## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** ||Period start date|Period start date|||Period end date|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**From **|1|April|2022|**To**|31
March|2023| ## Section A Reference and administration details ## **Charity name** Amersham Men’s Shed **Other names charity is known by** Amersham Men in Sheds **Registered charity number (if any)** 1172047 **Charity's principal address** Old Amersham Farm High Street Amersham **Postcode** HP7 0HR ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||John Latchford|Chair||| ||AnthonyButtle|Treasurer||| ||Pat Dunphy|Secretary||| ||PhillipTroth|||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** Not applicable ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |No advisors appointed||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** No staff employed ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document How the charity is constituted > [Constitution – March 2017 ] > [Association CIO ] New Trustees may be appointed by existing Trustees to serve until the Trustee selection methods next AGM at which point they retire. New Trustees (or Trustees standing (eg. appointed by, elected by) for re-election) may be elected by members at the AGM. **TAR 2022/2023** May 2023 1 ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; Rules for members and policies for H&S and other issues are in place and are regularly reviewed. The activities of Amersham Men's Shed are covered by appropriate insurance. - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **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)** To promote social inclusion for the public benefit of men, primarily over 50 years of age, without distinction of political, religious or other opinions, resident in Chiltern District, by assisting them from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of such people 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 as are available in the Shed. 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; old age. The main activity of Amersham Men's Shed (AMS) is running a workshop for the public benefit. It is aimed at preventing people, particularly but not exclusively older men, within Amersham and the surrounding area from becoming socially excluded; also to relieve the needs of those people who are socially excluded and to assist them to integrate into society through the provision of these workshop facilities. In the interests of maintaining a safe environment, those enjoying the facilities of the shed are Members. **TAR 2022/2023** May 2023 2 **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: The Trustees recognise the considerable support and encouragement from the Trustees and members who continue to give their time to maintain our premises. Amersham Shed does not make grants - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR 2022/2023** May 2023 3 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main** The effects of Covid19 pandemic lead to minor disruption in our normal **achievements of the charity** activities during the year. The main achievements of AMS during the **during the year** period are: 1. Running weekly workshop sessions which our membership have enjoyed 2. Successful attendance at craft fairs and Fetes to sell our work 3. Continuing to build our funds giving us a reserve to iron out future fluctuations in charity income. **Membership** Membership numbers and activity are limited by workshop space; in mid 2022 we started operating on two days a week (Monday & Thursday), so were able to recruit some new members. We had 20 members at years end; the age distribution of the membership at year end was: 50 - 65yrs 7 65 - 80yrs 11 Over 80 2 **Community Engagement** Key objective is to raise the profile of the Shed in the local community. To this end, Shed members ran stalls selling items we had made at the Red Kite Craft Fairs at Little Chalfont Village Hall, Hyde Heath Fete, Amersham Heritage day, and at the two Christmas Fairs in Amersham. Also we have met with local organisations. A Facebook page was used to publicise our activities. **Change of Landlord** Since we moved to Old Amersham Farm in 2016, our landlord had been a charity, Mares Community Farm. Early in 2022, Mares decided to cease operations, and left the site in early May. The farm owner, Copas Farms, gave us a short term licence to occupy our social cabin, and three containers. And in October 2022 we agreed a 6 year lease for the Cabin & 2 workshop containers; and a Licence to Occupy for the 3[rd] storage container giving us some security of tenure. **Improvements** On 31[st] October the landlord moved the 3 containers & cabin across the farm site, and then installed permanent electric connections to our two workshop containers. The Shedders have substantially refitted the two workshops, improving insulation, electrics, new workbenches, and upgrading some of our tools; and also improving the Cabin to create a 3[rd] small workshop. The increased cost of electricity which is supplied the by the Landlords, is a concern but we believe will not affect our operations. **TAR 