## CROSBY & DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CIO) 

## Charity No 1189724 

## Year ended 30th June 2025 

## Trustees Annual Report 

The Charity has been fully active during the year to 30[th] June 2025, carrying out its usual fundraising activities, welfare grant making donation and carrying out a social programme for its members, families and friends. 

We are an independent Club, but are affiliated to the global service organisation, Lions International. 

The Trustees from 1st July 2024 to 30th June 2025 were: 

President                 Alasdair Francis IP President             Tom Tyson Vice President          June Batty Secretary                 Dave Smyth Treasurer                 Graham Murphy Membership Chair Sue Tyson Lion Tamer               Joyce Norris Tailtwister               David Winsland 

The Charity operates as a small Club of approximately 20 members, from whom all Trustees and Officials are elected by Club members. Additional volunteers numbering between 20 and 30 are used for various events as required, 

A Business meeting is held monthly, when regular Club business is discussed and voted on, whilst meetings of the Trustees are held 10 times a year to discuss forward planning and to carry out the Trustees particular responsibilities. 

There have been a number of fundraising activities carried out through the year, including our 2 principal events. We tour Bootle in December with a Santa Float and also carry out static ‘Meet Father Christmas’ events at local supermarkets. In spring we run bedding plant and hanging basket sales and in autumn, winter pansy sales although following the sad death recently of the Nurseryman who grows our plants, viability of this event is now threatened. There are also smaller fundraising events such as bookstalls and cuddly toy stalls. 



Our fundraising is intended to chiefly support the local Sefton area of Crosby and Bootle and the surrounding districts, Grants to individuals are usually identified through approaches from Social Services, Council Departments or other local bodies and charities. We make grants to Charities and other appropriate bodies carrying out their activities in the area, after discussion and agreement by the Club. Where appropriate on occasions we may also make grants to national charities and through our associated International Charity, Lions Clubs International Foundation, to support international disasters and appeals. 

This year we have applied for and obtained a £5000 grant from a national commercial enterprise, which is being used by a local Wildlife and Wetlands Centre for the creation of a sensory garden. 

Additionally we perform a number of service activities. We maintain an area of garden including a raised bed in the centre of Crosby, with seasonally suitable plants. We operate a service collecting and recycling spectacles. We provide free ‘Message in a bottle’ facilities so that health information etc can be easily accessed by emergency workers. 

The Charity does not own any assets apart from equipment necessary to carry out our fundraising, and these are considered to have only nominal value. 

The Charity does not have any debts or liabilities. 

Graham Murphy 

Hon Treasurer 

17[th] January 2026 



## **LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL** 

## **DISTRICT 105CN** 

CROSBY & DISTRICT LIONS CLUB(CIO) Charity No 1189724 

INANCIAL ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR 2024/2025. 



## **CROSBY AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CIO)** 

## **OPENING BALANCES AS AT 01.07.2024** 

|**CLUB ACCOUNT**<br>5651.48<br>**WELFARE ACCOUNT**<br>**CHARTER ACCOUNT**<br>980.96<br>**SOCIAL ACCOUNT**<br>46.84<br>**PRESIDENT'S ACCOUN**<br>311.52<br>**BENEVOLENT ACCOU**<br>84.95<br>**TAILTWISTER ACCOU**<br>177.43<br>**PROJECTS ACCOUNT**<br>1167.11<br>**CONTINGENCY ACCO**<br>5000.00<br>**BOTTLE ACCOUNT**<br>1159.06<br>**TOTALS**<br>14579.35|14318.42|
|---|---|
||14318.42|





