# BURGESS HILL SHED

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1168743
- **Other names:** BHSHED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Aug. 11, 2016
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1168743


## Contact

- **Address:** 3 Farnlea, BURGESS HILL, West Sussex
- **Postcode:** RH15 0BD
- **Phone:** 07709 255631
- **Email:** shed@bhshed.org.uk
- **Website:** www.bhshed.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF BURGESS HILL AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO:PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].

**Activities:** BH-Shed will provide a safe, relaxing and stimulating environment where people can socialise, make new friends and enjoy the pursuit of worthwhile activity.  It will provide benefits to those needing companionship, suffering loneliness, needing access to tools and equipment, and interested in working alongside like-minded people.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** BURGESS HILL AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
- East Sussex
- West Sussex





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **ERIC PALMER** | Chair | Dec. 12, 2018 |
| Brian Campion |  | Nov. 24, 2023 |
| David Hayes |  | Dec. 5, 2017 |
| Graham Mason |  | Nov. 24, 2023 |
| Jasmine Patel |  | Dec. 11, 2019 |
| Kenneth Edwards |  | April 11, 2025 |
| Lee Pennicard |  | Oct. 3, 2025 |




