## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 1 April 2024 31 March 2025 **From To**
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 Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 John Latchford 2 Anthony Buttle Treasurer 3 Phillip Troth 4 Sean Roberts 20[th] May to end of year 5 Keith Bond ~~=SSS~~ 20[th] May to end of year **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
Not applicable
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) 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[Constitution – March 2017 ] Association CIO How the charity is constituted ~~Oo~~
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New Trustees may be appointed by existing Trustees to serve until the next AGM at which point they retire. New Trustees (or Trustees standing for re-election) may be elected by members at the AGM.
Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **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**
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.
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**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 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.
## **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 the 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.
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main** The main achievements of AMS during the period are: **achievements of the charity** 1. Running weekly workshop sessions which our membership have **during the year** enjoyed 2. Successful attendance at craft fairs and Fetes to sell our work 3. Completing a number of commissions by local organisations 4. 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; we operate two days a week (Monday & Thursday). We had 19 members at years end; the age distribution of the membership at year end was: 50 - 65yrs 8 65 - 80yrs 9 Over 80 3 **Community Engagement** A 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 Christmas Fair in new Amersham. We have repaired a number items brought to the Amersham Repair café which could not be repaired at the cafe. We successfully made a number of commissioned items: For Amersham Town Council, we made 4 bespoke planters For Little Missenden Parish Council; an oak noticeboard erected next to the Shop in Hyde Heath, and a new Duck House for a tiny island in the pond at Holmer Green, which provided some challenges for the members who made them. For Amersham High Street Methodist Church we made one memorial plaque & refurbished another. For Chiltern Samaritans we made a wall mounted box for milk deliveries. A Facebook page was used to publicise our activities.
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## **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 donations by members, and income from selling items made by members at local craft fairs.
The three main items of expenditure were the rent of the two workshop containers, the social Cabin, and a storage container, payable 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. We have hosted a number of visits by groups wanting to setup a new Men’s Shed, looking at how we run ourselves.
## **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 **Position** Chair **Date** 5/5/2025
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**Amersham Men's Shed**
**1172047**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
01/04/2024 31/03/2025
**For the To period from**
## **CC16a**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricte Restricte Endowment Total Last year d funds d funds funds funds to the to the to the to the nearest to the nearest nearest £ nearest £ £ nearest £ £ A1 Receipts 190 190 425** Grants & donations **4,306 - - 4,306 4,037** Membership Subscriptions **3,351 3,351** Product sales **3,787 214 214** Other **565 - - -** _**Sub total** (Gross income for_ **8,062 8,062** ~~==~~ _AR)_ ~~25-5~~ **8,814 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **8,062** ~~—~~ _**Total receipts**_ ~~SESE~~ **8,062 - - 8,814 A3 Payments** Rent & electricity **4,386 4,386 - - 4,460** Insurance **489 489 - - 350** Running costs & cost of sales **2109 2109 - - 3,317 - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ ~~—===-=~~ **6,984 - - 6,984 8,127 A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)** Tools over £25 cost **165 295 - - 295** Workshop Machines **0 - - 0 1,350** _**Sub total**_ ~~—sEEE=~~ **295 - - 295 1,515**
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|**_Total payments_**|**7,280**||||||**7,280**||**9,643**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**782 **||||||**782 **||**-828**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**||||||||||
||||||||||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**5,990**||||||**5,990**||**6,819**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_**|**6,773**||||||**6,773**||**5,990**|
## **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 £**
**6,688**
**85**
**6,773**
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)**
**2,618**
**5,303**
**2,045**
**2,068**
**6,125**
**-**|**Endowmen**
**t funds**
**to nearest £**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
|||||**Endowme**
**nt funds**
**to nearest £**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current**
**value**
**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current**
**value**
**(optional)**|
||Workshop fitout||**2,618**|**-**|
||Workshop machinery||**5,303**|**-**|
||Power tools||**2,045**|**-**|
||Hand tools||**2,068**|**-**|
||Other assets||**6,125**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
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## **B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
|**Details**
Pre-paid
subscriptions
Signature
Signed copy on file|**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**0**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
John Latchford|**When due**
**(optional)**|
|---|---|---|
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|||Date of
approval|
||John Latchford|5/5/2025|
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