## **CROSBY AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CIO)** 

## **CLUB ACCOUNT** 

|INCOME||EXPENDITURE||
|---|---|---|---|
|**BALANCE brought fwd**|5651.48|||
|Membership Subscriptions|2088.00|Dues to District|170.00|
|||Multiple District|700.00|
|||International|762.12|
|||New Member Fees|47.45|
|||Zoom Subs|155.88|
|||I C O Registration Fee|35.00|
|Members re Charter Visits|385.00|Charter Visits|297.00|
|Bank Interest|75.67|Regalia|44.97|
|||Printing Membership Fliers|154.00|
|||1st Aid Course|39.00|
|||Gifts|102.30|
|||Expenses/Hospitality|51.57|
|||Club Donation to Brain Tu|60.00|
|||& Paediatric Cancer Research||



**BALANCE C/F** 

5580.86 



TOTALS
8200. 15
8200. 15

## **CROSBY AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CIO)** 

## **CHARTER ACCOUNT** 

|INCOME|||EXPENDITURE||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**BALANCE brought fwd**||980.96|West Lancashire Golf Club|2732.20|
||||Meal, & Guests Drinks||
|Membrs mthly rec|1110||||
|Less refunds|126|984.00|Table Gifts|114.00|
|Guest Tickets||1802.00|Sundry Exps|151.00|
|Raffle|243.1||||
|Less Expenses|83.02|160.08|||
|Guests paid from Club or|||||
|Projects Funds||90.00|||
||||**BALANCE C/F**|1019.84|
|**TOTALS**||4017.04||4017.04|





## **CROSBY AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CIO)** 

## **SOCIAL ACCOUNT** 

INCOME EXPENDITURE **BALANCE brought fwd** 46.84 

No Activity on this account during the year 

|**BALANCE C/F**<br>**TOTALS**<br>46.84<br>Cash held by Social Chairman on 30thJune 2025<br>See Account prepared - Appendix A)|46.84|
|---|---|
||46.84|
||£42.60|
|||





## **CROSBY AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CIO)** 

## **PRESIDENT'S ACCOUNT** 

|INCOME||EXPENDITURE||
|---|---|---|---|
|**BALANCE brought fwd**|311.52|||
|From Tailtwister|177.43|Maghull Charter|90.00|
|Monthly Draws|201.00|Upholland Tawd Vale Char 102.00||
|||Liverpool Charter|105.00|



|**TOTALS**|**BALANCE C/F**<br>689.95|392.95|
|---|---|---|
|||689.95|





## **CROSBY AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CIO)** 

## **BENEVOLENT ACCOUNT** 

|INCOME||EXPENDITURE||
|---|---|---|---|
|**BALANCE brought fwd**|84.95|||
|||Cards Gifts etc|42.98|



|**TOTALS**|**BALANCE C/F**<br>84.95|41.97|
|---|---|---|
|||84.95|





## **CROSBY AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CI** 

## **TAILTWISTER ACCOUNT** 

|INCOME<br>**BALANCE brought fwd**<br>177.43<br>Monthly Fines<br>195.04|EXPENDITURE<br>Transferred to President's<br>177.43|
|---|---|



|**TOTALS**|**BALANCE C/F**<br>372.47|195.04|
|---|---|---|
|||372.47|





## **CROSBY AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CIO)** 

## **PROJECTS ACCOUNT** 

|INCOME||EXPENDITURE||
|---|---|---|---|
|**BALANCE brought fwd**|1167.11|||
|Carol Float|6081.72|Expenses|361.81|
|+ Statics||Payts to Helpers|730.00|
|Plants & Hanging Baskets|7844.55|Expenses|3298.85|
|||Refunds|1577.50|
|Winter Pansies|1495.05|Expenses|868.00|
|Sandalwood Barbeque|480.00|Expenses|206.98|
|Ceilidh for Children-In-Ne|1512.85|Expenses|909.53|
|||Profit to Welfare re CIN|603.32|
|Chet Barbeque for RDA|414.20|Expenses|198.50|
|||Profit to Welfare re RDA|215.70|
|Bootle Light Switch-on|27.50|MD Event & Member Insu|140.00|
|Bank Interest|92.65|Storage Costs & Donations|400.00|
|||Sefton Lottery Registration|20.00|
|||Sundry Exps|55.97|
|||Thank you' Invite to Mal &|60.00|
|||to Welfare|8000.00|



