Forest of Dean Lions Club (CIO) Trustees Report and Accounts
For the period 1[st] July 2020 to 30[th] June 2021
Registered Charity Number 1189930
TRUSTEES
Lynne Gardner President Geoffrey Davis Treasurer Stuart Love Secretary Roger Gardner Steven Davis Alan Townley
Address:
c/o The Treasurer
G. Davis
The Jays, Sun Green Road,Bream, Lydney, GLOS, GL15 6HX
Report of the Trustees for the Year ended 30th June 2021
The Trustees present their Annual Report and Financial Statement for the year ended 30th June 2021. The Financial Statement has been prepared in accordance with the Constitution of Forest of Dean Lions Club.
Structure, Governance and Management
Forest of Dean Lions Club originally registered as Forest of Dean Lions Club Charitable Trust on 28‐January‐1981, The club’s charity number was 281784. The club itself was founded in 1973.
On 15 June 2020 the club converted to the Charitable Incorporated Organisation: Forest of Dean Lions Club (CIO), Registered Charity Number 1189930. With the agreement of the trustees and members, the assets of the Charitable Trust 281784 were transferred to the C.I.O. and the Charitable Trust 281784 was wound up.
PLEASE NOTE : The “Last Year” column in the CC16a return shows figures from the Forest of Dean Lions Club Charitable Trust.
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Forest of Dean Lions Club (CIO) Trustees Report and Accounts
For the period 1[st] July 2020 to 30[th] June 2021
The Club is managed in accordance with its Constitution. The Grant making Policy, and Public Benefit Statement are in the public domain and can be found on the web site at forestlions.org.uk.
The Club elects 6 Trustees annually, normally at the Annual General meeting held in July or August each year as the financial year end is 30[th] June.
However, as a result of the COVID‐19 pandemic, it was not been possible to hold routine business meetings or Annual General Meeting in person, in this Financial Year. Routine business has therefore been conducted remotely using Zoom supplemented by e‐mail correspondence; expenditure being approved by a quorum of members and the approval of Trustees. The Trustees agreed to continue in post until such time as elections can be held in person at an Annual General Meeting.
Routinely Members and Trustees meet monthly on the first Tuesday of each month, at the Victoria Centre, Victoria Road, Lydney, to receive reports from Club Officers and Trustees; to consider business matters and to decide on:
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A Programme of Events.
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Volunteering Activities.
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Grants and applications for Assistance from organisations and individuals in need.
Summary of Activities
Incomes
The cancellation of all fund‐raising events, as a result of the COVID‐19 Restrictions, has significantly affected the Charity’s income in the Financial Year. Income has come in through collection boxes.
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Forest of Dean Lions Club (CIO) Trustees Report and Accounts
For the period 1[st] July 2020 to 30[th] June 2021
Expenditure, Grants and Assistance
The club has four bank accounts:
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The CIO Charity Account from which grants are made.
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The Enduro Account which is used for the organisation and administration of the annual Wild Boar Chase cycle event. This event is held jointly with neighbouring SevernDean Lions Club. Proceeds are distributed equally between the two clubs and a running balance is maintained to draw upon for the next event.
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The Admin Account . This account is funded by members subscriptions (£10 for a single member per month and £15 for a couple per month). The monies in this account belongs to the members and is drawn upon as needed for items such as Lions Club International dues at a regional and international level.
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A PayPal Account which allows on‐line payments and donations to be taken. Funds are held in the PayPal account for a short time to allow for any possible chargebacks, then transferred to the Charity account or Enduro account as appropriate. The balance in the PayPal account is usually near to zero, except when entries for the Wild Boar Chase are in progress.
Grants
The accounts show the details of various Expenditure, Grants and payments totalling £4,774.
A number of organisations and people in need have benefited from the Club’s reduced ability to provide Grants and Support partly in conjunction with Barnardos, Caring for People and Communities and other organisations. Local young persons organisations such as Guides, Rainbows and Scouts have also been supported as have local schools and a local school for special needs pupils. An international donation (via Lions Clubs International) was made to the Lebanon appeal.
