2025-06-30-accounts - Forest Of Dean Lions Club (CIO)

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 July 2024 30 June 2025

From To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name FOREST OF DEAN LIONS CLUB (CIO) Other names charity is known by FOREST OF DEAN LIONS CLUB Registered charity number (if any) 1189930

Charity's principal address C/O THE JAYS, SUN GREEN ROAD, BREAM LYDNEY, GLOS Postcode GL15 6HX

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
GeoffreyDavis	Treasurer
Steven Davis
Stuart Love
Alan Townley
Roger Gardner
Helen Gardner	Chair














Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name		Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

CONSTITUTION Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) C.I.O. How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) ELECTED FROM MEMBERS OF THE FOREST OF DEAN LIONS CLUB. Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

Forest of Dean Lions Club is part of Lions Clubs International. You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Encourage service to the community. Support for Youth. Promote volunteering.

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

Relief of poverty and the needy. Aid for humanitarian disaster relief. Preventing avoidable blindness, assisting the disabled. Promoting participation in recreation. Promoting protection of the environment. Encouraging members to take an interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community

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The club ran a popular and successful car boot sale

Together with Severn Dean Lions Club, Forest of Dean Lions ran two large fundraising events:

Lions Wild Boar Chase Mountain Bike Ride – promoting participation in recreation. This event is very popular with the riders – who enjoy a day of exercise, camaraderie and the beautiful scenery in our area.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Lions Speech House Fireworks – providing a high quality professional display to offer an alternative to the risky practice of individuals releasing fireworks at home. These events were run with the help of volunteers from local community organisations, including youth organisations such as local Scouts and Guides.

Volunteers from the community enable us to run these two major events. Without the volunteers freely donating their time and expertise we would have much less funds to draw on throughout the year.

As well as providing grants to deserving causes within GL15 and GL16 post code areas and some international disasters, Forest of Dean Lions Club undertakes a number of community service projects. For example,in 2024 a “Forest Champions” event was held to highlight and celebrate achievements of individuals and groups within our community.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

The following information:

public benefit statement
grant making policy,
support priorities,
information on principles, exclusions,
grant application process,
grant assessment process,

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.
conditions for awarded grants
data protection measures
monitoring and publicity expectations
objectives of the charity

are all publicly available can all be found on the club web site (under “About Us”) at:

https://www.forestlions.org.uk/

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The Wild Boar Chase mountain bike ride* in September was well supported with well over 400 entries. The Humbug Chase - a section for accompanied junior riders aged 8-12 years , also had a good entry.

The Speech House Fireworks* in November was ticket-only and was almost sold-out. The display was enjoyed by local families and children. Children of Primary School age and younger had free entry.

Grants with a total value of £22.5K were made to local recipients and disaster relief including: A grant of £4K to Severn Dean Lions club,. Forest of Dean Buddy Club, Scouts Europe Jamboree trip, Brody's Trust, Victoria Centre, Lydney, Friends of Scar Bandstand, Cookers for Ukraine, Marie Curie Appeal, Myamar disaster appeal, Together We Can, Forest of Dean Dog's Trust, Children's Opportunity Centre, Coleford Forest Fred Reading, Athelian Trust, Dean Academy Imjin memorial at the Dean Arboretum, Bream Gardening Society

Many smaller grants were made to local Guides, Scouts, Societies and individuals in need (mostly via umbrella organisations).

jointly organised with Severn Dean Lions Club. Both these events were well supported by volunteer helpers from the community.

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Section E Financial review

The reserves enable the charity to provide grants throughout the year. Brief statement of the Carrying a reserve also allows the charity to provide larger grants from charity’s policy on reserves time to time.

Details of any funds materially NONE in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

Forest of Dean Lions Club is a member of Lions Clubs International. You may choose to include additional information, where The major fundraising sources are mentioned above. relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Helen Lynne Gardner Full name(s) Geoffrey Kevin Davis Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer Chair etc) Date 14-04-2026

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FOREST OF DEAN LIONS CLUB (C.I.O.) 1189930 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 7/1/2024 6/30/2025

Section A Receipts and payments

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds

Total funds Last year

Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds	Total funds	Last year
A1 Receipts SUBS in to ADMIN account 1,090 RECEIPTS in to CHARITY account 9,926 RECEIPTS in to ENDURO account 11,168 RECEIPTS in to PAYPAL account 10,099 TRANSFER in to ADMIN account 262 - - CORRECTION 2 32,547 - - Sub total - Total receipts 32,547 A3 Payments General GRANTS from Charity account 18,061 Misc debits from Charityaccount 1,375 LCI Dues from Charityaccount 193 Misc debits from Admin account 370 LCI Dues from Admin account 838 Grants from Enduro account. 4,600 Event costs from Enduro account 4,070 Debits from PayPal account 4,405 Correction Sub total 33,912 - - Sub total - Total payments 33,912 Net of receipts/(payments) - 1,365 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 20,293 Cash funds this year end 18,928 to the nearest £ Not inc. transfer of £4004.91 from Enduro account to Charityaccount. *Sub total*(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)	to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	to the nearest £	to the nearest £ 1,090 9,926 11,168 10,099 262 - - 2 32,547 - - - 32,547 18,061 1,375 193 370 838 4,600 4,070 4,405 - 33,912 - - - 33,912 - 1,365 - 20,293 18,928	to the nearest £
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			9,926	4,175
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			10,099	11,255
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		- - - - - - - - - -	18,061	13,317
			1,375	3,461
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			33,912	41,744

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	-	- - - -	- 1,365	- 7,540
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	Details Details Details Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	to nearest £ 18,928 - - 18,928 OK to nearest £ - - - - - - Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates	to nearest £ - - - - OK to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds Restricted funds Amount due (optional)	to nearest £ Endowment funds
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

Date of Signature Print Name approval

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent EXamineS Rèport Report to the trustee mombern of Forest of Dean Ln5 Club On account8 lor thè year ended June 2025 Charlty no 111 any) 1189930 Set out on pg¢s I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity l-the Trtsst") for the yÉ.af ended R•3ponslbllltles and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are fe$F¢)nsible fof the preparation basi$ of report of the )UnIS In accordanee wlh the requirements of the Charities Aci 2011 1.the Acr). I reFX)rt in respect of my examination of the Trust's a¢¢ounls carried out under seclion 145 of the 2011 Aet and In carrying out my examination, I have folbwed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under seclM)n 145(5}Ibl of the Acl. I have completed my examinatson. l Confirm that no material matters havo come lo my attention (other than that disclosed below") In connection wth the examination whh give$ me cause to believe that in, any material respect. accountsng records vme not kept In accordance wilh section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not ld wrth the accounting records Independent examinef s statomont I have no cOrrnS and have ¢ce across no other matters In connection yth the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proFer understanding of the aetounts to be reached. ' Please delete the words In the brackets rf they Ik) not apply. Slgngd: Name: Miss. Jenna Pl1 FMAAT AATQB Relevant profe*8ional qualificationlsl or body (If any): Fellow Member of the ASsoCiatA of AUntIng Tethnicians 283997 Addre88: DeaD AccountcY ServlceF Ltd TeL. OIS94 843867 IER October 2018

Section B Disclosure Only complete If the examiner needs lo highlight matters of concern Isee CC32, IndeFendenl examination of charty aeecNJnts". directn$ and guidance for examiners). Glve here brlef details of any ilem8 that the examlner w18he8 to dlsclo$e IER October 2018