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2025-06-30-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date a A From 01 07 2024 To 30 06 2025 Section A Reference and administration details ~~ee~~ Charity name The Dusty Shed ~~PS~~

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1168742

Charity's principal address 460 Cowbridge Road West Cardiff Postcode CF5 5BZ ~~———~~ Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Name of person (or body) Dates acted if not for Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee (if whole year any) 1 Penelope Smith Trustee - Chair 01/07/24 to 17/04/25 AGM 2 Michelle Powell Trustee 01/07/24 to 17/04/25 AGM 3 Richard Nelmes Trustee Whole period AGM 4 Elliott Crabtree Trustee 01/07/24 to 17/04/25 AGM 5 Mari Dunphy Trustee Whole period AGM 6 Laurence Maher Trustee 17/04/24 to 30/06/25 AGM Trustee - Chair 20/05/25 to 30/06/25 Trustee Committee 7[Margaret ‘Mags’ ] Lyons 8 Stephen Lyons Trustee 20/05/25 to 30/06/25 Trustee Committee

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address ~~ee~~ Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) The Shed executive is the Trustee Committee. All members are volunteers and participate in the communal management of the organisation. ~~ps~~

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Formal Constitution

How the charity is constituted

Association

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

All new Trustees are provided with a copy of the Charity Commission Pack for new trustees, and are encouraged to attend the free trustee’s training provided by the Cardiff 3[rd] Sector Council (C3SC).

There is also a Shedders bi-monthly meeting, to which all Shed members are invited. This is a forum to discuss opportunities, issues, questions, concerns and improvements. Anything unable to be resolved in the meetings is escalated to the Shedders Committee.

During the reporting period a full risk assessment of the Shed working environment was undertaken and where appropriate:

The trustees will continue to monitor safety in the work environment and any financial risks that could threaten the continued viability of the Shed.

The trustees confirm that they have had due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity’s aims and objectives and in planning its activities for the year. The charity remains committed to ensuring that its work delivers tangible benefits to the public in line with its charitable purposes.

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Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the
charity set out in its governing
document
Summary of the main activities
undertaken for the public
benefit in relation to these
objects (include within this
section the statutory
declaration that trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit)		 The Mission of the Dusty as stated in our Constitution is:
To facilitate the coming together of lonely and socially isolated people,
with emphasis on older men, in a physically and emotionally safe
environment where they can participate, with their peers, in woodworking,
craft and social activities.
The Shed does not discriminate against anyone on the basis of race,
gender, religion or beliefs; however, due to the working environment
where dangerous tools and high-speed machinery is operating, the
participation by some physically impaired members is restricted to the
social activities only.
Our last AGM was held on 17 April 2025; a copy of the draft minutes is
attached; these will be ratified at the 2026 AGM.
The Trustees and Shedders’ Committee gave full reports to the AGM of
Shed activities for the reporting period. A brief summary of the most
significant items in these reports is included below:
Report to the AGM:

Significant events during the reporting period -
October
2024
The Shed was visited by Plaid Cymru party leader Rhun
ap Iorwerth (MS) and Liz Saville Roberts (MP) together
with their entourage and BBC TV crew. A short clip of
the Shed appeared on the BBC news later in the day.
March 2025
The Shed was visited by 3 members of The Royal British
Legion to discuss synergies between RBL and Men’s
Sheds. The visit lasted about 45 minutes. It had been
arranged by Robert Visintainer of UK Men’s Shed
Association - Cymru Development Manager for Wales.

Significant events during the reporting period -
April 2024
10 Shed members visited the Viridor recycling facility in
Trident Park, Ocean Way, Cardiff. The facility accepts
waste from local authorities across South Wales. This
was followed by a pub lunch.
May 2024
Becky Matyus of ACE, conducted ‘Most significant
change’ interviews with 3-4 Shed members which
enquired into what affects the Shed had had on
members’ mental health. The interviews were compiled
into reports.
June 2024
Penny Smith chaired the ‘Most significant change’
evaluation panel. Discussions were centred around the
reports produced by Becky Matyus.
August 2024
The Shed held a barbecue for members in the yard
‘breakout area’. Cooking by Peter, shopping and
organised by Mari and Peter.
September
2024
5 large planters were made for Nant Caerau infants
school in conjunction with St.Vincent de Paul of Ely
Bridge.
October
2024
4 large planters were made for Lansdown Primary
school.
4 large planters were made for Pen-Caerau Primary
school.

