## ## ## ||||SORP reference||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary|ofthe purposes ofthe||Para 1.17|Tofoster a spirit ofunderstanding
among the peoples ofthe world, whilst|| |charity as|set out in its governing|||promoting the principles ofgood citizenship. Totake an active interest|in| |document||||the social and moral welfare ofthe peoples
in our community.
Toencourage|| |||||service-minded
people to serve their community
whilst promoting
high|| |||||ethical standards
in public work and personal endeavours.|| |Summary ofthe main activities
in
relation tothose purposes for the|||Para 1.17and
1.19|The Club provides a wide range ofsupport activities to its community,
assisting people ofall ages. Atthe same time the Club provides financial|| |public benefit,
in particular,
the||||support to a range of Lion's projects in the UK and abroad, as well as|| |activities,|projects orservices|||responding to a number of humanitarian
crises worldwide.|| |identified|in the accounts.||||| |Statement|confirming
whether the||Para 1.18|All the Club decisions to assist local people and organisations
are considered|| |trustees
have had regard tothe||||within the guidance
laid down by the Charities Commission
through the|| |guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission
on public benefit||||Club Community
Services Committee. The Trustees are required to ratify all
spending
decisions taken by the membership
during
Club meetings.
Our public benefits statement
is suminarised
below.|| ## |ou m|a|cho|ose to include|further statements|where relevant about:|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||SORP reference||| |Policy|on|grant|making|Para 1.38|The number ofapplications
that can be supported
is, ofnecessity, limited to|| ||||||the amount offunds available for distribution
in any one year. The Trustees|| ||||||have determined
that the priorities for funding
will be:|| ||||||-subject
to other
elements
of the
Trustees
grant-making|policy,
no| ||||||restrictions are imposed on the purpose for which a grant may be inade; thus|| ||||||applications forsupport towards capital projects, other projects orcore costs|| ||||||are considered;|| ||||||- as there
are approx.
800 uons
Clubs
in the
UK, applications
from|| ||||||Billingshurst
area and surrounding
districts are generally
given a priority, with|| ||||||those
in Lions District 10SSE(the counties of Surrey,
Kent and|Sussex) also| ||||||being considered.
Trustees
also consider
international
funding
requests|| ||||||referred tothem and bythe Lions International
organisation;|| ||||||-candidates for support and/or grants are all considered
on their|own merits,| ||||||following
investigation
by the 'Community
Services Committee'.|However,| ||||||given that most ofthe available funds are raised within the local|community,| ||||||those candidates
that are local are given special consideration.|Using the| ||||||former as a guiding principle the following are examples ofareas|adopted for| ||||||support:|| ||||||Local charities - youth
groups,
groups
working
with the elderly,|residential| ||||||and nursing homes, individual
appeals;|| ||||||Youth
and
children's
or anisations
- sport
related
groups
or|individuals,| ||||||scouting
and
guiding,
youth
club
activities,
young
people|undertaking| ||||||overseas assignments;|| ||||||||Communit
facilities
—relief of hardship
for individuals
and families,|village|village| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||hall projects, community
group initiatives.||| ||||||||The above priorities
in this policy will be reviewed
every year (ormore|often|| ||||||||ifdeemed appropriate
bythe Trustees), and may be changed
in accordance||| ||||||||with the Trustees' view ofthe most effective application
ofavailable funds||| ||||||||at any point in time.||| ||||||||Exclusions||| ||||||||The Trustees will not normally
approve the use offunds for medical research||| ||||||||ofinternational,
national or locally based charities; orfor purposes for|which|| ||||||||government
has a statutory
responsibility
to provide.||| |Policy on|social investment
including|||||Para 1.38|Activities Programmes||| |program|related investment||||||As weil as providing
grants to deserving
causes within
Billingshurst
and|the|| ||||||||surrounding
villages the Billingshurst
and District Lions club undertakes|a|| |( Public Benefits Statement )|||||||number ofcommunity
services projects every year.||| ||||||||~Exsm
lesofsuch projects include,||| ||||||||Forthe elderly: We run monthly
bingo sessions
in a local home for residents||| ||||||||and elderly from the wider community.||| ||||||||We help support
many luncheon
clubs in the local villages and distribute||| ||||||||Christmas
hampers tothe needy.||| ||||||||Forthe young: We work closely with all eleven local pre-schools
