Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 4
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

BRIDGNORTH LIONS CLUB TRUST FUND 

OUR PRIME FUNCTION IS TO RAISE FUNDS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND COMMUNITY HELP LOCALLY AND WORLDWIDE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN NEED.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 4 trustees
  • 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
  • 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
30/06/23£61£73£-12n/an/an/an/an/a21
30/06/22£78£56£22n/an/an/an/an/a23
30/06/21£8£9£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/20£30£36£-6n/an/an/an/an/a24
30/06/19£49£44£4n/an/an/an/an/a24
30/06/18£51£42£10£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/17£38£38£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£24£26£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£26£24£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£26£25£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£26£20£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12£28£24£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11£28£24£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£33£28£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09£24£21£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08£27£26£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07£47£54£-7£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/06£70£67£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£81£90£-9£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£80£79£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 38 years

www.bridgnorthlions.org.uk

info@bridgnorthlions.org.uk

0845 833 8552

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 21 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Prostate Cancer Awareness Event for men over the age of fifty.
£10,000 13/09/2017
12
Prostate cancer awareness will be provided to men over the age of 50. This will include distributing informative leaflets and running an event in which they will runs test on people for the disease, ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/07/1986, number: 517786
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

11 The Ridge
Quatford
Bridgnorth
WV15 6QP

Objectives

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND WITHIN THE AREA FROM TIME TO TIME COMPRISING THE TERRITORIAL AREA OF THE CLUB THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND 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 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:

SEE OBJECT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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