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A door was made for Grow Cardiff for their polytunnel at
the rear of ACE.
December
Peter organised members to make 8 bird nesting boxes
2024
as flat packs for each of 2 schools in Caerau to be
assembled by the school children.
January 2025
Members gathered to wish oldest member Cliff a happy
95thbirthday.
ACE staircase was fitted with hand rails by Laurence,
Peter and Richard. These successfully aided ascending
for staff with mobility issues. Particularly for ACE
Director Michelle.
Dave made a door to replace the existing one leading
from the yard ‘breakout area’ to the rear of ACE. The
new door was better fitted and more secure.
February
Members contributed donations totalling £123.50 for
2025
Riverside Community Garden in Llandaff to help with
rebuilding their Shed / Meeting Place that had been
razed to the ground by arsonists in December.
March 2025
A large quantity of tools in Victoria Park were donated by
a daughter whose father had died. These had been
collected by a team of Shed members and in turn were
collected by Anthony of TWAM (Tools with a mission).
A Rabbit hutch was refurbished for Grow Cardiff by
Peter, Jason, Keith and Roger then painted by Keith.
Jennie very kindly took over the membership role from
Tony who wished to reduce the size of his role in the
Shed.
We work closely with ACE (Action in Caerau & Ely – commonly known
as ‘The Dusty Forge’). ACE initiated action that led to the formation of
The Dusty Shed in 2016. ACE is also our landlord; they own the
building and land on which we are situated. A formal tenancy
agreement details the repair and maintenance services provided by
The Dusty Shed in lieu of rent.
To maintain dialogue between our two organisations on relevant
issues, one member of ACE executive staff has been invited to be a
trustee of the Dusty Shed. This gives us direct access at the
management level to discuss cooperation and resolve issues. There
has not been an ACE executive trustee since 17/04/2025 but the
option remains open.
Another area of close cooperation between the Shed and an ACE
activity, is the support we provide for the monthly Repair Café. Having
a Shed member as part of the Repair Café team allows access to a
range non-portable tools in our workshop, and this allows the ACE
Repair Café to undertake some jobs that other Repair Cafés cannot.

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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

The Dusty Shed does not have support workers and clients. All members are volunteers who provide peer-to-peer support; hence, they are also our clients.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

New members joining the Shed are looking for some form of support; and initially it is not always clear to us, or them, what form that support should take. Individuals who have recently suffered a bereavement are often simply looking for company. Others who have recently retired, or are recovering from physical or mental illness, are looking for an activity to occupy their mind or give them a new direction in life. These new members are in what we could call the ‘Client’ phase.

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The following is a list of regular activities that the Shed engages in during every reporting period to provide support to our members:

Over the years our shed has accumulated many tools that were offered to us from deceased estates and old tools that we have replaced with newer models, all of them still in working order although requiring a little refurbishment. So, during the reporting period we continued contact with Tools With A Mission (TWAM) to see if they might be interested in them. TWAM is a charity that collects unwanted usable tools, refurbishes them, sorts them into trade tool kits, and sends them to the developing world for livelihood creation. In doing so they also help UK communities through volunteering opportunities and contribute significantly to environment sustainability, by reducing waste and carbon emissions in the UK. Annually TWAM sends almost 400 tonnes of tools to over 500 organisations in Sub-Saharan Africa. A TWAM representative visited our Shed a number of times during the reporting period and took delivery of a full car boot of tools.

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Section D Achievements and performance

We provided the following support for the work of ACE:

Section E Financial review

We hold sufficient reserves to cover payment of all our envisaged costs Brief statement of the should a situation occur that required The Dusty Shed to cease operating charity’s policy on reserves and close.