2022/2023** May 2023 4 ## **Section E Financial review** The aim is to build up sufficient reserve funds to cover at least 6 months **Brief statement of the** of operational costs, and to allow for a future move to larger premises. **charity’s policy on reserves** **Details of any funds materially in deficit** None ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); The two principal sources of funds are weekly donations by members, and income from selling items made by members at local craft fairs. Main items of expenditure were on the rent of the two workshop containers, the social Cabin, and a storage container to Copas Farms; Insurance premiums; and workshop tools, supplies and materials to make items for sale. - how expenditure has supported the key objectives Our funds are currently not large enough to require an investment policy of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** Amersham Men’s Shed is a member of the UK Men’s Sheds Association (UKMSA) – who provide advice and support for new and existing Sheds. ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Signed copy on file **Full name(s)** John Frederick Latchford Chair **Date** 16/5/2023 **Position** **TAR 2022/2023** May 2023 5 **Amersham Men's Shed** **1172047** **Receipts and payments accounts** 01/04/2022 31/03/2023 **For the To period from** ## **CC16a** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricte**
**d funds**
**to the**
**nearest £**
**3,079**
**4,192**
**231**
**7,502**
**-**
**-**

**-**
**7,502**
**4,603**
**305**
**2,969**
**7,877**|**Restricte**
**d funds**
**to the**
**nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total**
**funds**
**to the**
**nearest £**
**3,079**
**4,192**
**231**
**7,502**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,502**
**4,603**
**305**
**2,969**
**7,877**|**Last year**
**to the**
**nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |
Grants & donations|||||**150**| |Membership Subscriptions|**3,079**||||**2,316**| |Product sales|**4,192**||||**4,053**| |Other|**231**||||**-**| ||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR) _|**7,502**||||**6,519**| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment**
**sales, (see table).**|||||| ||**-**||||| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|
**-**||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||| ||||||**6,519**| ||||||| |Rent|**4,603**|**-**|**-**|**4,603**|**1,190**| |Insurance|**305**|**-**|**-**|**305**|**294**| |Running costs & cost of sales|**2,969**|**-**|**-**|**2,969**|**1,775**| |||**-**|**-**||**-**| |||**-**|**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**7,877**|**-**|**-**|**7,877**|**3,259**| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||
|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**969**
**1,514**
**2,483**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Tools over £25 cost|**969**||**-**|**-**|**969**|| |Workshop Machines|**1,514**||**-**|**-**|**1,514**|| |**_Sub total_**|**2,483**||**-**|**-**|**2,483**|**-**| **TAR 2022/2023** May 2023 6 |**_Total payments_**|**10,361**||||||**10,361**||**3,259**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**-2,858**||||||**-2,858**||**3,260**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|||||||||| ||||||||||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**9,678**||||||**9,678**||**6,418**| |**_Cash funds this year end_**|**6,819**||||||**6,819**||**9,678**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**period**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
Bank account
Cash held by Treasurer
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and
payments account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Workshop fitout
Workshop machinery
Power tools
Hand tools
Other assets|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**6,645**
**174**
**6,819**
OK
**Unrestricte**
**d funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to**
**which asset**
**belongs**
**Fund to**
**which asset**
**belongs**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**Restricte**
**d funds**
**to nearest**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost**
**(optional)**
**2,360**
**3,005**
**1,568**
**1,521**
**3,996**
**-**|**Endowmen**
**t funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**Endowme**
**nt funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current**
**value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current**
**value**
**(optional)**| ||Workshop fitout||**2,360**|**-**| ||Workshop machinery||**3,005**|**-**| ||Power tools||**1,568**|**-**| ||Hand tools||**1,521**|**-**| ||Other assets||**3,996**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| **TAR 2022/2023** May 2023 7 ## **B5 Liabilities** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |**Details**
Pre-paid subscriptions
Signature|**Fund to**
**which liability**
**relates**
**Amount**
**due**
**(optional)**
**65**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
John Latchford|**When due**
**(optional)**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||Date of
approval| ||John Latchford|16/5/2023| |||| **TAR 2022/2023** May 2023 8