Trustees' Annual Report for the period
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Period start date Period end date 01 July 2024 30 June 2025 To
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name
Banbridge Lions Club
Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) NIC108661
Charity's principal address 33 Villa Wood Road, Ashfield,
Dromore, Co Down, Northern Ireland. Postcode BT25 1LG
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for entire **year ** |
Date Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Aidan McElroy | Treasurer | 25 July, 2022 | ||
| Mrs. Marie Wilson | Secretary | 25 July, 2022 | ||
| Mr. Orrin Harvey | Past President | 25 July, 2022 |
Section B Structure, governance, and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document
Lions Club Constitution
(eg. trust deed, constitution)
Banbridge Lions Club was established in 1965 and was awarded Northern How the charity is constituted Ireland Charity Status on 25 July 2022 under Charity number NIC108661. (eg. trust, association, company) The Lions Club is governed by its constitution.
[The Trustees are pleased to present their report and financial statements ] for the year ended 30 June 2025. The financial statements have been prepared on a “Receipts and Payments” basis and the Trustees have had regard to the NI Charity Commission’s Public Benefit Guidance.
Additional governance (Optional information)
The Independent Examiner is Mr. Declan O’Malley.
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Section C Objectives and activities
| Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit) |
The aim of this charity is. The prevention or relief of poverty. The advancement of citizenship or community development. The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship, or other disadvantage. |
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| The Trustees of Charity NIC108661, Banbridge Lions Club have had regard to the NI Charity Commission’s Public Benefit Guidance. The Trustees are pleased to support another successful year for Banbridge Lions Club. The club distributed £2,682 to five charities. There is an emphasis on smaller local charities who regularly turn to the club in times of need. The charities funded by the club all use their funds consistent with the aims of Banbridge Lions Club. Reading Glasses are donated to us through various community collection points and are refurbished and reused in third-world countries for a second life. Our annual Christmas food collection is well known to the people of Banbridge, Dromore and surrounding areas. The collection in December 2024 demonstrated the generosity of our local community by providing enough food to fill 110 hampers and provide the surplus to several food banks. The club raised a total of £7,197 excluding membership dues, in the year to 30 June 2025 and donated £2,682 to charities leaving a closing bank balance of £6,782. The club has a policy of distributing funds as needed by the local charities but at the same time keeping a small reserve for any emergency requests made to Banbridge Lions Club. The club currently has seventeen members who meet monthly to agree the activities of the club. The club is well known and supported by the local community. |
Section D Achievements and performance
The club raised a total of £7,197 excluding membership dues, in the year to 30 June 2025 and donated £2,682 to charities leaving a closing bank balance of £6,782. These accounts are prepared on a cash basis in the form of a Receipts & Payment Account to 30 June 2025. It should be noted that of the closing cash balance of £6,782 a payment was made of £4,313 to Air Ambulance NI on 13 August 2025.
The club has a policy of distributing funds as needed by the local charities but at the same time keeping a small reserve for any emergency requests made to Banbridge Lions Club.
Our annual Christmas food collection is well known to the people of Banbridge, Dromore and surrounding areas. The collection in December 2024 demonstrated the generosity of our local community by providing enough food to fill 110 hampers and provide the surplus to several food banks.
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Section E Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
| Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date |
Aidan McElroy |
Chairperson of Trustees |
|---|---|---|
| Aidan McElroy | F.C.A 012447 | |
Treasurer |
Chartered Accountant | |
| 30 April, 2026 | ||
| 30 April, 2026 |
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