We have limited regular income from member subscriptions, and we bid for grants, principally through C3SC and the National Lottery ‘Awards for All’ scheme, to cover our overheads and day-to-day running/maintenance costs for our tools and woodworking machines.

We also periodically bid for funding from other grant providing organisations to procure new equipment or undertake more significant development projects.

Details of any funds materially Nil in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

We do not impose any compulsory fees on our members; however we You may choose to include set an optional attendance contribution and ask for member donations to additional information, where cover tea & coffee costs and subsidise social activities. We do sell some relevant about: of the items produced by our members and we accept commission work  the charity’s principal from people wanting items of garden furniture or custom items to fit in sources of funds (including confined spaces, etc. any fundraising);  how expenditure has We do not have any investments. supported the key objectives of the charity; Although not mandatory for a small charity, our accounts were fully  investment policy and reviewed by a partner charity’s finance officer and certified to be correct. objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. Section F Other optional information

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Section G Declaration

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
Date
Margaret Lyons Richard Nelmes
Chair of Trustee Committee Trustee
8th April 2026 8th April 2026

Attachments:

1. Trustees’ Report to members for the 17[th] April 2025 AGM

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Registered Charity No: 1168742

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE DUSTY SHED

HELD ON WEDNESDAY 17[TH] April 2025 at 17:00

TRUSTEES REPORT TO MEMBERS

Introduction

The last Annual general Meeting (AGM) of the Dusty Shed was held Thursday 10[th] April 2024. In accordance with our Constitution, this AGM is being held within 15 months of that date. Accordingly, this report covers the period from 12[th] April 2024 to 17[th] April 2025.

Mission of The Dusty Shed

Our mission is to facilitate the coming together of lonely and socially isolated people, with emphasis on older men, in a physically and emotionally safe environment where they can participate, with their peers, in woodworking, craft and social activities.

Governance and Trustees

The Dusty Shed is a registered charity with the Charity Commission of England and Wales and must operate within the guidance provided by that Commission. In accordance with that guidance, the Dusty Shed has developed a governing document, The Dusty Shed Constitution, which has been accepted by a general meeting of Shed members.

Our Constitution requires the appointment of trustees to undertake governance of The Dusty Shed, and specifies the requirements for their selection and appointment.

The trustees are responsible for ensuring that all activities of The Dusty Shed comply with, and contribute to, the Mission and Objectives specified in the Constitution; and that those activities are also conducted in accordance with the legislative requirements of Wales and the United Kingdom.

Over recent years the requirement to comply with contemporary legislation has become a significant issue for the trustees, because public scrutiny of the performance of charitable organisations in regard to areas such as health and safety, discrimination and financial probity, has increased significantly. This has had a flow-on effect for our fund-raising team who have had to identify and apply for grants to provide the training, equipment, and evaluation review mechanisms necessary for our compliance.

As detailed in last year’s Trustees’ report - Health & Safety training, use of personal hearing & eye protection and use of the procured noise measuring instrument - has been introduced into The Shed activities programme.

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During the reporting period the Trustees held meetings on the following dates:

Thursday 25[th] July 2024, Thursday 28[th] November 2024, Tuesday 21st January 2025, Tuesday 4th March 2025 and Tuesday 8th April 2025.

A record of the proceedings of these meetings has been filed on the Trustees’ cloud storage and a printed copy in the Trustee Meetings Minute Book where it is available to registered Shed members on request.

The following are the trustees who served the Shed during the reporting period:

Penelope Smith Trustee - Chair 01/07/24 to 17/04/25 Michelle Powell Trustee 01/07/24 to 17/04/25 Richard Nelmes Trustee Whole period Elliott Crabtree Trustee 01/07/24 to 17/04/25 Mari Dunphy Trustee Whole period

The trustees have been well supported in their work by George Keane who attends all meetings and produces the record of proceedings (minutes).

George is employed by ACE. ACE invoice The Dusty Shed for one day per week to undertake duties for the Shed under direction of the Shed Trustees. George spreads this time over the week to the equivalent of one day per week.

