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## **Golden Lion Children’s Trust**
## **Trustees’ Report 1[st] April 2023 – 31[st] March 2024**
PO Box 400, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 4RZ.
The Golden Lion Children’s Trust remains an unincorporated charity, as set up under the Trust Deeds, in accordance with the Golden Lion Children’s Trust Constitution and policies, which are reviewed and updated annually.
The founders of the GLCT in 1973 believed businesses and organisations could help children with special needs in so many ways. This belief is continued by the Trust today, in the belief that the most important asset the charity has is its reputation.
In spite of the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic during April 2021 – March 2022, the GLCT has survived but in common with so many other charities and organisations has not found the past 12 months easy. In spite of continued efforts by the Trustees and willingness to help on the part of many individuals and Friends of the Golden Lion Children’s Trust together with support in various ways from business partners, there has been a noticeable challenge in fund-raising events and favourable outcomes when applying for grants and awards, and even face-to-face fund-raising. This disappointment has been shared with other charities and regardless of their size all seem to be experiencing the same difficulties.
The past twelve months have been both challenging and in some ways disappointing for GLCT but the charity continues to support children with special needs and disadvantaged young people throughout Sussex, and during the past 12 months has managed to arrange 30 projects and for them, with 10 fund-raising events. Schools report that co-vid cases continue to be problematic both impacting pupils and staff. Throughout the year arrangements have had to be cancelled at relatively short notice and this has really impacted on charities, GLCT included.
## **Business Partners and Supporting Organisations; Projects & Events**
GLCT continued to enjoy membership of **Gatwick Diamond Business** (GDB) networking organisation. Face to face meetings once again became the norm and the support and encouragement of fellow members very helpful. Sharing information is invaluable – for example re grant offers; knowledge of suppliers for equipment required by schools; encouragement between all charities coping with similar post co-vid difficulties, etc.
**CAE** generously agreed to GLCT using a meeting room in their Gatwick offices each month.
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Other businesses offering support or helpful advice include **Easistore, Crawley** ; **ExTech** ; **Gatwick Manor Hotel; Ice Media** . Disappointingly GLCT received news that years of using storage units at Deers Leap, Saint Hill had to end but our links with the two companies ( **Southern Sheeting Supplies** and **SEFab, Saint Hill** ) remain, and **StriveAV** generously offered storage facilities at their new warehouse in E.Grinstead.
Invitations to **BBBC (Big Business Breakfast Club)** in Brighton gave GLCT opportunities to network with several companies who have subsequently offered support.
Hybrid working continued in many companies but thankfully most links with the Golden Lion Children’s Trust remained although experienced contacts may no longer be available.
Maintained contacts enabling GLCT groups to enjoy visits include:
**PricewaterhouseCoopers** with their annual pantomime at Peacock Theatre, Holborn; **Hawth Theatre** welcomed a group of GLCT families to ‘Sleeping Beauty’ (thanks to money
raised by Copthorne Village Golf Club);
**Cineworld Crawley** - an exclusive ‘relaxed’ screening of ‘Trolls Band Again’ ;
**Glyndebourne Opera House** included GLCT once again in their ‘Performance for Schools’ project – with pupils from 3 SEN schools enjoyed ‘L’elisir d’amore’- a full scale production, which so often is the first opportunity SEN children have to enjoy live theatre - drama, music, etc.
**Bluebell Railway ‘Santa Special’** - children from 8 SEN schools plus children from Peanut Ward, Queen Victoria Hospital, E. Grinstead
**Drusilla’s Zoo, Alfriston** ;
## **Herstmonceux Observatory Science Centre**
**Hollywood Bowl, Crawley** – visit for SEN children with severe mobility issues **South of England Society –** over 100 young teenagers from 4 SEN schools enjoyed South of England Summer Show.
**Merlin’s Magic Wand** (the charity arm of Merlin Entertainment) included GLCT as a Preferred Partner once again – and school groups enjoyed visits to **MMW SeaLife, Brighton;**
Fund raising was helped by former **British Caledonian** staff continuing links with GLCT, arranging fund-raising opportunities including flights in G-CHIP (the Piper Cherokee housed at Shoreham Airport and bearing GLCT logo!)