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Forest of Dean Lions Club (CIO) Trustees Report and Accounts
For the period 1[st] July 2020 to 30[th] June 2021
Balances
The Club had a working balance of £10,299 at the financial year’s end (30th June 2021) made up of:
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£7,746 in the Charity Account
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£1,818 in the Enduro Account future Reserve for the next Wild Boar Chase event.
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£52 in the PayPal Account – future Reserve for the next Wild Boar Chase event.
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£683 in the Admin Account – (funded by member’s subscriptions for club expenses)
Actual Cash Funds, available for disbursement going forward stood at £7,746.
This Report has been approved by the Trustees on 5th April 2022, and signed on their behalf by:
Lynne Gardiner President
Geoffrey Davis Treasurer
Date 5th April 2022
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Charity Name No (if any) FOREST OF DEAN LIONS CLUB (CIO) 1189930 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/07/2020 30/06/2021
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted funds funds
Endowment funds
Total funds Last year
| A1 Receipts | to the nearest £ 199 - - - - - - - - - - - 199 - - - 199 4,774 112 - - - - - - |
to the nearest £ 199 - - - - - - - - - - - 199 - - - 199 4,774 112 - - - - - - |
to the nearest £ - - - - - - 1,005 53 100 1,158 - - - 1,158 - 731 - 53 50 115 45 3 |
to the nearest £ - - - - - - 1,005 53 100 1,158 - - - 1,158 - 731 - 53 50 115 45 3 |
to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
to the nearest £ 199 - - - - - - - - - 1,005 53 100 1,357 - - - 1,357 4,774 731 112 53 50 115 - 45 3 5,883 - - - 5,883 - 4,526 |
to the nearest £ 199 - - - - - - - - - 1,005 53 100 1,357 - - - 1,357 4,774 731 112 53 50 115 - 45 3 5,883 - - - 5,883 - 4,526 |
to the nearest £ |
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| Donations | 199 | - | |||||||
| Speech House Fireworks(S D Lions) | - | 1,500 | |||||||
| Wild Boar Chase bike ride | - | - | |||||||
| Speech House Car Boot Sale | - | - | |||||||
| RfoD Rotary (RallyCar Parks) | - | 2,414 | |||||||
| Lions Clubs International EmergencyFund | - | 1,000 | |||||||
| LydneyTesco Collection | - | 212 | |||||||
| Coleford Co-opcollection | - | 355 | |||||||
| Lions Mervyn Bennet fund dispersal | - | 729 | |||||||
| Sundryreceipts | - | 795 | |||||||
| Admin Account Subs (i.e. members money for club dues etc.) |
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| Admin Account - WEB | - | - | |||||||
| PayPal account Donation for Admin A/C | - | - | |||||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
199 | 7,005 | |||||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 7,005 | |||||||||
| Grants | 4,774 | - | - | 4,774 | 14,052 | ||||
| LCI Dues(Admin account) | 731 | - | 731 | - | |||||
| LCI Dues(Charityelement) | 112 | - | - | 112 | 600 | ||||
| Enduro web site annual fees | - | 53 | - | 53 | - | ||||
| Miscellaneous | - | 50 | - | 50 | - | ||||
| WEB site(Admin Account) | - | 115 | - | 115 | - | ||||
| Miscellaneous(Admin Account) | - | - | - | - | |||||
| PayPal A/C Prizes (Youth Competioion) | - | 45 | - | 45 | - | ||||
| PayPal A/c Fees | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | ||||
| **Sub total ** | 4,886 | 997 | - | 5,883 | 14,652 | ||||
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| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| **Sub total ** | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
4,886 - 4,687 - 12,433 7,746 |
997 161 - 2,392 2,553 |
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| 14,652 | |||||||||
| - 4,687 | 161 | - | - 4,526 | - 7,647 | |||||
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| 12,433 | 2,392 | - | 14,825 | - | |||||
| 7,746 | 2,553 | - | 10,298 | - 7,647 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
31/03/2022
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds |
Details Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Signature |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 7,746 - - |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 7,746 - - |
Restricted funds to nearest £ 2,553 - - 2,553 |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| 7,746 | 2,553 | - | |||
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| 7,746 | 2,553 | - | |||
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
31/03/2022
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