Financial Management

The Trustees are also responsible for ensuring the financial viability of the Dusty Shed. In this regard they are responsible for forecasting the future funding requirements, identifying and applying for suitable grants, managing the expenditure of grant monies, and reporting back to the funding bodies on the benefit the Shed has derived for the money they provided. We have been fortunate over the year to have trustees with the experience and talent to undertake these tasks. We were particularly fortunate to have had Penny Smith use her fund raising experience to apply to organisations for funding to finance the many activities we have undertaken and the excellent range of machine and hand tools we have in our workshop.

The Treasurer will provide a separate report on Shed finances. On behalf of all Shed members, the trustees would like to thank Gavin Davidson and Paul Perera for the work they have put in over the reporting period to prepare the accounts.

Shedders

The formal structure of the Shedders’ Committee was documented last year. The division of responsibilities between the trustees and shedders in regard to the running of shed activities and management of finances has continued to operate successfully.

The Shedders meetings are held every two months. During the reporting period meetings were held on the following dates:

Tuesday 4[th] June 2024 Tuesday 6[th] August 2024 Tuesday 1[st] October 2024, Tuesday 3[rd] December 2024, Tuesday 4[th] February 2025 and, Tuesday 15[th] April 2025.

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A record of the proceedings of these meetings has been filed on the Trustees’ cloud storage and a printed copy in the Shedders’ Meetings Minute Book where it is available to registered Shed members on request.

The trustees would like to thank the Chair of the Shedders Committee Laurence Maher, and Peter Kearns, who manages Shed finances at the working level, for the excellent job they have done to coordinate Shed activities, training, and the continued implementation of health & safety procedures.

The Chair of the Shedders Committee will provide a separate report on Shed activities.

Significant Events

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Equipment

Several new items of equipment have been purchased during the reporting period and a range of safety items have been added.

Association with ACE (Action in Caerau and Ely)

ACE initiated action that led to the formation of the Dusty Shed in 2016. ACE is also our landlord; they own the building and land on which The Dusty Shed is located. The formal tenancy agreement to provide repair and maintenance services in lieu of rent that was agreed last year, has continued to work successfully.

One area of close cooperation between the Shed and an ACE activity is the support we provide for the monthly Repair Café. Having a Shed member as part of the Repair Café team allows access to the range of non-portable tools in our workshop, and this allows the ACE Repair Café to undertake some jobs, such as sharpening gardening tools, that other Repair Cafés are unable to.

To maintain dialogue between our two organisations on relevant issues, one member of ACE executive staff is invited to become a trustee of the Dusty Shed. This gives us direct access at the management level to discuss problems and resolve issues.

The relationship between ACE and the Shed has continued successfully during the reporting period, with a lot of interaction between ACE project staff and The Dusty Shed members. The Dusty Shed members continue to use ACE facilities and ACE continues to refer new members to our group.

Conclusion

The Trustees believe that our Shed has played a significant role in improving the social wellbeing of the local community by providing a facility, and an atmosphere, where lonely and socially isolated people can regain their self-confidence by engaging in activities, making new friends, and feeling that their life experiences are valued.

The Trustees also believe that the Dusty Shed is financially solvent with sufficient funds to continue operating for another twelve months; and we are reasonably confident that for the foreseeable future new grants will be obtained to cover the non-discretionary overhead costs of electricity, insurance and contract with ACE for George - the Shed development officer.

We also believe that the recent purchases of new equipment has upgraded the capabilities of the workshop to a standard that can cope with most projects that Shed members are likely to undertake individually or become involved in as a group.

