## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 14[th] August 2023 Period start date To 13[th] August 2024 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Frome Shed Charity registration number: 1172707**
## **Objectives and Activities**
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Charitable Objectives:
For the public benefit, the
preservation and protection of good health among people
in Frome and the surrounding, area, including retired,
unemployed and those with health problems, through the
provision of facilities for hobbies, recreation and practical
interests, skills sharing and learning and conducting
community-based projects.
Overview of the Charity:
The Frome Shed offers workshop
space and tools including tools larger than used in most
home workshops. Members decide which projects that
they do. These include projects for members, individuals
and community organisations.|
|---|---|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|These are the main areas of public benefit undertaken by
the Shed.
• To share skills and interest, swap ideas and pass on
knowledge.
• Work on projects that will aid the community and develop
a sense of achievement.
• Provide a venue where members can meet, relax and
share concerns and discuss issues.
• Use machine and other tools on more challenging
projects
• Promote physical and mental well-being and meet
visitors to the Shed.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|All current Frome Shed Trustees have read and taken note
of the Commission’s public benefit guidance and have
regard to it when making decisions and exercising any
powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
|Policy on grant making|No grants have been issued by the Frome Shed during
this period.|
|---|---|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Frome Shed Trustees have not considered any social
investment at present. Should any Social Investment be
considered the Trustees will seek advice and develop
policy in accordance with commission guidelines.|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|The Frome Shed has no employees and is run completely
by Volunteer Members. All of the Duty Managers have
attended First Aid courses so that they can address any
issues should they arise. We have also run sessions so
members can make safe use of machine tools.|
## **Achievements and Performance**
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.
The Frome Shed has run 125 sessions for the year. Mainly Women attending on Mondays and mainly Men attending on Thursdays; the average attendance has been 16. Wednesday sessions have been run fortnightly for a smaller number of members who wish to learn woodworking skills. The loss of members for reasons other than their relocation has been very small and the views of those who attend continue to be positive.
## **Projects**
Many projects, of varying sizes, were completed during the year. Examples follow, in no particular order ...
- Benches for the Giants Garden
- Litter picking stations for the Library and Café in Victoria Park
- Raised planters Bird box kits Reindeer and Snowmen kits Bag making Candle making Project Linus quilt making Numerous repairs – chairs, benches, planters, lamp stands, and
- The Rocking Horse was finished! Congratulations to everyone who took part in that mammoth project.
## **General**
- Taking part in local community events – a Summer Fete, a Childrens’ Festival, and Frome Town Council’s anniversary celebrations.
- Monthly Monday talks/demonstrations delivered by members and professionals.
- Monday book reading group. Monthly Newsletter to members. Receipt of some generous donations of time, money and materials.
- Taking part in a photo opportunity with the White Stuff clothing company.
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**||
|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|The charity has maintained its finances at almost the same
level as at the end of the previous year.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|There is no policy regarding reserves.|
|Amount of reserves held|Nil|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Trustees have not judged a reserve to be necessary for the
survival of the Frome Shed. If this year is repeated
financially, the Shed has money in its account to survive for
10 years.|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|None|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|None|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:||
|---|---|
|Type of governing document|Charitable Incorporated Organisaton (CIO) Associaton
Consttuton|
|How is the charity
constituted?|Charitable Incorporated Organisaton (CIO) Registered 24 Apr
2017|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Elected by members at Annual General Meeting (AGM) The
members or the charity trustees may at any time decide to
appoint a new charity trustee, whether in place of a charity
trustee who has retired or been removed, or as an additional
charity trustee, provided that the limit on the number of
charity trustees as detailed in the Constitution is not
exceeded. The number of Frome Shed Trustees over the
period has not exceeded the constitutional requirements.|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Frome Men’s Shed|
|---|---|
|Other name the charityuses|The Frome Shed(Workingname)|
|Registered charitynumber|Charitynumber: 1172707|
|Charity’s principal address|22, Slipps Close Frome, Somerset BA11 1FW|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Anne Jones|MembershipSecretary|Wholeperiod||
|Pamela Curtis||Wholeperiod||
|John Corfield|Treasurer|Wholeperiod||
|Richard Whitehouse||Wholeperiod||
|Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved - None|Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved - None|
|---|---|
|Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity|- None|
|Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others|- None|
|Exemptions from disclosure|- None|
|Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details|- None|
## **Declarations**
|||**Froe Men's Shed**
**1172707**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
8/14/2023
8/13/2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~—————ae~~|**Froe Men's Shed**
**1172707**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
8/14/2023
8/13/2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~—————ae~~|**Froe Men's Shed**
**1172707**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
8/14/2023
8/13/2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~—————ae~~|**Froe Men's Shed**
**1172707**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
8/14/2023
8/13/2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~—————ae~~|**Froe Men's Shed**
**1172707**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
8/14/2023
8/13/2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~—————ae~~|**Froe Men's Shed**
**1172707**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
8/14/2023
8/13/2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~—————ae~~|**Froe Men's Shed**
**1172707**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
8/14/2023
8/13/2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~—————ae~~|**Froe Men's Shed**
**1172707**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
8/14/2023
8/13/2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~—————ae~~|**Froe Men's Shed**
**1172707**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
8/14/2023
8/13/2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~—————ae~~|**Froe Men's Shed**
**1172707**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
8/14/2023
8/13/2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~—————ae~~|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**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 £**|||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||
|Donations||**1,396**||**-**||**-**||**1**|**1,396**||**1,773**|
|Grants||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**1,200**|
|MembershipFees||**740**||**-**||**-**||**740**|**740**||**540**|
|Session Collections||**7,838**||**-**||**-**||**7**|**7,838**||**5,950**|
|Bank interest||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||
|Gift Aid||**1,162**||**-**||**-**||**1**|**1,162**||**-**|
|Other||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**146**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||**11,136**
_(Gross income for AR)_||**-**||**-**||**11,136**|**11,136**||**9,609**|
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_ 11,136**
**-**
**-**
**11,136**
**9,609**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
~~———_—~~||||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||||
|Rent||**9,880**||**-**||**-**||**9,880**|**9,880**||**8,580**|
|Premises||**110**||**-**||**-**||**110**|**110**||**-**|
|Insurance||**331**||**-**||**-**||**331**|**331**||**331**|
|Other recurringcosts||**760**||**-**||**-**||**760**|**760**||**1,084**|
|Tools||**56**||**-**||**-**||**56**|**56**||**168**|
|Sundries||**564**||**-**||**-**||**564**|**564**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**_Sub total_ **|**11,701**||**-**||**-**||**11,701**|**11,701**||**10,163**|
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_ 11,701**
**-**
**-**
**11,701**
**10,163**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
~~_=—==—=~~||||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **||**- 565**||**-**||**-**||**- 565**|**- 565**||**- 554**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**18,768**||**-**||**-**||**18**|**18,768**||**18,754**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**18,203**||**-**||**-**||**18**|**18,203**||**18,200**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**||**funds**||**funds**|
||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||Bank Balances||**18,203**||**-**||**-**|
||**_Total cash funds_**||**18,203**||**-**||**-**|
||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|(agree balances with receipts and payments|OK||OK||OK|
||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
||||**funds**||**funds**||**funds**|
||**Details**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|||||**-**||**-**|
|**charity’s own use**|||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**||**When due**|
||**Details**||**liability relates**||**(optional)**||**(optional)**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Signature||Print Name|Print Name|||Date of
approval|