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## Trustees' Annual Report for the period 2024 Period start date 

2025 

## Section A Reference and administration details 

## Charity name | Newcastle Lions Club 

Other names charity is known b Registered charity number (if an NI109945 Charity's principal address | 14 Castle Hill 

## BT33 ONF 

|_| Names of the charity trustees who manage the chari [raster name [Otic fanny | Bates acta if notfor entre year [Date Apponind | 2 [VirginiaFrank McGreeHughes [Treasurer[Secretary|| Cdi **2** 41 **-03-2024** John McDonagh [President|C«d 21-03-2024 Section B Structure, governance, and management Description of the charity’s trusts Type of governing document Lions Club Constitution eg. trust deed, constitution How the charity is constituted Newcastle Lions Club was established in 1985 and was (eg. trust, association, company) | awarded Northern Ireland Charity Status on 21 March 2024 under Charity number NIC109945. 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: Don Corrigan 

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## Section C 

## Objectives and activities 

||||The aim ofthis charity is. The prevention or relief of|
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||Summary ofthe objects ofthe||poverty. The advancement of citizenship or community|
||charity setout in itsgoverning|||| development. The relief ofthose in need by reason of|
||document||youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship, or|
||||other disadvantage.|
|||||The Trustees of Charity NIC109945, Newcastle Lions Club|
||||have had regard to the NI Charity Commission’s Public|
||||Benefit Guidance.|
|||||The Trustees are pleased to support another successful|
|||||year for Newcastle Lions Club. The club distributed|
||||£9,424 to eleven charities.|
||||There is an emphasis on smaller local charities who|
|||||regularly turn tothe club in times of need.|
|||Sa<br>ne neues<br>benefit in relationas these<br>objects (includewithinthis||Afewyearsagoweboughtandfitted 10defibrillators in<br>andaround Newcastle.We regularly maintainthemand<br>replacethe used equipment as necessary.|
||<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>||sectionthestatutory<br>declaration thattrustees have<br>.<br>had regardtotheguidance<br>issued bythe Charity||Reading Glasses aredonated to usthrough various<br>,<br>:<br>;<br>.<br>community collection points and are refurbished and<br>reused in third-world countries fora second life<br>,|
||<br>||Commission on public benefit)||The club raised a total of£8,868, excluding membership<br>dues, in the year to 30 June 2025 and donated £9,424 to|
|||||charities leaving a closing bank balance of £3,205.|
||||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 Newcastle|
||||Lions Club. The club currently has eighteen members|
||||who meet monthly to agree the activities ofthe club. The|
||||Club is well known and supported by the local|
||||community.|



## Section D 

## Achievements and performance 

| The club raised a total of £8,868, excluding membership dues, in the year to 30 June 2024 and | donated £9,424 to charities leaving a closing bank balance of £3,205. 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 Newcastle Lions Club. We have maintained the 10 | defibrillators so that they are ready for use by the public. During the year we collected over | 12,000 pairs of spectacles for distribution to poorer people in various parts of the world. 

Section E Declaration 

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

## Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees 


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