Penny Smith

4[th] April 2025

(Chair of Trustee Committee)

2. Minutes of Annual General Meeting of 17[th] April 2025

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The Dusty Shed Annual General Meeting at ACE - Our Place: Dusty Forge, Main Hall, Thursday 17[th] Apr 2025, 5pm - 7pm

Attendees:

Penny Smith Chair Trustee Mari Dunphy Trustee Richard Nelmes Trustee Gavin Davidson Treasurer (non-Trustee) Laurence Maher Chair of Dusty Shed Members Committee George Keane Dusty Shed Development Officer Apologies Michelle Powell - Trustee Elliot Crabtree - Treasurer

Members also attended: Darren George, Doug Smith, Jannie Perera, John Rasmussen, Mark Salter, Paul Perera, Peter Kearns, Tony Wallace, Owen Evans.

1. Welcome

The Chair opened the meeting at 5:10pm, welcomed all members present to the meeting and thanked ACE for providing the venue.

2. Minutes of the previous AGM held on 10[th] April 2024

The Chair proposed that the previous year’s AGM minutes are correct as written. Seconded by Tony Wallace and Laurence Maher.

3. Chair’s Report

The Chair thanked everyone, in whatever capacity, for their hard work and working together as a team. The Shed had expanded its openings, from 3 days to 4 days, it has a good turnout for Shed members meetings and good companionship amongst members. The Shed Committee is operating very well, where everything is kept organised, shed spaces are clean, as well as managing Shed’s petty cash, membership and registrations. Many thanks for all the behind-the-scenes work. This work is important, such as keeping the register of attendance by members. This provided evidence of increased attendance and the value placed by members, and therefore can be written into funding applications to help secure funding.

Many thanks to the Trustees throughout the year, and to the support to help update the policies and procedures. Also, the team work between trustees to help finance accounting and IT support.

A special note is given to ACE, as they provide an important relationship and agreement to the Dusty Shed, where we get free rent in exchange for 2 days per month work by Shed members to undertake jobs around the building.

A key point in the year was the evaluation work that members participated in last summer. This work contributed to the raising funds and showed the need for the Wellbeing Group, a further day session was needed, as well as to develop community contributions, building on Shed members giving back to the local community and community skill sharing. This all helped secure the full amount of funding for the next year.

Though I will be stepping down as Chair, I will continue to help with funding bids and applications for the Dusty Shed.

A very great thank you to be involved with you all.

3. Treasurer’s Report

It was a successful year as we had income which exceeded expenditure, which meant we had a surplus at the end of the year, to assist with the day-to-day spends.

Current year starts with £15,500 in the bank, and we received £16,000 from the National Lottery. This provides a net surplus of over £30,000, but we need to be cautious as we may be in difficulties by the end of the financial year. This is due to starting the financial year with the £15,500, and not receiving the National Lottery funding until the last quarter of the year.

Gavin will be stepping down as Treasurer. Mari has agreed to becoming Treasurer, and will be supported by Gavin. Agreed by members.

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Trustees agreed that there should be additional training and support for Mari to do the Treasurer role.

Moving AGM and Shed’s Financial Year

There was a discussion on whether it was worth moving the AGM to be closer to the end of the Shed’s financial year (June to the following May). Also, a further discussion on whether it was better for the Shed to move its financial year to April to the following March.

Proposed - to move the AGM to July, so that the event was closer to the end of the Shed’s financial year. Agreed - in principle, but will need further discussion in the Trustee meeting. Seconded - Tony.

Moving the financial year to April will also be discussed at the next Shed Trustee meeting.

4. Shed Members Committee Report

A copy of this report will be an appendix to these minutes.

Additional points made include:

5. Trustee Resignations and Elections

There are 3 Resignations: Elliot Crabtree, Michelle Powell and Penny Smith. Many thanks to these trustees for their time and efforts to the Dusty Shed. There are 3 Nominations:

Laurence Mahar, Mags Lyons, Steve Lyons. Proposed - Laurence as a Trustee - from Mari Seconded - Richard

Nominations agreed by members.

Proposed - Trustees agree in principle for Mags and Steve as Trustees, but will discuss a next Trustee meeting.

6. Any other business

Purchase of new Planer/Thicknesser

Axminster Tools is closing down and is offering the Shed 25% off. Peter would like to purchase a new planer/thicknesser, but it was agreed that we should seek new funding to purchase this item.