and ten||| ||||||||primary schools and their associated
PTAs, providing
reading books forthe||| ||||||||children, other items required to improve the children' s' learning
and||| ||||||||manual
labour for such work as decorating
and gardening
when required.||| ||||||||Within the community:
As a member ofBillingshurst
Community||| ||||||||Partnership,
we work with many other local community
organisations,|such|| ||||||||asthe sports club, Rotary, British Legion and the Scouts and Guides, to|help|| ||||||||manage and run annual events such asthe Lantern Parade, the Billingshurst||| ||||||||Show, firework night and the Remembrance
Day parade.||| ||||||||Our second-hand
bookshop
provides a service tothe community
enjoyed||by| ||||||||thousands
oflocals as well as collecting spectacles, which are graded and||| ||||||||sent to developing
countries.||| |Contribution||made by|volunteers||||Volunteers
contribute to our objectives by assisting
in our second hand||| |||||||Para 1.38|bookshop, during our annual carol collections and atother fund raising
events.||| |Other|||||||The Club changed status to a Charitable
Incorporated
Organisation
(CIO), in
accordance with approved
Lions Club International
procedures,
effective 1"||| ||||||||July 2020.||| |Achiev|e|ments|and|Performance|||||| |||||||SORP reference|||| |Summary|ofthe main||achievements||of|Para 1.20|Current membership
—27, an increase. We are recovering from the shock||| |the charity, identifying|||the difference||||ofthe Covid pandemic.
Many ofour facetoface activities
in our bookshop,||| |the charity's||work has|made tothe||||community
services and projects committees
have revived, with the||| |circumstances||ofits beneficiaries||and|||possible exception ofour indoor activities forthe elderly. We held our|first|| |any wider|benefits to||society as a||||annual
Charity Golf day for 2years, raising nearly f5000.||| |whole.|||||||||| ||||||||We are pleased that:||| ||||||||Total funds raised during year, approx. - E35,000,enabled
usto make||| ||||||||donations
during the year, after expenses, ofapprox. -f27,000:||| ||||||||Local primary schools, youth clubs and youth projects - E6,700||| ||||||||Billingshurst
local community
E11,000||| ||||||||West Sussex Carers Support E5000||| ||||||||Humanitarian
relief —Ukraine f4000||| ||||||||Our local community
activity included
support for Billingshurst
Community||| ||||||||Transport, the Billingshurst
Community
Partnership
and Youth activities|in|| ||||||||the area.||| ## ## ## |Review ofthe charity's|financial|financial||Para 1.21|Funds raised improved tof35,000during the year, with a commensurate| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |position at the end of|the period||||increase
in donations. The accounts show a managed
deficit for the year of
approx. f4000as we now have the comfort ofregular fundraising
through| ||||||our second hand bookshop for the year. We continue to hold a healthy level| |Statement
explaining|the|policy for||Para 1.22|offunds to meet charitable
requests asthey arise.
The Club's investment
policy isto retain all funds in cash with reputable| |holding reserves stating why they are|||||banks.| |held|||||| |Amount ofreserves held||||Para 1.22|Ofcurrent cash balances, we endeavour to hold sufficient cash in hand to| ||||||cover 6month's
rent, lease maintenance
and other expenses ofour second| ||||||hand bookshop, our main fundraising
activity. We currently
hold E10,000| ||||||forthis purpose.| |Reasons for holding zero||reserves||Para 1.22|N/A| |Details offund materially||in deficit||Para 1.24|No funds are in deficit| |Explanation
ofany uncertainties|||about|Para 1.23|None. We will continue to manage our funds and donations
in line with our| |the charity continuing|as|a going|||fund-raising
capability.| |concern|||||| ## |Investment|Investment|policy and objectives|policy and objectives|policy and objectives|Para 1.48| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |including|any social investment|||policy|| |adopted|||||| |A description||ofthe principal|risks||Para 1.46| |facing the|charity||||| |Other|||||| ## |Description ofcharity's trusts:|Description ofcharity's trusts:||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Type ofgoverning
document||Para 1.25|Trust Deed and constitution
drawn
up in accordance with the
Lions||Club| ||||International
(LCI)model||| |How isthe charity constituted?||Para 1.25|The Club converted to Charitable
Incorporated
Organisation
( CIO) with
effect from 1"July 2020.This is our 2" full year ofCIO status.||| |Trustee selection methods
including||Para 1.25|Members are elected annually to key positions and form a group of||| |details ofany constitutional|provisions||Officers whose role isto manage the affairs ofthe Club within the Terms||| |e.g.election to post or name|ofany||ofthe Constitution.
