
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 01.07.2023                  Period start date   To 30.06.2024 Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Glantawe (Swansea Valley) Lions Club** 

## **Charity registration number:1196210** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**Primary Purpose – to help and serve**<br>**individuals and groups within the**<br>**Swansea Valley.**<br>**Secondary purpose – to aid projects**<br>**abroad designated by Lions Clubs**<br>**International**|
|S and groups within the<br>Swansea Summary of the<br>main activities in relation to<br>those purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**During the 12 months we made up food**<br>**parcels, for the needy; helped with the**<br>**Morriston Hospital Burns Unit Christmas**<br>**Party; held monthly coffee mornings for**<br>**the needy. Supervised Leader in Service**<br>**meetings with the local Girl Guides. Our 4**<br>**Tree of Light services allow family and**<br>**friends to remember loved ones. Donated**<br>**monies to LCIF for use abroad.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**As a club we have been in existence for**<br>**over 50 years,and have used our own**<br>**judgement when allocating funds**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

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||Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Club members review each request and**<br>**then take a vote on whether to support it**<br>**or not. Generally, we do not support**<br>**national charities.**|
||Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38||
||Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**All of the club members are volunteers**<br>**and pay a subscription to be a member.**<br>**Generally, members spend at least 5**<br>**hours each on Lions work**|





Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**Nearly 200 families benefitted from our**<br>**food parcels at Christmas.**<br>**50 children were given £10 vouchers at**<br>**the Burns unit Christmas Party.**<br>**Over 200 families were able to remember**<br>**loved ones who had passed.**<br>**Several guides were given YLS awards.**<br>**About 15 lonely people meet every month**<br>**and play games and have talks.**|



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|<br>Achievements against<br>objectives set|<br>Para 1.41|<br>**Generally, we do not set objectives, we**<br>**look at every request and react**<br>**accordingly. We have projects that have**<br>**been long in existence like the food**<br>**parcels and the trees of light.**|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|**Again we do not set objectives. We put on**<br>**fund raising events so that we have**<br>**monies available to meet any successful**<br>**requests.**|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|**We do not invest.**|
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## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**At the end of June 2024 we had a cash**<br>**balance of £8305**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We do not specifically hold reserves. We**<br>**know our likely spend during the**<br>**forthcoming year and try and raise funds**<br>**so that we can meet that liability**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**0**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**See above**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**No fund is in deficit**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**The club has been in existence for over**<br>**50 years, and hopefully will continue for**<br>**the next 50 years**|



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|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47|<br>**Local business donations. Fund raising**<br>**events. Supermarket collections**|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|**We do not have an investment policy**|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Currently, rising inflation means that the**<br>**cost of our food parcel project is rising**<br>**considerably.**<br>**Since Covid it is more difficult to receive**<br>**Supermarket collection spots.**|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Lions Constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Volunteers from within club members**|



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|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51|<br>**Nil**|
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|**Glantawe (Swansea Valley) Lions Club is**<br>**a branch club of the worldwide**<br>**organisation Lions Clubs International.**|
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51|**Nil**|
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Glantawe (Swansea Valley) Lions Club|
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|Other name the charity uses|Original name was Glantawe Lions Club|
|Registered charity number|1196210|
|Charity’s principal address|512 Heol Las,<br>Birchgrove,<br>SWANSEA<br>SA7 9DX|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Rhian Williams|President|Whole Year||
||Malcolm Curtis|Secretary|Whole Year||
||Malcolm Jones|Treasurer|Whole Year||
||WendyDemaid||Whole Year||
||Gaynor Thomas||Whole Year||
||Michael Sheldon||Whole Year||
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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** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

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 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of adviser Name Address** 