7. Meeting Close

The AGM closed at 6:20pm.

3. Shed Committee report to Annual General Meeting of 17[th] April 2025

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The Dusty Shed AGM

Committee Report to Trustees and Members

The Committee comprises five members, they are Mari, Mark, Paul, Peter (vice chair) Laurence (chair).

The shed committee manages the day to day running of the shed, making sure everything is running as it should, ably supported by our Trustees, and led by Penny our chair of trustees, who has done an absolutely brilliant hands on job in the period she has been in office.

The Shed is open every Tuesday and Friday between 10am and 2pm for woodworking activities, members regularly bring different items from home to repair in the shed, that way there is always different members especially Dave and Peter on hand to give valuable advice.

The shed has recently opened on a Thursday for woodworking activity, led by Peter one of our lead volunteers, ably helped by Dave and Richard taking turns to assist, we decided that we needed a third day as we found at times had some overcrowding in the shed on Tuesday and Friday, and in the late winter early spring it was too cold for members to go out into the breakout area, Peter is best able to speak on the Thursday opening and how popular it has become.

Our fourth day is on a Wednesday a group called the Well-being Group, its run by Tony and has become popular, it lasts for about three hours of various discussions with tea coffee biscuits sat around our workbench when the guys open up for a couple of hours followed by an hour in the breakout area playing various games.

Gavin has been kind enough to take over my role on Tuesdays going forward, checking our Shed telephone for missed calls, any voicemails and text messages, also any paperwork that needs checking, as well as welcoming any potential future members. Thank you Gavin.

It has been an absolute pleasure to work with Penny, as she has made sure that we the committee are made aware of everything that is going on in the background, especially explaining a lot about Funding, to do this Penny has given her time at least once every 3 or 4 weeks to meet us guys for an hour in the shed after we have closed the shed, unfortunately through health issues Penny has rightly decided to step down as Chair of Trustees, you will be sadly missed Penny, but hopefufly for as long as you feel you can still continue submitting applications for funding, as there's nobody better, a very big thank you from all at the Dusty Shed.

We unfortunately have a another Two Trustees who for personal reasons have decided to step down from their position as Trustee, Michelle and Elliott, thank you both very much for giving your time for our Shed over the years.

Our Treasurer Gavin, for personal reasons has also decided to step down, thank you very much Gavin, I believe you are staying in post until June, once you have completed the accounts for 30/6/25.

I'm afraid the resignations has left the Shed with only Two Trustees, Mari & Richard. I myself am hoping to join as a Trustee, Proposed by Mari and seconded by Paul.

So now I will continue letting you know about the work we do in the Shed, and more especially for our local community.

We at the Shed have six key holders now, Peter, Gavin, Dave, Richard, Tony and myself, all of us have a sequence of opening and closing the Shed, making sure everything is switched off and securely locked before we leave.

The Shed members meetings are held bimonthly, during the past year the shed held meetings on the 1st Tuesday of the following Months,

April 2024 June 2024

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August 2024 October 2024 December 2024 February 2025 April 2025.

17th April 2024.

Ten of our Shed members had a very good and informative visit to Viridor Trident Park Ocean way Cardiff. The visit was very interesting, for people who aren't aware, Viridor it the company who accept waste from the whole of Cardiff, Gwent and as far as Port Talbot to the west.

And this is where Peter comes in to explain the process in the plant.

Afterwards we had a lovely meal in a local public house, courtesy of shed funds.

During May 2024, Becky Matyus who works for ACE, tookon the task of interviewing some of our shed members to enquire how they found attending the shed helped them with their mental health. I believe 3/4 in-depth interviews took place.

Which resulted in late June, Penny called a Dusty Shed: Most Significant Change evaluation-panel discussion, Chaired by an independent chair. Hopefully Penny can explain further.

August 2024, BBQ in the breakout area, organised by Mari and Peter, Mari and peter shopped for all the ingredients, then peter did the cooking, it was lovely food, enjoyed by lots of members, thanks to Mari and Peter, and also to Jennie and Paul for some lovely extras.

