HARPENDEN LIONS CLUB CIO
TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE 2025
The Trustees present their report and financial statements for the year ending 30[th] June 2025
LEGAL & ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
STATUS: The CIO was established on 24[th] May 2022 and is registered with The Charity Commission under registration number 1198970
TRUSTEES:
PRESIDENT 2024 - 2025 MR JAMES PENN SECRETARY 2024 - 2025 MR MARK DEACON TREASURER 2024 - 2025 MR ANDREW GODDEN MEMBER TRUSTEES 2024 - 2025 MR DAVID COWAN MR ROGER FOX MR MICHAEL KELLY MR JOHN POWELL
CORRESPONDENT:
ANDREW GODDEN, 65 ALZEY GARDENS, HARPENDEN. AL5 5SY
MAIN BANKERS
HSBC BANK, 75 – 77 HIGH STREET. SUTTON. SM1 1DU
ACTIVITIES & REVIEW OF THE YEAR
HARPENDEN LIONS CLUB CIO
The Charity’s principal aim is to help the needy, by both physical assistance and by making pecuniary grants.
We raise money via The Lions Bookshop, Christmas collections and a variety of fund-raising events throughout the year. This includes the annual Highland Gathering which is the largest of the charitable events undertaken during the year.
Harpenden Lions Club CIO support the Life Skills project (renamed Youth Support with widened objectives with effect from 1 July 2025) and distributes the proceeds of fund-raising activities by making grants to registered charities, Lions Clubs International, schools and individuals.
TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES
The Trustees are required by law to prepare accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the financial state of the Charity and the results for the year then ended.
In preparing the accounts, the Trustees are required to select suitable accounting policies and apply them on a consistent basis, making judgments and estimates that are prudent and reasonable. The Trustees must also prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue its operations.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Charities Act 1993.
The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES ON: 25 November 2025
AND SIGNED ON THEIR BEHALF BY : __________
JENNY VESTAL – SECRETARY 2025 – 2026
Harpenden Lions Club CIO Accounts 2024-2025
Summary ome and Expenditure for the year ended 30 June 2
| General Unrestricted Funds Highland Gathering 2024 Highland Gathering 2025 Life Skills Mohan Cashyap Fundraising Members Area Represented by: HSBC Current Account *1690 HSBC Deposit Account *1704 |
Opening Balanc Income ### £3,193.21 £21,956.03 £5,094.22 £17,723.84 £0.00 £13,605.89 £11,451.81 £100.00 £1,622.22 £0.00 £1,011.03 £3,425.70 |
Transfers £4,102.83 -£6,102.83 £2,000.00 |
Expenditure Grants £3,127.89 £18,097.65 £10,215.23 £6,500.00 £7,663.43 £0.00 £0.00 £5,645.75 £0.00 £1,622.22 £3,080.96 £0.00 |
Grants | Closing Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
### £8,026.53 £0.00 £5,942.46 £7,906.06 £0.00 £1,355.77 |
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| £22,372.49 £56,811.46 | £0.00 | £24,087.51 £31,865.62 | £23,230.82 | ||
| £20,750.27 £1,622.22 £22,372.49 |
£766.94 £22,463.88 |
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| £23,230.82 |
At the year end the only assets of the CIO were the bank balances with HSBC; there were no liabilities. As at 30 June 2025 there were no Restricted Funds held
A N R Godden Treasurer
26/09/2025 Dated
Harpenden Lions Club CIO Accounts 2024-2025
| General Unrestricted Funds Income Easter Egg Appeal 2024 for Guide Dogs Ceilidh for Waterways Experiences £2,410.99 Easter Egg Appeal for SERV £2,243.20 Xmas Tin Shake Appeal for Harpenden Community First Responders £1,412.07 Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme (GASDS) for Xmas Tin Shake (above £353.02 Poppy Appeal £3,079.83 Bookshop £11,343.01 Surplus from Highland Gathering 2024 Gift Aid Received £426.25 HSBC Compensation re Arua Lions Payment £150.00 Friends of Flamstead Scarecrow Festival £105.00 Miscellaneous Donations £91.00 Bank Interest £341.66 Playpark Refund St Albans Lions for Stuart Pearson Crowdfunding Freddie Green - World Challenge SPOTCAM Apppeal St Albans for Refugees Tear Fund - The Lea School Toilet Twinning Markyate Baptist Church for Care4Calais LCI 105A District Youth LCIF Polish Floods LCIF Spanish Floods Brain Tumour Research MD 105A Senior Citizens' Christmas Party The Big Give for Home Start Herts Mercy Ships Hertfordshire Community Meals LCI 105A for Ukranian Stoves Keech Hospice Care Lions Club of Arua Aadhar Charitable Trust MD 105A Youth Fund MD 105A Insurance Bank Charges WIX Website Hosting Subscription Information Commissioner Emmaus - Diesel (Xmas Tree Collection) Small Lotteries Registration Lions Lanyards (for card machines) Peace Poster Kit Totals £21,956.03 |
