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

**From** 17/12/2024 **to** 30/06/2025 

**Charity name:** Coventry Earlsdon Lions Club 

## **Charity registration number:** 1211441 

## **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|Promoting the principles of good<br>government and good citizenship.<br>Taking an active interest in the civic,<br>cultural, social and moral welfare of the<br>community.<br>Encouraging service-minded people to<br>serve their community without personal<br>financial reward.<br>Supporting youth to develop their skills and<br>capabilities, enabling them to participate<br>more in society.<br>Promotion of the voluntary sector and of<br>volunteering for the public benefit, through<br>association with other charities and local<br>authorities.<br>Providing health assistance, humanitarian<br>aid and disaster relief for those in need.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The charity holds regular fundraising<br>events aimed at inviting donations which<br>can then be distributed to individuals,<br>groups of people, or other organisations set<br>up for charitable purposes. These events<br>also encourage the adoption of the<br>principles outlined in the charity’s<br>purposes.|
|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|The Trustees can confirm that they have<br>acted with due regard to the guidance on<br>_public benefit_as issued by the Charity<br>Commission.|





## **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|Through the holding of various fundraising<br>events across the period, the charity has<br>been able to attract donations from various<br>people and organisations.<br>These donations have gone/will go towards<br>helping those who need the charity’s<br>support; be it individuals, groups of people,<br>or other charitable organisations.|



## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|At the end of the financial period, the<br>charity had reserves in excess of £6,000<br>and is in a strong position to carry on with<br>our objectives in the next year. Gift Aid<br>income from HMRC is awaited, which will<br>enhance the financial position further, and<br>enable us to donate further to causes as<br>and when the need arises.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Any reserves held are done so in the short-<br>term, to be used in support of the charity’s<br>objectives over the coming months.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£6,638|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

Description of charity’s trusts: Type of governing document Para 1.25 Constitution dated 14 November 2024. (trust deed, royal charter) How is the charity Para 1.25 constituted? CIO (e.g. unincorporated association, CIO) Trustee selection methods Para 1.25 Trustees are nominated and then including details of any appointed by the Lions Club at a Lions constitutional provisions e.g. Club meeting. New trustees may be election to post or name of appointed by existing trustees or members any person or body entitled at meetings other than the AGM, if the to appoint one or more need so arises. trustees Trustees elected to the posts of club President, Secretary or Treasurer will all hold their posts for a period of one year from 1 July after the AGM at which they were appointed. 



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Coventry Earlsdon Lions Club|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|Earlsdon Lions|
|Registered charity number|1211441|
|Charity’s principal address|368 Cromwell Lane<br>Burton Green<br>Kenilworth<br>Warwickshire<br>CV8 1PL|
|Contact telephone number|07904 474441|



Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity 

|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Office (if any)**|
|---|---|---|
|Anita Suri|14/11/2024 to 30/06/2025||
|Surinder Dhillon MBE|14/11/2024 to 30/06/2025|Chair|
|Tejdeep Singh Badhesha|14/11/2024 to 30/06/2025||
|Tarun Choudhary|14/11/2024 to 30/06/2025||
|Tajinder Singh Suri|14/11/2024 to 30/06/2025||
|Devinder Singh Gill|14/11/2024 to 30/06/2025||



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 

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## **Declarations** 

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

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

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position**<br>**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
||Tarun Choudhary|Devinder Singh Gill|
||Trustee|Trustee|
||19/08/2025||
||19/08/2025||





Coventry Earlsdon Lions Club 

1211441 

**CC16a** 


## **Receipts and payments accounts** 

**For the period** 17/12/2024 **To** 30/06/2025 **from** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**5,151**<br>**11,480**<br>**6,446**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br>**23,077**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**-**<br>**23,077**<br>**3,776**<br>**11,109**<br>**1,520**<br>**34**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**16,439**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br> **- **<br> **- **<br> **- **<br> **- **<br> **- **<br> **- **<br> **- **<br> **- **<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br> **-   **<br> **-   **<br> **-   **<br> **- **<br> **- **<br> **- **<br> **- **<br> **- **<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**5,151**<br>**11,480**<br>**6,446**<br> **- **<br> **- **<br> **- **<br> **- **<br> **- **<br>**23,077**<br>**-**<br> **- **<br>**-**<br>**23,077**<br>**3,776**<br>**11,109**<br>**1,520**<br>**34**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**16,439**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Membership fees|**5,151**||||**-**|
|Donations received|**11,480**||||**-**|
|Income from charity events|**6,446**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**23,077**||||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||
||**-**|||||
||**-**||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||
||||||**-**|
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|Lions district dues|**3,776**|**-**|**-**|**3,776**|**-**|
|Donations made|**11,109**|**-**|**-**|**11,109**|**-**|
|Charity event expenditure|**1,520**|**-**|**-**|**1,520**|**-**|
|Bank charges|**34**|**-**|**-**|**34**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**16,439**|**-**|**-**|**16,439**|**-**|



|**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||
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|**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
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|**_Total payments_**|**16,439**||**-**||**-**||**16,439**||**-**|
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**6,638**||**-**||**-**||**6,638**||**-**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_**|**6,638**||**-**||**-**||**6,638**||**-**|





## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed on behalf of all the trustees by:<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Signature<br>**Details**<br>Lloyds bank accounts<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**6,638**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**6,638**<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|
|---|---|---|
||Signature|Print Name|
|||TarunChoudhary|
|||DevinderSinghGill|



Signed on behalf of all the trustees by: 

