
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From  01/05/2019                   Period start date   To 30/04/2020 Period end date** 

## **Charity name:Sansaw Mens Shed** 

## **Charity registration number:1158135** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To provide a place in which older men can meet<br>to undertake some activities in the company of<br>others and provide help and support when<br>required.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The main activities of the shed may entail us<br>doing projects for the local community<br>,mending and repairing church notice<br>boards,restoring antique benches,and making<br>various items to sell at various fetes to generate<br>much needed income.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have to sign a declaration of<br>interest before being appointed.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment 



Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The shed has achieved a great deal since it was<br>formed in 2014,completing many tasks for the<br>local community repairing and buiding from<br>new notice boards and erecting them.We have<br>a good working relationship with the local vicar<br>who has referred us to a lot of community<br>projects.<br>We have also been working with a local primary<br>school working with children aged from 5 to 9<br>year olds, teaching the children to use basic<br>hand tools hammer and nails we progressed to<br>providing bird box kits and watching and<br>assisting them in putting them together and<br>presenting them with the finished article, so<br>pleasing to see.<br>We have also built up a good relationship with a<br>local charity helping and assisting adults with<br>autism,that has also been verysatisfying.|



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|Achievements against<br>objectives set||Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set||Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives||Para 1.41||





Other 

## **Financial Review** 

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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of theperiod|Para 1.21|We had a very expensive year we purchased a<br>van for the use of shed members.At present we<br>are not overdrawn.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|n/a|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|n/a|



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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)||Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted||Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity||Para 1.46||
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## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed,royal charter)|Para 1.25|trust deed|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|incorporated|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|We elect trustees when required ,we try to<br>keep to maximum of 6 trustees.|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

Charity name Sansaw Mens Shed 



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|Registered charitynumber|1158135|
|Charity’s principal address|Haston Road<br>Hadnall<br>Shrewsbury<br>SY43DJ|
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|1||Frank Buckley|Chairman|10/10/2017|||
|2||Victor Field|Treasurer|13/10/2018|||
|3||Andy Slawson|Secretary|09/09/2015|||
|4||Paul Chater||10/10/21|||
|5||Harold Morgan||15/12/2017|||
|6||Malcolm<br>Herbert||16,10/2018|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|Description of the assets<br>held in this capacity|n/a|
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|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|n/a|
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own assets|n/a|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **n/a** 

## **Other optional information** 

## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s)** Andrew Dunbar Slawson **Position (eg** Secretary **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 10 October 2021 

