## **Trustees’ Annual** ## **Report for the period** **From 27th January 2023 Period Start Date to 26[th] January 2024 Period End Date** **Charity name: Men’s Shed Stratford upon Avon CIO Charity registration number: 1167338** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To promote social inclusion for the**
**public benefit of older men, primarily**
**over 50 years of age, by preventing them**
**from becoming socially excluded,**
**relieving the needs of those men and**
**assisting them to integrate into society**
**through the provision of a premises in**
**which they can meet jointly or**
**individually undertake and share**
**creative, physical, social and recreational**
**activities of their choice.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17
and 1.19|**The provision of our space allows older**
**men to meet. And undertake practical**
**projects and activities which keep their**
**minds active. The social interaction with**
**their peers voids an opportunity for them**
**to engage with others in a familiar and**
**relaxed environment. The group has**
**undertaken specific projects for local**
**groups and organisations.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees confirm they understand**
**the guidance relating to public benefit.**
**We believe there is a need for our group.**
**A section of society we focus on is older**
**men. It has been shown in research that**
**men, primarily older men, are less likely**
**to engage in a wider social activity. A**
**survey of the population of Stratford**
**upon Avon, shows that 25% of the**
**residents were older men.**| Page **1** of **2** ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |||SORP
reference||| ||Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Men’s Shed is not a grant making charity.**|| ||Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Men’s Shed has not made any social**
**investments.**|| ||Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**There are Trustee, supervisor, and**
**volunteer roles at the Men's Shed.**|| ||Other||**N/A**|| |||||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The objectives that support our key**
**purpose are:**
1. **Promote social inclusion and well-**
**being through friendships and social**
**interaction within the group.**
2. **Provide opportunities for members**
**to share, and learn new skills.**
3. **Build relationships with groups, and**
**individuals in the local community.**
**This allows us to achieve our aims.**
4. **Provide a permanent base for Men’s**
**Shed in Stratford upon Avon: until 1st**
**June 2023.**
5. **Provide a credible income stream for**
**the charity.**| Page **2** of **2** ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Achievements against
objectives set||| |---|---|---|---| ||Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|1. **We provide a location with a**
**workshop space, where primarily**
**older men meet up to five times a**
**week, engaging in woodworking and**
**other activities. We undertake**
**personal projects, or projects for**
**local groups and charities. Some**
**projects made are sold to raise funds**
**for our charity. The group has 41**
**members at present. Anecdotal**
**evidence gathered from within the**
**group, shows our members benefit**
**from the Shed’s social activity and**
**interactions with others. Some of the**
**members of the group have formed**
**friendships, and meet outside the**
**times of the formal group. Until 1st**
**June 2023.**
2. **Some of our members are**
**professional tradesmen, and others**
**are experienced in DIY. They share**
**their knowledge and experience with**
**others in the group.**
3. **We have been particularly successful**
**developing relationships with other**
**charities, and groups.**
4. **We were established in our**
**workshop within the community hub,**
**Foundation House. This is managed**
**by Stratford Town Trust. We were**
**advised in 2017 that the lease would**
**run until mid-2027. This was a**
**licence agreement renewed each**
**year; and we were not required to**
**pay any fees. However, in 2021 just**
**as COVID-19 restrictions were**
**reducing, we were advised to**
**contribute to the running costs of**
**this building. This licence fee of**
**£2,895 per annum, placed an**
**unexpected burden on our charity.**
**On 25th January 2023, we were**
**advised by Foundation House, and**
**Stratford Town Trust, that the**
**owners of the building were**
**exercising, a ‘break clause’ in the**
**lease, and there may be a risk of**
**either an increased licence fee, or**
**the complete closure of the charity**
**hub.**
5. **In May 2023, we were successful in**
**achieving a Warwickshire County**
**Council grant funding of £1,000, to**
**support the Men’s Shed survival.**| ||||| Page **3** of **2** |||6. **In June and July 2023, we were**
**successful in achieving a Stratford**
**Town Trust grant funding of**
**£1443.90, for the Removal,, Packing**
**and storage of the Men’s Shed**
**assets.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|1. **In May 2023, we were successful in**
**achieving a Warwickshire County**
**Council grant funding of £1,000, to**
**support the Men’s Shed survival.**
2. **In June and July 2023, we were**
**successful in achieving a Stratford**
**Town Trust grant funding of**
**£1443.90, for the Removal,, Packing**
**and storage of the Men’s Shed**
**assets.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**No Investments**| |Other||**N/A**| Page **4** of **2** ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Trustees believe the finances were**
**sound for a small charity, up to the end**
**of the reporting period; 26th January 2024**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves were set to cover six months**
**running costs.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£3,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**None**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The Charity Hub at Foundation House**
**closed 1st June 2023. We then put all of**
**our assets into a local storage facility.**
**The Trustees are researching alternative**
**viable locations. If we are unable to find**
**a suitable premises, it may be detrimental**
**to our charity existence. To date we have**
**not been able to find suitable affordable**
**premise.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|1. **Donations**
2. **Sale of goods**
3. **Grant Applications**
4. **Members voluntary subscriptions**|| ||Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**No investments held**|| ||A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**We are uncertain of our future, and the**
