Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 0
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL MD 105 APPEAL FUND 

To further the relief of poverty distress and sicknes. No defined area of benefit.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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
30/06/23£562£559£3£0£18£180.40950
30/06/22£757£794£-37£0£19£0009,950
30/06/21£340£292£48n/an/an/an/an/a10,000
30/06/20£314£320£-6n/an/an/an/an/a12,000
30/06/19£324£324£0n/an/an/an/an/a11,363
30/06/18£234£235£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/17£211£211£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£140£142£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£350£351£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£223£249£-26£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£120£306£-186£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12£172£239£-67£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11£446£454£-9£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£987£866£121£1£305£0n/a00
30/06/09£236£116£120£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08£114£69£45£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07£66£66£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/06£255£254£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£803£804£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£94£109£-14£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 31%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 3.3
Asset Split ?
Established: 42 years

www.lionsclubs.org

lcimd105.appealfund@gmail.com

01252 684261

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • 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 Organisations
Where it operates
  • Cumbria, Kensington And Chelsea, Southwark, United States,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 950 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/01/1982, number: 283799
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

1 Silverdale
Fleet
Hampshire
GU52 7TT

Objectives

TO FURTHER THE RELIEF OF POVERTY DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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