Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

KNOWLE AND DORRIDGE LIONS CLUB CHARITY TRUST FUND 

Part of Lions Clubs International the club holds events during the year to support Partner Charities, for youth support, Lions and other local charities and causes. We obtain sponsorship for each event to ensure that all the money that is raised by participants in the events goes to charities in one way or another. Our main event is the Knowle Fun Run which raised nearly GBP27,000 in 2019.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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
  • Income has been volatile recently

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£37£35£3n/an/an/an/an/a120
30/06/21£6£10£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/20£29£31£-2n/an/an/an/an/a35
30/06/19*£62£64£-3n/an/an/an/an/a120
30/06/18£62£53£9£0£0£0n/a095
30/06/17£73£69£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£64£66£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£75£76£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£73£76£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£76£80£-4£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12£75£69£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11£68£68£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£69£66£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09£70£67£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08£93£84£9£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07£73£57£15£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/06£56£53£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£46£49£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£53£45£8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 41 years
Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Community services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Solihull,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 120 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/09/1983, number: 509993
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR19: 43 days late,
Main office

17 HALLCROFT WAY
KNOWLE
SOLIHULL
B93 9ET

Objectives

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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