Community Projects.

September 2024, 5 large planters made for Nant Caerau Welsh infants school Caerau lane, this was in conjunction with SVP Ely bridge.

October 2024, 4 large planters made for Lansdown primary school. Also 4 large planters made for Pen-Caerau primary school in Caerau.

The Shed made a door for Chris Grow Cardiff, for their polytunnel at rear of ACE.

October 2024, we had an official visit for approx 90 minutes from Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and his Entourage and BBC TV crew, I think the shed was on the welsh news for about 40 seconds.

December 2024, Peter and his helpers made 8 bird nesting boxes, 4 for two schools in Caerau, Peter decided to deliver the boxes in flat pack, to allow the children to assemble them in school.

Jan 7th most of the members gathered in the shed to wish our oldest member Cliff a very happy 95th birthday, we had a big card and a cake for him, but not 95 candles.

January 2025, Peter and Richard fitted hand rails on stairs in ACE, we hope they have helped Michelle.

Late January 2025, Dave our excellent carpenter finished making and fitting the door leading from our breakout area to the rear of Ace, helping to make our breakout area more secure, thank you Dave for an excellent job.

Middle of February, the Shed collected £123:50p for Riverside Community gardens in Llandaff to help rebuilding their Shed/meetíng place that had been burned to the ground by Arsonists in December.

The Dusty shed members wish them the very best of luck going forward.

Beginning of March 2025, the Shed had a very good visit from three members of the Royal British legion, arranged by Robert Visintainer, Development Manager Men's Sheds Cymru, the visit lasted for about 45 minutes. An interesting in-depth discussion took place.

March 2025, A large amount of surplus tools, donated by a lovely lady in Victoria park, along with surplus tools we had in our Shed, was collected by Anthony from Tools with a Mision (TWAM), they are a Christian charity who

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collects unwanted usable tools, Refurbishes them sorts them into trade tool kits, and sends them to the developing world for livelihood creation.

In doing so they help UK communities through volunteering opportunities and contributes significantly to environmental sustainability, by reducing waste and carbon emissions in the UK. Annually TWAM sends almost 400 tonnes of tools to over 500 organisations in Sub-Saharan Africa, also preventing all of those tools from crowding UK landfill sites.

End of March 2025, Isla Horton Director at Grow Cardiff, brought in a large Rabbit Hutch and Run to the Repair Cafe hoping for it to be repaired there.

Tony brought it into the shed breakout area, and a week later Peter with help from Keith Jason and Roger repaired what was a dilapidated structure. Keith has now volunteered to paint it.

Tony our long standing Membership Coordinator, has mentioned a couple of month ago that he felt that he would like to lighten his load in his Coordinator role, and if anyone wished to take over he would be happy to hand over. So Jennie came forward and offered to take on the job.

Good luck with the job Jennie.

The Shed would like to take this opportunity to thank Tony for doing the job so very well for a long time.

Next Month Peter is organising a shed afternoon of fish and chips in the shed, followed by a film of his choice (Sahara) in ACE training room, Michelle has very kindly allowed peter t set up his equipment and use the projector, thank you very much Michelle Very kind!

That ends my report, I hope I haven't bored everyone too much.

Thank to everyone for listening,

Laurence Chair of Committee.

