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

**From           Period start date   To 02.10.2024            Period end date 30.06.2025 Charity name: Sutton Coldfield and Erdington Lions Club (CIO)** 

## **Charity registration number: 1210294** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**Community activity**<br>**Environmental issues**<br>**Service time to external organisations**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>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|**The main activities of the charity are:-**<br>**Support for local groups i.e Dementia**<br>**Friendly carers groups. Elderly Support**<br>**Groups**<br>**Message in a bottle**<br>**Local Scout Groups**<br>**Recycling of spectacles and bras**|
|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|**Yes they have**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **na** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **na** Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 



## **Achievements and Performance** 

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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|**Community**<br>**Distribution of Message in a bottle to**<br>**individuals and Dementia Groups, Carers**<br>**Groups. This increases the confidence of**<br>**vulnerable residents and their families**<br>**that should emergency services be called**<br>**the identification and medical records are**<br>**to hand. A secondary benefit to the**<br>**locality is that by our charity’s**<br>**involvement we have helped achieve**<br>**Dementia Friendly Status in conjunction**<br>**with a local nursing home.**<br>**During the Christmas season the charity**<br>**undertakes street sleigh runs and Santa**<br>**visits to schools, Christmas fetes etc.**<br>**Two scout groups have benefitted from**<br>**this**<br>**Environmentally we collect and recycle**<br>**unwanted spectacles via Sight Savers.**<br>**Usable items are distributed abroad as**<br>**required. Unusable items are used to**<br>**generate electricity and not sent to**<br>**landfill**<br>**Bras are collected on behalf of breast**<br>**cancer Uk for distribution in this country**<br>**and abroad**<br>**The club provides support to the local 7**<br>**Pools 10K run in Sutton Park.  This is in**<br>**the form of funds for participants running**<br>**numbers, planning and marshalling at the**<br>**event. Funds raised are donated to KIDS**<br>**children’s charity.**<br>**We give time to support local charities as**<br>**required.  This includes The Hub in the**<br>**local area.  The Hub administers regular**<br>**meetings for all community organisations**<br>**to the benefit of communication and**<br>**matching needs in the area particularly**<br>**food banks.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
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|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **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|**The charity is able to continue the work**<br>**and support undertaken at the end of the**<br>**period.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Holding a reserve fund enables the**<br>**charity to respond as demand arises.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£1000**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**A zero reserve would only be held as a**<br>**result of an emergency situation**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**None**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**No foreseen uncertainties.**|
|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Principal funds are raised during**<br>**Christmas activities.**<br>**.**|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|**na**|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**None foreseen**|
|Other|||





## **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|**Charity Commission Scheme**|
|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|**Items regarding selection of Trustees are**<br>**covered under the International**<br>**Association of Lions Clubs Constitution**|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Sutton Coldfield and Erdington Lions Club (CIO)|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1210294|
|Charity’s principal address|18 St Bernards Road<br>Sutton Coldfield<br>West Midlands<br>B72 1LE|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||Judith  Rosalinda<br>Williams|President|||
||David Owen<br>Williams|Secretary|||
||Martin Edward<br>Cook|Treasure|||
||David Charles<br>Blakeman|Past President|||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

> **Director name** none 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year **||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets none held in this capacity Name and objects of the none charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for none safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **none** 

## **Other optional information** 

## **none** 



## **Declarations** 

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

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

**Signature(s)** J.R.Williams **Full name(s)** Judith Rosalinda Williams **Position (eg Secretary,** President **Chair, etc) Date** 



||**Charity Name**<br>**Sutton Colfield and Erdington Lions Club(CIO)**|**Charity Name**<br>**Sutton Colfield and Erdington Lions Club(CIO)**|**Charity Name**<br>**Sutton Colfield and Erdington Lions Club(CIO)**|**No (if any)**<br>**1210294**|**No (if any)**<br>**1210294**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**<br>**from**|Period start date<br>02.10.24|**To**|Period end date<br>03.06 25|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||
|**A1 Receipts**<br>cf<br>**2,413**<br>03.07.24<br>**20**<br>16.12.24<br>**20**<br>17.12.24<br>**10**<br>18.12.24<br>**30**<br>19.12.24<br>**6**<br>28.01.25<br>**2,241**<br>**-**<br>**4,740**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**_Total receipts_                    4,740**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**_Sub total_**_(Gross income_<br>_for AR)_<br>**A2 Asset and**<br>**investment sales, (see**<br>**table).**||**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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|**A3 Payments**||
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|17.07.24|**180**|
|20.11.24|**120**|
|02.12.24|**200**|
|05.12.24|**157**|
|28.01.25|**70**|
|13.02.25|**550**|
|13.02.25|**150**|
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|**_Sub total_**|**1,427**|



|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||||
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|17.07.24||**180**||**-**|||**-**||||||**-**||
|20.11.24||**120**||**-**|||**-**||||||**-**||
|02.12.24||**200**||**-**|||**-**||||||**-**||
|05.12.24||**157**||**-**|||**-**||||||**-**||
|28.01.25||**70**||**-**|||**-**||||||**-**||
|13.02.25||**550**||**-**|||**-**||||||**-**||
|13.02.25||**150**||**-**|||**-**||||||**-**||
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|**_Sub total_**||**1,427**||**-**|||**-**||||||**-**||
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|**_Sub total_ **||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

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