**Bikers Toy Run** took place in December; **Tilgate Forest Golf Club** Captain’s Day invited GLCT as their Chosen Charity for the 12[th] year;
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**RSA MoreThan (Horsham)** staff continued to liaise and help in their own time as well as donating many toys for a Christmas project; **West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service** invited GLCT to run a stall at 4 station Open Days (chance to
The annual GLCT project to deliver sacks of presents to children of families in crisis took place this year supporting fewer children. Collaborating with **Greenaway Foundation** helped with information about children needing support and toys; **MORE Radio** generously included GLCT in their Annual Toy Collection; which in turn resulted in **County Mall, Crawley** inviting GLCT to run a stall over the Black Friday weekend at the end of November.
However instead of donating toys, etc for so many children as in previous years, GLCT opted to address the ‘Clothing Poverty’ issue. This problem had been commented on for some months by so many schools and agencies together with reported increase in other charities doing similar projects delivering toys, etc in the same areas.
By working with local branches of 2 national retailers GLCT arranged vouchers for each child named by school SENCOs (Special Needs Co-Ordinators), domestic abuse team workers and other agencies. Families chose either a clothing or footwear voucher; had at least a month to shop, and if transport was an issue a national bus company generously donated bus tickets to GLCT – although these were not widely distributed as the Government introduced a reduced bus fare system during that December! The project was felt to be a great success as 407 local children were eventually supported with a voucher each for items they felt were needed.
This project was made possible through generous grants and donations from Gatwick Airport Community Trust and Sussex Community Foundation. Feedback from the families and the delivery teams was passed on to grant-makers, as this is always of interest to them.
A generous grant from the Light Fund enabled GLCT to arrange a day at **Bowles Activity Centre,** near Groombridge for young teenagers from two local SEN schools. Each activity was instructor -led and mostly involved experiences the pupils had not tried before.
Returning to near-normal following the co-vid pandemic thanks to a strong team of Trustees, Friends of GLCT and business connections, the Golden Lion Children’s Trust has remained positive during April ‘23– March ’24. By continuing this way during the next 12 months it will enable more annual favourites and new projects to be arranged for the benefit of children with special needs and disadvantaged young people we are privileged to support.
Lynda Guy
November 2024
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES |
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the
trusteeslmembers of
Golden Lion Children's Trust
On accounts for the year
ended
2023124
Charity no
(if any)
272993
Set out on pages
I report to the trust&s on my examination of the accounts of the above
charty (Yhe Trust") for the year ended
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordance wtth the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 (llhe Acr).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011Aci and in carrying out my exarnination, I have
followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under
section 145(5){b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have
ome to my attention (other than that disclosed below") in connection with
the examin*ion which 9Nes me cause to believe that in. any material
respect".
accounting records were not kept in accordan with section 130 of
theActor
the accounts do not accord wtth ts accounting records
Independent
examiner's ststement
I have no conM$ and have come a(xoss no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
. Please ddete the words in the brackets rf they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