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Charity Name
No (if any)
CC16a
The Dusty Shed
1168742
Receipts andpayments accounts
Period start date
To
Period end date
7/1/2024
6/30/2025
For the period
from
aimee ~~Fl-~~
~~ee~~
~~ee ee ee~~		 Charity Name
No (if any)
CC16a
The Dusty Shed
1168742
Receipts andpayments accounts
Period start date
To
Period end date
7/1/2024
6/30/2025
For the period
from
aimee ~~Fl-~~
~~ee~~
~~ee ee ee~~		 Charity Name
No (if any)
CC16a
The Dusty Shed
1168742
Receipts andpayments accounts
Period start date
To
Period end date
7/1/2024
6/30/2025
For the period
from
aimee ~~Fl-~~
~~ee~~
~~ee ee ee~~		 Charity Name
No (if any)
CC16a
The Dusty Shed
1168742
Receipts andpayments accounts
Period start date
To
Period end date
7/1/2024
6/30/2025
For the period
from
aimee ~~Fl-~~
~~ee~~
~~ee ee ee~~		 Charity Name
No (if any)
CC16a
The Dusty Shed
1168742
Receipts andpayments accounts
Period start date
To
Period end date
7/1/2024
6/30/2025
For the period
from
aimee ~~Fl-~~
~~ee~~
~~ee ee ee~~		 Charity Name
No (if any)
CC16a
The Dusty Shed
1168742
Receipts andpayments accounts
Period start date
To
Period end date
7/1/2024
6/30/2025
For the period
from
aimee ~~Fl-~~
~~ee~~
~~ee ee ee~~		 Charity Name
No (if any)
CC16a
The Dusty Shed
1168742
Receipts andpayments accounts
Period start date
To
Period end date
7/1/2024
6/30/2025
For the period
from
aimee ~~Fl-~~
~~ee~~
~~ee ee ee~~		 Charity Name
No (if any)
CC16a
The Dusty Shed
1168742
Receipts andpayments accounts
Period start date
To
Period end date
7/1/2024
6/30/2025
For the period
from
aimee ~~Fl-~~
~~ee~~
~~ee ee ee~~		 Charity Name
No (if any)
CC16a
The Dusty Shed
1168742
Receipts andpayments accounts
Period start date
To
Period end date
7/1/2024
6/30/2025
For the period
from
aimee ~~Fl-~~
~~ee~~
~~ee ee ee~~		 Charity Name
No (if any)
CC16a
The Dusty Shed
1168742
Receipts andpayments accounts
Period start date
To
Period end date
7/1/2024
6/30/2025
For the period
from
aimee ~~Fl-~~
~~ee~~
~~ee ee ee~~
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds		 Restricted
funds		 Endowment
funds		 Total funds Last year
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Subscriptions 981 - - 981 1,578
Donations 252 - - 252 220
Grants 17,715 - - 17,715 22,790
Sales / event income 401 - - 401 169
Interest - - - - -
Other 10 - - 10 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total(Gross income for AR) 19,359
(Gross income for AR)		 - - 19,359 24,756
Sale of Assets
140
-
-
140
Sale of Investments
-
-
-
-
-
Sub total 140
-
-
140
-
Total receipts 19,499
-
-
19,499
24,756
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
~~—————~~
A3 Payments
Heatingand Lighting 1,139 - - 1,139 685
Insurance 620 - - 620 627
Materials & consumables 628 - - 628 354
Small tools(<£25) 169 - - 169 122
Repairs and renewals 224 - - 224 78
Refreshments & cleaning 19 19 184
Staff and admin 12,489 - - 12,489 12,354
Training 487 - - 487 -
Sundry 436 - - 436 295
Maintenance 1,128 - - 1,128 -
**Sub total ** 17,339 - - 17,339 14,699
Hand and Power Tools(>£25)
-
-
-
-
WorkshopMachines
213
-
-
213
Sub total 213
-
-
213
-
Total payments 17,552
-
-
17,552
14,699
Net of receipts/(payments) 1,947
-
-
1,947
10,057
A5 Transfers between funds
-
-
-
-
-
A6 Cash funds last year end
15,509
-
-
15,509
208
Cash funds this year end 17,456
-
-
17,456
10,265
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
~~=————~~
~~==>=>~~

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
B5 Liabilities
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees		 Details
Current account
Deposit accpount
Cash
Details
Details
Details
Details
Signature
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))		 to nearest £
to nearest £
17,456
-
-
-
200
-
17,656
-
Agreement Error
OK
to nearest £
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
-
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Print Name
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Fund to which
asset belongs
Fund to which
asset belongs
Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)		 to nearest £
Endowment
funds
-
-
-
-
OK
to nearest £
Endowment
funds
-
-
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
When due
(optional)
Date of
approval