_Lanca_ _**s** ter and Moreca_ _**m** be L_ _**i** ons Club (CIO) Char_ _**i** ty Commission Charity No. 1189252 Have fun,_ _**m** ake friends, help others – Follow that Li_ _**o** n_ # **Trustees’ Annual Report For Financial Period 01 July 2021 to 30 June 2022** ## **1.0 Reference and administrative details** **Charity’s Name:** Lancaster and Morecambe Lions Club (CIO) **Charity Commission Charity No:** 1189252 **Charity’s Principle Office Address:** 111 Bare Lane, Morecambe, Lancs, LA4 6RP **Charity Trustees on the date this report was approved:** Steven Bateman Presid **e** nt Robert Hobbs Treasu **r** er Janeen Huff Secret **a** ry Ivan Huff Immediate Past President David Milnes. Truste **e** ## **Trustees who served in the financial period:** Ivan Huff Presid **e** nt Whole period Robert Hobbs, Treasu **r** er Whole period Janeen Huff, Secret **a** ry Whole period Steven Bateman, Vice Pr **e** sident Whole period David Milnes. Truste **e** Whole period Page 1 of 4 ## **2.0 Structure, governance and management** ## **Governing documents** 1. Lancaster and Morecambe Lions Club (CIO) Constitution and By-Laws (14 July 2020) 2. The International Association of Lions Clubs, Constitution and By-Laws (14 July 2019) ## **Trustee selection method** Trustees are elected annually by members of the charity. All Trustees are required to be a member of the charity. All Trustees stand down at the end of the financial period but may put themselves forward for re-election. There is no limit on how many years a Trustee may serve. ## **3.0 Objectives and Activities** ## **Charity’s objectives** The Objectives of the Club are such purposes as are exclusively charitable in England & Wales, including in particular: The relief of poverty and the relief of those in need in particular by providing humanitarian aid and disaster relief. Encouraging service-minded people to serve their community without personal reward. Encouraging members to take an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community. Supporting youth to develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals. ## **Charity’s activities** The charity’s primary activity is to raise money from the public and return the money back to the public by making grants to worthy causes. The club operates mainly in the local Lancaster and Morecambe area but also supports wider humanitarian aid and disaster relief across the world through Lions Club International. All monies raised from the public are returned to the public. All members of the charity give their services for free and all of the clubs administration costs are paid for by the charity members. In addition to giving out grants the charity operate a Food Club, assisting local people in food poverty. The Food Club operates from St James Church Hall Heysham every Thursday. The charity also operates a dementia club with the aim of providing advice and support to dementia carers. Page 2 of 4 ## **Charity Trustee’s Statement** In carrying out their duties, the Trustees of the charity have had regard to the guidance issued by the commission on public benefit. ## **4.0 Achievements and Performance** At the beginning of the period the clubs charitable activities were still restricted by the government Covid 19 restrictions. However the club managed to restart its charitable activities by the end of the period. During the year the main activities were as follows. The club raised a total of £7,899 from the public to fund its charitable activities and made grants totalling £6,606 to worthy causes. The Dementia Drop-in club operated every Wednesday providing support and advice for the carers and families of those living with dementia. The Food Club continued to operate throughout the period. The food club meets once a week and supply food to the needy. The food club remained self funding with operating costs of £6,427 covered by membership fees of £7,164 Once a week we fed the homeless. We supplied sleep pods and sleeping bags to the homeless in Lancaster through Lancaster Homeless Action and also in Morecambe. We supplied funding to visually impaired people to take part in cycling trips. We supplied food for families in need through Social Services. We supplied food to 2 Ukraine families living locally. We donated £150.00 to Dogs for Good. We supplied 2 washing machine to families in need. We supplied ‘With You’ dementia carer’s booklets. Through the Lions International disaster fund we made donations totalling £1,622 providing relief to people affected by, the USA Tornado Disaster, the Madagascar Disaster and the war in Ukraine. We donated to the Lions International Sight Saving project. We donated monies to local charities, WiseUp Workshops, Barnardo’s Morecambe, Barnardo’s Lancaster and Homestart Morecambe. We provide Christmas presents for the young people in Barnardos. We ran a Big Coffee Morning for MacMillan. We did a presentation of £150.00 cheques to local charities in honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Page 3 of 4 ## ## ## ## ## ||**Admin**|**Activity**||**Total funds**|**Last year**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**| |**Receipts**|||||| |LionsClub Membership fees|785|||785|940| |Club raffles&Tail Twister fines|183|||**183**|59| |Club Social activities|2,865|||2,865|| |Donations&Grants received|473|3,419||3,892|3,219| |Fundsraisedfromthepublic||**4,480**||**4,480**|430| |Food club membership fees||7,164||7,164|7,869| |Refundonshop rates|466|||466|| |BankInterest|||||| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross_
_income_
_for AR)_|4,771|15,063||**19,834**|**12,570**| |**Payments**|||||| |LionsInternational Dues&fees|**1,236**|||**1,236**|**1,598**| |Administrationexpenses|**98**|||**98**|**354**| |Club Social activities|**2,310**|||**2,310**|| |Shop rates|**472**|||**472**|| |Fundrasing expenses||175||**175**|**195**| |GrantsgivenwithinUK||4,984||**4,984**|**4,238**| |GrantsgivenviaLions International||1,622||**1,622**|**250**| |Food cluboperatingcosts||6,427||**6,427**|**8,100**| |**_Sub total_**
**_Payments_**|**4,115**|**13,209**||**17,324**|**14,736**| |**_Net of_**
**_receipts/(payments)_**|**656**|**1,854**||**2,510**|**2,166**| |**Transfers between funds**|**-**||||| |**Cash funds last year end**|**754**|**6,189**||**6,943**|**9,109**| |**_Cash_**
**_funds_**
**_this year_**
**_end_**|**1,410**|**8,044**||**9,454**|**6,943**| ## ||**_Cash_**||**_Funds_**|Bankaccount 1 (Admin)|**1,410**|**1,801**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||Bankaccount2(Activity)|**9,665**|**6,336**| |||||Food ClubCashaccount|**250**|**450**| |**_Total _**|**_Cash_**||**_Funds_**||**11,324**|**8,587**| |**_Outstanding_**||**_Debits_**||Unbanked Cheques Admin Fund|-|**1148**| |||||Unbanked Cheque Activity Fund|**1,950**|**-**| |||||Food ClubTransport costs Activity Fund|**150**|**220.34**| |||||Food Clubfoodsupplies Activity Fund|**147**|**276**| |**_Outstanding_**||**_Credits_**||Unbanked cash Activity Fund|**377**|-| |**_FUNDS_**|**_Carried_**||
**_forward_**||**9,454**|**6,943 j**| ##