|**BALANCE C/F**|1469.47|
|---|---|
||19115.63|



**TOTALS** 

19115.63 



## **CROSBY AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CIO)** 

## **CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT** 

INCOME EXPENDITURE **BALANCE Tfrd From** 5000.00 No Activity on A/C 

|**TOTALS**|**BALANCE C/F**<br>5000.00|5000.00|
|---|---|---|
|||5000.00|





## **CROSBY AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CIO)** 

## **BOTTLE ACCOUNT** 

|INCOME||EXPENDITURE||
|---|---|---|---|
|**BALANCE Tfrd From**|1159.06|||
|Donation from Freshfield|50.00|Payment for Supplies|650.00|
|Ramblers||||



|**TOTALS**|**BALANCE C/F**<br>1209.06|559.06|
|---|---|---|
|||1209.06|





## **CROSBY AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CIO)** 

## **WELFARE ACCOUNT** 

|INCOME||EXPENDITURE||
|---|---|---|---|
|**BALANCE brought fwd**|14318.42|||
|From Projects|8000.00|||
|Moorside Park Bowling Cl|150.00|MD Youth Appeal|200.00|
|Donation||||
|Bootle Flood Appeal||Bootle Flood Appeal||
|From District 105CN|1000.00|Relief Payments|3600.00|
|From Zone Clubs|1750.00|||
|President's Gift - Donated t|50.00|Lunt Meadow payments fro|1192.66|
|Lunt Meadows||Screwfix Grant||
|RDA BBQ at Chet - profit|215.70|Crosby Riding for the Disab|500.00|
|C I N Ceilidh - profit|603.32|Children-in-Need|700.00|
|Donation rec'd for C I N|45.00|||
|Sefton Soc Services|200.00|Gas Cooker - Litherland Res|340.00|
|Contribution to cost of cooker||||
|Gift Aided Donations|117.70|DG's Partner's Charity|250.00|
|||Sepsis Research||
|Non Gift Aided Donations|91.00|Charter Guest Speakers|250.00|
|||Charity - Sefton Foodbank||
|||Planter Maintainence & Plan|695.39|
|||Spectacles collection Expen|5.38|
|Bank Interest|156.94|||
|||Zoe's Place - Baby Hospice|500.00|
|||LCIF Spanish Flood App'l|500.00|
|||Printer Cartridge for Disable|70.00|
|||boy||





|St Leonards Centre Bootle|500.00|
|---|---|
|& Foodbank||
|Easter Eggs for Foodbank|149.85|
|R.B.L. Poppy Wreath|100.00|
|DEBRA Butterfly Skin Char|250.00|
|Cooker Repair - Litherland|150.00|
|St Joseph's Hospice - Sparkl|200.00|
|Appeal||
|LCIF Ukraine Stoves Appea|250.00|
|LCIF - Californian Wildfire|250.00|
|Family Wellbeing Centre|500.00|
|Cambridge Rd||
|Mark Edwards Foundation|300.00|
|F/Freezer - Litherland Lady|50.00|
|K I N D|500.00|
|Donations in acknowlegment||
|of Santa Volunteers||
|Across Lourdes Transport|50.00|
|Crosby RDA|50.00|
|Sts Peter & Paul New Par|50.00|
|Centre||



|**BALANCE C/F**<br>**TOTALS**<br>26698.08<br>Item included in Balance c/f but already committed:<br>LCIF Appeals<br>£600<br>Lunt Meadows Sensory Garden<br>£3,850|14544.80|
|---|---|
||26698.08|
|||