2o)I
Name:
Relevant professional
qualification{s) or body
lif any):
Address:
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IER
October 2018
## **GOLDEN LION CHILDREN'S TRUST**
**INCOME and EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT**
**YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
**Charity Number: 272993**
## **GOLDEN LION CHILDREN'S TRUST**
## **INCOME and EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
|**Comparative**
**Appendix**
**Year to**
**31-Mar-23**
**INCOME**
£123.50
Subscriptions
2
£5,761.95
Donations
3
£15,700.00
Grants
3
**£21,585.45**
**FUND RAISING EVENTS**
£695.00
Newick Bonfire
£1,995.49
Motor cycle toy run
£2,439.76
Tilgate Forest Golf Captains Day
£437.89
Crawley Fire Station
£7,831.52
Cuckfield Tree Festival
£2,773.00
BCAL Fund raising
£161.00
BCAL Aviation Fair
£381.77
Worthing Fire Station Open Day
£277.34
Haywards Heath Fire Station Open Day
£0.00
Shoreham Fire Station
£0.00
K2
£0.00
County Mall
£0.00
Cuckfield Market
£0.00
Burgess Hill Fire Station
**£16,992.77**
**£38,578.22**
**TOTAL INCOME**
**EXPENDITURE**
£15,615.47
Projects
**(Note)**
4
£18,723.76
Administration
5
**£34,339.23**
**£4,238.99**
**Surplus /**
**Deficit**
**Note &**
**Project costs are actual and are net of**
**App. 4:**
**Donated costs and Discounts of:**|**Year to**
**31-Mar-24**
£123.50
£11,444.28
£13,000.00|
|---|---|
||**£24,567.78**|
||£0.00
£1,417.73
£3,209.76
£515.25
£0.00
£2,481.89
£2,307.30
£276.26
£0.00
£187.89
£39.32
£864.64
£101.44
£198.25|
||**£11,599.73**|
|||
||**£36,167.51**|
||£21,652.10
£19,807.55|
||**£41,459.65**|
||**£5,292.14**|
||**£4,462.54**|
**GOLDEN LION CHILDREN'S TRUST**
## **Appendix 1**
## **BANK ACCOUNTS -**
||**Subs**||**Current**|**Savings**|**TOTAL**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Account**||**Account**|**Account**||
|**31-Mar-23 Bal. b/fwd**|£1,921.50||£30,648.92|£10,457.14|£42,954.67|
|**Paid in****|£123.50||£35,605.69|£15,000.00|£50,605.69|
|**Paid out**|£0.00||£41,584.05|£0.00|£41,584.05|
|**31-Mar-24 Bal. c/fwd**|£2,045.00||£9,670.56|£25,457.14|£35,127.70|
|**Decrease in Funds between**||**1 April 2023 & 31 March 2024**|||**£7,826.97**|
## **Notes**
## **Total amounts paid in and paid out do not reconcile with total income and expenditure due to the following:**
Amounts paid in and paid out include transfers between
current and deposit (United Trust & CAF) accounts which are excluded
from income and expenditure calculations + repayment of cash withdrawn for projects & repayment of rates Plus interest payable on savings account
**GOLDEN LION CHILDREN'S TRUST**
**Appendix 2**
## **SUBSCRIPTIONS -**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **Amount**
|||
|---|---|
|**Name**|**Amount**|
|Carr DE & JV|£5.00|
|D C Ayling|£10.00|
|DC Wise|£5.00|
|LJ Orford|£10.00|
|Thomas RS|£25.00|
|Stooks|£8.50|
|Parsons|£5.00|
|James S Phillip|£15.00|
|Hutt KG & AD|£5.00|
|Moseley W E|£10.00|
|Clark S & L|£10.00|
|lavender AE|£5.00|
|SR & JHE Pickstock|£10.00|
|**TOTAL**|**£123.50**|
## **GOLDEN LION CHILDREN'S TRUST**
## **Appendix 3**
**Income YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
|**Name**||**Amount**|
|---|---|---|
|**Donations**|||
|Copthorne Golf Club|£|4,053.22
|
|Strive AV|£|1,000.00
|
|Just Giving.com|£|1,742.75
|
|Merlin Magic Wand|£|200.00
|
|Proper Junk|£|900.00
|
|GDB|£|220.00
|
|KBM Building|£|500.00
|
|Southern Sheeting|£|308.90
|
|Everyone Active|£|125.00
|
|GAM Ltd|£|500.00
|
|Business Essentials|£|492.00
|
|The Noble Charity|£|100.00
|
|Amazon|£|19.87
|
|RSA|£|100.00
|
|Derek Bonfield|£|600.00
|
|CAF Donation|£|500.00
|
|Misc donations|£|82.54
|
|**Total**|**£**|**11,444.28**
|
|**Grants**||
|---|---|
|Gatwick Airport Community Grant|£2,000.00 **|
|Sussex Community Foundation|£11,000.00 **|
|**TOTAL**|**£13,000.00**|
|**GRAND TOTAL**|**£24,444.28**|
** These are restricted funds and must be used inline with the way the donor specified
|**GOLDEN LION**|**CHILDREN'S TRUST**|**Appendix 4**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**PROJECTS**||**YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**|||||
