Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 6
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -7 ?

MACCLESFIELD AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB CHARITY TRUST FUND 

General Charitable PurposesMedical/Health/SicknessDisabilityRelief of PovertyOverseas aid/Famine relief/Disaster reliefHelp Children/Young people, elderly, disabled and groups by making grants.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received Government grants

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
  • The Board is completely 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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*£18£16£1n/an/an/an/an/a13
30/06/21£9£10£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/20£5£8£-3n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/19£8£9£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/18£15£15£0£0£0£0n/a021
30/06/17£12£11£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£15£17£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£18£21£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£20£17£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£16£13£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12£16£15£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11£26£29£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£19£20£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09£21£20£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08£18£17£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07£15£17£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/06£22£20£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£17£17£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£21£22£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 37 years

e-clubhouse.org/sites/macclesfielduk/

arthur.clenton@gmail.com

01625829438

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UN SDGs
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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
Where it operates
  • Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Isle Of Anglesey, Shropshire, Staffordshire, 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
  • 13 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/03/1987, number: 518400
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Investment
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 51 days late,
Main office

CHARLECOTE
15 ELM RISE
PRESTBURY
MACCLESFIELD
SK10 4US

Objectives

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN AND WITHIN THE AREA FROM TIME TO TIME COMPRISING THE TERRITORIAL AREA OF THE CLUB THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE REPUBLIC OF EIRE OR ELSEWHERE AND/OR TO OR 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 AND IN SUCH SHARES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE CLUB SHALL IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE AND SELECT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

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Data Sources

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