Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 0

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 3

LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 105SW FOUNDATION (CIO)

The Lions Foundation serves the local community as well as helping people internationally. Their work with people who are elderly, disabled and/or disadvantaged, benefits not only those who are helped, but also the wider community by making communities in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset & Somerset better places to live and work. They also make grants to some national and international appeals.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit
30/06/23	£178,295	£176,639	£1,656
30/06/22	£147,192	£151,909	£-4,717
30/06/21	£37,347	£33,997	£3,350

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.lions105sw.org.uk

lionjudithjohn@gmail.com

07484847304

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Practical support, advice & companionship

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

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

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHRISTOPHER DAVID FORD Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeships: THE FRIENDS OF STRODE THEATRE, STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, GLASTONBURY & STREET LIONS CLUB (CIO),

DAVID ATKINS Appointed: 2023

GLYNN MARTIN HILL Appointed: 2022

JAMES MATHERS (Chair) Appointed: 2021

JUDITH JOHN Appointed: 2022

KEVIN STUART MOORE Appointed: 2022

LESLEY JOY CHUDLEY Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: CREWKERNE LIONS CLUB (CIO),

RICHARD ALLEN Appointed: 2024, Other trusteeship: BUDLEIGH SALTERTON LIONS CLUB (CIO),

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/05/2020, number: 1189573

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

Flat 56 Cheddar Court
Station Road
Cheddar
Somerset
BS27 3DT

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) :ROMOTING WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE;THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS OR DISABILITY AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH INCLUDING THE PREVENTION OF AVOIDABLE BLINDNESS;TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY;PROMOTING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT;THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF PEOPLE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WHO ARE VICTIMS OF WAR OR NATURAL DISASTER, TROUBLE OR CATASTROPHE.

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