LIONS CLUB OF FLEET (CIO)

Registered charity 1177181 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FLEET LIONS

We operate within our local community and undertake fundraising events in order that we may financially assist local charities and good causes. Some of our larger events include "Beerfest" in August, Town Firework Display in November and a touring Santa Sleigh in December.

Objects

CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN THE TERRITORIAL AREA OF THE CLUB AND ELSEWHERE FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHARITABLE BODIES, TRUSTS, ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS OR ORGANISATIONS ESTABLISHED OR ABOUT TO BE ESTABLISHED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS AFORESAID.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hart, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operates entirely on volunteer labor with no paid employees, resulting in a net outgoing of resources for the year. The trustees report that no reserves are required beyond a working balance, as all funds raised are ready for immediate donation or use in charitable projects. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2025 (received 01/05/2026, 1 day after the 30/04/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Fleet Lions (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Hart Shopping Centre — “Our thanks to our main website sponsors: HART SHOPPING CENTRE Fleet's premier shopping centre www.hartshopping.co.uk” (source page)
• Labram Holmes — “And particularly to Labram Holmes and R.J. Ford and Sons who were our main sponsors.” (source page)
• R.J. Ford and Sons — “And particularly to Labram Holmes and R.J. Ford and Sons who were our main sponsors.” (source page)
• Graham Fulford Trust — “Fleet Lions, working with the Graham Fulford Trust are offering Fleet men aged 40 to 70 a simple finger prick test that can be done at home.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Bernard Collenchair
• Andrew John Rennison
• Denise Barnes
• Grahame John Pullen
• James Storey · trustee of 1 other charity
• LISA JANE RUST

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DARTFORD LIONS CLUB (CIO).

• DARTFORD LIONS CLUB (CIO) income £64k
• SWINDON LIONS CLUB (CIO) income £51k
• CHIPPENHAM LIONS CLUB (CIO) income £62k
• LIONS CLUB OF MAIDENHEAD CIO income £105k
• KNUTSFORD AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CIO) income £26k
• SOUTHWELL AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CIO) income £32k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.