Bootle Flood Appeal
£200
Total

## **CROSBY AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CIO)** 

## **CLOSING BALANCES AS AT 30.06.2025** 

|**CLUB ACCOUNT**<br>5580.86<br>**WELFARE ACCOUNT**<br>**CHARTER ACCOUNT**<br>1019.84<br>**SOCIAL ACCOUNT**<br>46.84<br>**PRESIDENT'S ACCOUN**<br>392.95<br>**BENEVOLENT ACCOU**<br>41.97<br>**TAILTWISTER ACCOU**<br>195.04<br>**PROJECTS ACCOUNT**<br>1469.47<br>**CONTINGENCY ACCO**<br>5000.00<br>**BOTTLE ACCOUNT**<br>559.06<br>**TOTALS**<br>14306.03|14544.80|
|---|---|
||14544.80|



Certified accurately prepared on the basis of the Club bank statements, books and records 

G G Murphy Treasurer 

Certified true and accurate in accordance with books, records and statements submitted 

Mark Sonne Independent Examiner 



CROSBY & DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CIO) 

## Social Account 2024/25 

||Petty Cash|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Income||||Expenses|Balance|
|Cash Float B/Fwd|£21.60||||||£21.60|
|||||Hire||||
|DATE - 2024|Venue|Income|Food Costs|Charge|Refreshments/Event etc|Total expenses||
|July|Crossroads|£26.00||£20.00|Silly Olympics|£20.00|£27.60|
|August|34 H A|£35.00|£35.00||Afernoon Tea|£35.00|£27.60|
|September|Pier Head|£0.00|||River Cruise No Cost to Club-Paid to Ferry|£0.00|£27.60|
|October|||||UNO Evening  No Cost to Club|£0.00|£27.60|
|November||||||£0.00|£27.60|
|December|34 H A||||Christmas Social Self Catered|£0.00|£27.60|
|2025||||||£0.00|£27.60|
|January|ASSF||||Burns Night - Paid Direct to ASSF|£0.00|£27.60|
|February|Crossroads|£26.00||£20.00|UNO& Pudding Evening|£20.00|£33.60|
|March||||||£0.00|£33.60|
|April|WLGC||||Charter Anniversary - See separate Account|£0.00|£33.60|
|May||||||£0.00|£33.60|
|June|6 SMR|£80.00|£88.24||Handover inc Gif for hosts|£88.24|£25.36|
|||17.24|||Resale of surplus handover food|£0.00|£42.60|
|||||||£0.00|£42.60|
||Totals|£184.24|£123.24|£40.00|Total Exps 2023/24|£163.24||
|Brought Fwd|from 2023/24|£21.60||||||
|||£205.84|||Carried Forward to 2025/26|£42.60||





CROSBY & DISTIUCT LIONS CLUBS (C.I.O.)
Inde
eDdent Examiner's Re
rt for the
ear ended 30 June 2025
This report on the accounts of the Club for the year ended 30 June which is
set out in the Binder and Papers attache<l is in respect of an examination
carried out under sect. 43 of the Charities Act 1993{The Act).
Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and Examiner
As officers of the Club you are reswnsible for the preparation of the
accounts" you consider that the audit requirement of Sect. 43(2) of the Act
does not apply. It is my responsibility to state on the basis of procedures in
the Genet31 directions given by the Charity Commissioners under
Sect.43(7Kb) of the ACL whether particular matters have come to my
attention.
Basis of Independent Èxaminer's Report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General directions
given by the Charity Commissioner. That examination includes a review of
the accounting records kept by the Club and a comparison of the accounts
with those records. It also includes considering any unusual items or
disclosures in the accounts and seeklhg explanations from you as
directors/trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken
do not provide all the evidence that would require in an audic and
consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the
accounts.
Independent Examlner's Statethebt
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention".
l ) Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material
respect the requirements - to keep accounting records in accordance
with sect. 41 of the ACL and - to prepare accounts which accord with
the accounting records and comply with the actouhtlng requirements
of the act have not been met. or
2) To which in my opinion, attention should ￿ dtawn in order to enable
a proper understanding of the accounts to Ir reache(L
Mark Sonne..........