Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 0

Accounts overdue -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Mainly male board: -1

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -7

BLACKBURN LIONS CLUB CHARITY TRUST FUND

Charitable Fund Raising

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Latest accounts are overdue for filing

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/06/22		£29	£22	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/06/21		£0	£4	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/06/20		£14	£14	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/06/19		£21	£4	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
30/06/18		£22	£12	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	10
30/06/17		£22	£20	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/16	*	£28	£7	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/15		£33	£38	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/14		£21	£17	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/13		£29	£27	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/12		£33	£31	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/11		£37	£40	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/10		£30	£29	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/09		£12	£14	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/08		£16	£2	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/07		£18	£20	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/06		£16	£16	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/05		£21	£24	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/04		£28	£50	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 31 years

www.blackburnlions.org

01254248641

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Lancashire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Gender Split

BHARAT PARMER Appointed: 2016

DINESH MATHUR

JOHN EDWARD SAVAGE

JANICE CALDER Appointed: 2019

MICHAEL EARREY Appointed: 2018

RICHARD ANSTEY (Chair) Appointed: 2014

MR BILL FERGUSON, Other trusteeship: BLACKBURN AND DISTRICT BLIND SOCIETY,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/07/1993, number: 1024095

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Risk management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR16: 25 days late,

Main office

16 WARRENSIDE CLOSE
BLACKBURN
BB1 9PF

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH ONE OR MORE CHARITABLE BODIES, TRUSTS, ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS OR ORGANISATIONS ESTABLISHED OR ABOUT TO BE ESTABLISHED FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS AFORESAID AS THE CLUB SHALL IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE OR SELECT

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED (IN PRACTICE LANCASHIRE)

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