All final decisions on expenditure
being approved||by| |person or body entitled to appoint one|||the five Trustees at club meetings, generally
held monthly.||| |or more trustees|||||| |Additional
information|(optional)||||| |You ma
choose to include further statements|||where relevant about:||| |Policies and procedures
adopted for||Para 1.51|Elected trustees are required to sign the agreed
LCITrustee declaration,||| |the induction
and training oftrustees|||encouraged to read the relevant
CCmaterial
and attend annual|briefings|| ||||held in Spring each year.||| |The charity's
organisational
structure|||The charity is an independent
club within the wider network of Lions||| |and any wider network with|which the||Clubs in the British Isles (MD105) and the international
network|of Lions|| |charity works|||Clubs International
(LCI).||| |||Para 1.51|||| |Relationship
with any related|parties||||| |||Para 1.51|||| ||||The Club operates within the framework
ofa range of Lions Club|policy|| |Other|||documents
including:
Investment,
Complaints
procedure,
Risk||| ||||Assessment,
Volunteering,
Vulnerable
persons and safeguarding|(DBS),|| ||||General Data Protection
Regulations
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ments accoun|ts||CC~sa| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||Forthe period
from||01.07.21|To|30.06.22|||| |~|i|+|a
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funds||Restricted
funds|Endowment
funds|Total||funds|Last year| ||||||||tothe|nearest
t.|tothe nearest 8|tothe nearest 8|to the nearest 9|||tothe nearest 8| |A1 Recei ts||||||||||||||| |Bookshop takings||||||||28,345||||||15,809| |Fun draising||||||||3,957|||||3,957|4,379| |Charity golf||||||||8,813|||||8,813|| |HDC —Business|grant|||||||||||||12,574| |HMRC - Gift Aid||||||||1,188|||||1,188|| |Sundry income||||||||132||||||14| |Bank interest|||||||||||||27|| |ub total(|||ross income for
AR)|||||41,212|||||41,212|33,023| |A2 Asset and|investment||||sales,|||||||||| |see table .||||||||||||||| ||||||u|tote||||||||| ||||Total||receipts|||41*2'l2|||||41,212|33,023| |A3 Pa ments||||||||||||||| |Bookshop expenses||||||||12,012|||||12,012|9,759| |Fundraising||||||||782|||||782|| |Projects||||||||1,988|||||1,988|329| |Charitable
donations||||||||27,090|||||27,090|11,810| |Garage rent||||||||852||||||852| |Charity golf||||||||2,305|||||2,305|| |Gift aid to Admin||||||||185|||||185|| |MD insurance to|Admin|||||||125|||||125|125| |Sundry expenses||||||||||||||51| |||||Sub||total||||||||23,579| |A4 Asset and|investment|||||||||||||| |||||Sub||total||||||||| |||Total payments||||||45,539||||||23,579| |Net ofreceiptsl(paymenhr)||||||||4+27|||||4,327|9,444| |A5 Transfers|between|||funds||||||||||| |A6 Cash funds||last year|||end|||89,232||||||69,246| |Cash funds|||this|year||end|||||||84,905|78,890| |~|||~|~|e||~|~|~||~
e|~|~|~ ~||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||||Unrestricted||Restricted||||Endowment| ||Categories|||||Detaiis||||funds
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to nearest a| |B1Cash|funds|||||Cash in|hand|||||||||| |||||||Nat West Bank- Horsham||||||||||| |||||||Scotbsh|Widows -|CAF|||21,339|||||| |||||||||Total|cash funds||64,9t)5|||||| |||||||(tarree balances||with receipts and payments||||||||| ||||||||||acccunt(s))|||||||| |||||||||||Unrestricted||Restricted||||Endowment| |||||||||||funds|||funds|||funds| |||||||Details||||to nearest 6|||to nearest f|||to nearest 6| |B2Other|monetary||assets|||||||||||||| |||||||Details||||Fund
asset|towhich
belon s|C|t I|r|i)|Current value
o
na| |B3Investment||assets||||||||||||||| |||||||Details||||Fund
asset|towhich
beRn s|C|tI|tt|i)|Current value
o tion| |B4Assets retained|||for|the||||||||||||| |charity's|own|use||||||||||||||| |||||||||||Fund|towhich|Amount due||||When due| |||||||Details||||Ifabili|relates||0|Ila||o ttonal| |B5Liabilities||||||||||||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees
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