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Meet our New Managers

"Hello! We’re Chris & Vikki! Chris is a chef with a passion for creating unforgettable meals, and Vikki has a background in recruitment and loves bringing people together. Outside of work, we’re all about discovering hidden gem restaurants, travelling, going to gigs and spending quality time with our child and dog.

We’re thrilled to be taking on The Ickleton Lion and can’t wait to make it the heart of the community - a place where great food, warm company, and lasting memories come together. We look forward to welcoming you all and sharing this exciting new chapter with you."

Chris and Vikki will be moving into the flat above the pub next week.  We are sure you will all give them a very warm welcome.

A call for help!

Thanks to the hard work and generosity of our volunteers we’ve managed to stretch our limited budget for renovating and improving the Lion impressively far. Over THIRTY of you came along on Saturday alone to help get the pub ready for opening - which was a real boost to us all. But the truth is, there’s still a lot to do, and lots of us are running on fumes.

Please continue to come along to the pub and help to share the load! We’ve got lots of walls and windows to paint, carpentry and general tasks for competent DIY-ers, and we are in desperate need of some obsessive compulsive cleaners to give the whole pub a thorough deep clean before we can open for customers.

If you can spare even an hour or two, it all makes a difference. Please sign up to our rota, send us a message via email or WhatsApp, or speak to Glynis if you’re able to help in any way — no experience necessary, just a willingness to muck in.  Tea, coffee and cake provided!

The end is definitely in sight!

Sign up now!
To access the Volunteer Rota use the passkey AbbeyStreet 

For more instructions, click here

or just send us a message to get involved - ickletonlionhearted@gmail.com

Join the Volunteer WhatsApp group

Annual Members Meeting

The first Annual Members Meeting of Ickleton Community Pub will take place at 11.30am on Sunday 29th June in Ickleton Village Hall. We have changed the planned time to make it easier for people travelling to attend and for events that we’ll be holding in the afternoon. Watch this space for information nearer the time. 
Election of Management Committee Members 

All members should have received an email with information about standing as a member of the management committee. If you did not receive it, click here for a copy.

Standing for election to the new Management Committee is open to any person (whether an individual, a corporate body or the nominee of an unincorporated organisation), who is a member of the Society and submits a self-nomination/application form. 

All self-nominations must be submitted by 4pm TODAY - Wednesday 28th May 2025.
Further details of the election will be sent to all members of the Society on Friday 30th May 2025.


Ickleton Open Gardens

The popular Ickleton Open Gardens returns on Sunday 15th June, 11am - 5pm. Our rejuvenated pub garden will be taking part in the opening along with 20 plus other gardens open around our lovely village. The Lion will be serving drinks and the pub garden will be available for anyone wishing to enjoy the delicious ploughmans lunches available from the village hall along with tea, homemade cake and a well-stocked plant stall.

Tickets and parking will be available on the day from the village hall, CB10 1SH.
Ickleton Open Gardens are in aid of Ickleton village hall and the excellent charity Tom's Trust. 

Tax Relief on ICP Shares

Folloing the end of the tax year, we have received a few enquiries from members with regard to claiming tax relief under the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS)  and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS). 

In brief - Ickleton Community Pub will send a compliance statement to HMRC after we have been trading for 4 months.  If agreed by HMRC, ICP can then issue a form to investors which entitles them to claim relief for the year in which they subscribed for the shares ie 2024/25. There are a number of conditions, including that ICP must continue to qualify under the schemes for a period of at least 3 years and, you must continue to hold your shares for at least 3 years. 

Please speak to Rachel Radford, our Chair, or Jon Ward, our Treasurer if you have any further questions and we will do our best to answer them. 

The availability of any tax relief, including EIS and SEIS, depends on the individual circumstances of each investor, and may be subject to change in the future. If you are in any doubt about the availability of any tax reliefs, or the tax treatment of your investment, you should always obtain independent tax advice.
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