|||||||**Donated &**|
|**Date**|**School Party/Group**|**Event**
**Cost**||**Project **|**Number**|**Discounted**|
|||||**Number **|**Attending**|**Costs**|
|24.05.23|Manor Green College & Woodlands Meed College|Observatory Science Centre, Herstmonceux||001/23|99|£39.00|
|09.06.23|Various schools and families|S of England Show||002/23|133|£646.00|
|13.06.23|Manor Green Primary School|MMW SeaLife Brighton||003/23|55|£210.00|
|23.06.23|New Barn School|Al Shira’aa Hickstead Derby Mtg||004/23|12|£300.00|
|24.06.23|Various schools and families|Al Shira’aa Hickstead Derby Mtg||005/23|18|£300.00|
|25.06.23|GLCT vounteers|BCal Reunion BBQ, Slinfold||006/23|4|£0.00|
|27.06.23|Ingfield Manor School & Desmond Andersen SSC Unit|Drusillas||007/23|75|£486.00|
|29.06.23|Manor Green Primary School|MMW SeaLife Brighton||008/23|34|£174.00|
|03.07.23|Brantridge School & New Barn School|Bowles Rocks Acitivity Centre||009/23|31|£924.00|
|06.07.23|Various schools|Drusillas||010/23|31|£202.50|
|14.07.23|Manor Green Primary School|Hollywood Bowl||011/23|14|£37.44|
|22.07.23|GLCT vounteers|Worthing Fire Station Open Day||012/23|9|£0.00|
|27.07.23|Various schools|Longines Meeting, Hickstead||013/23|19|£500.00|
|29.07.23|Various schools|Longines Meeting, Hickstead||014/23|12|£500.00|
|29.07.23|GLCT vounteers|Crawley Fire Station||015/23|7|£0.00|
|12.08.23|GLCT vounteers|Tilgate Forest Golf Club Capt's Day||016/23|4|£0.00|
|13.08.23|New Barn School|Drusillas||017/23|4|£113.60|
|26.08.23|GLCT vounteers|Shoreham Fire Station Open Day||018/23|7|£0.00|
|30.08.23|GLCT vounteers|Burgess Hill Fire Station Open Day||019/23|5|£0.00|
|21.09.23|GLCT vounteers|K2 Business Expo||020/23|5|£0.00|
|11.10.23|Grove Park Secondary & New Barn School|Observatory Science Centre, Herstmonceux||021/23|36|£30.00|
|11.11.23|GLCT vounteers|Cuckfield Christmas Market||022/23|5|£0.00|
|14.11.23|Grove Park College & Woodlands Meed College|‘L’elisir d’amore’ Glyndebourne||023/23|27|£0.00|
|24.11.23|GLCT vounteers|GLCT stall County Mall, Crawley||024/23|9|£0.00|
|25.11.23|GLCT vounteers|GLCT stall County Mall, Crawley||025/23|8|£0.00|
|26.11.23|GLCT vounteers|GLCT stall County Mall, Crawley||026/23|8|£0.00|
|01.12.23|Various schools and families|Bluebell Railway, Santa Special||027/23|142|£0.00|
|03.12.23|GLCT volunteers & attendees|Motor Cycle Toy Run||028/23|166|£750.00|
|08 - 10.12.23|GLCT volunteers|Cuckfield Christmas Tree Festival||029/23|12|£0.00|
|01 - 31.12.23|GLCT volunteers & various children|GLCT Winter Warmer Project||030/23|410|£0.00|
|13.12.23|Grove Park 6th Form|‘Snow White & 7 Dwarfs’, Eastbourne||031/23|27|£77.00|
|14.12.23|Manor Green Primary School|‘Trolls Band Again’ Cineworld, Crawley||032/23|106|£328.50|
|16.12.23|GLCT vounteers|GLCT Christmas 2023 Special Deliveries||033/23|184|£0.00|
|30.12.23|Various families|Sleeping Beauty' Hawth||034/23|37|£225.00|
|26.01.24|Various families|‘Beauty & Beast’ PwC Panto, Peacock Theatre||035/23|47|£1,680.00|
|13.03.24||Jim Green Challenge||036/23|23|£0.00|
|25.03.24|GLCT vounteers|GLCT Easter stall @ K2||037/23|2|£0.00|
|26.03.24|GLCT vounteers|GLCT Easter stall @ K2||038/23|2|£0.00|
|27.03.23|GLCT vounteers|GLCT Easter stall @ K2||039/23|2|£0.00|
|28.03.24|Oaks Primary School|Donating Easter Eggs||040/23|3|£100.00|
|||**TOTAL**|**£0.00**||**573**|**£4,462.54**|
**GOLDEN LION CHILDREN'S TRUST**
**Appendix 5**
## **ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **Comparison Year to**
## **31-Mar-23**
|462.00
£
GDB
13,850.00
£
Planning & Support
287.29
£
Chairman's General Expenses
-
£
Misc Committee & Project Expenses (not elsewhere specified)
1,042.36
£
Insurance
216.00
£
Just Giving
-
£
Lottery Registration
1,255.60
£
Storage
-
£
Postage
280.00
£
Secretarial
432.62
£
Stationery and equipment
854.69
£
Telephone
-
£
Web Site Expenses & Hosting etc
43.20
£
IT
**18,723.76**
**£**
**TOTAL**|480.00
£
15,000.00
£
844.53
£
3,242.67
£
699.89
£
216.00
£
20.00
£
726.99
£
-
£
360.00
£
520.77
£
939.37
£
-
£
-
£|
|---|---|
||**23,050.22**
**£**|