**Trustees are researching alternative**
**viable and affordable locations.**
**This may be detrimental to our charity**
**existence**|| ||Other||**We are also looking into alternative**
**options for the Men’s Shed.**|| |||||| Page **5** of **2** ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Association – Constitutional Document**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**(CIO) with voting members other than its**
**charity trustees.**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**The constitution requires that Trustees**
**are elected on a rotating basis, with one**
**third retiring at the charity AGM; as**
**directed in our constitution.**
**However, the Trustees may recruit and**
**appoint additional Trustees up to a**
**maximum of nine.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**Our Trustees have been recruited from**
**the charity membership. Each potential**
**nominee, and subsequent elected**
**Trustees are given copies of our**
**constitution document, and Charity**
**Commission documentation.**|| ||The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**There is a constitutional requirement for**
**a minimum of four Trustees, and a**
**maximum of nine Trustees.**
**Trustees, only, now hold the key roles:**
**Chair, Secretary, Treasurer.**|| ||Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**None**|| ||Other||**N/A**|| |||||| Page **6** of **2** ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**Men’s Shed Stratford upon Avon CIO**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|**1167338**| |Charity’s principal address|**4 Firethorn Crescent, Whitnash,**
**Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, C31 2RX**| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| ||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if any)**| |1|**Mr. Anthony Watts**|**Trustee.**||**Membership**
**reappointed at**
**AGM 22/09/2023**| |2|**Mr. Barry Thorne**|**Chair,**
**Secretary,**
**Co-**
**Treasurer.**
**(Trustee).**||**Membership at**
**AGM 08/04/2022.**
**Trustee Board**
**Election**| |3|**Mr. Keith Madden**|**Trustee.**||**Membership at**
**AGM 08/04/2022.**| |3|**Mr. Peter Lavington**|**Co-**
**Treasurer.**
**(Trustee).**|**22/09/2023**|**Trustee Board**
**Election.**| |5|**Mr. Robin Hammond**|**Trustee.**|**07/06/2023**|**Membership at**
**AGM 08/04/2022.**| |6|**Mr. Roy Egerton**|**Trustee.**||**Membership at**
**AGM 08/04/2022.**| |7||||| |8||||| |9||||| ## **– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved** Director name **N/A** Page **7** of **2** ## **Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity** ||Trustee name||Dates acted if not for whole|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||year|||| |||||||| ||**N/A**|||||| Page **8** of **2** ||**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**|**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**|**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**|| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Description of the assets||**None**|| ||held in this capacity|||| |||||| ||Name and objects of the||**None**|| ||charity on whose behalf the|||| ||assets are held and how this|||| ||falls within the custodian|||| ||charity’s objects|||| |||||| ||Details of arrangements for||**None**|| ||safe custody and|||| ||segregation of such assets|||| ||from the charity’s own assets|||| |||||| ## **Additional information (optional)** ||**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
Type of
adviser
Name
Address
**N/A**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**||| ||Type of
adviser|Name|Address| ||**N/A**||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) N/A** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **N/A** ## **Other optional information** **N/A** ## **Declarations** Page **9** of **2** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (e.g. Secretary, Chair, etc.) Date** Page **10** of **2** |**1167338**
**Men's Shed Stratford upon Avon CIO**
**27/01/2023**
**26/01/2024**
**No (if any)**
**Charity Name**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
**Period start date**
**Period end date**
**To**
**For the period**
**from**|**1167338**
**Men's Shed Stratford upon Avon CIO**
**27/01/2023**
**26/01/2024**
**No (if any)**
**Charity Name**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
**Period start date**
**Period end date**
**To**
**For the period**
**from**|**1167338**
**Men's Shed Stratford upon Avon CIO**
**27/01/2023**
**26/01/2024**
**No (if any)**
**Charity Name**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
**Period start date**
**Period end date**
**To**
**For the period**
**from**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---| |**For the period**
**from**|**27/01/2023**
**Period start date**|**To**|| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**2,444**
**133**
**51**
**100**
**270**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,998**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,998**
**-**
**698**
**5,910**
**32**
**366**
**-**
**7,006**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,006**
**- 4,009**
**-**
**10,485**
**6,477**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Grants|**2,444**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**2,444**
**133**
**51**
**100**
**270**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,998**|**750**| |Sale ofgoods|**133**||||**219**| |Members Subscriptions|**51**||||**234**| |Donations|**100**||||**-**| |PettyCash Paid into Bank|**270**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**2,998**||||**1,203**| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||| ||||**-**|**2,998**|**1,203**| ||||||| |Tools / Equipment / materials|**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**698**
**5,910**
**-**
**-**
**32**
**-**
**366**
**-**
**7,006**|**68**| |Insurances|**698**||||**444**| |Rent / Lease/ Removal & Storage|**5,910**||||**57**| |Repairs / Maintenance|||||**171**| |Meals and entertainment|||||**159**| |Office Expense|**32**||||**124**| |Travel|||||**43**| |Other Expense|**366**||||**32**| |Grants - Unused Returned|**-**||||**91**| |**_Sub total_ **|**7,006**||||**1,189**| ||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|| ||**-**||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||**7,006**|| ||||**-**||**1,189**| ||||||| ||**- 4,009**||
**-**|**- 4,009**|**14**| ||**-**||**-**
**-**|**-**
**10,485**|**-**| ||**10,485**||||**10,471**| ||**6,477**||
**-**|**6,477**|**10,485**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 29/10/2024 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
Cash Funds
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**6,477**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,477**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||||| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 29/10/2024 2