## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] April 2022 To 31[st] March 2023** ## Section A Reference and administration details > Charity name **Halesworth Men’s Shed** > Registered charity number (if any) **1172693** > Charity's principal address **27 Norwich Road, Halesworth, Suffolk Postcode IP19 8BX** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** ||1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**John Lange**|**Secretary**|**From 23.11.20**|| |||**Stephen Maxwell**||**From 23.11.20**|| |||**Doug Mizon**||**From 24.06.20**|| |||**Mike Holmes**||**From 17.11.21**|| |||**Geoff Wilson**||**From 23.11.20**|| |||**Colin Lodge**||**From 17.11.21**|| ||||||| |||**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**|||| |||**Name**||**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |||**None**||**N/A**|| ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address None Section B Structure, governance and management** Type of governing document **The HMS Constitution** How the charity is constituted **Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)** Trustee selection methods **[The Trustees are appointed at each Annual General Meeting ] following a call for nominations, the election being by ballot among all the members. There are no outside trustees. Section C Objectives and activities** **To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing** Summary of the objects of the **people, particularly but not exclusively older men, within** charity set out in its governing **Halesworth and the surrounding area, from becoming socially** document **HMS TAR 2023** **excluded.** Summary of the main activities **Provision of facilities in which they can meet jointly or individually** undertaken for the public benefit **to undertake creative, physical or recreational activities, learn or** in relation to these objects **pass on skills and knowledge and support each other socially. The** (include within this section the **Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity** statutory declaration that **Commission on public benefit.** trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit) Section D Achievements and performance **The members are the beneficiaries of the charity’s mission to run a** Summary of the main **craft workshop as an inclusive organisation, combatting isolation in** achievements of the charity **this principally rural community. Its work has attracted approval** during the year **widely in the county of Suffolk, winning several prizes and monetary awards. Our workshop encourages members to carry out their own work and the charity as a whole creates projects for persons and organizations outside to support its fundraising efforts. Recruitment has returned to pre-covid levels, and being fortunate to retain most subscribing members, our current membership has now reached a milestone number of 50+. Commissions brought into the workshop by members of the community are steadily increasing, assisting our sales income.** **Section E Financial review The accounts for the year and a financial report, will accompany** Brief statement of the charity’s **this report.** policy on reserves **The trustees deemed it prudent to maintain a contingency reserve of £10,000 (around a year’s operating costs) in the event of an unavoidable shutdown, whereupon the Shed would need to fund its re-launch from scratch. Other free reserves amounted to just under £30,000 as at 31 March 2023, much of which will be needed as we continue to grow and consider the acquisition of our own premises. Our current lease expires in less than four years’ time.** Details of any funds materially in **Not applicable** deficit ## **Section F Other optional information** 2 ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) D G Mizon Full name(s) Douglas G Mizon Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc) Date** **HMS TAR 2023** |**HALESWORTH MEN'S SHED**
**Accounts for Year to 31 March 2023**
**RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**
**Receipts**
Members' and friends' Contributons
Grants and Donatons from non members
Legacy
Sales and donatons for work done
Gif Aid
**Payments**
Rent
Premises Expenses
Equipment purchases and maintenance
Materials & Consumables
Waste disposal
Insurance
Utlites
Advertsing and Publicity
Bookkeeping
Sundry Expenses
**SURPLUS/DEFICIT FOR THE YEAR**
Transfer of Allocated Funds back to General Funds
Opening balances
**UNALLOCATED GENERAL FUNDS AT 31.03.23**
**Balances at 31.03.23**
Bank Current Account
Cash
Contngency Reserve
General Funds
**Examiner's Report**|6,704.64
179.54
712.50
2,896.76
241.02
1,010.58
1,335.15
983.00
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820.89|**Year to**
**31.03.23**
6,717.08
687.99
280.00
5,154.73
425.08
13,264.88

6,704.64

2,155.94

321.84

1,115.72

227.90

1,167.40

698.77

294.00

1,399.98
14,884.08 334.77|**Year to**
**31.03.22**
5,601.63
18,808.00
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1,155.17
496.25| |---|---|---|---| ||||26,061.05









14,420.96| |||- 1,619.20
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- 1,619.20
31,578.70
29,959.50
39,915.82
43.68
39,959.50
10,000.00
29,959.50
39,959.50|11,640.09
2,756.31| ||||14,396.40
17,182.30| ||||31,578.70| ||||41,033.87
544.83| ||||41,578.70| ||||10,000.00
31,578.70| ||||41,578.70| ||||| ## **Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023** I have examined the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 and confirm that they are in accordance with the books and records of Halesworth Men's Shed. I have not carried out an audit. Nicholas Rowlerson 17-Oct-23 ## **HALESWORTH MEN'S SHED Accounts for Year to 31 March 2024** |**RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**
**Receipts**
Members' and friends' Contributons
Grants and Donatons from non members
Sales and donatons for work done
Gif Aid
**Payments**
Rent
Premises Expenses
Equipment purchases and maintenance
Metalwork shed
Materials & Consumables
Waste disposal
Insurance
Utlites
Advertsing and Publicity
Sundry Expenses
**SURPLUS/DEFICIT FOR THE YEAR**
Opening balances
**UNALLOCATED GENERAL FUNDS AT 31.03.24**
**Funds at 31.03.24:**
Bank Current Account
Cash
**Representng:**
Contngency Reserve
Ray Roy Legacy
General Funds
**Examiner's Report**|7,006.32
115.50
1,696.46
433.81
1,320.87
246.00
770.06
1,886.49
405.67
482.28|**Year to**
**31.03.24**
6,762.27
250.00
3,987.27
1,130.74
12,130.28

6,704.64

179.54

712.50

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2,896.76

241.02

1,010.58

1,335.15

983.00
14,363.46 540.89|**Year to**
**31.03.23**| |---|---|---|---| ||||6,717.08
687.99
5,154.73
425.08| ||||12,984.88









14,604.08| |||- 2,233.18
29,959.50
27,726.32
38,358.68
500.10
38,858.78
10,000.00
1,132.46
27,726.32
38,858.78|- 1,619.20
31,578.70| ||||29,959.50| ||||39,915.82
43.68| ||||39,959.50| ||||10,000.00
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29,959.50| ||||39,959.50| ||||| ## **Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024** I have examined the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024 and confirm that they are in accordance with the books and records of Halesworth Men's Shed. I have not carried out an audit. Nicholas Rowlerson