# **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From : 01/5/2021 (Period start date) To : 30/06/2021 (Period end date)** ## **Charity Name: Stoke on Trent Lions Club (CIO)** ## **Charity registration number: 1192273** ## **Objectives and Activities** **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP reference
Summary of the purposes Para 1.17 To empower volunteers to serve their
of the charity as set out communities, meet humanitarian needs,
in its governing encourage peace, and promote international
document
understanding through Lions Clubs.
The objects as set out in the charity’s
constitution are:
• The advancement of citizenship,
• Promoting the voluntary sector for the public
benefit,
• Promoting volunteering,
• The relief of poverty and the relief of those in
need, particularly by providing humanitarian aid
and disaster relief,
• The advancement of health or the saving of
lives,
• Promoting the conservation, protection, and
improvement of the physical and natural
environment, and
• Promoting community participation in healthy
recreation.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and The Club’s activities were only able to start on 1
1.19
activities in relation to May due to the wait for the banks provision of
those purposes for the the necessary documentation. Attempts to raise
public benefit, in funds were also seriously affected by COVID
particular, the activities,
restrictions.
projects or services
The only income came from donations and by
identified in the
transfer from the original Stoke on Trent Lions
accounts.
Club.
These funds allowed the Club to :- -
- make donations to a number of local good
causes and national charities with local
connections.
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Statement confirming Para 1.18 In conjunction with the objectives of Lions Club
whether the trustees International the Trustees have complied with
have had regard to the their duty to ‘Public Benefit’ as published in
guidance issued by the guidance issued by the Charity Commission.
Charity Commission on Also, the trustees work with reference to the
public benefit
Charity Commission trustee guidance document
‘The Essential Trustee - What You Need To Know’
and monitor Charity Commission Trustees
newsletters.
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SORP reference
Policy on grant making - The Club aims to make grants and donations
Para 1.38 where it is considered they will make an
appreciable difference.
- The Club will consider international and
national funding requests received via the Lions
Clubs International Foundation.
- The Club will not normally support applications
from large national charities except where they
meet a particular need in Stoke on Trent or
surrounding areas.
Policy on social The Club does not make any investments, except
investment including Para 1.38 for purchases of items which are necessary for
program related their fundraising activities, and which are written
investment off in full in the year of purchase.
Contribution made by All Stoke on Trent
volunteers Para 1.38 Lions Club members are volunteers – albeit
paying an annual subscription. They are assisted
at times by non-subscription paying friends and
relatives, again entirely on a voluntary basis.
Other
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## **Achievements and Performance** **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP reference
Summary of the main All monies raised are distributed to causes
achievements of the selected in accordance with the Grant Making
charity, identifying the Policy and/or used to pay for supplies and
difference the charity’s Para 1.20 equipment and fees necessary for fund raising
work has made to the
activities.
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any
Donations made in 2020/2021 to charities and
wider benefits to society
other organisations totalled £508.
as a whole.
These include:
Donation to the local NHS
Provision of sports kit to a local club
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## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of Para 1.41 fundraising activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 There is 1 account divided into a charity and an
financial position at the administration section.
end of the period At the end of the Lions year 2020-21 the
balances were charity £25650.41,admin £735.77
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 Policy on reserves - The Club distributes funds
policy for holding prudently and in accordance with its Grant
reserves stating why they Making Policy as and when they are available.
are held
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 The club’s activities require no fixed levels of
reserve funds.
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 N/A
reserves
Details of fund materially Para 1.24 None
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 N/A
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal
sources of funds
Para 1.47
(including any
fundraising)
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
A description of the
Para 1.46
principal risks facing the
charity
Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 CONSTITUTION (Adopted 12 November 2020)
document
How is the charity Para 1.25 Chartered under the jurisdiction of the
constituted? International Association of Lions Clubs and
registered with the Charity Commission (England
and Wales) as a Charitable Incorporated
Organization.
Trustee selection Para 1.25 Elected by the Membership,
methods including details
of any constitutional
provisions e.g. election to
post or name of any
person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees
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## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Para 1.51 The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity Para 1.51 works Relationship with any related parties Para 1.51 Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Charity name Stoke on Trent Lions Club (CIO)
Other names the charity N/A
uses
Registered charity 1192773
number
Charity’s principal 32 Paris Avenue Newcastle ST5 2RQ
address
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Name of person (or
Dates acted if not for body) entitled to
Trustee Name Office (if any)
whole year appoint trustee (if
any)
1 Mrs L McConaghy Chair/President
2 Mr W j Hodgkinson Treasurer
3 Mrs K Barlow Secretary
Mrs C Godden
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Stoke on Trent lions Club CIO 1192273
Receipts and payments accounts
For the period 7/1/2020 30-Jun-21
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Transfer from Soke on Trent Lions Club 26,206 - - 26,206
Easyfundraising donation 144 - - 144
Transfer from Soke on Trent Lions Club 681 - - 681
Charter profit 39 - - 39
Subscriptions 30 - - 30
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- - -
- - -
27,100 - - 27,100
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 27,100 - - 27,100
A3 Payments
NHS donation 40 - - 40
Sports kit Direct donation 468 - - 468
Storage costs 192 - - 192
New member packs 4 - - 4
District Governer gift 10 - - 10
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Sub total [ 714 ] - - 714
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments 714 - - 714
Net of receipts/(payments) 26,386 - - 26,386
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - -
Cash funds this year end 26,386 - - 26,386
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** ||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**||**funds**| |**B1 Cash funds**|Barclays bank account
**_Total cash funds_**||**to nearest £**
**26,385**
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**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
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**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
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**(optional)**| |Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees||Signature|Print|Name|| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees William John Hodgkinson **----- Start of picture text -----**
CC16a
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**Last year** ## **to the nearest £** **-** **-** **-** **-** ## **Endowment funds** **to nearest £ - - - -** OK **Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -** **Current value (optional) - - - - -** **Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional)** Date of approval ## **Stoke on Trent Lions Club CIO** ## Account Review 4 October 2021 The accounts presented for Stoke on Trent Lions Club CIO cover the period of operation from 1 May 2021 to 30 June 2021 .This was the only period during which the club operated due to the delay in the provision of the necessary cheque book paying in book etc available from Barclays bank. The bank account is Barclays sort code 20 59 23 and account number 50163384 The accounts were examined and found to be in order and consistent with the receipts invoices and bank statements provided . There were no concerns about the accounts C R Plant Independent examiner 4 October 2021