CHICHESTER LIONS CLUB CIO CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1189674 ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD l%1 July 20?4 - 30th JUNE 20?5 A Ha￿lSOn Tr¢asurer CHICHF,STER LIONS CLUB CIO LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Trustees Mr P Wilson Mrs S Boucher Mr A Harrison Mr T Edwards Mrs C Hall Mr M Moore Mr V Foole President Secrelary (appoinled 117125) Treasurer Secreta Mrs S Boucher Chari Number 1189674 Princi al O￿lfe Th¢. C'harity has no principal or registered O￿lce. The address for correspondence is the address ofthe Secretary: CIO S Boucher 3. Tramway Close, Chichester. P019 8GN BAnker4 'Ilwesl Bank, 5 Easi St. Chichester, PO19 1 FIH nde endent Exmmine Mrs Sarah Peckham. 48 Stone Lane. Worthing BN13 2BQ CHICHESTER LIONS CLUB CIO INDEX Page Trustees Annual Report Independent Examiner's Report Summary Receipls and Payments Account Statement of assets and liabilities Notes 10 the accounls Fixed Assets CHICHESTER LIONS CLUB CIO CHARITY COMMISSION REGISTF.RF.D NO 1189674 TRUSTF.F.S ANINIIAL RF.PORT Ist.ILILY 2024 T().IOlh JilNE 2025 The trustees present their report and accounts for the period ended 30 June 2025. The ￿countS have been prepared in accordanc¢ with the accounting policies set out in nole I lo the accounts and comply with the Constitution of the Charity and applicable law. l. Stru ture overnance and mana ement The Charity was eslablished on I si July 2020 as a Charitable Incorporaled Organisation (CIO) reg?islered with the Charity Commission. The CIO was preLeded by a charilable trust, I'he Chichebter Lions C lub C haritable Trust eslablished on the l July 1996. The assets and liabilities of thc Chariiable Trust were Iransfcrred to Ihe C10 and the trust was closvd. The tru5tec% who served during th¢ year were: Mr'l. Edwardtr* Mrs C 14all Mrs J Tid). Mr M Mc)orL Mr P Wilson Died 91112025 Ex offjcio ¢rustee5: Mr V Poote - Pre8idLni of Chichester Lions Club Mrs L Squires - Secretary of c'hiLhester I,ion.s club- resigned 30 June 2025 Mr A 14arrison 'rreasurer of C hichester l.ions L lub Appointment and recruilment of irustees: Ex OtfiLio Iruslees. cc)nsisling ol. Ihe Presidenl, Secretary and Treasurer of the Chichester Lions Club are el¢Lted lo their respeciive positions annually by the members ot. Chichester Lions C'lub. The reinaining trustees are elected annually by the members of Ihe Chichester Lions Club. All trustees give of their time freely and no trustee rLmuneration was puid in the year. Trustees are not paid expenses in rcliilion lo thLir role a&+ trustees, although expLnditure paid by trustees on behalf ofthL' CIO may bc reolaiined. There are no related party transaLlions. 2. Risk mana ement The trusleLs have considered Ihe major risks to which the charity is exposed and have reviewed those risks and established systems and procedures to manage those risks. 3. Ob'eLtiv¢s and activities lor the ublic b¢nefit The Charitable purposes of the trust fall into the following general categories.. the prevention or relief of povert)" Ihe advancement of health or the saving of lives. PAGE I the advancement of citizenship or community development; the advancement of environmental protection or improvemenl; the relief of Ihose in need. by reason of youth. ag¢. ill-health. dksability, financial hardshlp or other disadvantage. The CIO achieves these purposes through the following activities: The trusi fund receives income from activilies perfomied by the Lion5 Club of Chichester throughoul the year and applies that incom¢ for the benefit of any needy person or group of people or for the benefit of any other organisation estsblished for charilable purposes. ThL CIO undertakes extensive work in the field of sight conservation, The spectacle recycling projecl raises funds which are applied to fund work ihroughoui Ihe world to asstst people who suffer from impaired sighi and for sight related ¢harilies. The projecl also provides recycled spe¢lacl¢s for use by hospitals and ¢harities working with ne¢d>' pe(Ipl¢ in IhL dLveloping world. The trustees confirn] that they have refe￿ed io the guidance contained in the Charity Commission'5 general gjuidance on public benefit w'hen rL'vi¢wingT the 'frust's aims and objectives and in pl￿ning fuiure actli'ille￿ and setting Ihe gJrant making, policy for the year. 4. Grant makin olic All b7fiinls made are entirely at the discretion of the trustees and the members of Chich¢ster Lions Club. Sub-commiltees comprising members of'ihe Chichester Lions Club meet monthly lo con%ider all requests tor b?rants. F.ach r¢que81 is reviewed and sessed by Ihe sub-commillce and rLcommendalions for &?ranls are pres¢nted to a full meetinb? of rnLmber>i of L'hi¥hester Lions C'lub and the I'rust¢¢s. The general poliLy applied to grants is that the niajority of funds gener￿tr from L*8dia¥• Intrjmè from Ini8rn81 r8c4¥ed Ex￿ndiN￿8 ￿ r8i¥ry ￿ndS Membership ond strjol Mnti Expendilufe on £*wdi8ty• SUFPOrt coots Int•thJnd ts8n8fers 5,424 36.811 6,291 35,974 2.321 462 -1,176 579 -1,351 .3.732 ,136 4.595 -36.100 -8,875 41,309 420 420 -1,554 291 .1.263 3,294 2,031 -1.728 -5.109 25.658 .549 374 87 -2,016 -12,906 38.564 658 Futhy BIF Fynd bd8rx8 CF 1,496 1,694 4.246 5,946 10. Trust••• Non•oltho ICK •ny them) iny rnrnumrnkn ¢y durtryJ 11. Employ• 12. 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