2023-06-30-accounts - Billingshurst And District Lions Club (CIO)

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							SORP reference
Summary	ofthe purposes				ofthe		Para 1.17	Tofoster a spirit of understanding 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 to those purposes for the							Para 1.17and 1.19	The Gub provides a wide range of support activities to its community, assisting people of all 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 or services							responding toa number of humanitarian criises worldwide.
identified	in the accounts.
Statement		confirming		whether		the	Para 1.18	All the Gub decisions toassist local people and organisations are considered
trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit								within the guidance laid down by the Charities Commission through the 0ub Community Services Committee. The Trustees are required to ratify all spending decisions taken by the membership during Club meetings. Our public benefits statement is summa rised below.
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Policy on	grant making						Para 1.38	The number ofapplications that can be supported is,of necessity, 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 maybe made; thus
								applications for support towards capital projects, other projects orcore costs
								are considered;
								- as there are approx. 800 Lions Clubs in the UK, applications from
								Billingshurst area and surrounding districts are generallygiven a priority, with
								those in uons District 10SSE(the counties ofSurrey, Kent and Sussex) also
								being considered. Trustees also consider international funding requests
								referred tothem and by the 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 an children's o anisati n - sport related groups or individuals,
								scouting and guiding, youth club activities, young people undertaking
								overseas assignments;

							C n' f cipties —relief of hardship for individuals and families, village	C n' f cipties —relief of hardship for individuals and families, village
							hall projects, community group initiatives.
							The above priorities in this policy will be reviewed every year (or more often
							if deemed appropriate by the 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
							of international, 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 well 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.
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							Forthe elderly:
							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 for the
							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 of Billingshurst Community
							Partnership, we work with many other local community organisations, such
							as the sports club, Rotary, British Legion and the Scouts and Guides, to help
							manage and run annual events such as the Billingshurst Show, firework
							night, a race night and the Remembrance Day parade.
							Our second-hand bookshop provides a service tothe community enjoyed	by
							thousands of locals as well as collecting spectacles, which are graded and
							sent to deve ing 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 at other fund raising events.
Other
chieve	ments		and	Performance
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Summary of	the main	achievements			of	Para 1.20	Current membership —32,we are pleased to have recruited 6new members
the charity, identifying		the	difference				this year. Many ofour face to face activities in our bookshop, community
the charity's	work has	made tothe					services and projects committees have revived following the pandemic.	Our
circumstances	of its beneficiaries			and			annual Christmas Carols collection and Charity Golf day raised nearly f7500
any wider benefits to		society as a					between them.
whole.
							Total funds raised during the year, approx. E47,000, enabled us to make
							donations during the year, after expenses, ofapprox. f38,000, including:
							21local pre- and primary schools, youth clubs, youth projects
							f14000
							Billingshurst local community f11000
							Regional donations: Chestnut Tree House and Mary Howe Trust
							E7500
							Humanitarian relief, Pakistan and Turkey f6000
							Our local community activity included support for Billingshurst Community
							Transport, and the Billingshurst Community Partnership. We engaged with
							our local Neighbourhood Wardens toset up a youth boxing programme	for
							the first time.

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							Forthe period from				01.07.22	To	30.06.23
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							Unrestricted funds				Restricted funds	Endowment funds	Total	funds	Last year
							to	the nearest 6			tothe nearest 6	to the nearest 6	to the nearest 8		to the nearest 6
A1 Receipts
Bookshop									33,926						28,345
Fundraising										7,611				7,611	3,957
Charity Golf										6,025				6,025	6,813
Gift Aid										1,028				1,028	1,188
Bank Interest															27
Refund - LCI Turkey										908				908
Sundry income															132
Sub total (Gross			income for AR)						49,909						40,462
A2Asset and	investment				sales,
(see table).
				Sub total
		Total			receipts				49,909						40,462
A3 Pa ents
Shop and garage									12,328					't2,328	12,012
Fundraising										1,801				1,801	286
Projects										723					1,988
Charity golf										1,699				1,699	2,305
Donations —community									22,630					22,630	27,090
Donations - regional										8,950				8,950
Donations - international										6,500				8,500
Sundry expenditure
				Sub total					54,858						43,901
A4Asset and	investment
purchases, (see table)
				Sub total
	Total		payments											54,856	43,901
Net ofreceiptsl(payments)										4,947				4,947
A5 Transfers	between			funds
A6 Cash funds last year					end				64,905					64,905	69,232
Cash funds		this		year end					59,958					59,958

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										Unrestricted		Restricted		Endowment
	Categories				Data!Is					funds			funds	funds
										to nearest 9		to	nearest 8	to nearest 8
B1Cash funds					Cash in	hand				15
					Nat West		bank			38,518
					Charities		Aid Foundation			21,425
								Total	cash funds	59,958
					(agree balances			with receipts and payments
									account(s))
										Unrestricted		Restricted		Endowment
										funds		funds		funds
					Details					to nearest K		to	nearest 5	to nearest 9
B2Other	monetary		assets
					Details					Fund to which asset belon a				Current value o tional
B3Investment		assets
					Details					Fund to which asset belon s	C ost		(optional)	Current value o tional
B4Assets	retained		for	the
charity's own use
					Details					Fund towhich liabili relates	Amount due o onal			When due o tional
B5Liabilities
Signed by one ortwo trustees behalf ofall the trustees				on			Signature			Print	Name			Date of a roval
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