General Unrestricted Funds Income Easter Egg Appeal 2024 for Guide Dogs Ceilidh for Waterways Experiences £2,410.99 Easter Egg Appeal for SERV £2,243.20 Xmas Tin Shake Appeal for Harpenden Community First Responders £1,412.07 Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme (GASDS) for Xmas Tin Shake (above £353.02 Poppy Appeal £3,079.83 Bookshop £11,343.01 Surplus from Highland Gathering 2024 Gift Aid Received £426.25 HSBC Compensation re Arua Lions Payment £150.00 Friends of Flamstead Scarecrow Festival £105.00 Miscellaneous Donations £91.00 Bank Interest £341.66 Playpark Refund St Albans Lions for Stuart Pearson Crowdfunding Freddie Green - World Challenge SPOTCAM Apppeal St Albans for Refugees Tear Fund - The Lea School Toilet Twinning Markyate Baptist Church for Care4Calais LCI 105A District Youth LCIF Polish Floods LCIF Spanish Floods Brain Tumour Research MD 105A Senior Citizens' Christmas Party The Big Give for Home Start Herts Mercy Ships Hertfordshire Community Meals LCI 105A for Ukranian Stoves Keech Hospice Care Lions Club of Arua Aadhar Charitable Trust MD 105A Youth Fund MD 105A Insurance Bank Charges WIX Website Hosting Subscription Information Commissioner Emmaus - Diesel (Xmas Tree Collection) Small Lotteries Registration Lions Lanyards (for card machines) Peace Poster Kit Totals £21,956.03 |
Transfer In |
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| £21,956.03 |
Harpenden Lions Club CIO Accounts 2024-2025
Highland Gathering Opening Balance £5,094.22
Highland Gathering 2024
| Highland Gathering 2024 | Highland Gathering 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Income Highland Gathering Income 2024 £17,723.84 Highland Gathering Costs 2024 Young Lives vs Cancer 795 Squadron Harpenden ATC 10(F) Luton Air Training Corps Cockernhoe PTA Emmaus Harpenden & Wheathampstead District Scout Council Harpenden ACF 10th Harpenden Scouts Life Skills General Unrestricted Funds Totals £17,723.84 Highland Gathering 2025 Highland Gathering Income to date £13,605.89 Highland Gathering Costs to date Totals £13,605.89 |
Expenditure £10,215.23 |
Transfers Out Grants £5,000.00 £350.00 £350.00 £150.00 £175.00 £150.00 £125.00 £200.00 £2,000.00 £4,102.83 £6,102.83 £6,500.00 -£5,094.22 £0.00 £5,942.46 Closing Balance £5,942.46 |
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| £10,215.23 £7,663.43 £7,663.43 |
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| £13,605.89 |
Harpenden Club CIO Accounts 2024-2025
| Life Skills | Income £100.00 |
Transfer In £2,000.00 |
Opening Balance £11,451.81 Expenditure Grants £1,000.00 £500.00 £457.50 £490.77 £600.00 £500.14 £497.47 £473.87 £1,126.00 £0.00 £5,645.75 -£3,545.75 Closing Balance £7,906.06 |
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| Highland Gathering 2024 Donation Roundwood Park School Manland Primary School Grove Infants & Nursery School St Luke's School Grove Junior School Wood End Primary School Beech Hyde Primary School Harpenden Academy Sauncey Wood Primary School Totals |
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| £100.00 | £2,000.00 |
Harpenden Lions Club CIO Accounts 2024-2025
| Mohan Cashyap Fund Raisi Aadhar Charitable Trust Totals |
Mohan Cashyap Fund Raisi Aadhar Charitable Trust Totals |
Opening Balance £1,622.22 Income Grants £0.00 £1,622.22 £0.00 £1,622.22 £1,622.22 Closing Balance £0.00 |
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| Aadhar Charitable Trust Totals |
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| Harpenden Lions | Club CIO Accounts 2024-2025 | Club CIO Accounts 2024-2025 | Club CIO Accounts 2024-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Members Area | Opening Balance | £1,011.03 | |
| Income | Expenditure | ||
| Members Subscriptions | £2,295.00 | ||
| District, MD and International Dues | £2,181.55 | ||
| Rafes | £502.70 | ||
| President's Party June 2024 | £48.00 | £155.66 | |
| President's Party January 2025 | £580.00 | £431.40 | |
| Poppy Appeal Wreath | £75.00 | ||
| Stephanie Reynard Guest Speaker Hospitality | £24.00 | ||
| President's Expenses | £35.00 | ||
| Paul Nield Memorial Celebration | £20.00 | ||
| President's Tankard and Engraving | £58.90 | ||
| President's Gold Bar and Engraving | £31.95 | ||
| Miscellaneous Engraving | £67.50 | ||
| Totals | £3,425.70 | £3,080.96 | £344.74 |
| Closing Balance | £1,355.77 |
Harpenden Llons Club CIO Income & Expenditure Statements th In respect of the Accounting Period 1" July 2024-30 June 2025 Independent Examiner's Reportto the Trustees & Members of the Harpenden Lions Club I have examined the books and records of the Club for the financial year th ending 30 June 2025 and confirm that adequate records have been kept. The Club, in common with many others of similar size and organisation, derives much ot its income from Fundraising Activities and Donations which cannot be controlled until they are entered in the accounting records and are not. therefore, susceptible to independent audit and verification. Subject to the foregoing, in my opinion the financial statements attached give a fair view of the state of the Club's affairs and of the receipts and payments tor the year then ended. Mr D Price MrAGoddon Independent Examlner Treasurer 2024-2025 26 September 2025 26 Seplember 2025