**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

**Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details** 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

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

## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signed on behalf of the**<br>**arity’s trustees**|||
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|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**<br>**etc)**<br>**Date**|**Malcolm Curtis**||
||Malcolm Curtis||
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|**GLANTAWE ( SWANSEA VALLEY ) LIONS CLUB ( CIO )**<br>**Receipts and Payments Account**<br>**for the year 1 july**|**GLANTAWE ( SWANSEA VALLEY ) LIONS CLUB ( CIO )**<br>**Receipts and Payments Account**<br>**for the year 1 july**|**GLANTAWE ( SWANSEA VALLEY ) LIONS CLUB ( CIO )**<br>**Receipts and Payments Account**<br>**for the year 1 july**|**GLANTAWE ( SWANSEA VALLEY ) LIONS CLUB ( CIO )**<br>**Receipts and Payments Account**<br>**for the year 1 july**|**2023 to 30 june**|**2023 to 30 june**|<br>**2024**|**Reg No**|**1196210**|**GLANTAWE ( SWANSEA VALLEY ) LIONS CLUB ( CIO )**<br>**Statement of Assets and Liabilities**<br>**at the year end 30 june**|**GLANTAWE ( SWANSEA VALLEY ) LIONS CLUB ( CIO )**<br>**Statement of Assets and Liabilities**<br>**at the year end 30 june**|**GLANTAWE ( SWANSEA VALLEY ) LIONS CLUB ( CIO )**<br>**Statement of Assets and Liabilities**<br>**at the year end 30 june**|**GLANTAWE ( SWANSEA VALLEY ) LIONS CLUB ( CIO )**<br>**Statement of Assets and Liabilities**<br>**at the year end 30 june**|**2024**|**2024**|**Reg No**|**1196210**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||UnRestricted|Restricted<br>||Total|||Total|||UnRestricted|Restricted<br>|||Total|Total|
|||Funds|Funds<br>||Funds|||Funds|||Funds|Funds|||Funds|Funds|
||||||**30/6/24**|||**30/6/23**|||||||**30/6/24**|**30/6/23**|
|**Receipts**|||||||||**Cash funds**||||||||
|Membership<br>Donatons|subscriptions|1104.00<br>3604.89||3372.93||1104.00<br>6977.82||1055.00<br>7041.63|Bank current account<br>Cash in hand||8205.39<br>100.00|||0.00<br>0.00|8205.39<br>100.00|7171.07<br>390.00|
|Legacies||||||0.00||0.00|Paypal  account||||||0.00|180.01|
|Gif Aid<br>Other|raffles and fines|1439.93<br>15.00||||1439.93<br>15.00||0.00<br>47.27||**Total cash funds**|**£8,305.39**||**£0.00**||**£8,305.39**|**£7,741.08**|
||club charter|1267.00||||1267.00||0.00|||||||||
||miscellaneous|212.00||||212.00||-162.00|**Other monetary assets**||0.00||||0.00|0.00|
||||||||||||**0.00**||||**0.00**|**0.00**|
|Grants||0.00||||0.00||0.00|||||||||
||||||||||**Investment assets**||0.00||||0.00|0.00|
|Fundraising|( gross )|5656.96||||5656.96||5589.24|||**0.00**||||**0.00**|**0.00**|
|Investment  income||0.00||||0.00||0.00|**Non monetary assets**||0.00||||0.00|0.00|
||||||||||||**0.00**||||**0.00**|**0.00**|
|Prior year|adjustment|0.00||||0.00||230.01|||||||||
||**Total Gross Income**|**13299.78**||**3372.93**|**16672.71**|||**13801.15**|||||||||
|Asset sales|||||||||**Liabilities**||0.00||||0.00|0.00|
|Investment sales||0.00||||0.00||0.00|||**0.00**||||**0.00**|**0.00**|
||**Total Receipts**|**13299.78**||**3372.93**|**16672.71**|||**13801.15**|||||||||
||||||||||The receipts and payments account and statement of assets and liabilities (  these financial statements )||||||||
|**Payments**|||||||||were approved by the Trustees and Members||on the|**9th APRIL**||**2025**|||
|Charitable payments||7701.53||3372.93|11074.46|||9788.07|||||||||
|Other|club dues|1027.95||||1027.95||907.88|Signed on behalf of the|Trustees and Members|||||||
||club charter|1252.47||||1252.47||0.00|PRESIDENT||||||||
||miscellaneous|222.90||||222.90||173.43|SECRETARY||||||||
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|Fundraising|expenses|2530.62||||2530.62||2517.42|||||||||
||**Total Gross Expenditure**|**12735.47**||**3372.93**|**16108.40**|||**13386.80**|||||||||
|Asset purchases||0.00||||0.00||399.00|||||||||
|Investment purchases|||||||||||||||||
||**Total Payments**|**12735.47**||**3372.93**|**16108.40**|||**13785.80**|||||||||
||**Net of receipts (payments )**|**564.31**||**0.00**||**564.31**||**15.35**|||||||||
||**Cash funds last year end**|**7741.08**||**0.00**|**7741.08**|||**7725.73**|||||||||
||**Cash funds this year end**|**£8,305.39**||**£0.00**|**£8,305.39**|||**£7,741.08**|||||||||
||10/10/24  25/1/25|10/3/25|17/3/25<br>||12/4/25|||||10/10/24 25/1/25|10/3/25|17/3/25|||12/4/25||



