DEVIZES LIONS CLUB (CIO)

Registered charity 1185977 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DEVIZES LIONS, DEVIZES LIONS CLUB, LIONS CLUB OF DEVIZES

General Charitable Activities: We operate in the Devizes area, raising money from the public by organising fund raising events where we collect money in a variety of ways. Most of this income is dispersed to local charities, needy people and good causes, carefully vetted by our Welfare Committee. A small proportion goes to Lions National and International for humanitarian and relief projects.

Objects

SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN ENGLAND AND WALES, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR:THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP BY;PROMOTING THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP;ENCOURAGING MEMBERS TO TAKE AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN THE CIVIC, CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND MORAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY;PROVIDING A FORUM FOR THE OPEN DISCUSSION OF ALL MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST; PROVIDED THAT PARTISAN POLITICS AND SECTARIAN RELIGION SHALL NOT BE DEBATED BY MEMBERS;ENCOURAGING SERVICE-MINDED PEOPLE TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY WITHOUT PERSONAL REWARD AND ENCOURAGING THE PROMOTION OF HIGH ETHICAL STANDARDS IN COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, PROFESSIONS, PUBLIC WORKS AND PRIVATE ENDEAVOURS;SUPPORTING YOUTH TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;PROMOTING THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ASSOCIATING WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF PEOPLE IN LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES;PROMOTING VOLUNTEERING;THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN AID AND DISASTER RELIEF;THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR THE SAVING OF LIVES BY PREVENTING AVOIDABLE BLINDNESS, ASSISTING DISABLED PEOPLE TO LEAD INDEPENDENT LIVES OR HELPING TO PREVENT OR MANAGE HEALH ISSUES;PROMOTING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; AND/ORPROMOTING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION.

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains in a strong financial position with unrestricted reserves of £19,295. However, the trustees note that the club is increasingly reliant on a small number of fundraising events, and a drop in income would affect its main purpose of helping others. The charity holds reserves to cover fluctuations in income and potential worst-case financial outcomes from these events.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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
• Volunteer management

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

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/12/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Lance Sheppard
• Anthony Gordon Scorer
• Dora Chui Fay Kan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Cooper
• Sarah Cox
• Spencer Wolf
• Victoria Wolf

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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