Lions Club of Chipping Sodbury (CIO)
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1 Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
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a. Period start date Period end date
b. From1/7/2020 To 30/6/2021
- 2 Reference and administration details
Charity name Lions Club of Chipping Sodbury (CIO)
Other names charity is known by - Chipping Sodbury Lions Club
Registered charity number 1184763
Charity’s principal address
TAYMAN HOUSE THE STREET ACTON TURVILLE BADMINTON Postcode GL9 1HH
- 3 Structure, governance and management
Names of the charity trustees
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Trustee name Office (if any)
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1 Richard Thomas Elford (Chair)
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2 Richard Edward Cole
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3 Keith Reginald Lawrence
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4 Ian Fraser Gott
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4 Registration history:
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05 August 2019: CIO registration
01 June 2020: Funds received from 1001075 LIONS CLUB CHARITY TRUST FUND
- 5 Objectives and activities Charitable purposes The Lions Club of Chipping Sodbury will consider many projects that fall within the following five guidelines, these are Vision, the Environment, Hunger, Paediatric Cancer and Diabetes. As well as providing grants to other deserving causes within the local area. Supporting disasters around the world mainly through Lions International Foundation
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 05 Aug 2019
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6 Charitable objects
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The objects of the club are such purposes as are exclusively charitable in England & Wales. 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.
- 7 Designated Funds
In some cases money is collected, for a specific cause and 100% will go to that cause e.g. Marie Curie.
- 8 Un-Designated Funds
The majority of funds raised are not specified or Lions general funds.
- 9 Summary of Activity for the period
The charities main activity is to raise money by various events and collections as listed (such
events were severely reduced during the period due to Covid 19 lockdown restrictions)
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Supermarket Collections
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Easter Egg Raffles
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Street Fair and Carnival
Money collected is then distributed by grants to deserving causes as follows
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Barton Camp
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Boxes to Rumania
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Lebanon port explosions
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Foodbank
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Dogs for Blind
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Laptop Refurbishment for schools
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LCIF
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Pure Dance
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Cinderella - Ello Dave
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The Big Lunch
10 Outlook
The majority of this period was affected by Lockdown restrictions due to Covid 19 and followed by a dramatic change in the life if the club. Nearly all the normal activates ceased as the membership grows older and many are in the vulnerable category. This continues into most of the next period with the exception of the main fundraiser of the year during the Christmas period.
Chipping Sodbury Lions Club Summary of accounts
Year 2020-2021
| Expenditure | Income | Total | |
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| £ | £ | £ | |
| Admin Account | |||
| B/F from last year | 1,532 | ||
| Administration account | 183 | 0 | -183 |
| Subscription account | 1,301 | 1,018 | -283 |
| 1,484 | 1,018 | ||
| Final Balance | 1,066 | ||
| Activities & Welfare Account | |||
| B/F from last year | 4,133 | ||
| Collections | 3,434 | ||
| Easter Eggs | 244 | ||
| Carnival | 418 | ||
| Total Raised | 4,096 | ||
| Donations | 4,096 | ||
| Total added this year | 4,096 | ||
| Transferred to Charity Trust | 3,000 | -3,000 | |
| Final Balance | 5,229 | ||
| Charitable Trust Account | |||
| B/F from last year | 2,082 | ||
| Barton Camp | 500 | ||
| Boxes to Rumania | 300 | ||
| Lebanon | 600 | ||
| Foodbank | 144 | ||
| Dogs for Blind | 50 | ||
| Laptop Refurbishment for schools | 687 | ||
| LCIF | 750 | ||
| Pure Dance | 200 | ||
| Cinderella - Ello Dave | 200 | ||
| Big Lunch | 150 | ||
| Transfer from A & W account | 3,000 | ||
| Total Donations to charity | 3,581 | ||
| Final Balance | 1,501 | ||
| Total B/F from last year | 7,747 | ||
| Total Final Balance | 7,796 |