## ## ## ||||||||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.| |Additional||information|||(optional)|||| |You ma|choose to|||include||further statements||where relevant about:| ||||||||SORP reference|| |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,
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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.|| ||||||||~coom
ccofcuchpmjccociocludc,|| ||||||||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||||| |||||||SORP reference||| |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
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accounts||CC~sa| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||Forthe period
from||||01.07.22|To||30.06.23||| ||~|-|-|||||||||||||| |~|||||~|~|~|||||||||| ||||||||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|| |~||w||0|4|~||4||~|~|||~|~ ~|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||||||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
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onal|||When due
o tional| |B5Liabilities||||||||||||||||| |Signed by one ortwo trustees
behalf ofall the trustees|||||on||||Signature|||Print|Name|||Date of
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