE||1/7/2024–30/6/2025|| ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** ## _M S Lawes_ **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Michael Stephen LAWES **Position (eg** Administrator **Secretary, Chair, etc)** ## **Date** ## 27[th] September 2025 SLEAFORD & DISTRICT LIONS CLUB Administration Account 2024/2025 |Income
Subscriptions
AdvanceSubscriptions
Raffle&Fines
Lottery
XmasMeals
HygieneCourse
Donations
RaceNight
Sumup-Car Rally
Race Night
Sleigh
Summary: B/Fwd
Income
Total
Expenditure
BankBal@30/06/2024
President||£
Expenditure
£
645:oo
District Dues
940.00
50.00
New Members Kit
1.95
296.60
International Dues
726.94
129.00
Barge&Bottle
260.00
250.00
Transferto Activities Account
828.59
30.00
RepaySubs
5.00
5.00
Flowers
12.00
137.00
398.61
290.98
25.00
2,257.19
2,774.48
887.26
2,257.19
3,144.45
2,774.48
36997
Treasurer
Examiner|£
940.00
1.95
726.94
260.00
828.59
5.00
12.00| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||||| ## SLEAFORD & DISTRICT UONS CLUB Activities Account 2024/2025 |Income|£| |---|---| |RacingNight|3,076.98| |CarRally|1,344.11| |XmasSleigh|992.50| |NKDCLottery|84.50| |Easter Eggs|1,200.00| |Anwick Garden Centre|1,250.00| |Sum-upPayment|25.00| |Roy Wale Funeral Donation|576.00| |ExcessofExp/Income
BalB/Fwd0l/07/2024
Income to30/06/2025
Expenditureto30/06/2025
Balat 30/06/2025|8,549.09
339.80
1,227.20
8,549
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9,776.29
8,209
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||| |---|---| |Expenditure
RaceNight
Car Rally
Lottery
Sailability
Easter Eggs
NKDCLotteryLicense
Food Hygiene Course
LocalLines
Trall.5fer to Charity _NC_|£
1,506.14
355.29
94.00
50.86
228.97
20.00
30.00
18.00
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SLEAFORD & DISTRICT LIONS CLUB Charity Account 2024/2025 |**Income**||£||Expenditure|£|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Activities_NC_|5,906.03||DistrictDues||280.00| |||||North Road Charity||200.00| |||||Heckingt.onShow||200.00| |||||ColinWard re LaRoche||250.00| |||||ThelmaSmith-Wheelchair||400.00| |||||**Ml.B's**||240.00| |||||MI.B's Carriage||12.00| |||||LionsDirectDebit||35.00| |||||Rainbow Raffle||10.00| |||||Rembrance Wreath||100.00| |||||SleafordDementiaSupport||700.00| |||||New Life CommunityImpact||200.00| |||||Aspire SchoolsTrust||100.00| |||||MillviewCommunityFund||200.00| |||||Ukraine Appeal||100.00| |||||Fairfield Lines C.I.C.ea1||200.00| |||||LionsInternationalAppeal||300.00| |||||Lions DistrictVision Camera||400.00| |||||DementiaBookJets||200.00| |||||Lioness Ladies||50.00| |||||**Rainbow **Lottery||15.00| |||||Church LanePrimarySchool||100.00| |||||Young CarersGroup||330.00| |||||Cooker||559.99| |||||Heckington Show||220.00| |||||LinesBlood Bikes||100.00| ||TOTAL|5,906.03||||5,501.99| ||Excess Income/Expenditure|||||404.04| ||BalB/Fwd 01/07/2024|3,423.32||||| ||Incometo 30/06/2025|5,906
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3||||| |||9,329.35||||| ||Expenditure to30/06/2025|5,501.
99||||| ||Balat 30/06/2025|3,8
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